The new year has brought several changes to the Environmental Technology Commercialization Center (ETC²), including a move of its headquarters to the recently opened Emerald Corporate Park in Cleveland, Ohio, and the appointment of staff to new management roles. The mission of ETC² is to analyze the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) expertise, resources and intellectual property and make EPA-developed technologies available to private sector firms.

Sara Lundine, formerly the ETC² Deputy Director, has taken the helm as the Center’s Executive Director. Ms. Lundine replaces Martin Kress, who has become the Vice President and General Manager of Battelle’s NASA Market Sector. Ms. Lundine brings to the task an extensive background in working with R&D organizations, industry, universities and federal and state government. Assisting the Executive Director are Kathryn Iwamasa, Director of Operations and Special Projects and Joseph Jasper, Director of Business Development and Agreements. Ms. Iwamasa and Mr. Jasper formerly served as Senior Research Scientist and Technology Director, respectively.

ETC² functions as a technology intermediary, assessing the market potential of promising EPA technologies and identifying potential industry partners. The Center also works to forge cooperative research activities between industry, other government agencies and the EPA. The EPA Program Manager for the ETC² initiative is Larry Fradkin, Director of the EPA Federal Technology Transfer Office in Cincinnati, Ohio.

ETC² headquarters is co-located with several Battelle programs including the Great Lakes Industrial Technology Center, Garrett Morgan Commercialization Initiative, the Technology Partnership Practice and the Glennan Microsystems Initiative. ETC² field offices are located in Cincinnati, Dayton, and Toledo, Ohio; Duxbury, Mass.; Seattle, Wash.; Research Triangle Park, N.C.; and Chicago, Ill.

For more information about ETC², reference the ETC² Web site at www.etc2.org. For more information about conducting collaborative research with EPA or licensing an existing EPA patent, e-mail Mr. Jasper at Jasper@battelle.org or contact the new ETC² headquarters office at (216) 898-6400 or Environmental Technology Commercialization Center, 20445 Emerald Parkway Drive, S.W., Suite 200, Cleveland, Ohio 44135.