PROVIDENCE – Clyde L. Briant, dean of engineering at Brown University, has been appointed vice president for research, effective July 1.
Briant succeeds Andries van Dam, who is going back to teaching and research in computer science and will run the new Microsoft Center for Pen-Centric Computing.
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The vice president for research oversees all aspects of research at Brown, working with faculty and the academic administration to foster internal and external academic centers and new relationships and overseeing intellectual property policy and its implementation.
Prior to joining the Brown faculty in 1994, Briant had worked at the General Electric Research and Development Center since 1976. His research has been primarily in structural materials.
“Clyde’s success and experience in industry and academia, particularly his service to Brown during a period of change and growth, make him exceptionally well-qualified for this important position,” Brown President Ruth J. Simmons said in a news release.
KVH expands sales network into Asia
MIDDLETOWN – KVH Industries Inc. says it is expanding its consumer product sales network into the Asian market following the selection of Eletek Technology of China and Hong Kong and Can Traders of Singapore as regional distributors.
KVH provides satellite TV and communications systems for boats, RVs, trucks, buses and cars. The company already has sales and regional distribution networks in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand.
“Given the significant maritime business opportunities within the Asian market, this is a logical and exciting expansion of the distribution network,” Martin Kits van Heyningen, KVH president and CEO, said in a news release. The initiative is still in its “early stages,” he said, but “we are very excited by the prospects for growth in Asia among both recreational and commercial mariners.”
Newport naval site recognized by EPA
NEWPORT – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently recognized the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport for achieving environmental improvements that exceed required compliance levels.
The division voluntarily employed environmental management systems to strengthen performance, reported progress annually to the public, and performed outreach to the community, the EPA said.
During the past year, center staff members provided environmental education at Gaudet Middle School in Middletown, participated in local beach cleanups and hosted sustainability expos for local schools.
Staff members also made commitments to achieve environmental improvements relating to energy use, water consumption, waste generation and land preservation during the next three years.
Communications firm opens new office in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Matter Communications Inc., a public relations and marketing communications agency specializing in technology and business-to-business markets, has opened an office in Providence, at One Richmond Square.
The office is “strategically located to support the many technology, consumer and business-to-business companies that are rapidly expanding their operations or establishing headquarters located in and around Rhode Island’s capital city,” the Newburyport, Mass., company said.
The new office will be managed by Andy Meltzer.
TAZZ launches module for new IP services
PROVIDENCE – Software developer TAZZ Networks Inc. recently announced the release of a “next-generation network” application module for the TAZZ Policy Control System.
The module would allow service providers to transition their network architecture for the delivery of next-generation IP services, such as VoIP, video on demand, and IPTV ? over both wire line and wireless networks.
By creating an intelligent control layer that migrates networks from legacy to next-generation, the NGN Application Module enables the TAZZ PCS to deliver support for a broad range of applications, TAZZ said.
The PCS leverages the module to reduce the time, cost and complexity associated with the creation and deployment of next-generation IP services.
Sensata revenues up 8.3% in first quarter
ATTLEBORO, Mass. – Sensata Technologies B.V., formerly the Sensors & Controls business of Texas Instruments, says its revenue for the first quarter of 2006 was $294 million, up 9.7 percent from the previous quarter and up 8.3 percent over the first quarter of 2005.
The company, which was acquired by Bain Capital, a Boston-based private investment firm, on April 27, credited the revenue growth to higher sales of sensor products, including the new occupant weight sensor and the mass air flow sensor.
Sensata’s adjusted EBITDA was $78.4 million for the quarter, or 26.7 percent of revenue, compared with $78.2 million, or 28.8 percent, in the first quarter of 2005. First quarter 2006 earnings adjustments included $7.7 million of restructuring expenses.
Capital expenditures were $10 million for the quarter, compared with $10.7 million for the first quarter of 2005, and were primarily for additional manufacturing equipment to support the growth of the sensors product line and outfitting of the new Attleboro business and technology office, the company said.
