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Save the date for the 2014 TransTech Energy Business Development Conference: November 12-13, 2014, Morgantown, WV
The only incubator in the nation focused solely on commercializing chemistry-based technology, ChemCeption is an innovation hub for any technology involving chemistry, from traditional to green, water to plastics, biotechnology to energy, and more. The Chemical Alliance Zone (CAZ) in conjunction with TechConnectWV officially launched the new incubator on Tuesday, April 1st in Building 2000 […]
On May 15, 2014, the Shale Gas Innovation & Commercialization Center will announce the four winners of their Shale Gas Innovation Contest at an event to be held from 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM at the Hilton Garden Inn in Southpointe, PA. Each winner will receive a check for $25,000. Vying for the prize money […]
Article in the State Journal, March 10, 2014 John M. Maher, Marshall University’s vice president for research, has been elected chairman of the board of TechConnect West Virginia. TechConnect is a statewide economic development organization that fosters and promotes innovation-based businesses and entrepreneurial activities. The group’s members represent education and research, private industry and the […]
The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission released its 2014 EPSCoR video last week. This short video explains how scientific research is directly impacting West Virginia’s economy. “Sustained funding for scientific research in West Virginia, supported by EPSCoR, can lead West Virginia into a new economy, fortified by innovation.” This is what TechConnect is working […]
Column in The Charleston Gazette by Anne Barth, February 27, 2014 “Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” This quote by Carl Sagan reminds us that what we don’t know about the universe exceeds that which we do know. And the only way we will learn more is through scientific research. Lately the news […]
The Chemical Alliance Zone’s Chemicals and Materials (CAM) Commercialization Fund has awarded grants to three West Virginia-based companies to help bring new technologies to market. Liberty Hydro Inc. was awarded $20,000 for a portable water-filtration pilot unit needed for customer-site demonstrations of Liberty Hydro’s clean-water technology. Liberty Hydro, a spinoff of the Mid-Atlantic Technology and […]
Congress has agreed on a 2014 Omnibus Appropriations bill that allocates $562 million to research and development in fossil energy, including advanced coal, natural gas, oil, and other fossil energy technologies. This represents an increase of $54 million above the FY2013 enacted level and $142 million above the President’s request. The increase is good news […]
More than 80 college student researchers from across West Virginia presented their discoveries at the 11th Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol in Charleston on January 30, 2014. The event, held in the rotunda of the State Capitol, showcased the importance of student research by giving policymakers and capitol visitors the opportunity to talk directly with […]
Innovators and entrepreneurs from around the state filled the rotunda and hallways of the State Capitol on January 29 for “2014 Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day.” Co-sponsored by TechConnect West Virginia and Industries of the Future-WV, the event drew nearly 150 people to Charleston to show support for West Virginia’s innovation economy. Forty-six exhibitors from a […]