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John Deere Technology
Center
One John Deere Place, Moline, Illinois
(Just east of the
World Headquarters building.)
Map and directions
Artist's
rendering of the building
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Thursday, February 14, 2002, at 7:00 pm
Tour of
the New
John Deere Technology Center
Moline, Illinois
7:15 - 7:45 pm
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Virtual Reality Facility
(being installed)
Sound Room (one of the
largest in the United States)
Plastics/Composites
Analytical Chemistry
Materials/Metallurgy
(scanning electron microscope)
Paintings/Coatings
(accelerated weathering and corrosion test equipment) Measurements/Instrumentation
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"The
Mind of the Researcher"
7:45 - 8:45 pm
Gopal Revankar
Senior Scientist
John Deere Technology Center
Moline, Illinois
Gopal Revankar holds several
engineering degrees including a Ph.D. in materials science from the
University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has held executive positions in
Indian steel plants before he pursued his graduate studies in the USA.
After a year as a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin, Madison
and two years as a faculty member at the University of Northern Iowa, he
joined Deere & Company in 1979 where he is now conducting research
in advanced materials. He has several patents to his credit. He served
as President of the John Deere Chapter of Sigma Xi in 1985.
Dr. Revankar will present his experience
and the experience of his colleagues in creative and innovative
activities to show how the mind strives in research situations to find
solutions to problems. The talk will present some historic instances of
brilliant inventors to support the fact that the creativity of the mind
increases with concentration. It will conclude with implications of
concentration enhanced faculty of the mind in today's life whether it is
business or personal.
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