X
Charleston Gazette-Mail, August 10, 2015 The Associated Press MOOREFIELD, W.Va. – An Eastern Panhandle partnership has received a $5,000 seed grant to develop renewable energy technologies. Eastern West Virginia Community & Technology College and Lost River Green Tech will use the funding to develop new ways to install wind and solar technologies. The grant also […]
Four West Virginia firms were singled out by Governor Earl Ray Tomblin as part of National Small Business Week, and TechConnect is proud to have assisted all of them. Some have also been supported by RCBI, the WV Small Business Development Center, the INNOVA Commercialization Group, and other members of TechConnect. Both RockyBrook Sinkers and […]
A partnership between a new Wheeling company and Wheeling Jesuit University’s Appalachian Institute focused on using hydroponics education to answer food needs of the Appalachian region has received a boost in the form of a seed grant from a West Virginia economic development initiative. The Innovation Transfer Consortium (ITC), a project of TechConnect WV, has […]
Alternative Ways to Grow Food Sprout Up in Classroom January 24, 2014 By Erin Timony The State Journal When one thinks of growing food and plants, the traditional garden consisting of soil, water and sunlight is usually the visual image that inserts itself into the human consciousness. In light of a partnership between PLANTS LLC […]
For Immediate Release 1/15/2014 Contact: Jack Carpenter (304) 234 6630 jcarpenter@kickingstonesconsulting.com WJU Appalachian Institute teams with Wheeling’s PLANTS LLC A partnership between a new Wheeling company and Wheeling Jesuit University’s Appalachian Institute focused on using hydroponics education to answer food needs of the Appalachian region has received a boost in the form of a […]
A new partnership between a Wheeling company and West Liberty University focused on developing and marketing a better way to teach college level science has received a key boost in the form of a seed grant from a new statewide economic development initiative. The Innovation Transfer Consortium (ITC), a project of TechConnect WV, has awarded […]
Faculty researchers at West Virginia’s undergraduate institutions of higher education have the opportunity to create partnerships with private businesses to convert innovation into product through a new grant program now available through TechConnectWV. The Seed Grant Program for Research and Commercial Partnering offers matching grants of up to $5,000 to faculty who partner with the […]
Jack Carpenter, a research and technology consultant in Wheeling, has been named Director of the Innovation Transfer Consortium, a program of TechConnectWV. Funded through a grant provided by the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, the Innovation Transfer Consortium program will provide technology transfer services to West Virginia’s smaller colleges and universities. Eighteen smaller colleges […]