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At the recent Energy and Innovation Conference, the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and its university partners explored the role of innovation and technology commercialization in advancing energy options to drive economic development, strengthen national security, and improve the environment. NETL’s Regional University Alliance for Energy Technology Innovation is a consortium of five nationally recognized […]
The Southern West Virginia Rural Jobs Accelerator targets the nine (9) southernmost counties of West Virginia – Fayette, McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Raleigh, Summers, Logan, Mingo and Wyoming. It is a partnership of five key organizations that have existing strengths and capabilities to assist businesses and to accelerate success: Marshall University Research Corporation, Robert C. Byrd Institute […]
Walhonde Tools, Inc. manufactures and markets patented tube and pipe alignment tools to heavy industrial construction projects. The company produces and markets 10 patented precision tube and pipe fitting tools for the power, pulp & paper, petro-chemical, food and drug processing and shipbuilding and repair industries worldwide. Based in South Charleston, W.Va., Walhonde is one […]
The West Virginia Capital Access Program (WVCAP) received $13.1 million through State Small Business Credit Initiative funding. The funds provide a new source of capital to West Virginia businesses. The program rolled out in January 2012 and has already approved over $6.4 million to West Virginia businesses! The average amount invested or lent to these […]
Keynote Speaker, NASA Astronaut Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger Leaders from around the state and region attended TechConnect West Virginia’s first Women In Technology: A Formula for Success conference, held October 18-19 at Oglebay Resort & Conference Center in Wheeling. The event highlighted the challenges and opportunities for women in the STEM fields and featured the stories of […]
NASA Astronaut Encourages Women to Shoot for the Stars By Sarah Harmon, The Intelligencer/Wheeling News Register More than 100 women from all sectors of the technology field gathered at Oglebay Resort and Conference center Thursday afternoon to be inspired by a woman who has followed her dreams all the way to space. Astronaut Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger […]
Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger By Glynis Board October 22, 2012 · A female astronaut who recently spent time in the International Space Station landed in Wheeling to discuss the importance of mentoring new business leaders, especially women. In an effort to serve the non-profit’s mission of diversifying the state’s economy and promoting economic prosperity and high-paying jobs, TechConnectWV recently brought […]
This event will bring together regional manufacturers, key business leaders, leading scientists, venture capitalists, and environmentalists from the region and will provide a forum to accelerate technology development and assist in commercializing new technologies and products
TechConnect’s mission to promote innovation-based economic development and redevelopment of the state’s brownfields go hand-in-glove, Anne Barth noted in an address to the annual West Virginia Brownfields Conference. Excerpts of her remarks follow. Technology innovation and brownfields redevelopment are both part of the redevelopment puzzle in West Virginia. In many ways, both address the legacy […]
With a renewed and growing focus on manufacturing in the state and nation, TechConnectWV is teaming with the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing (RCBI) at Marshall University on a new program in conjunction with Innovation Works of Pittsburgh designed to increase manufacturing jobs and productivity. The Innovation Adoption Program (IAP) will help […]