• Perform research on measures to promote technology transfer, research result commercialization, and technology entrepreneurship in Vietnam.• Help connect and transfer model of technology licensing office (TLO), technology business incubators (BI) and buiness accelerators (BA) from foreign universities and R&D insitutes to Vietnamese counterparts.• Build legal documents related to technology/IP commercialization/startup ecosystem development.

•Researched and wrote a report on Vietnamese banking system in 2012.•Traveled to Thailand, Singapore and interviewed more than twenty commercial banks’ CEOs. Produced a report on ASEAN retail banking system.

• Researched about POSCO’s potential steel markets, particularly the Greater Mekong Subregion.• Summarized daily news reports on relevant political, economic and steel-related issues of ASEAN countries.• Assisted researchers in Vietnam-related projects such as studying macroeconomic instability, steel tariff policy and failure of state-owned Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group.• Collaborated with Dr. Kyungsuh Park in the project “Vietnam’s industrial policy: Lessons from China and South Korea.”

• Studied about the state of Smart Grid deployment in the U.S.• Collected information about utility companies that invested in Smart Grid technologies, including Google, Microsoft and Virginia Dominion Power.• Analyzed companies’ technology strategies, business models and benefits to consumers and the environment.