Dr. David Roessner, Senior Fellow, specializes in national technology policy, management of innovation in industry, technology transfer, indicators of scientific and technological development, and evaluation of research programs. Dr. Roessner’s recent project experience includes evaluations of NSF-funded U.S. Engineering Research Centers and State/Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers, estimates of the national and regional economic impact of NSF Engineering Research Centers, and design of the Technology Innovation Centers Program for the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia’s national science and technology agency. He has written numerous technical reports and published in policy-oriented journals such as Policy Analysis, Policy Sciences, Journal of Technology Transfer, Issues in Science and Technology, Research Evaluation, Scientometrics, and Research Policy. He also is a contributor to and editor of several books, including Government Innovation Policy: Design, Implementation, Evaluation (St. Martin's Press, 1988). Dr. Roessner received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Brown University and Stanford University, and his Ph.D. in Science, Technology, and Public Policy from Case Western Reserve University. He is also Professor of Public Policy Emeritus at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
