Industry Clusters

Office of Extension, Engagement, and Economic Development
James Zuiches, Vice Chancellor

Economic Development Partnership
Tom White, Director
NCSU Campus, Box 7012
Raleigh, NC 27695-7012
919-515-9447

Economic Development Partnership
Wade Fulghum , Assistant Director
NCSU Campus, Box 7012
Raleigh, NC 27695
919-513-2710

Wake County Economic Development
Ken Atkins
PO Box 2978
Raleigh, NC 27602-7099
919-664-7041

NC Department of Commerce
Bernard Torain
Box 80756
1000 Trade, RDU
NC, 27623
919-513-2710

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Advanced Medical Technology / Biomedical Devices

Marian McCord
College of Textiles
Room 3320, Centennial Campus
Box 8301
Raleigh, NC 27695-8301
919-515-6571

Liana Fryer
College of Textiles
Room 10 Holladay Hall
Box 7306
NCSU Campus
Raleigh, NC 27695-8301
919-513-3955

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Aerospace - Aviation

Chris Brown
Space Grant
Venture Center II, Room 400
Box 7570
NCSU Centennial Campus
Raleigh, NC 27695-7570
919-513-2457

Raj Narayan
Kenan Institute for Engineering and Technical Science
Partners I, Room 3200
NCSU Centennial Campus
Box 7006
Raleigh, NC 27695-7006
919-5118

Gray Rinehart
Industrial Extension
Research lV
NCSU Centennial Campus
Box 7902
Raleigh, NC 27695-7902
919-513-1542

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Automotive / Motorsports

Nancy Powell
College of Textiles
Room 3322
NCSU Centennial Campus
Raleigh, NC 27695-3322
919-515-6578

Simon Cobb
NCCAR
9495 NC-305
Box 685
Jackson, NC 27845
252-678-2174

Ewan Pritchard
FREEDM Systems Center
Box 7911
Raleigh,NC 27695-7571
919-515-2194

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Biotech / Biopharma / Natural Products

Scott Daugherty
Small Business and Technology Development Center
5 W. Hargett Street, Ste. 600
Raleigh, NC 27601-1348
919-715-7272

Mike Seibert
Small Business and Technology Development Center
5 W. Hargett Street, Ste. 600
Raleigh, NC 27601-1348
919-715-7272
919-424-4544

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Boat Building / Marine Trades

Mike Bradley
Small Business and Technology Development Center
100 Pollack Street, Room 211
PO Box 406
Beaufort, NC 28516
252-728-2144

Scott Daugherty
Small Business and Technology Development Center
5 W. Hargett Street, Ste. 600
Raleigh, NC 27601-1348
919-715-7272

Terri Helmlinger-Ratcliff
Industrial Extension Service
Research IV, Room 1622A
NCSU Centennial Campus
919-515-3891

David Boulay
Industrial Extension Service
Research IV
NCSU Centennial Campus
Box 7902
Raleigh, NC 27695-7902
919-513-3039

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Marine Sciences

Ruthann Cage
Industry and Economic Development
East Carolina University
300 First Street
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
252-737-1943

Ted Morris
Economic Development
East Carolina University
300 First Street
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
252-737-1340

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Nonwoven Textiles

Benham Pourdeyhimi
College of Textiles, Nonwovens Inst.
Room 3427
Box 8301
NCSU Centennial Campus
Raleigh, NC 27695-8301
919-515-1822

Genevieve Garland
College of Textiles, NCRC
Room 1117
Box 8301
NCSU Centennial Campus
Raleigh, NC 27695-8301
919-515-6513

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Photonics

Roger Debo
Management, Innovation, & Entrepreneur
Research IV, Room 1800
Box 7229
NCSU Centennial Campus
Raleigh, NC 27695-7229
919-515-5717

Michael Zapata
Management, Innovation, & Entrepreneur
Research IV, Room 1800
Box 7229
NCSU Centennial Campus
Raleigh, NC 27695-7229
919-555-1212

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Serious Games

Michael Young
Computer Science
Engr. Bldg. II, Room 2-258
NCSU Centennial Campus
Box 8206
Raleigh, NC 27695-8206
919-513-3038

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Service Systems

Liana Fryer
College of Textiles
Room 10 Holladay Hall
Box 7306
NCSU Campus
Raleigh, NC 27695-8301
919-513-3955

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Sustainable Energy / Green Technologies

Georgia Bizios
College of Design
Campus Box 7701
Kamphoefner A304
Raleigh, NC 27695-7701
919-515-8339

Steve Kalland
Solar Center
210 McKimmon Center
Box 7401
NCSU Campus
Raleigh, NC 27695-7401
919-513-1896

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Value-Added Agriculture / Local Foods

Blake Brown
Agriculture & Resources Economics
600 Laureate Way, Suite 1301
Kannapolis, NC 28081
704-250-5404

Rod Gurganus
Crop Science, CALS
207 Research Station Road
Plymouth, NC 27962
252-793-4428

Gary Bullen
Agriculture & Resouce Economics
Nelson Hall 3326
Box 8109
Raleigh, NC 27695
919-515-6096

Nancy Creamer
Center for Environmental and Farming Small Business and Technology Development Center
Kilgore Hall
NCSU Campus, Box 7609
Raleigh, NC 27695-7609
919-515-9447