Thursday, May 20, 2004

ORFID Creates Science and Engineering Advisory Board

Los Angeles-based ORFID (www.orfid.com), which is developing organic electronic technology, announced the formation of a Science and Engineering advisory board. Dr. Yang Yang, ORFID's founder and a professor at UCLA, will serve as chair of the board. In addition to Dr. Yang, Alan H. Cowley, Ph.D., of the University of Texas at Austin; Robert H. Grubbs, Ph.D., of the California Institute of Technology; Junji Kido, Ph.D., of Yamagata University in Japan; Walter Mosher, Ph.D., of Precision Dynamics; and Richard S. Payne, Ph.D., of Polychromix will all join the board. ORFID is a UCLA spinout backed by Precision Dynamics and Convergent Ventures.

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