Industrial Innovation and Parnerships (IIP)

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Industrial Innovation and Partnerships
Kesh Narayanan Division Director
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IIP Strategic Direction
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• Vision
• To be the pre-eminent federal resource driving
  the expansion of our nations innovation capacity
  by stimulating partnerships among industry,
  academe, investors, government and other
  stakeholders.
• Mission
• IIP will enhance our nations economic
  competitiveness by catalyzing the transformation
  of discovery into societal benefits through
  stimulating partnerships and promoting learning
  environments for innovators.

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Industrial Innovation and Partnerships
Division Director
Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers
Office of Industrial Innovation
Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison
with Industry
Small Business Innovation Research
Partnerships for Innovation
Small Business Technology Transfer
American Competitiveness Initiative
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Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers
(I/UCRC)

• Center for Sensors and Actuators U. C.- Berkeley
  / Dust Networks - Wireless sensors called Smart
  Dust that can track troop movement or traffic
  density for example.

• Hayward, Calif., September 14, 2006 Dust
  Networks, (www.dustnetworks.com), one of the
  recipients of The Wall Street Journal's 2006
  Global Technology Innovation Awards.
• Chris Pister, Student-Faculty-Founder

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Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with
Industry (GOALI)

• Penn State University / Neenah, Wheland,
  Navistar Foundries - an advanced oxidation
  process for foundries that enhances green sand
  performance in the casting process and diminishes
  air emissions.

SonoperoxoneTM combines O3, H2O2 and
high-powered acoustics to generate advanced
oxidants in the water used by a foundry
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Partnerships for Innovation (PFI)

• Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) /
  Concrete Industry Management Expand to Arizona
  State University, California State
  UniversityChico, and New Jersey Institute of
  Technology. Develop on-line courses, establish a
  state-of-the art laboratory, leverage NSF
  funding with concrete industry patrons to
  produce qualified graduates for the very large
  construction industry.

Concrete Industry leaders are pledging 1M
annually for the next 4-5 years for each of the
partner universities.
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Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)Small
Business Technology Transfer (STTR)

• eSpin Technologies Partnered with Tennessee to
  move polymeric nanofiber research from a
  laboratory scale to a manufacturing facility.
  Filtration potential cuts across automotive,
  aerospace, healthcare and other industrial
  customers.

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Economic Impact
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Economic Impact
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Innovation Research Topics

• Biotech
• Synthetic biology
• Electronics
• Quantum Dots
• Robotics in Manufacturing
• Information Technology
• Broadband Enabled Technologies
• Collaboration Tools
• Emerging Opportunities