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Dr. Beiyan Zhou: 2020 Women of Innovation® Finalist, Research Innovation & Leadership Category

Sep 10, 2020
5 min

Dr. Beiyan Zhou: 2020 Women of Innovation® Finalist, Research Innovation & Leadership Category

“I am so excited to be a part of Covid-19 solutions, to be able to help the world!” Dr. Beiyan Zhou is a first-generation immigrant from China. As a ninth-grader in her home country, she published her first paper while competing with an upperclassman. “I had a laboratory setting in my bedroom. I would walk by these peach flowers every morning and watch them bloom. I became curious and decided to dip the flower petals in vinegar and soap to see if the color changed. When it di

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Silicon Valley & the Connecticut River Valley

Jul 30, 2013
2 min

Silicon Valley & the Connecticut River Valley

Silicon Valley & the Connecticut River Valley are More Similar Than You May Think It’s no accident that innovation occurs in clusters. It wasn’t by coincidence that Da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Botticelli, and Raphael happened to all make their masterworks in late medieval Florence. The kind of novel thinking and breakthrough discoveries that are truly novel, unique, and significant are products of a functional, progressive, motivated, educated, and prioritized ecosystem in whi

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Job Search Startup Krazoom Seeks to Take Guess Work Out of Employment Hunt

Jul 29, 2013
1 min

Job Search Startup Krazoom Seeks to Take Guess Work Out of Employment Hunt

KRAZOOM is a database of job postings that allows job seekers to select requirements that match their skill set, instead of typing in keywords in a trial-and-error process, which is how most other online job boards, like Monster.com, work. — Today, KRAZOOM has over 200,000 daily job postings, but a challenge the company faces is convincing more employers to list open positions. Seip said KRAZOOM will try to attract employers through its partnership with the Stamford Innovatio

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UConn to Supercharge Energy Research Efforts

Jul 25, 2013
1 min

UConn to Supercharge Energy Research Efforts

The University of Connecticut will seek to advance affordable and sustainable energy technologies with the help of a new energy research institute with Fraunhofer USA announced today by state and international officials. The Fraunhofer Center for Energy Innovation (CEI) will research energy production, storage, and distribution, according to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s office, which announced the development in conjunction with German Consul General to the U.S. Rolf Schütte, Frau

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Connecticut – Coworking Towards the Future

Jul 24, 2013
2 min

Connecticut – Coworking Towards the Future

This new paradigm in business workspace, known as coworking spaces, offers standard office staples- tables and chairs, electricity and internet, printing and scanning, and of course coffee- the sort of things you need to function as a budding business, but also a unique community of others in the same situation you’re in. Coworkers by a degree of separation. Working side by side with other entrepreneurs, freelancers, thinkers, and tinkers allows for a highly fertile and power

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Business Incubator Revs Up at Fairfield University

Jul 24, 2013
1 min

Business Incubator Revs Up at Fairfield University

A collaboration of the university, the Fairfield Economic Development Department and Kleban Properties, the effort offers budding innovators access to discounted services, technology resources, workshops, start-up funding and mentoring from Fairfield University’s Dolan School of Business faculty and the area’s business community. The first group of entrepreneurs will be chosen by a panel in a competitive selection process. Panel members will represent the university, Kleban P

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Air Force Announces New Grant Program

Jul 22, 2013
1 min

Air Force Announces New Grant Program

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research describes the following categories as being relevant to Air Force academic research: Dynamical Systems and Control Quantum & Non-Equilibrium Processes Information, Decision, and Complex Networks Complex materials and Devices Energy, Power, and Propulsion All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply, but are reminded that the application process closes on September 15th. The application is available online at the Federal Busine

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Looking for Innovative Ways to Find Great Talent in CT?

Jul 22, 2013
1 min

Looking for Innovative Ways to Find Great Talent in CT?

Come join the event on the shore to discuss and learn about hiring, productivity, community building, and a many other topics that make a huge impact on the work being done here in Connecticut every day. To sign up for the event at a temporary discounted rate, click here by August 9th. Regular price tickets will continue to be available after that date, but space is limited, so don’t delay in signing up! #connecticut #capital #innovation #HumanResources #leadership

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New Bill Looks to Boost CT Exports

Jul 16, 2013
1 min

New Bill Looks to Boost CT Exports

Since its creation last spring, the Department of Economic and Community Development has been pleasantly overwhelmed by the enthusiastic response to their Small Business Express program. The program, outlined on the department’s website, provides expedited loans (in amounts between $10,000 and $250,000) and grants (up to $100,000) to Connecticut businesses who maintain fewer than 100 employees and are seeking to grow. The abundance of applications, anticipated in the original

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SummerTech on the Rooftop Deck 2013

Jul 12, 2013
1 min

SummerTech on the Rooftop Deck 2013

Thank you to all who joined us at the SummerTech on the Rooftop Deck – for being an active part of growing entrepreneurship and tech community. The rain stayed away long enough for our SummerTech event to become what, in the words of one guest, “was the best event of the year so far.” SummerTech was truly representative of the community we have in CT. By engaging with it — and contributing to it — we get better. We make meaningful connections, deepen relationships, and genera

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West Hartford Industrial Design Studio Reimagines Light Switch

Jul 12, 2013
1 min

West Hartford Industrial Design Studio Reimagines Light Switch

Beyond their important work, do they really express who you are, like a color of paint or type of cabinet handles? The problem, the team confirmed, was that for most people they don’t. Legrand, which recently released a new line of sharply designed light switches, found that when people remodel — spending dozens of hours and thousands of dollars honing in on the perfect hue of paint or the styling of tile or the design of cabinets that fits the sensibility their ideal home —

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How To Build A Jet Engine? Press ‘Print’ Button – Aerospace 3D Printing

Jul 5, 2013
1 min

How To Build A Jet Engine? Press ‘Print’ Button – Aerospace 3D Printing

EAST HARTFORD — For decades, aerospace manufacturers like Pratt & Whitney have fabricated engine parts by tooling, lathing, milling and forging. Now, they’re printing. Unlike that laser printer in your office, there is no toner, no paper and no “PC LOAD LETTER” errors. Instead of ink, these printers — called 3-D printers — use lasers to heat granules of plastic or metal to build up three-dimensional parts, layer by layer. The end product could be any solid design, however com

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Stamford Company Seeks to Monetize Hyperlocal Media Push

Jun 27, 2013
1 min

Stamford Company Seeks to Monetize Hyperlocal Media Push

— The niche of hyperlocal publications became [Dick O’Hare of Local Yokel Media’s] focus after stints with DoubleClick, AOL Media Networks and Yahoo Inc. over the years. What he realized, he said, were opportunities to improve how an ad reaches its intended audience. The company has both a supply and demand arm to its business model. First, it aggregates a list of hyperlocal websites, blogs and the sites of community newspapers, and then organizes them by ZIP code. Then, it m

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Family Business CNC Software Succeeds With Software That Helps Companies Shape Their Wares

Jun 25, 2013
1 min

Family Business CNC Software Succeeds With Software That Helps Companies Shape Their Wares

“Our product is a software tool that creates CNC programs that allow machines to cut certain shapes,” said CNC Software President and CEO Mark Summers. The software can look at a CAD file or 3-D model of the object that is to be made, and produce instructions that will tell a machine how to manufacture the part. — It’s also a family business. In addition to Mark Summers, 55, his brother Brian is vice president in charge of marketing, sales and the machine shop, where programs

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“Next Generation Connecticut” Seeks to Restore State’s Image as Global Innovator

Jun 24, 2013
2 min

“Next Generation Connecticut” Seeks to Restore State’s Image as Global Innovator

Image from today.uconn.edu The bill, SB 840, allocates more than 1.5 billion dollars to the University of Connecticut over the next ten years with the objective of improving and growing the University’s programs in bioscience, engineering, technology, digital media, and other in-demand “fields that we are working so hard to expand here in Connecticut,” according to the Governor. This will be achieved by hiring new faculty, constructing additional facilities, and renovating an

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GE, Maker Community Explore ‘Future of Manufacturing’

Jun 20, 2013
1 min

GE, Maker Community Explore ‘Future of Manufacturing’

Leveraging the power of crowdsourcing, GE recently announced a competition inviting “makers,” entrepreneurs and small companies to design hardware and parts using 3-D printer technology, also known as additive manufacturing. “GE is making a massive investment in additive manufacturing,” Emily Iwan, a spokesperson for GE, said. “We see it as the future of manufacturing.” As the new technology takes off, those using 3-D printers are, for the most part, split between major corpo

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2013 Girls Of Innovation Science Challenge

Jun 18, 2013
2 min

2013 Girls Of Innovation Science Challenge

The 2013 Girls of Innovation Science Challenge kicked off on Saturday, June 15 In elementary school, about as many girls as boys have a positive attitude toward science. But shortly thereafter, more girls than boys begin to turn away from Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). This results in the significant under-representation of women in many STEM careers. (Credit: Author. 2004. Science and Engineering Indicators 2004. National Science Foundation) Studies of

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PowerPhone Reimagines Training 911 Operators

Jun 10, 2013
2 min

PowerPhone Reimagines Training 911 Operators

When he retired in 1984, Salafia formed PowerPhone, a Madison-based company specializing in call-handling protocols, training and quality assurance for 911 and police, fire and emergency medical dispatch. His purpose is shining a light on the vital role of the dispatcher has in emergency response. — In 2012, the company — with 23 full-time employees and another dozen consultants — eclipsed $4 million in earnings and now boasts more than 500 customers across the globe, includi

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UConn Grad Starts Medical Device Company

May 30, 2013
1 min

UConn Grad Starts Medical Device Company

Orthozon Technologies L.L.C., founded by the 2011 University of Connecticut graduate, is quickly gaining momentum in the medical device field. The company launched its first minimally invasive tool for spine surgeons in March and already the tool is being used in four Connecticut hospitals. In June Aferzon plans to position the tool in four additional states, and within his first year he expects to be running a more-than $1 million company with a developing portfolio of tools

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2013 Women of Innovation Finalist Biographies

Feb 26, 2013
17 min

2013 Women of Innovation Finalist Biographies

Click on the names below to read about 2013 finalists. Lili Aramli Biology Teacher Greater Hartford Academy of Math and Science and the Academy of Aerospace and EngineeringKatherine Ayers Director of Research Proton OnSiteDr. Cynthia Barnett Program Founder Saturday AcademyLisa Braden-Harder Founder & CEO, North America Appen Butler Hill, Inc.Meghan Brunaugh CMO & Co-Founder C2C, LLC – DBA Combat2CareerTreese Campbell Staff Scientist United Technologies Research C

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