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Robert Bass is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Portland State University. His research is focused on electrical power systems, particularly distributed and renewable generation resources, optimization methods for multiunit generation and the overlaying smart grid methods that link them together.

Benjamin Clark

Assistant Professor of Public Administration

Planning, Public Policy & Management

University of Oregon

Benjamin Y. Clark specializes in municipal government management. His research examines how technology can be used to improve city management (smart city technology) and how cities need to be planning financially and managerially for future innovations (autonomous vehicles ). In 2018, he helped to create the Oregon Policy Lab, a collaboration between the government of Lane County and the School of Planning, Public Policy and Management geared toward providing technical assistance to the government and educational opportunities for students.