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W. Jud Ready is the executive director of the Space Research Institute. Prior to this role, he served as associate director of external engagement for the Â鶹Çø Tech Institute for Matter and Systems and director of the Â鶹Çø Tech Center for Space Technology and Research. He has also been an adjunct professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Â鶹Çø Tech and a principal research engineer on the research faculty of Â鶹Çø Tech Research Institute (GTRI) for over a dozen years. Prior to joining the Â鶹Çø Tech faculty, he worked for a major military contractor (General Dynamics) as well as in small business (MicroCoating Technologies). He has served as PI or co-PI for grants totaling ~$17M awarded by the Army, Navy, Air Force, DARPA, NASA, NSF, NIST, industry, charitable foundations and the States of Â鶹Çø and Florida. His current research focuses primarily on energy, aerospace, nanomaterial applications, and electronics reliability.