RFID Workforce Develpment and Collaboration ...

From Testimony of John Castellani ...

... "Last fall, the University of Memphis in Tennessee opened the Institute, which is a unique public-private collaboration designed to advance world-class interdisciplinary research and introduce a new generation of highly skilled graduates to the workforce. FedEx Corp. donated $5 million toward the new facilities. The company has more than 219,000 employees globally and expects the alliance will help develop a highly skilled recruitment pool. The Institute will house 10 research centers focusing on an array of studies ranging from medical breakthroughs in cancer and alcoholism to artificial intelligence and RFID (radio frequency identification) tags. The FedEx alliance helped the Institute to forge relationships with other high-profile companies, including AT&T, AutoZone, Avaya, BellSouth, Cisco Systems, Computer Associates, Dell, EDS, Landmark Graphics, Methodist Healthcare, Morgan Keegan & Company, Steelcase, and Time Warner, and with institutions such as the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Technology Resource Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Defense. " ...