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Argolytics’ New Tech Helps Small Manufacturers Make the Leap to Industry 4.0
Image: Argolytics Just one year after Innovation Park-based Argolytics released a tool to help small manufacturers move toward Industry 4.0, it’s released TRENDABLE™ 2.0, making the leap into IoT even more affordable and accessible. Argolytics founder Tamela...
Software-Focused Private Equity Firm Invests in Happy Valley’s EnergyCAP
Image: EnergyCAP Resurgens Technology Partners, a software-focused private equity firm, announced a strategic investment in Happy Valley’s EnergyCAP, Inc. EnergyCAP’s solution, which includes its industry-leading software and complementary services, is used by more...
Student-Powered Nittany AI Solves Real World Problems with Artificial Intelligence
Image: NyansapoNyansapo has already put the app to use during a 10-day literacy bootcamp in Kenya. Nittany AI Alliance started five years ago with a challenge: “What is a real-world problem that Penn State students are experiencing that can be solved with...
Hungry Dogs Run Faster: Advice from a BioTech CBO
Image: BioMagnetics Ted Liberti may hold a record for the most C-suite positions held in a month. For 9 years, he was COO of BioMagnetic Solutions, a HappyValley-based immunomagnetic biotech firm that he started with his father, scientist and prolific inventor Dr....
Blackhawk Energy Managing Partner Shares How Oil & Gas Powered the Pandemic Supply Chain and His Excitement about Advancements in Renewables
Image: BlackHawk Paul Morris is the fourth generation of his family to work in the energy sector. His great-grandfather left the seventh grade to support his family by moving drill rigs after his father died. Today, Paul’s company, Blackhawk Energy, with offices in...
Oberon’s Wireless Infrastructure Solutions Driving Industry 4.0 Forward
Image: Oberon What would Industry 4.0 be without a robust, reliable wireless infrastructure? Integrating wireless access points in an industrial setting can pose a challenge, particularly if you consider the costs associated with the potential downtime not just for...
The Place to Be for Industry and Tech in 2021
Image: Penn State/flickr An impressive roster of spring events make Penn State a popular stop for not only Happy Valley industry and tech experts, but for industry and tech experts, researchers in a range of fields, startup founders and investors as well. Check...
A Destination for Innovators in Advanced Manufacturing
Image: Penn State/Pamela Krewson Wertz Researchers in the Penn State College of Engineering, including Dr. Todd Palmer, recently received funding from the U.S. Army for further development and research in additive manufacturing, 3D printing and techniques for...
RxFF Consulting’s Chemical Simulations Fill Demand in Materials Development Industry
Dr. Adri van Duin and his wife, Dr. Diana van Duin started RxFF Consulting in 2013, but the roots of the company stretch back many years earlier. Adri, who also heads the van Duin Group at Penn State, which focuses on the development and application of reactive force...
Penn State Ties with Johns Hopkins for First-Place Research Recognition
Image: Penn State/PATRICK MANSELL Penn State takes another top spot in the research world, with the new National Science Foundation rankings of Higher Education Research and Development research expenditures putting Penn State in first place, tied with Johns Hopkins...
Race to the Moon, Industry 4.0-Style
North American oil and gas well completion giant FTS International (NYSE American: FTSI) recently announced the successful launch of fully automated equipment health monitoring and control using KCF Technologies’ MachineIQ™ (MIQ) on an active hydraulic fracturing...
Penn State Startup Week Offers Unique Opportunity for Entrepreneurial Community
Image: Penn State Each spring, Penn State Startup Week powered by PNC brings some of the leading minds in industry and technology to Penn State to connect with the entrepreneurial community. This weeklong immersion in entrepreneurship and innovation inspires attendees...
Innovation Spotlight
The tech industry is growing in Happy Valley and the surrounding region. We spoke with three tech leaders about their secrets to success.