Lou Tornatzky
Area Chair and Professor of Industrial Technology
E-mail: ltornatz@calpoly.edu
Phone: (805) 756-2680
Fax: (805) 756-6111
Office: 03-405-A
Education
- Ph.D., Psychology, Stanford University
- B.A., Psychology, Ohio State University
Academic Experience
- Tenured, Full Professor of Urban Development and Psychology, Michigan State University
Professional Experience
- Academic Liaison and Associate Vice President, Select University Technologies, Inc., a California-based business accelerator
- VP Research, Tomás Rivera Policy Institute focused on issues of enhancing Latino students' transition into higher education and technology-based careers
- Director, Southern Technology Council, Research Triangle Park working closely with political, corporate and economic development leadership in the South on policies and initiatives to enhance a high-wage, knowledge based regional economy
- Lab Director, Industrial Technology Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Group Leader, Innovation Processes Research, National Science Foundation
Publications:
Dr. Tornatzky has over 100 publications dealing with issues of technological innovation, most recently a book (Innovation U: New University Roles in the Knowledge Economy) on university engagement in regional economic development, and a study conducted with the National Business Incubation Association that benchmarked performance and best practices of technology business incubators.