International Business and Technology Service Corporation (IBT) develop technology and provide services to:
1) Conduct R&D and develop new technology to enable improved efficiency and reduced the cost of data storage and renewable energy
2) Bridge gaps between academia research and industry technology implementation
3) Provide engineering and business support to various businesses and teams, such as for licensing technology, technology demonstration, American Made Challenge...
4) Provide consulting service and serve as technical expert for business / investment projects and legal cases
Recent accomplishment:
o The American-Made Challenge winner, I AM Hydro Prize, Dec. 2020. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO).
o The American-Made Solar Prize Round 4 winner: Semi Finalist Dec. 2020. Sponsored by DOE Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO).
o DOE Office of Electricity (OE), Electricity Industry Technology and Practice Innovation Challenge (EITPIC) Tier II Gold Award (2019).
Kaizhong Gao, Ph. D.
Research interest: Sensor and sensing technology, data storage technology, renewable energy technology, advanced materials, architecture for emerging technology.
Current:
o Chief Scientist at International Business and Technology Service Corporation
o Adjunct Professor, University of Nebraska, Lincoln (UNL)
o Fellow for National Academy of Inventors IEEE Fellow
o Twice DOE American Made Challenges winner.
o DOE OE inaugural EITPIC Tier II Gold Award winner (In collaboration with UNL).
Past:
o Group leader and principal scientist, Argonne National Laboratory
o R&D 100 award winner
o Talks at Google speaker for how to define the Digital Universe and Data Temperature
o Sr. Fellow at Northwestern University (Joint appointment)
o Researcher, director and storage architect, Seagate Technology
o Named as the Young Engineer of the Year for the State of Minnesota.
o Technical achievement award from Information Storage Industry Consortium.
o ~190 issued patents worldwide, with >150 US patents.
Selected professional services:
o Conference co-chair for IEEE international magnetics (Intermag) conference, the largest magnetics conference and one of the largest IEEE conferences in the world, 2015.
o Finance chair, IEEE Magnetics Society 2013-2014.
o Technical committee chair, IEEE Magnetics Society 2011-2012.
o Conference chair for the magnetic recording conference (TMRC) 2011.
o Chapters chair, IEEE Magnetics Society 2009-2010.