SPP News

School of Public Policy PhD student Sanjay Arora won a poster session award at the 2012 Georgia Tech Research & Innovation Conference (GTRIC) on Tuesday, Feb. 7.

Sanjay's poster was entitled: "Commercialization of New and Emerging Technologies: A Cross Country Comparison of Graphene Firms" looks at how small to medium sized firms working in graphene, a novel nanotechnology material, present and reveal their business strategies online. The findings suggest that firm strategy is influenced by level of technical specialization, country level factors,and the degree to which the firm is application and end-use sector oriented. Implications for entrepreneurship and innovation policy highlight the heterogeneous composition and goals of young companies working in novel scientific areas. Sanjay was awarded a professional travel grant. More than 300 Georgia Tech graduate students presented their research at the Conference. Sanjay's research is ongoing with the Georgia Tech Program in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy and is supported in part by the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University (CNS-ASU) with sponsorship from the National Science Foundation.

Sanjay was awarded a $1,500 travel grant in order to present his poster at a professional meetings.

Organized and hosted by the GT Student Government Association, GTRIC is an annual event that exists to showcase graduate student research at Georgia Tech, stimulate innovation at the student level and provide students an opportunity to pitch ideas and obtain sponsorship.