Dr. David Weir

  is the Director of the OEIP at the University of Delaware. Weir holds a doctorate in chemical physics and lectured at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland before a 35-year career with DuPont. He was the founding director of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute.

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Delaware Design Institute holds inaugural event

The new Delaware Design Institute (DDI) at the University of Delaware celebrated its progress at an inaugural event on Monday, May 24.

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Alumnus Alan Atkinson of Xiotech to serve as entrepreneur in residence at UD

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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University of Delaware Research magazine published

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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President's Forum focuses on innovation, entrepreneurship

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 awarded funds for cyberinfrastructure development

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, U.S. Army announce research and development agreement

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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Shoe Designer Kicks off Entrepreneur Chats

Ruthie Davis spoke to students about her experience in the business world.

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Babies Driving Robots

UD technology the cover story in fall 2009 issue of Insights into Spina Bifida.

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UD awarded funds for cyberinfrastructure development

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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Small Business Development Center honors Gary Simon

UD's Gary Simon has been selected the 2009 State Star by the Delaware SBDC.

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UD start-up company PAIR

PAIR is preparing to commercialize novel detector for medical, military applications.

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UD honors 179 Inventors

The inaugural Inventors' Recognition was hosted by OEIP on Oct. 8, 2009

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UD teams with Jefferson to win defense grant

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 engineering professors win Department of Defense research grants

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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UD's V2G technology takes national stage

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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APRIL 23, 2010:

Third Annual President's Forum on Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Be inspired...Get information...Network...

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Mission & Goals

The Office of Economic Innovation and Partnerships seeks to establish the University as a recognized center of invention, innovation, entrepreneurship, partnering and economic development.

The Gateway enables outside entities to access the University’s knowledge-based assets and provides UD personnel support to form partnerships outside the University.

The Gateway: