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INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP BUILDINGAT UCONN TECH PARK

AT UCONN TECH PARK

OVERVIEW

INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP BUILDING

S. Pamir AlpayExecutive Director, Innovation Partnership Building at UConn Tech ParkDirector, UTC Aerospace Systems Center for Advanced MaterialsProfessor, Materials Science and Engineering



IPB FactoidsPARTNER WITH UCONNLeverage these distinctive IPB assets:

⇲ World class faculty with diverse research interests

⇲ State of the art equipment and laboratories

⇲ Collaborative, innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem

STATE OF THE ART FACILITY

The IPB is an innovative, exciting focal point at the forefront of research, instituting a far-reaching network of resources, programs and collaborations that extend throughout the State of Connecticut and beyond.

FEATURES

113,700square feet the three floors

3,800feet from main campus (North Hillside Road)

WEATHER FORECASTING

1.8 millionEversource power customers benefit from UConn’s Outage Prediction Model, the first of its kind to be developed at the Eversource Energy Center. Developing the model required analyzing megabytes and terabytes of power infrastructure data.

MATERIALS TESTING

10 tonsstatic force can be exerted by the Gleeble 3500, a sophisticated simulator that is applied in industry to explore new production techniques, potentially reducing development timelines and cutting production costs.

INVESTED IN THE FUTURE

$ 100MInvested in the IPB building project

$ 40MInvested in state of the art research equipment

$ 30MInvested in roads and site improvements


IPB FactoidsMAJOR INDUSTRY PARTNERS

10major industry partners committed more than $80 million in funding to advance research at UConn.

ADVANTAGES

MICROSCOPY

100+ milliontimes magnification capability of Titan Themis TEM, FEI’s flagship microscope, allowing scientists to see individual atoms and evaluate their properties. UConn houses one of the world’s foremost facilities for electron microscopy.

DRIVING INNOVATION &COLLABORATION IN CT

8,000companies within two hours’ drive to UConn perform work relevant to the IPB, with research applications in clean energy, medical devices, aerospace, cybersecurity, and more.

The IPB foundation extends as much as

15minute walk from campus

80feet underground to maintain stability of equipment that is highly sensitive to vibrations such as the precision lasers and highly sensitive electron microscopes housed in the Advanced Characterization Lab (ACL).


Strengths

Energy

Cyber

Bio Sci.

Man. Tech.

Materials

Data


IPB at UConn Tech Park – How We Work

Partnership Opportunities• Industry Contracts

• Joint Research Grants• Internships for Students• Scientific/Engineering Support

• Proof of Concept Space

Partner with Manufacturers• Innovations that will define the future of their

businesses

• Develop joint research grants• Attract large corporations and SMEs in supply chain• Shared equipment

• Advanced modeling• Faculty expertise across disciplines


IPB Industry PartnershipsGreater than $80M in investments


Industry Centers

$7.5MPratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Center (PW AMC)

$1M UTAS Center for Advanced Materials

$9MEversource Energy Center

$2.2MSynchrony Financial Center of Excellence in Cybersecurity

$6MComcast Center of Excellence for Security Innovation (CSI)

$9MReverse Engineering Fabrication Inspection & Non-destructive Evaluation (REFINE)

$25MUCONN - Thermo Fisher Scientific Center for Materials Analysis and Characterization (CMAC)

$10MUTC Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering (UTC-IASE)

$7.2MFraunhofer USA Center for Energy Innovation CEI

$7.5MGE Advanced Technology Initiative


Enterprise Solution Center (ESC)

Hadi Bozorgmanesh, Ph.D.Professor of Practice, School of EngineeringDirector, Uconn Enterprise Solution Center (ESC)

Enterprise Solution Center (ESC)Umbrella for: Connecticut Manufacturing Simulation

Center (CMSC) Proof of Concept Center (POCC) Quiet Corner Innovation Cluster (QCIC)

Enterprise Solution Center Leverages the faculty expertise and R&D resources

at UConn to co-develop new products and services.

Develops targeted strategies to enhance technology and manufacturing capabilities of small & medium sized enterprises (SMEs), promoting competitive products and services, job creation, and promotion of economic growth.

Connects industry experts with major regional equipment manufacturers.

Jeongho Kim, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental EngineeringDirector, Connecticut Manufacturing Simulation Center (CMSC)

Connecticut Manufacturing Simulation Center (CMSC) Enabling business growth of small-to-medium CT

enterprises through UConn manufacturing simulation capabilities.

CMSC Areas of Expertise Finite Element Modeling and Simulation Analysis of Residual Stresses and

Distortions Machining Simulation (Turing, Milling,

Cutting) Sheet Metal Forming Simulation Hot Press Forming Simulation Heat Treat Simulation Metal Forging Simulation Casting Simulation

Joseph LucianiDirector, Proof of Concept Center (POCC), Quiet Corner Innovation Cluster (QCIC)

Proof of Concept Center (POCC) State-of-the-art prototyping and fabrication

equipment resources enable partners to build on ideas for conceptualization ideation to product validation.

POCC Areas of Expertise Design, Prototyping, and Verification Product Development Design for Manufacturing Additive Manufacturing for Prototyping Additive Manufacturing for

Manufacturing Laser Cutting / Abrasive Water Jetting CNC Machining Reverse Engineering

Quiet Corner Innovation Cluster (QCIC) QCIC supports local business growth potential by

establishing partnerships between UConn and SMEs in rural Connecticut counties. SMEs collaborate with UConn faculty experts and leverage CMSC and POCC expertise.


Opportunities for Small BusinessesSBIR/STTR Grant Partnership Events Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research

A series of unique workshops designed to help small businesses gain government funding for developing innovative products and services

Future Workshops

• SBIR program managers with other areas of expertise, from federal agencies such as NSF, DoE, NIH, etc.

First Workshop (March 2018)

• 85 attendees with industry, UConn faculty, and federal/state government representatives.

• Navy SBIR/STTR, IPB/Tech Park and OVPR communicated a collective focus on the creation of industry/university innovation teams using Navy SBIR funding.

“What you’re doing is going to be of immense value to Connecticut’s business economy.” Workshop attendee

Second Workshop (May 2018)

• Innovation teams selected from the March workshop will prepare a joint UConn / small business SBIR proposal to be submitted by June 2018.

S. Pamir Alpay, Ph.D.Executive Director, IPB

Radenka Maric, Ph.D.Vice President for Research

Deborah SantyFormer Director Small Business Innovation at CI

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