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North Country Congresswoman Stefanik to tour Clarkson, meet with professors today

Posted 1/29/15

Updated Jan. 29, 2015, 10:43 a.m. POTSDAM – North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik will visit Clarkson University at 3 p.m. today, Jan. 29, and meet with several professors and tour parts of …

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North Country Congresswoman Stefanik to tour Clarkson, meet with professors today

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Updated Jan. 29, 2015, 10:43 a.m.

POTSDAM – North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik will visit Clarkson University at 3 p.m. today, Jan. 29, and meet with several professors and tour parts of the campus.

The meeting was originally scheduled for 1:30 p.m. but was pushed back due to travel delays.

Stefanik, member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, is to also visit the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam at 4:30 p.m.

During the tour at Clarkson with Provost Chuck Thorpe and Vice Provost for Research Bill Jemison, Stefanik will meet with Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biomolecular Science He Dong and Trudeau Institute Associate Member and Clarkson Adjunct Associate Professor of Biology Timothy J. Sellati. They are focusing on how to better treat infections including ways to address bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics.

Professor of Electrical Engineering Stephanie Schuckers, who is the director of the Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR), a National Science Foundation industry-university cooperative research center focusing on serving its affiliates with biometric identification and credibility assessment technology, will also spend time with the congresswoman.

If time allows, Stefanik will visit Clarkson’s blade test facility.

“We are one of three nationwide centers that can test and certify the safety of wind-blade design for manufacturers, and we specialize in blades below 15 meters, which is where many commercial applications are now moving for both efficiency and aesthetic needs of communities,” said Michael Griffin, director of News & Digital Content Services at the college.