PHD

ME. PI

SBU NSF I-Corps PI

Prof. Purwar directs Stony Brook's NSF I-Corps Site and co-teaches SBU's Lean Launchpad course. His company successfully completed the I-Corps Team program; its first-in-the-world design-driven robotics education platform is used in SBU's Manufacturing Extension Partnership robotics summer camp and many schools and colleges. Dr. Anurag Purwar is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stony Brook University in New York and an award-winning teacher, researcher, TEDx speaker, and inventor of several technologies, some of which are available as products in the market. He has received several best paper and outstanding research awards, excellence in teaching awards, and the top 100 design awards for his inventions. He received the SUNY FACT2 award, two SUNY Research Foundation Technology Accelerator Fund (TAF) awards, A.T. Yang award for Theoretical Kinematics, and Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is an elected member of the ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Committee and a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Contact Info

Phone: (631) 632-8542

Fax: (631) 632-8544

Email: anurag.purwar@stonybrook.edu 

PHD

DTS and Economic Development

SBU NSF I-Corps Co-PI

Dr. Scheidt is the I-Corps Site's Co-PI and co-teaches SBU's Lean Launchpad course. She wrote the original proposal for SBU’s first incubator, the Long Island High Technology Incubator, founded the Stony Brook Entrepreneurs Challenge for students and inspired the creation of the Long Island Angel Network of early-stage high-risk investors. A recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service, she is the immediate past chair of the Business Incubator Association of New York State.

Contact Info

Email:  annmarie.scheidt@stonybrook.edu

Senior Business Advisor

NYS Small Business Development Center at Stony Brook

SBDC Senior Business Advisor

Robert Harrison is a Senior Business Advisor at Stony Brook's SBA-funded Small Business Development Center, which has the largest proportion of technology companies among New York's 23 SBDCs. He is an LLEP-certified instructor — like his colleagues — who came to these programs as he was earning his MBA at Stony Brook after a successful career in small business.

Contact Info

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/robertbharrison