Intellectual Property Committee

Last Updated:   9/22/2023

Contact Name

Brittany Souto, Executive Assistant (Clemson University Research Foundation)
bsouto@clemson.edu

Description

Intellectual Property Committee reviews and recommends policies to the Vice President for Research related to intellectual property; performs adjudication of ownership issues and hears appeals from creators with questions or concerns about disclosure review and commercialization decisions; and serves as liaison to University-designated commercialization agents.

This committee is authorized by the Clemson University Committee on Committees. Changes to its description or composition should be initiated with the Faculty Senate Office.

Membership Composition

Chair is appointed by the Vice President for Research (from the membership)

Membership Composition - Intellectual Property Committee
Seat Type Quantity Term Length Date of Term Initiation Seat Filling Mechanism Voting or Non-Voting Other Factors
President of the Faculty Senate or designee 1 1 year April 15 By position Voting  
Faculty Member (any) (Up to Two other Faculty for area specialization purposes) 2 Appointed by Committee Membership Non-voting  
Faculty Member (any) 7 3 years Elected by each of the colleges Voting Staggered terms  
Associate Dean of Academic Colleges (One per college) 7 By position Voting  
Faculty or staff member (Others deemed necessary by the committee) Unknown Non-voting  
Faculty or staff member (Patent and Trademark Resource Center Librarian) 1 Unknown Voting  
Staff Member (Representative from CURF) 1 Unknown Non-voting  
Staff Member (Representative of the General Counsel) 1 Unknown Voting  
Undergraduate Student 1 Appointed by President of Undergraduate Student Senate Voting  
Graduate Student 1 Appointed by President of Graduate Student Government Voting  

Membership List (Last Updated: 9/22/2023)

Changes to the current chair and membership list should be initiated with the Faculty Senate Office.

Chair

Chair List - Intellectual Property Committee
Name Chair Type Email* College or Division Department Term Start Term End
Dan Noneaker Chair dnoneak CECAS Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences

Members

Member List - Intellectual Property Committee
Name Seat Type Email* College or Division Department Service Start Service End
Hugo Sanabria President of the Faculty Senate or designee , By position hsanabr CoS Physics and Astronomy 5/16/2022 6/30/2023
Gabriel Hankins Faculty Member (any) , Elected by each of the colleges ghankin CAAH English 9/8/2022 6/30/2025
Ksenija Gasic Faculty Member (any) , Elected by each of the colleges kgasic CAFLS Plant and Environmental Sciences 11/1/2021 6/30/2024
David White Faculty Member (any) , Elected by each of the colleges wsherri CBSHS Public Health Sciences 7/1/2013 6/30/2026
John DesJardins Faculty Member (any) , Elected by each of the colleges jdesjar CECAS Bioengineering 7/1/2018 6/30/2024
Frances Edwards Faculty Member (any) , Elected by each of the colleges edwardf CoB Accounting 7/1/2019 6/30/2025
Luke Bennett Faculty Member (any) , Elected by each of the colleges lbenne6 CoE Teaching and Learning 7/1/2020 6/30/2023
Faiza Jamil Faculty Member (any) , Elected by each of the colleges fjamil CoE Education and Human Development 7/1/2021 6/30/2024
Apparao Rao Faculty Member (any) , Elected by each of the colleges arao CoS Physics and Astronomy 7/1/2021 6/30/2024
Elysse Newman Associate Dean of Academic Colleges , By position elyssen CAAH Architecture
Paula Agudelo Associate Dean of Academic Colleges , By position pagudel CAFLS Plant and Environmental Sciences
Bryan Miller Associate Dean of Academic Colleges , By position blm2 CBSHS
Dan Noneaker Associate Dean of Academic Colleges , By position dnoneak CECAS Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences
Carl Hollingsworth Associate Dean of Academic Colleges , By position chollin CoB
C.C. Bates Associate Dean of Academic Colleges , By position celestb CoE Education and Human Development
Stephen Creager Associate Dean of Academic Colleges , By position screage CoS Chemistry
Jennifer Groff Faculty or staff member , Unknown jgroff University Libraries
Chip Hood Staff Member , Unknown chip General Counsel
Chris Gesswein Staff Member , Unknown agesswe Research Division
William Jones Undergraduate Student , Appointed by President of Undergraduate Student Senate wej
Alex Day Graduate Student , Appointed by President of Graduate Student Government adday 2/18/2021 6/30/2023
* Emails are @clemson.edu unless noted
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