Who We Are Affiliations & PartnershipsThe John A. Swanson Center for Product Innovation is creating partnerships that bring added strength to our organization. Look below to learn more about our current affiliations. National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators AllianceThe NCIIA's alliance of faculty and students work to advance the teaching of invention and innovation in American higher education. Their goal is to nurture a new generation of innovators by promoting curricula designed to teach creativity, invention, and entrepreneurship. Members include small liberal arts colleges, large research universities, engineering schools, and business programs. The NCIIA offers financial support and networking opportunities, as well as information and advice on the issues facing inventors and other entrepreneurs today. The NCIIA Grants Program funds curriculum development and the student inventor team projects. The grants encourage interdisciplinary groups of students to work collaboratively to identify real-world problems, develop practical solutions, and commercialize their innovations.
Pittsburgh GatewaysPittsburgh Gateways, is a non-profit organization that helps universities, communities and eligible individual entrepreneurs start new business ventures and accelerate the commercial development of their intellectual property. In turn, Pittsburgh Gateways helps to generate pipeline employment and investment opportunities from the best and brightest university, corporate, and incubation clients. Catalyst ConnectionOur partner, Catalyst Connection, is one of seven Industrial Resource Centers in Pennsylvania, as well as a member of the NIST/MEP (Manufacturing Extension Partnership) national system. Since 1988, over 1,000 area manufacturers have improved their companies' performance and profitability with Catalyst Connection's assistance. By helping manufacturers increase sales; improve their manufacturing processes, quality and IT systems; and educate employees; Catalyst Connection is recognized as the area's leading consulting firm for small to mid-size manufacturers. Our customers achieve world-class results by learning about and implementing proven best practices and methods with the aid of our industry-experienced consultants.
Innovation WorksAll businesses start with an idea. A stroke of inspiration. The discovery of an answer to a real-world problem. However, as every entrepreneur discovers, recognizing a market need and conceiving its solution are just small steps towards building a sustainable enterprise. Long-term success requires much, much more. At Innovation Works, we help to shape ideas into growing businesses by delivering critical support to entrepreneurs. The Innovation Works team specializes in helping seed stage technology ventures by providing them with access to risk capital, business expertise, and third-party resources.
ANSYS Inc.To substantially minimize costs and improve time-to-market, companies rely on design simulation and virtual prototyping to maximize their product development process. ANSYS, Inc. develops and globally markets engineering simulation software used by designers and engineers across a broad spectrum of industries, including aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, nuclear, electronics and biomedical. The Company develops open and flexible simulation solutions that enable users to simulate design performance directly on the desktop, providing a common platform for fast, efficient and cost-effective product development, from design concept to final-stage testing and performance validation. ANSYS, Inc. distributes its ANSYSŪ, AI*NASTRANT, ICEM CFD and CFX products and technologies through a network of channel partners in more than 40 countries, in addition to its own direct sales offices in strategic locations throughout the world.
Technology Commercialization AllianceThe Technology Commercialization Alliance (TCA) is the central gateway for the most innovative, inspired commercial ideas at the University of Pittsburgh. Through TCA, Pitt's faculty, staff, and students have at their fingertips all the resources necessary to ensure commercial success. Likewise, investors and members of private industry have in TCA a partner that will help them identify the best opportunities on campus.
PantherlabWorksA technology-oriented virtual business incubator that helps identify potential markets, market size and growth rates, product development feasibility, venture scalability, and financial profiles. It serves as a case manager in the TCA's commercial readiness process.
Office of Technology ManagementThe OTM manages Pitt's intellectual property and all technology licensing deals. Staff members also assist with the commercialization process and patenting issues. Ultimately, all University innovations pass through the OTM on the way to commercial market.
n2tecTMN2TECTM, the National Network for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization is a National science Foundation-sponsored project to help U.S. universities commercialize their technologies.
ALGORALGOR, Inc., a leading maker of software for mechanical engineers, announced a donation of over $370,000 to the John A. Swanson Center for Product Innovation, part of the John A. Swanson Institute for Technical Excellence, at the University of Pittsburgh School of Engineering. The grant includes ALGOR's design, analysis and multiphysics simulation software and premium support services. ALGOR software enables engineers to virtually test and predict real-world behavior of new and existing product designs.
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