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About John Leland

John Leland is Vice President for Research and director of the University of Dayton Research Institute, maintaining robust compliance, ethics, and fiscal processes. Working with local, state, and federal government and economic development organizations to support regional technology-based economic development initiatives, he routinely develops and presents testimony to House and Senate Congressional committees in advocacy of science and engineering education and research funding.

Prior to becoming director, John was associate director of operations for UDRI and head of the Institute’s materials engineering division. He also was UD’s director for technology partnerships, responsible for the protection and licensing of the University’s patents and other intellectual property. He came to UDRI in 2000 after a Congressional Science Fellowship sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). During 16 years as a researcher for the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, he led a research group in the Propulsion Directorate.

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Positions

2015 - Present Vice President for Research and Executive Director, University of Dayton ‐ University of Dayton Research Institute
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2014 - 2015 Interim Vice President for Research, University of Dayton ‐ University of Dayton Research Institute
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2013 - 2015 Associate Vice President for Research, University of Dayton ‐ University of Dayton Research Institute
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2004 - 2005 Associate Director, University of Dayton ‐ University of Dayton Research Institute
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2003 - 2004 Division Head, Materials Engineering Division, University of Dayton ‐ University of Dayton Research Institute
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

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Education

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2000 Air Command and Staff College ‐ United States Air Force
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1994 PhD, University of Kentucky ‐ Mechanical Engineering
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1989 MS, University of Dayton ‐ Mechanical Engineering
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1986 BS, The University of Akron ‐ Mechanical Engineering
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Contact Information

Research Institute
University of Dayton
300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469

Phone: 937-229-2113

Articles (17)

Conference papers (1)