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Delaware Selects Three Centers
The State of Delaware has selected its first three Advanced Technology Centers (ATCs), public/private partnerships designed to bolster the state's technology base and to create and retain quality high-tech jobs. The centers will receive $2.31 million from the state's 21st Century Fund for their first year of operation and are eligible for two more years of state funding given satisfactory performance.The centers selected are:
Advanced Technology Center for Medical Devices will catalyze partnerships between companies and universities, resulting in the development and commercialization of medical diagnostic screening tools based on analytical instruments coupled with sophisticated software. The center will receive $560,000 in state funding.
Fraunhofer Resource Center-Delaware will create an advanced materials and near-net-shape manufacturing technology development and deployment capability, based on the Fraunhofer model from Germany. The center will assist manufacturing companies with the solution to technical challenges in the area of near-net-shape manufacturing by performing confidential, contractual work for industry. The center will receive $750,000 in state funding.
Delaware Agricultural Biotechnology Center will establish a genome science facility charged with sequencing and analyzing plant and poultry pathogen genomes. According to the state, the center will feature the second largest DNA sequencing effort in the world for agriculture. It will benefit the state's agricultural industries and offer opportunities for commercialization. It will receive $1 million in state funding.
The state funds awarded must be matched at least 1:1 by private sources.
The ATC program is intended to:
-encourage greater collaboration between private industry and Delaware colleges and universities to develop and apply technology.
-help make these technologies commercially viable.
-build and strengthen research capabilities enhance the supply of technically trained employees to meet the needs of Delaware companies.
-build business-to-business linkages.
Ohio & NASA Open New Incubator
In partnership with the Ohio Department of Development, BP America, and the Great Lakes Industrial Technology Center, NASA Lewis Research Center has opened a technology based incubator. The Lewis Incubator for Technology (LIFT) will enable companies to gain comprehensive business, financial, and marketing assistance as they work to commercialize NASA-developed technologies.
LIFT is located in 31,000 square feet of space at the BP America Research and Development Facility in Warrensville Heights, Ohio. Services available to the tenants include access to analytical laboratories, a reference library, and video conferencing facilities.
As with other NASA supported incubators (SSTI Weekly Digest, May 3, 1996) LIFT has two major goals. First, the facility will give entrepreneurs, start-up companies and early stage companies access to NASA's expertise. Second, the NASA Lewis Research Center will work with the Great Lakes Industrial Technology Center, one of six NASA Regional Technology Transfer Centers, to commercialize NASA-developed technologies.
For more information on LIFT, please contact Sally Harrington of the NASA Lewis Research Center at 216/ 433-2037.
Position Available
The South Florida Manufacturing Technology Center (SFMTC), a regional office of the Florida Manufacturing Extension Partnership, is currently seeking a Director. SFMTC is located in Pompano Beach, Florida and serves seven counties along Florida's southeast coast: Broward, Dade, Martin, Monroe, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie.
The Director will manage contracts, develop operational procedures, evaluate Center progress and monitor economic impacts on its clients and the manufacturing community, and communicate the Center's mission to government, industry and the community. The Director must interact with the SFMTC board, ensure accountability for project funding and administer the Center's budget. The Director is the contact point with the Florida Manufacturing Extension Partnership and is responsible to the FMEP director for program quality and performance.
The ideal candidate will have a master's degree in management or engineering with 10 years experience in the following areas: leadership of a large staff; responsibility for budget development; entrepreneurial experience; manufacturing, engineering or technical expertise; coordinating with institutional and government entities; knowledge of the issues and problems facing smaller manufacturers.
For more information, please contact:
Jon Gardner Chairman,
Barnett Bank of Broward County
901 Southeast 17th Street Causeway
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316
954/ 527-8507Reminder: The NASA/SBIR Solicitation is open until August 28th
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