By Kevin Fryling, news and media specialist, science, Indiana University Communications A longstanding partnership between Indiana’s three top research universities recently got some high-profile exposure in the world of pharmaceutical chemistry through a story in PharmTech, a leading news source for professionals in the global pharmaceutical manufacturing drug-development community. The story, “Precompetitive Research Spurs Innovation… Read more »
Technology Commercialization
New Engineering and Technology program at IUPUI emphasizes innovation, entrepreneurship
Intellectual property is playing a central role in a new program at the School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI. In the Engineering-Science Intellectual Property Project, a series of three classes marries intellectual property concepts with engineering and patent applications. Students create their own solution to an engineering challenge, build a prototype, and then guide… Read more »
Tony Armstrong of IURTC to speak on university startups panel in Houston
Tony Armstrong, president and CEO of the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., will participate in a panel at the second annual Venture Houston, taking place Nov. 8-9. The event will be hosted by Global Corporate Venturing and Global University Venturing. The “Best Practices to Create and Fund Startups from Universities and Public Research Labs… Read more »
Indiana University’s technology transfer process featured on ‘Inside Indiana Business’
Fred H. Cate, Indiana University vice president for research, spoke about the university’s technology transfer process with Gerry Dick on “Inside Indiana Business with Gerry Dick.” Cate provided an overview of the technology transfer process and spoke about the record three-year period of activity for the IU Innovation and Commercialization Office. Other highlights were a… Read more »
IU Vice President for Research Fred H. Cate to appear on ‘Inside Indiana Business’
Fred H. Cate, vice president for research at Indiana University, will appear on the next “Inside Indiana Business with Gerry Dick.” He will speak with Dick about technology transfer — vetting, applying for protection for, marketing and licensing intellectual property — at IU. WFYI, the PBS television station in Indianapolis, will broadcast the interview at… Read more »
Technology and Education — Augmenting Intelligence
By Kevin Berkopes, CEO, Crossroads Education I developed Crossroads Education, an Indianapolis-based technology and professional services company, while a faculty member at IUPUI. Our mission is to build a new human ecosystem for education, one built upon the power of human connection augmented by technology. I want to focus on the potential impact of artificial… Read more »
June 20 CREED meeting showcased IURTC, Indiana IoT Lab and statewide impact website
The Indiana University Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development, or CREED, hosted its second quarterly meeting of 2018 on June 20 on the IUPUI campus. David Gard, assistant vice president for economic engagement, shared new developments at the university: Bill Stephan, vice president for engagement, will also assume the duties of the vice president… Read more »
Another view of the Northeast Indiana Technology Commercialization Forum: Lucretia Cardenas
Joe Carley, director of economic development at Indiana University, recently wrote an opinion piece about the June 4 Northeast Indiana Technology Commercialization Forum. He summarized key points made during the presentation about the state’s intellectual portfolio and the subsequent panel discussion. A second opinion piece was written by Lucretia Cardenas, former editorial director for KPC… Read more »
Collegial collaboration: the Northeast Indiana Technology Commercialization Forum
By Joe Carley, director for economic development, Indiana University In the book “The Smartest Places on Earth,” authors Antoine Van Agtmael and Fred Bakker write about the transformation of rustbelt areas into hotspots for innovation. They argue that the success of local innovation-oriented economic development efforts requires “collegial collaborations, open exchange of information, partnerships between the… Read more »
Indiana University among global leaders in patents received in 2017
For the fifth consecutive year, Indiana University has been ranked in a report about intellectual property protection published by the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Association. IU Research and Technology Corp., which until July 2017 managed the technology transfer process on behalf of IU, ranked 54th in the “Top 100 Worldwide Universities… Read more »