Indiana University’s leadership and major investments in microelectronics research and workforce development continue to contribute to significant regional momentum around the semiconductor industry. Last week, Bloomington-based Regional Opportunity Initiatives announced it has received a three-year, nearly $9.6 million contract from the Department of Defense for a multilayered initiative to advance microelectronics education and workforce training… Read more »
Workforce Development
Armstrong joins advisory board of NSF’s Industries of Ideas project
Tony Armstrong, Indiana University associate vice president and president and CEO of IU Ventures, has been appointed to the advisory board of Industries of Ideas, a recently launched pilot project of the National Science Foundation to assess the impact of the agency’s strategic investments in research on the development of regional economies and emerging technology… Read more »
Mira Award nominees signal growing success of IU’s innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem
Indiana University is once again primed to seize the spotlight during Indiana’s “biggest night for innovation.” Several IU-affiliated entrepreneurs and companies are among the nominees, announced earlier this week by Indianapolis-based TechPoint, for the 2024 Mira Awards, honoring the best of tech in the Hoosier state. They’ll vie for several of TechPoint’s biggest honors while… Read more »
IU lecturer making waves in the VR/AR realm
Zeb Wood, a lecturer of media arts and science at the Indiana University Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering at Indianapolis, has been one of the leading frontrunners of IU innovation in virtual and augmented reality. Drawing upon a background in 3D animation, Wood has had a string of successes in advancing these prominent… Read more »