Samir Vinchurkar

Program Manager EAISI Health & Industry

    Persoonlijk profiel

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    I believe that bringing together academia, industry and government can create new opportunities initiated on the level of research, infrastructure, knowledge sharing and education. Driving these initiatives with an objective to address unmet needs in the society can generate value for all stakeholders

     

    Academic background

    Samir completed his PhD at the Virginia Commonwealth University while working with the departments of pharmaceutics, engineering and the school of medicine, following his BE and MS degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Pune and the University of Oklahoma, respectively. After his PhD, Samir worked as a research engineer and later as a Director with a healthcare startup in Belgium before rejuvenating his academic connections aiming to co-create sustainable, multidisciplinary ecosystems spinning out entrepreneurial entities. Samir was part of an international team responsible for deploying ‘Disciplined Entrepreneurship’ (licensed from MIT) at the National University of Ireland where he also worked with CÚRAM, an SFI Centre for Research in Medical Devices. Having successfully commercialised a part of his PhD research which was awarded by Elsevier as one of the top-cited articles in Medical Engineering and Physics, Samir is always enthusiastic about helping others create value from their research.

    Research profile

    As a program manager at the Eindhoven AI Systems Institute, I assist in building bridges between researchers, industry and funding agencies. The goal is hands on implementation of valorization. Please click on this link for my background: Google Scholar

     

    Ervaring

    Samir has worked with publicly traded global companies as well as startups which helped him comprehend and realign the concept of value creation. 

    Expertise gerelateerd aan duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen van de VN

    In 2015 stemden de VN-lidstaten in met 17 wereldwijde duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen (Sustainable Development Goals, SDG's) om armoede te beëindigen, de planeet te beschermen en voor iedereen welvaart te garanderen. Het werk van deze persoon draagt bij aan de volgende duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstelling(en):

    • SDG 4 – Kwaliteitsonderwijs

    Opleiding / Academische kwalificatie

    Mechanical engineering, Master, University of Oklahoma

    Mechanical engineering, Bachelor, University of Pune

    Mechanical engineering, Doctor, Virginia Commonwealth University