Innovation, entrepreneurship -- and success. For decades, the Delaware Technology Park has helped start-up businesses get their footing.
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Million dollar ideas are like treasured jewels -- precious and rare.
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Alan Atkinson, president and CEO of Xiotech Corp., one of the largest privately held data storage companies in the world, will serve as entrepreneur in residence at UD on Thursday, May 6.
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The second issue of "University of Delaware Research" highlights health sciences research at UD, including the growing collaborations of the Delaware Health Sciences Alliance.
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April 26, 2010 A trio of keynote speakers highlighted the third annual President's Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, "Creating the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem."
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UD is part of a team that has been awarded more than $14 million from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
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The University of Delaware and the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) on Tuesday, Jan. 26, signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
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Ruthie Davis spoke to students about her experience in the business world.
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UD technology the cover story in fall 2009 issue of Insights into Spina Bifida.
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UD is part of a team that has been awarded more than $14 million from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
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UD's Gary Simon has been selected the 2009 State Star by the Delaware SBDC.
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PAIR is preparing to commercialize novel detector for medical, military applications.
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The inaugural Inventors' Recognition was hosted by OEIP on Oct. 8, 2009
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Two faculty members in UD's Electrical and Computer Engineering are part of a team that was recently awarded an $849,000 grant from the Department of Defense for an imaging system.
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Two UD engineering professors have been awarded research grants from the D.O.D.'s 2009 Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR).
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The University of Delaware's vehicle-to-grid technology drove onto the world's stage at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Learn moreDr. David S. Weir is the Director of the Office of the Economic Innovation & Partnership at the University of Delaware.
With a Ph.D. and Post Doctoral experience in chemical physics he lectured at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland before joining the DuPont Company in Wilmington, Delaware. During a 35 year career with DuPont, Dr. Weir held leadership positions in the business and scientific arenas and participated in the discovery, development and marketing of major DuPont product innovation in the polymer, fiber and agriculture business segments. As Vice President for Global Research and Development, he played a key leadership role in developing DuPont's worldwide capability in agriculture and plant science, with special emphasis on biotechnology and plant genetics. In this capacity, he traveled widely and discussed the role of modern biology in agriculture and sustainable development with business and political leaders in the developing world.
On retiring from DuPont, Dr. Weir was appointed a Director of Grupo Vicunha, a Brazilian conglomerate, with the particular role of helping the group develop improved business and management processes.
In 1998, Dr. Weir was appointed to the staff of the University of Delaware and became founding Director of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute, a partnership involving State Government, State academic and medical institutions and the private sector. He is a member of the Delaware Science & Technology Council and Chair of the Council's Executive Committee.
In July 2008 Dr. Weir was asked to lead a new initiative at the University, which will enable UD to be widely recognized as a partner of choice through major contributions to economic, and community development in the State and region.