Vice
Chair to the Treasure
Coast Research,
Education and Development
Authority Board
is Jose L. Farinos,
B. Arch., M.U.R.P.
Mr. Farinos is Dean
of Advance Technology
at Indian River
State College. His
experience lends
expertise to program
and curriculum development
of several departments
including: Power
Plant Technology
Institute, Robotics
and Photonics Institute,
Cyber Security Institute,
Digital Media Institute,
Electronics Department,
Computer Science
Department, Advanced
Manufacturing, Nanotechnology
and Micro-fabrication,
Architecture, Civil
Engineering, Building
Construction, Graphic
Design, and Interior
Design. Additionally,
he is responsible
for the development
of a new Energy
Center planned for
the college. The
facility will serve
as a comprehensive
center for energy
education and training,
featuring nuclear,
fossil, hybrid energy
efficiency and alternative
energies.
Mr. Farinos’s
extensive professional
affiliations include
Director of the
Banner Center for
Energy, Chair of
the Uniform Curriculum
Guidelines for Alternative
Energy workgroup
for Department of
Energy’s Greenforce
Florida, member
of the Florida Energy
Workforce Consortium,
member of the Center
for Energy Workforce
Development, member
of a pilot project
sponsored by the
Nuclear Energy Institute
and the Institute
of Nuclear Power
Operations, member
of National Ad Hoc
Committee for Nuclear
Energy Training
with NEI and INPO,
partner of the National
Center for Optics
and Photonics (OPTEC),
Co-Chair of the
Center for Academic
Innovation (IRSC)
and Chair of the
Learning and Teaching
with Technology
Faculty.
Mr. Farinos received
a Bachelor’s
degree in Architecture
and a Master’s
degree in Urban
Regional Planning
from the University
of Miami.
Authority Board Vice Chair
Dean of Advanced Technology Division
Indian River State College
