Dr. Peter Frise

Biography:
Scientific Director & CEO, AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence,
Professor, Mechanical Engineering Design and Executive Director of Automotive Research and Studies – University of Windsor

Canadian Science Policy Conference 2009 – October 28-30, 2009
Panel member: “Private sector research and development: Role of R & D in the global economy”

Peter Frise was educated as a Mechanical Engineer at Queen's and Carleton universities and has worked in the petroleum and plastics manufacturing sectors in Canada and abroad. He is now the Scientific Director and CEO of the AUTO21 Network of Centres of Excellence, Canada’s national automotive R&D program. AUTO21 brings together over 200 researchers and more than 500 graduate students from 45 institutions in partnership with over 220 industry and public sector companies and organizations to engage in applied automotive R&D. Through 2010, AUTO21 will have completed more than $90M worth of automotive research, of which nearly half has come from partner organizations. He serves on several boards, including the National Research Council of Canada, the Defence Science Advisory Board of Canada and the Yves Landry Foundation.

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