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The Role of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The Open Lab Environment at Work in Erie County July 25, 2018

• Accessing University resources has never been easier.
• Collaboration is invaluable to economic development.
• Students are abundant, exceptional, and accessible.

Take-homes

Penn State University

An academic & research powerhouse

• Public land grant research

university

• Top 20 research university
• 20 campus locations
• 90,000+ students
• $800-$900 million in sponsored

expenditures

Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

• Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
• 5200 students
• 4600 resident
• 600 online
• 40+ bachelor’s, associate, & graduate degrees
• Schools of
• Business
• Engineering
• Humanities & Social Sciences
• Science
• 864-acre campus with 50+ buildings

The Open Lab: Industry-Academia R&D

The Open Lab

Applied R & D Industry IP Ownership Engaged Faculty Experts Student Talent Specialized Equipment Pilot Production Space

The Open Lab: Engagement with University Resources

Innovation Commons + The Innovation Beehive Network Senior Design Capstone Projects Sponsored Research Projects Knowledge Park Partnership

Industry + University Collaboration

Erie Regional Educational Resources

Brain Power in Erie County

• Four major universities
• ~1,200 Faculty
• ~19,000 Students
• >4,000 Degrees/year Awarded
• Exceptional library programs

Innovation Commons

Business Consultation Design & Technology Development Idea Working Prototype Innovation Commons Staff

• Blasco Library – Idea Lab
• Edinboro University – Branding and marketing
• Gannon University – Business development
• Mercyhurst University – Intelligence products
• Penn State Behrend – Rapid prototyping

NWPA Beehive Network

NWPA Beehive Network

Business Planning Design & Technology Development Business Intelligence Marketing & Branding Idea Fully Armed Business

NWPA Beehive Network Case

One Leg Up I Lake Erie Rubber

Behrend took the client’s drawings to develop a prototype. The result was an iterative redesign of the product. Edinboro provided brand development and package design. They are also working with the client on social media management. A rubber manufacturing job shop wants to enter product development with dog toys. Their dog toy is made from durable, floating, high quality rubber. Lake Erie Rubber had never progressed through the product development lifecycle. They needed assistance with product design, marketing, and launch.

Fast Framer I Jason Wokutch

Client founded a business, submitted 4 patent applications, citing two students. Product is on the shelf in 4 stores and online. Jason wanted to develop a product that would help him construct wall frames with no assistance. Students simplified design, added features, perfected prototype. Connections were made to other local resources

“Thank you for everything you and your students have done for me. Without your program this product would still be just an idea.”

NWPA Beehive Network Case

High School Printer Gift

• 19 High Schools
• On-call, on-site Tech

Support

• Community-building
• Lectures, Tours, Workshops

K-12 STEM & Business Outreach

25,000 P-12 students per year Teacher in-service training Women in Engineering Program PLASTCar Competition Physics Day Women in Business Program MATH Options Yahn Planetarium College for Kids

Capstone Design & Projects

Year long experience 98 different projects last year 79% industry sponsorship Innovation through Collaboration projects Fasenmyer Design Conference

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Confocal Microscopy Dynamic materials testing Finite element analysis CFD simulation Advanced CNC & machining Rapid prototyping High Field NMR Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy Bi-axial testing

The Open Lab: Shared facilities

High-Speed Differential Scanning Calorimetry Plastics processing: injection molding, blowmolding, extrusion Material compounding

106-acre park 6 buildings, 20 tenants, 500+ employees

Knowledge Park

Knowledge Park Tenants

Patent example: Cybersonics Lithotripter

SKF Innovation Center

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Intern Mashup Product R&D Knowledge Park

Advanced Manufacturing & Innovation Center

Groundbreaking approach to academic – industry partnership An open lab environment for student learning and business R&D A state-of-the-art facility with NSF-funded electronic microscope

Creating and making things matters

Buffalo Toronto Pittsburgh Cleveland

ERIE

Our research and development efforts matter. Erie has the access/resources that manufacturing needs Erie is a microcosm of the U.S. manufacturing sector