Supporter

Education

Dr. Christine Cope Pence
Partner/Director, Workforce Innovation Programs, Bourne School of Engineering, UC, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
County: Riverside
cpence@engr.ucr.edu
http://www.engr.ucr.edu/

Organization:
The University of California, Riverside (UCR) is a research university committed to the creation and transmission of knowledge at the highest level, and to the translation of that knowledge for the public good. Their mission is to provide a high quality learning environment for undergraduate and graduate students; advance human knowledge and accomplishment through research and scholarship; enhance the public good through community service and initiatives; and to seek preeminence among American research universities. UCR is a partner on one WIRED project and a supporter on another; both projects are listed below.

Tasks:
Project 1.3 - Inventory of Key Innovation Assets:
- Identification and profiling of a minimum of 140 California Innovation Corridor Innovation Assets (Federal and private Research and Development labs, military installations, college/university research centers and private companies).
- Add the 140 profiles to Connectory.com. Design an economic development resource database tool (Corridor Innovative Asset Portal) to house the 140 profiles, as a Corridor Portal.
Project 1.5 - Joint University Innovation Model:
- With partners, establish a base line for identification of existing literature that studies the issues of the innovation environment.
- Determine the viability of replication of the model in the Inland Empire and other regions of the Corridor, to accelerate the pace of commercializing innovation.
- Leverage the technology transfer model from the "TechHorizons UCR: Connecting Engineering Research to the Market" event.

1) Joint University Innovation Model

1) Economic Toolkit Participants Mobilize to Foster Innovation
2) Fresh Templates - New Ways For Collecting Data Promise Success
3) Positive Groundswell Toward "Asset Inventory" From Media And Business
4) Corridor Partner Initiates Study of Innovative Companies to Determine Best Practices
5) Study of Best Innovation Practices Presents Initial Findings at Tech Horizons Conference
6) Keeping California Competitive