Joseph “Jay” Walsh is the interim vice president for economic development and innovation for the University of Illinois System. Previously Walsh served as Northwestern University’s vice president for research. Walsh also serves as a member of the Board of Governors at Argonne National Lab, the MxD Board of Directors and the MIT Corporation Sponsored Research Committee. His research has been published in a wide variety of refereed journals and his discoveries have resulted in several patents. Walsh earned his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his doctorate in medical engineering from Harvard Medical School-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology.