Dr. Carole Inge Bio
Dr. Carole Cameron Inge
3708 Kenbridge Road ? Blackstone, Virginia 23824 ? 434.294.1254
e-mail: vtresearch@gmail.com ? website: www.VirginiaEnergyNetwork.com
Objective:
To develop technical programs for companies by providing business growth strategies and services that will enable them to become highly profitable and identify locations for them to grow and thrive.
Special skills:
Seeing what others do not see and building a strategy around the opportunity (vision); team building and human capital development; environmental scanning; organization and corporate strategy formulation; policy development, evaluation and lobbying; leadership and motivational management; start-ups; sales and marketing; synthesis of old ideas to use in new ways, economic development modeling; deal development and closing.
Government experience:
Developed programs and worked extensively for over 20 years with major federal agencies, including the U. S. Departments of Energy, Defense, Agriculture, Interior, Education, National Institute of Standards and Technology, the White House Department of Environmental Quality, and state agencies such as the Virginia Department of Education, the General Assembly, Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission, Department of Social Services, and the Department of Housing and Community Development.
Current positions:
President and Chief Executive Officer
National Institute for the Commercialization of Clean Energy (NICCE, LLC). Company and corporate stakeholders are creating the world’s largest modeling and simulation center, branded the National Modeling and Simulation Center of Excellence™. With the vision of this new center, NICCE assists in commercializing clean energy technologies using next- generation modeling and simulation services and tools. The center plans include a World Data Center on Energy™ with network architecture now developed. Target market for the technology is the U. S. Department of Defense, utility companies, hospitals, universities, governments, manufacturing facilities and regional and local municipalities. NICCE also works with local economic groups to help partners realize the goals of developing technology and creating human capital within their regions and communities.
Chief Visionary Officer
Founder of the Virginia Clean Energy Business Incubator, an alternative energy service center focused on research, development and commercialization of clean energy in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Program is part of the Clean Energy Alliance and is affiliated with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the U. S. Department of Energy. Network includes 204 companies Virginia. Focus areas: algal integrated process systems (cultures, dewatering, harvesting), biofuels from agribusiness feedstock (sweet sorghum, barley, sunflowers, etc.), cellulosic biomass (wood and switch grass), small vertical distributed wind power generation, semiconductor smart grid, energy efficiency technologies and offshore wind. Executing an energy commercialization model that includes business services, professional engineering services, modeling and simulation services and value-added reseller sales and marketing business development services.
Executive leadership experience:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
Department head, executive director and founder of Virginia Tech Modeling and Simulation Center of Excellence. Center was the first modeling and simulation center in university history. Developed overall vision, secured funding, procured equipment and provided executive management for modeling and simulation programs focusing on alternative energy commercialization and environmental technologies. Developed program goals, objectives, policies and practices for all related modeling and simulation research and commercialization activities. Built a “collaboratory” for university faculty and private sector executives and their employees to develop modeling and simulation research programs that successfully demonstrated the advanced capabilities of the Center in engineering and scientific domains. Supported research agendas in energy, environment, human factors, and augmented reality. Served as chief strategist for all activities related to the use of a state-of-the-art 3-D analytical and decision-support tools, an ESRI enterprise GIS system, a Cisco TelePresence system, an audio-visual studio and related computational workstations and simulation software. Project is the first rural modeling and simulation in the nation.
Executive program leader for a regional economic initiative focused on modeling and simulation to create jobs. Attracted Tetra Tech, Inc., a Fortune 500 company and 10 other businesses to the center. Developed and led sophisticated environmental programs, such as a study of the feasibility of using cellulosic biomass for a regional hospital and energy audits for area manufacturing facilities. Established small business energy services center and created energy efficiency models in cooperation with 3RiverTech, LLC, a woman-owed start-up. Model is the first small business energy service center in Virginia history and one of the first in the nation.
Program manager for the next-generation ITT Night Vision Inc. research program. Led development of physical models to provide bench scale designs for ITT and their clients: U.S. Department of Defense and its allied forces. Managed augmented reality and visual acuity simulations and tests to determine effectiveness of new models in cooperation with Virginia Tech. Oversaw successful International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) program, complex technology control plan (TCP) and institutional review board (IRB) process. The most complex security project in the history of the university, it included an exploration of nonmilitary grade technology and its potential for commercial markets to include NASCAR. Led NASCAR market feasibility study.
Chief visionary officer for Virginia Tech university relations with the main NASCAR motor sports organization and its affiliated organizations such as Volkswagen of North America, Virginia International Raceway, South Boston Speedway and other regional NASCAR-sanctioned tracks. Developed sponsorship of NASCAR Nextel Cup program with Morgan-McClure Motorsports and ITT Night Vision, Inc. Developed NASCAR’s “green” initiative involving energy audits of selected racetracks and corporate facilities with Ward Burton Enterprises. Reengineered the Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation program, a nonprofit 501c3 in Virginia.
Executive leader of the NASA Center for Distance Learning. Led international online training programs in science, energy, and environment related areas. Programs reached over 200,000 teachers and over 4 million children through 950 international television affiliates. Designed scientifically based research methods to determine student achievement and career readiness in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Developed the “Energy Crunch” multimedia STEM program for NASA that included virtual environments, video games, workbooks and project collateral for students.
Founder, National Institute for Technology Policy and Research
Executive leadership and management responsibilities:
Founding board member of Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative, today a $126 million company designed to deploy 1,300 miles of fiber optics.
Research and evaluation studies for social science and educational programs across the U. S., identifying best practices for program implementation and replication. Focus is on broadband content applications such as 3-D visualization.
Working with local, state and national policy makers to hypothesize and test policies intended to encourage best practices and hold program providers accountable for state and national standards.
Working with standards-setting groups to identify quality indicators for student achievement to determine which programs meet standards.
Focusing on teacher quality and pedagogy, administrative leadership, educational standards, education technology (distance education), and associated student outcomes.
Researching and evaluating effective methods for supporting the integration of technology into instructional settings, in cooperation with public universities and private sector educational content providers such as Discovery Communications, Inc.
Developing human computer interaction methods, policies and models for the delivery of instruction to meet local, regional and state education goals.
Providing technical assistance, including staff development and policy interpretation, for teachers and administrators in counties within the NITPR service region.
Developing scientifically based research designs for state education providers with a focus on the effectiveness of methods, models and policies for student achievement.
Reporting research findings to local, regional and state stakeholders.
Senior Project Director and Co-Founder, EdTek, Inc.
Executive management responsibilities:
Creating instructional and technical aspects of the Southside Virginia Regional Technology Consortium, a 22-county technology leadership group that led to a 1300-mile broadband project valued at over $126 million today.
Designing a 22-county wide area network project. Involved installation and management of the largest rural two-way interactive video project in the nation at the time.
Leading technical and training project activities, primarily focused on mathematics and science, for the Virginia Governor’s School for Global Economics and Technology.
Human Factors Social Scientist, Intelligent Automation, Inc.
Research responsibilities:
Developing innovative education and training applications to provide intelligent tools and environments for learners, teachers and courseware developers.
Creating assistive technology environments for special education, studies in hypertext usability, and web-based distance learning applications.
Working with the computer-assisted and education training initiative for the U.S. Department of Defense to develop hypertext coding to create what eventually became the Sharable Content Object Reference Model, a collection of standards and specifications for web-based e-learning. Project was the largest funded education technology research and development project in the history of the DOD at that time ($80 million).
Coding and analyzing international education videotapes with the Third International Math and Science Study team to research best educational practices. Included comparisons with existing U.S. standards and educational methods. Study was a landmark for international education comparison and is today the gold standard for educational comparisons.
Technical and Executive Leadership, Applied Research and Scholarship:
Executive leadership, program developer and/or senior research scientist on the following projects, 1989-present:
Energy Technology
Nationwide NEPA (2009-Present). On behalf of Tetra Tech, Inc., the prime researcher, successfully led the proposal team for Virginia Tech and the team to win the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) support services contract for the U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Service contract has $200 million ceiling.
Global Nuclear Energy Partnership-GNEP (2007-2008). Led third-party quantitative analytical readability study examining the final U.S. Department of Energy GNEP report which evaluated the need and best design for future U.S. nuclear reactors. Used sophisticated quantitative computational data tools to analyze the readability of the final report submitted to the U.S. Congress. Funding from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Virginia Uranium, Inc. (VUI) Feasibility Study (2007). Preliminary policy analysis and feasibility study looking at the potential for mining the largest uranium ore body in North America with an estimated value of $10 billion. Phase two study now being reviewed by the National Academy of Science. Funding from VUI.
Smart Grid Technologies (2009-Present). Working with silicon carbide semiconductor technology used in high voltage smart grid and vehicle hybrid applications. Funding from the U.S. Department of Energy and GeneSic.
Southern Algal Research, Development and Commercialization Consortium (2009-present). Founder of the consortium designed to integrate “best in class” algal technologies. Commercializing technologies from four companies were created as a joint venture to develop research programs around new algal feedstock and byproducts. The program is in cooperation with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Dominion Resources, Algal Farms and Sprouse Industries. Phase one preliminary grant awarded for vetting by the Virginia Tobacco Commission.
Small Distributed Wind Technology-Vertical (2009-present). Conducting business feasibility studies on the engineering attributes of a small wind turbine technology. Developed a bench scale and pilot scale models that will eventually be tested. Goal is to bring the products to market for small augmented power backup through the Department of Defense. Funding from private sources and DARPA pending.
Regional Hospital Energy Feasibility Study (2009). Directed a comprehensive feasibility study on the power consumption, mechanical systems and related geospatial aspects that affect the potential for developing a TriGeneration cellulosic power plant co-located at the hospital to augment energy production for the medical complex. Funding from the Virginia Tobacco Commission.
Clean Energy Business Incubators of the Future Report (2009). With Research Triangle International, co-authored a study of the future of clean energy incubators (next generation). Assessed five business models for energy business incubators and explored the services that support the commercialization of clean energy technology. Report includes the concept of value-added resellers and intermediary roles that lead to bringing technology to market. Funding from the Virginia Tobacco Commission.
Virginia Clean Energy Business Incubator (2008-2009). Founded the 17th statewide energy incubator in the nation in cooperation with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Alliance for Clean Energy. Defined business practices and policies for the operation of this statewide virtual incubator. Working with new companies to commercialize energy technology. Funding from the Virginia Tobacco Commission.
Small Business Energy Service Center (2008-Present). Designed a small business and light manufacturing energy service center for southern Virginia businesses requiring energy audits, building infrastructure retrofits, power upgrades in industrial parks and related energy issues. Partnership with USDA.
NASCAR Goes Green (2008-Present). Developing race track energy audits and assessing the potential of energy efficiency technologies within the industry. Looking toward the NASCAR biofuel competition with algal technology.
VARACER Roanoke Watershed Program (2007-present). Founder, in cooperation with Franklin County, the Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation, the Virginia Tech Conservation Management Institute and the U.S. Department of Interior. Creating a watershed clean up and recovery program assessing water quality, endangered species and the potential for the first Virginia-based whitewater recreation park. Funding from Franklin County and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Online Environmental and Energy Training Tool (2006). Designed methodology and implemented training for 8,000 Virginia National Guardsmen and civilians on energy and environmental standards, goals, and implementation strategies. Statewide education and awareness product.
Emergency Management System (2005). Developed an environmental management system plan following ISO-14001 guidelines for the statewide Virginia National Guard, covering 42,000 acres and 70 facilities. International standards addressed both energy and environmental management and requirements.
Modeling and Simulation Technology
Geospatial Technology for 3-D Immersive Environments (2008-Present). Developing an enterprise geospatial laboratory that interconnects with a full immersive 3-D environment. Funding by the Virginia Tobacco Commission.
Modeling and Simulation Feasibility Study (2007-Present). Studying and assessing the feasibility of establishing a Modeling and Simulation Center in South Boston, VA. Funding by the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research.
Modeling and Simulation for the Next Generation Night Vision Goggle (2008-Present). Series of human factors tests leading to the development of the next technical advancements in night vision technology. Funding by ITT Night Vision, Inc.
Consumer Analysis of the Potential for Night Vision Goggles in the NASCAR Market (2006-2007). Series of studies and tests that led to the potential for consumer grade night vision goggles for the consumer market. Funded by ITT Night Vision, Inc.
3-D Science Medical Modeling Study (2003-2006). Determined the retinal disparity of adult learners as they reviewed heart material on a 3-D laptop to determine cognitive function and knowledge acquisition. Funded by the National Institute for Technology Policy and Research.
Environmental Compliance Assessment Study (2002-2003). Statewide study designed to ascertain best methods for Virginia National Guard soldiers to acquire and transfer knowledge of environmental and energy laws, regulations and related management practices. Project led to the creation of environmental video-based simulations. Funded by the U.S. Department of Defense.
Distance Education Technology
Virginia Energy Education Alliance (2009-Present). Developing energy workforce education certificate programs and courses with the University of Virginia. Unfunded.
Cisco TelePresence for Modeling and Simulation: Energy and Environmental Sectors (2008-Present). Developing a framework for using new TelePresence technology for modeling and simulation applications, in cooperation with the National Lambda Rail and Internet2. Funding by the Virginia Tobacco Commission.
Virtual Worlds for Simulation and Training (2008-Present). Developing an online immersive virtual world environmental around energy and environmental scenarios for problem solving and decision support. Collaborating with Alion Science and Technology and Forterra, the nation’s leading virtual world software developers for the U.S. Department of Defense. Funding by the Virginia Tobacco Commission and federal sources.
Energy Case Study Method (2008-Present). Designed Virginia’s first, secure Internet-based portal for STEM programming around energy specific-green job topics. Funded by Virginia Tobacco Commission.
Handbook on Two-Way Synchronous Instruction (2006). Developed a framework and corresponding online training simulations for understanding the best practices related to two-way interactive instruction in K-12 settings. Funded by the National Institute for Technology Policy and Research.
Bringing Adult Education Into the 21st Century: Statewide Study of Adult Education in Virginia (2006). Developed five-year longitudinal research design to determine available and accessible technologies for adult education programs in Virginia. Funded by Virginia Department of Education in cooperation with The Virginia Adult Education Technology Plan Advisory Committee and the Virginia Association for Adult and Continuing Education.
Statewide Assistive Technology Policy Issues as They Relate to K-12 Public Schools in Virginia (2006). Funded by Virginia Department of Education.
Four Rivers Technology Consortium (2003-2005). Studied effectiveness of technology methods on student achievement. Funded under No Child Left Behind Ed Tech program.
Regional Two-Way Video Synchronous Interactive Study (1995). Studied extent to which a regional wide area network could support synchronous video for 22 public school divisions and their faculty. Project led to deployment of a regional two-way video network in 22 public high schools in southern Virginia. Funded by the Southside Virginia Regional Technology Consortium with funding from the Tobacco Commission.
Discovery Communications: A Violence Prevention Study (2004-2005). Determined the degree to which violence-prevention simulation videos affect student behavior and related reading skills. Funded by Discovery Communications, Inc.
Geospatial Technology Awareness for High School Student (2004-2006). Evaluated the effectiveness of geospatial broadband content on career choices of high school students. Content developed by NASA Center for Distance Learning, Nortel KidzOnline and the Virginia Space Grant Consortium. Funded by U.S. Department of Labor.
NASA Distance Education Life Science Evaluation (2004). Studied effects of the life science video materials from NASA distance learning program on student achievement in middle schools. Funded by National Institute for Technology Policy and Research.
FIRST Robotics Evaluation: An Assessment of a Robotics Curriculum for Middle and High School Students (2004). Developed assessment and implementation plan for Halifax County, VA, public schools. Led to development of the Dominion Robotics Laboratory and a multi-state national championship. Funded by the National Institute for Technology Policy and Research.
Maryland Public Television: An Inter-rater Reliability Study (2004). Determined inter-rater reliability of video-based simulations in history, English and social studies for K-12 education. Funded by OCR Macro and Maryland Public Television.
Discovery Communications: The Effect of Mathematics Education Simulations on Student Achievement in Los Angeles, California (2004). Studied effects of video-based simulations on student achievement. Funded by Discovery Communications, Inc.
Ed Tech Evaluation for the No Child Left Behind Program (2003). Longitudinal study at three regional K-12 in more than 50 Virginia counties to assess effects of grant activities on student achievement. Funded by Virginia Department of Education.
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the ThinkKids Program on Student Achievement (2003). Evaluated ThinkKids programs in Texas. Funded by the National Children’s Education Reform Foundation.
Assistive Technology in Pre-K-12 Public Education: A Policy Study (2002-2003). Statewide study to assessed school division leaders’ availability and uses of assistive technology for students with special needs, a federal law required by the Office for Civil Rights, United State Department of Education. Funded by the Virginia Department of Education.
United Streaming Study (2002-2003). National study assessed the effect of United Learning education simulations on student achievement. Conducted in rural Virginia and replicated in California. Funded by Discovery Communications, Inc.
Bringing Adult Education into the 21st Century (1999-2001). Statewide study assessed the availability and use of technology by state adult education program providers in Virginia. Funded by the Virginia Department of Education.
Equipped for the Future: A Policy Study (1995). National qualitative study resulted in policies for adult education programs nationwide. Study report developed for Congress and funded by the National Goals Panel to the National Institute for Literacy.
U.S. Department of Education Technology Study (1992-1993). Assessed agency employees’ use of technology in the workplace. First study conducted on employee use of technology at the U. S. Department of Education.
Technical Presentations and Outreach Communications
Clean Skies TV: Virginia’s Clean Energy Business Incubator. Washington, DC 2009
Energy Summit. Virginia Clean Energy Business Incubator: South Boston, VA 2009
Clean Energy Business Incubator. Regional Technology Leadership Task Force:
South Boston, VA 2009
WHLF Exclusive Interview with Dr. Inge. South Boston, VA 2009
Modeling and Simulation as an Economic and Education Tool. MODSIM World Conference: Virginia Beach, VA 2008
Modeling and Simulation Study: Virginia Energy Center Findings. Virginia Tobacco Commission: Abington, VA 2007-2008
Virginia Tobacco Revitalization and Indemnification Commission Broadband Initiative: South Boston, VA 2002-2006
Education and Rural Prosperity: Raising the Bar. Impacting Rural Communities Through New Age Technologies: Leap-Frogging in the Network Economy Conference at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research 2005
Arts and Technology: Broadband Issues. First Mile Conference: Washington, D.C. 2004
Bits, Bytes and Books: “With Good Reason.” National Public Radio:
Charlottesville, VA 2004
No Child Left Behind: Research for Discovery Communications. U.S. Congress:
Washington, DC 2003
Emerging Technology in Education: Virginia Technology Leadership Conference:
Roanoke, VA 2000-2006
Technology Policy: Society for Applied Learning Technology Conference:
Washington, DC 2001, 2003
Remedial Education in Virginia: Virginia General Assembly Remediation Commission: Richmond, VA 1998
Y2K Issues for the Virginia Department of Education. Virginia General Assembly Rules Committee: Richmond, VA 1998
Remedial Education in Virginia and the School Performance Report Card: Virginia State Board of Education: Richmond, VA 1998
Recent Publications
Scholastic Magazine (2009). Analysis of the Amazon Kindle. Interview. In press.
U. S. Department of Energy (2006-2008). Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Final Briefing Report to the U.S. Congress.
Inge, C. (2009). University leadership: A new paradigm for innovation. http://www. virginiaenergynetwork.com/Content.asp?PageID=1.
Inge, C. (2009). Clean Energy Business Incubators of the Future. In cooperation with Research Triangle International (RTI). Uncirculated publication.
Boster, F. J., Meyer, G. S., Roberto, A. J., Inge, C., & Strom, R. (2006). Some effects of video streaming on educational achievement. Communication Education, 55, 46-62.
Boster, F. J., Meyer, G. S., Roberto, A. J., Lindsey, L., Smith, R., Inge, C., & Strom, R. E. (2007). The impact of video streaming on mathematics performance. Communication Education, 56, 134-144.
Technical Service Boards and Licenses
Entrepreneur Center at NVTC FastTrac® TechVenture™ Program 2010
LEAD Virginia graduate 2008-2009
Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (advisory board) 2009-present
VT Modeling and Simulation Steering Committee (founder) 2008-present
Virginia Regional Technology Leadership Task Force (founding board member) 2006-present
National Association for Stock Car Racing (NASCAR) (licensee) 2007-2008
NASCAR Foundation (member) 2006-2008
Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative (founding officer: $106M) 2004-2006
Discovery Communications, Inc. (advisory board member) 2004-2006
National K-20 Internet 2 (board member) 2002-2004
Virginia Council on Technology Services (appointed by governor of Virginia 2002-2004
Virginia Research Advisory Committee for Teacher Quality
(Virginia Department of Education appointment) 2003
Virginia Research Advisory Committee for Ed Tech Grant Program
(Virginia Department of Education appointment) 2003
Virginia Joint Commission on Technology and Science
(Virginia General Assembly appointment)
About Leaders for Clean Energy Commercialization
This blog is dedicated to leaders in the clean energy sector. The focus is on identifying "best in class" technology that is integrated or capable of being integrated into a "system" desired by defense, manucipality and uitility customers. We are a team of leaders centrally focused on creating a new economy from the next finacial boom-clean energy. Focus areas include algal technology, smart grid, wind, solar, biomass and small distributed energy systems. We are creating the National Capital Energy Commercialization Incubator with defense partners in the Washington, DC area. We seek leaders, investors and inventors to be part of this effort. We raise financing for projects that have a clean customer identified and disruptive technlogy near commrcialization within 36 months.
