Advisors
Dr. Tal Lavian, Ph.D
Dr. Tal Lavian is UC Berkeley CET Industry Fellow and Lecturer, College of Engineering. He is a scientist, inventor and educator in the areas of computer science and electrical engineering related to communications and Internet technologies. He has over 20 years of experience, including Technical Chair of the Patent Committee for Nortel Networks’ EDN, Principal Investigator for DARPA and visiting scientist at UC Berkeley’s RAD Lab. He is technical advisor for patent litigation, evaluating technology patent infringement. He has advised companies on building IP portfolios for hundreds of invention ideas and holds over 40 Issued Patents and Pending Patent Applications. He co-authored more than 25 scientific publications, journal articles, and peer-reviewed papers
For more information, please e-mail him at tlavian[at]Innovations-IP.com
Dr. Jitesh H. Panchal, Ph.D
Dr. Jitesh H Panchal is an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University. He received his MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and his BTech in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. He is a recipient of the university silver medal from IIT Guwahati. His research interests are in the field of engineering systems design. Specifically, his current research focus is on a) harnessing collective intelligence in systems realization, and b) methodologies and computational tools for the integrated design of products and materials. He has co-authored a book on the integrated design of products and materials. He has published over 45 articles in international journals, conferences, and edited books.
