Brent Strong, Ph.D.

Chief Technical Officer

Utah Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Initiative (UAMMI)

Brent Strong, Ph.D., is an emeritus faculty member in the Fulton College of Engineering and Technology (Manufacturing) at Brigham Young University. He was named the Loren Farr Professor of Entrepreneurial Technology and was also given the Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Award (BYU's highest faculty recognition.) He was also awarded the Maeser General Education award for his work with the History of Creativity course (for which he also wrote the textbooks).

Dr. Strong currently serves on the board of directors and is the Chief Technical Officer for the Utah Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Initiative (UAMMI), a state-sponsored association of Utah industry, educational institutions, and governmental agencies associated with advanced materials and manufacturing (generally composites). He is also the Chair of the Board of UAMMI Institute, a non-profit educational and research association.

Dr. Strong is the founding director of the Advanced Composite Manufacturing and Engineering (ACME) Center and a Director of the Rapid Product Realization Center, both Centers of Excellence for the State of Utah. He is also the founding Director of the Manufacturing Leadership Forum, the Venture Factory and the Student Innovator of the Year program, all at BYU. He also was a co-founder of the Utah MEP and sat on the Board of Directors for the MEP parent company for 20 years.

He was elected International President of the Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE) and was later elected as a SAMPE Fellow (SAMPE's highest technical honor). He was also elected Global President of SAMPE.

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