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Innovation Partnership Building
### Innovation Partnership Building
Welcome to , UConn’s premier center for cutting edge research and industry collaboration and innovation. The IPB provides an ecosystem that inspires great ideas, pushing the envelope for next generation solutions. Cross-disciplinary research teams develop novel approaches to critical real world problems in fields ranging from manufacturing to biomedical devices to cybersecurity.
The IPB strengthens Connecticut’s economic future by connecting leading industries with outstanding research facilities and fosters new, innovative partnerships with entrepreneurs and with companies of all sizes.
The IPB. A hot spot of technological assets and intellectual energy where exceptional innovation, collaboration and partnerships deliver the future.
### Research & Technology Expertise
Energy/Sustainability
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Defense/Materials
### News
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November 12, 2024
The UConn team will report on optimizing the standard for auditing election reporting, analyzing elections and their components, and specifying procedures for desired security.
November 8, 2024
The Secretary of State asked UConn’s VoTeR Center to test multiple voting tabulators for reliability and evaluate which models are least prone to cyberattacks.
September 27, 2024
UConn hosted the second Sustainable Clean Energy Summit with Eversource on Sept 27th.
July 31, 2024
The Nursing and Engineering Innovation Center at UConn Tech Park is advancing transformative healthcare solutions by uniting the expertise of the School of Nursing and the College of Engineering to create and commercialize evidence-based healthcare technologies.
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Our Mission
> The Innovation Partnership Building at UConn Tech Park fosters academic-industry-government partnerships to cultivate research and technological innovation, and promote economic growth in the state of Connecticut.
### Commitment to CT
As a land grant university, UConn has a responsibility to serve the citizens of the state and support economic growth for Connecticut businesses of all sizes. The Tech Park Executive Director, faculty, and staff are fully committed to this promise, and continually strive to foster an atmosphere of inventive and creative thinking, establishing new business collaborations and strengthening current research partner relationships with any business, from fledgling startup to global leader, whose success will benefit the citizens of Connecticut.
# Innovation, meet Creativity
UConn Tech Park is delighted to feature the artwork of Digital Media and Design (DMD) Graduate Assistants Yucheng Hang and Maria Raykova. In an art-meets-science partnership, Yucheng and Maria created these imaginative designs based on microscopy images provided by IPB researchers.
**Yucheng Hang**"This piece of artwork connects the micro world with the macro world. The geometry of the original image inspired me to animate it and create a feeling of being in the universe."
Material: Solid-state de-wetted gold microparticlesImage: Courtesy of Tyler Flanagan
**Maria Raykova**“In the original image from Talos, the clump of irregular particles reminded me of grains of sand. My inspiration for this piece came from Corrie Francis Parks, an experimental animator who works with individual grains of sand hashtag#instagram: @individualgrains). The diversity of particle shapes and sizes is enhanced by the addition of fanciful IPB-themed colors.”
Material: Magnetic-Core Nanoparticles with Crosslinked Polymer Shell for Biomedicine
Sample: Courtesy of David Loe &  Jessica Rouge, Ph.D.
Image: Courtesy of Lucas Parent
**Maria Raykova**"Without knowing the scale, this simple pattern could represent grains of rice, a cobblestone floor, or tiny insect eggs. In reality, each of these rounded shapes is only about 20 nanometers long. A single image can have countless interpretations, literal or symbolic, depending on one’s point of view. Similarly, nanorods like those pictured here may have diverse applications, ranging from electronics to cancer treatments."
Material: AuCu Alloyed Nanorods
Sample: Courtesy of Xudong Wang
**Yucheng Hang**
"The original image shows K-OMS-2 crystal clusters growing on a single fiber of carbon cloth about 60 micrometers long. The microscopic pattern is beautiful and elegant. It reminded me of pine leaves or a planthopper nymph’s fluff. It is amazing to discover the similarities between the microscopic world and nature in one image. So, I painted it in three different colors to highlight the patterns and evoke different feelings."
Material: K-OMS-2 Crystal Clusters
Sample: Courtesy of Xueni Huang
Image: Courtesy of Lamya Tabassum
**Maria Raykova**"While staying at home due to COVID-19, many people have picked up creative hobbies to pass time and relieve stress. This image of Kikuchi lines reminded me of the mandalas that are often seen in coloring books for adults. It is believed that methodical activities like baking or coloring are especially comforting because they allow us to feel in control. Fittingly, these Kikuchi lines are a visualization of crystalline structures, characterized by order and symmetry. In the midst of chaos, I hope this image offers a moment of clarity."
Material: Kikuchi lines in a convergent beam diffraction pattern (CBED) of CrNb
Sample: Courtesy of Roger Ristau
"The original image shows a cross section of integrated circuit of the latest 7 nm technology node. For me it looks like a row of candles on the water. Therefore, I painted it with the candlelight color and made these candles swaying in the wind. "
Material: Semiconductor integrated circuit
Sample: Courtesy of Haiyan Tan
**Maria Raykova**"Human nature compels us to seek knowledge, like moths forever drawn to a light. This image is a humble tribute to those who have devoted their lives to scientific research, working tirelessly to banish the darkness."
Material: Polycrystalline ceramic
"When I narrowed my eyes and looked at the original image, I found that the darker dots seemed to form some patterns, which inspired me. I decided to connect these dots into different constellations. The yellow one is Capricorn, purple is Cassiopeia, blue is Cancer, orange is Aries, green is Pisces and red is Taurus. I found it interesting to express the macro world with elements of the micro world."
Material: CdSe-CdS core-shell quantum dot
Sample: Courtesy of Xudong Wang
**Maria Raykova**Title: "Eye Spy"
Material: Microporous material (MoVTeNbO)
Sample: Courtesy of Yanliu Dang
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Who We Are
### Our Team
##### Executive Director, UConn Tech Park
### Emmanouil Anagnostou
emmanouil.anagnostou@uconn.edu
## Center Directors
### 
Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Director, Project Daedalus – Air Force Advanced Manufacturing Initiative
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
pamir.alpay@uconn.edu
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
Eversource Energy Endowed Chair in Environmental Engineering
Executive Director, UConn Tech Park
Director, Eversource Energy Center
Applied Research Director, Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation
Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Director, Pratt & Whitney Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering (PW-IASE)
george.bollas@uconn.edu
Department Head and Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Co-director, Connecticut Advanced Computing Center (CACC)
Director, Center for Hardware and Embedded Systems Security and Trust (CHEST)
Co-director, Comcast Center of Excellence for Security Innovation (CSI)
john.chandy@uconn.edu
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Co-director, National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology
richard.christenson@uconn.edu
Assistant Professor of Management & Entrepreneurship
Director, Daigle Labs
ryan.coles@uconn.edu
Assistant Professor in Residence in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Co-director, Nursing and Engineering Innovation Center
leila.daneshmandi@uconn.edu
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Director, Center for Materials Processing Data (CMPD)
lesley.frame@uconn.edu
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Director, Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Center (PW AMC)
Associate Director of the Institute of Materials Science (IMS)
rainer.hebert@uconn.edu
Director, Connecticut Manufacturing Simulation Center (CMSC)
jeongho.kim@uconn.edu
Visiting Professor and Director of the UConn School of Nursing’s Healthcare Innovation Online Graduate Certificate Program
tiffany.kelley@uconn.edu
Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Director, Center for Excellence in Sensor Technology and Diagnosis
yu.lei@uconn.edu
Director, Center for Science of Heterogeneous Additive Printing of 3D Materials (SHAP3D)
anson.ma@uconn.edu
Al Geib Professor of Environmental Engineering Research & Education
Director, Connecticut Center for Applied Separations Technology (CCAST)
jeffrey.mccutcheon@uconn.edu
Associate Head for Undergraduate Studies and Industry Relations, and Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Director, Synchrony Financial Center of Excellence in Cybersecurity
laurent.michel@uconn.edu
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Director, Reverse Engineering Fabrication Inspection & Non-Destructive Evaluation (REFINE)
Director, Proof of Concept Center (POCC)
sina@uconn.edu
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Director of the Institute of Materials Science
Director, UConn Thermo Fisher Scientific Center for Advanced Microscopy and Materials Analysis
Director, Collins Aerospace Center for Advanced Materials
Co-director, UConn DENSsolutions Center for IN-siTu/Operando Electron Microscopy (InToEM)
steven.suib@uconn.edu
Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director, Southern New England Industrial Assessment Center
liang.zhang@uconn.edu
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Director, UConn DENSsolutions Center for IN-siTu/Operando Electron Microscopy (InToEM)
yuanyuan.2.zhu@uconn.edu
## Business Development
### Michael A. DiDonato
Business Development Manager
Phone: 203.671.8719
michael.didonato@uconn.edu
## Scientific and Technical Staff
### Mark Biron
Additive Manufacturing Center
Phone: 860.486.0818
mark.biron@uconn.edu
### Daniela Morales, Ph.D.
X-Ray Laboratories
Phone: 860.486.1728
daniela.morales@uconn.edu
### Haiyan Tan, Ph.D.
Electron Microscopy Research Scientist
CAMMA
Phone: 860.486.7983
haiyan.tan@uconn.edu
### Edward Wazer
Laboratory Director
CCAST
Phone: 860.486.4785
edward.wazer@uconn.edu
### Lichun Zhang, Ph.D.
Microscopy Specialist
Phone: 860.486.5453
lichun.zhang@uconn.edu
## Building Management and Safety
### Brian Cardinal
Building Manager
Phone: 860.486.3033
brian.cardinal@uconn.edu
### Mike Raymond
Laboratory Safety Technician
Phone: 860.486.7959
michael.e.raymond@uconn.edu
## Administrative Support, Marketing, and Finance
### Raelene DeRobertis
Executive Administrative Assistant
Phone: 860.486.1507
raelene.derobertis@uconn.edu
### Melanie Noble
Research Communications Project Manager
Phone: 860.486.2401
melanie.noble@uconn.edu
## Staff from other Research Groups at IPB
### Jeannette Burke
Administrative Coordinator, CACC
jeannette.burke@uconn.edu
### Lisa McAdam Donegan, Ed.D.
Global Programs Director & Research Coordinator, NIUVT
lisa.mcadamdonegan@uconn.edu
### Ravi Gorthala, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Research, PW-IASE
ravi.gorthala@uconn.edu
### Ronny Heredia
Financial Analyst, Eversource Energy Center
ronny.heredia@uconn.edu
### Janesa Mackin
Administrative Program Support, PW-IASE
janesa.mackin@uconn.edu
### Pouya Tovousi
Assistant Research Professor, REFINE
pouya.tavousi@uconn.edu
### Jessica Guilbeault
Administrative Support Assistant 2, CACC
jessica.guilbeault@uconn.edu