Dr Alec Bialski has been appointed director of applied research and innovation at Lakeland College in Sherwood Park AB. He will lead the development of a new Manufacturing and Related Technologies Innovation Centre (MARTIC) which is scheduled to open September/05. Bialski has a long record of technology transfer and research management. Most recently he was director of the Innovation and Technology Development Office of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. He has also held senior positions at the National Research Council and the Alberta Research Council….