Ashok For Niskayuna

Member of Niskayuna's Comprehensive Planning Committee and Conservation Advisory Council. Dean of Engineering at Union College Niskayuna Conservation Advisory Council (CAC) member
Niskayuna Comprehensive Planing Committee member
Boys and Girls Clubs of Schenectady, Board of Directors member
Schenectady County Environmental Advisory Committee (SCEAC) member
Dean of Engineering, Union College
Professor of Mechanical Engineering (15 years+), Union College
Wife (Jennifer) is Emergency Department Nurse at Ellis Hospital
Two children in the Niskayuna School District

Education
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Ph.D. in Engineering, Dartmouth College
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, UMass

Accomplishments:
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(1) Started Ski program for Schenectady Youth
Gazette article: https://www.dailygazette.com/news/skiing-program-provides-schenectady-kids-chance-to-hit-slopes/article_28c6b0e0-fa79-5a20-b7a3-be0dbd3801f8.html

(2) Initiated Niskayuna's Natural Resources Inventory (NRI) project and coordinated with Niskayuna Planning Department to secure $15K+ worth of grant funding from NYS DEC and Niskayuna Community Foundation

(3) Long history of volunteer service in Niskayuna and Schenectady County

(4) Fulbright Fellowship, served in Sri Lanka

(5) AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship, served at US Department of State

(6) Former (2-year) board member of Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy