About Us > Faculty & Staff > Operational Staff > Emily Behnke

Degrees:

• Masters in Business Administration, University at Albany, 2006
  • Concentration: Information Technology Management
• Bachelor of Arts (English), University at Albany, 2004

Responsibilities:

• Develop relationships with potential and existing business partners
• Write and edit grant solicitations
• Responsible for program development and reporting to state and federal agencies
• Supervise undergraduate and graduate students, as well as select staff
• Organize and host events, forums, and symposia to promote E2TAC
• Maintain and expand E2TAC and NENY websites
• Coordinate New Energy New York, a consortium of 50+ energy technology organizations in NYS
• Create marketing materials for E2TAC and its events
• Represent the organization at conferences and trade shows

Affiliations:

• Materials Research Society; 2005-Present
• Secretary, New Energy New York; 2006-Present
  

• Co-wrote grants totaling over $6.6M that were later funded by federal and state agencies
• Materials Research Society Entrepreneurship Challenge; 2006
  • Topic: Thermoelectric Generators: Powering Implantable Biomedical Devices
  • Top 3 finalist out of 26 teams, competed against Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Michigan