{"id":1536,"date":"2015-04-14T17:12:53","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T17:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/?page_id=1536"},"modified":"2024-02-05T18:50:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T18:50:54","slug":"assistant-director","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/meet-the-team\/assistant-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistant Director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"title-block w-100\"><div class=\"container-fluid page-title-container\"><div class=\"title-wrapper\"><h1 class=\"font-heading\">Dr. Lawrence Tinker<\/h1><hr \/><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<nav class=\"section-navigation\"><div class=\"section-navigation-inner\"><div class=\"section-menu\"><a class=\"section-navigation-back\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"#\" style=\"display:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/section-nav\/includes\/section-nav-back.svg\" \/> Back<\/a><ul class=\"\" id=\"section-nav-ul\"><li class=\"current-page\"><a class=\"menu-parent-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/\">About<span class=\"caret\"><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"page_item page-item-3808 page_item_has_children dropdown\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/meet-the-team\/\" class=\"dropdown-toggle\" data-bs-toggle=\"dropdown\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Meet the team <span class=\"caret\"><\/span><\/a>\n<ul class='dropdown-menu' role='menu'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1184\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/meet-the-team\/director\/\">Director<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-1536\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/meet-the-team\/assistant-director\/\">Assistant Director<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4306\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/meet-the-team\/melissa-white\/\">Melissa White, PhD<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-4334\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/meet-the-team\/sierra-pollard\/\">Sierra Pollard, PhD<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-5873\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/meet-the-team\/ron-stein\/\">Ron Stein<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-5537\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/meet-the-team\/elif-akcali\/\">Elif Ak\u00e7al\u0131, PhD<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-146\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/faculty-innovation-council\/\">Faculty Innovation Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-5905\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/annual-activities-summary\/\">Annual Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-170\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/partners\/\">Partners and Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-6039\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/engineering-innovation-institute-logo\/\">Engineering Innovation Institute Logo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><a class=\"section-menu-btn section-navigation-toggler\" href=\"#\" type=\"button\" aria-controls=\"sectionNavigation\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"open-btn\">Menu<\/span><span class=\"close-btn\" style=\"display:none;\">Close<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/nav>\n\n\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2018\/07\/Lawrence-Tinker-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2018\/07\/Lawrence-Tinker-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/179\/2018\/07\/Lawrence-Tinker.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assistant Director<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Office: <\/strong>Suite 380, Herbert Wertheim Laboratory for Engineering Excellence<br><strong>Phone: <\/strong>(352) 294-7908<br><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:latinker@eng.ufl.edu\">latinker@eng.ufl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"clear:both;padding-top:5px\"><strong>Education: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Texas &#8211; Austin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Lawrence Tinker joined the Engineering Innovation Institute as its Assistant Director in July 2018. In this role, Dr. Tinker works with the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering faculty and students to build a culture of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. He delivers the Institute curriculum and helps students and faculty conceive, launch, fund, and operate tech-based, innovation-driven companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to joining UF, Dr. Tinker served as Entrepreneur in Residence for the Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research, where he worked closely with the Offices of Technology Commercialization at the major universities, colleges, and research institutions in northwest Florida to identify technologies that have the potential to be commercialized.&nbsp; Dr. Tinker provided business guidance to startup companies commercializing technologies licensed from universities and research institutions in Florida, helping them develop business models, plans, and investor presentations, preparing them for investor pitches, and facilitating meetings with potential investors.&nbsp; Dr. Tinker secured more than $3 million in matching funding for eleven startup companies in Florida during his time with the Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Tinker has more than thirty years of professional experience in R&amp;D, product development, intellectual property development, licensing, and corporate management. He has held numerous key positions in industry, including President of RBC Technologies, an independent technology development and licensing company where he led successful efforts to develop and license portable energy technologies &#8211; President, Vice president of Advanced Technology, and Vice President of Engineering at AER Energy Resources, a publicly traded technology development and licensing company where he was responsible for R&amp;D, product development, intellectual property, and corporate management. Dr. Tinker also has served as Manager of Technology at Gates Aerospace Batteries and Manager of Research at Ballard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Tinker earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from The University of Texas at Austin, is the author of twenty-four publications, and holds numerous patents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2592,"featured_media":0,"parent":3808,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1536","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Assistant Director - Engineering Innovation Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/about\/meet-the-team\/assistant-director\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Assistant Director - 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