OHIO vice president Shields joining Ohio Innovation Exchange webinar
51社区 Vice President for Research and Creative Activity Joseph Shields is participating in the first of a new series of webinars being launched by the Ohio Innovation Exchange.
The Exchange, created by the Ohio Department of Higher Education in 2018 with OHIO as a founding member, is launching the webinars with OhioX, a nonprofit organization that promotes technology and innovation in Ohio.
Shields, a professor of physics and astronomy, will be joined for the first webinar by Charles See, vice chancellor at the Ohio Department of Higher Education, and Ohio State University professor Vicki Wysocki, Ohio Eminent Scholar, professor of chemistry and biochemistry and director of the Campus Chemical Instrumentation Center at OSU. The webinar, titled 鈥The Potential, Power and Payoff of University-Industry Collaborations across Ohio,鈥 will launch March 26. .
鈥淚 am pleased to be a part of this webinar launch with the Ohio Innovation Exchange and OhioX,鈥 Shields said. 鈥淓xpanding engagement with other academic and private-sector partners is a key part of our agenda to grow research and innovation for the benefit of Ohio and beyond.鈥
The Ohio Innovation Exchange was founded to deliver research and innovation opportunities to both industry and Ohio鈥檚 academic institutions. The Exchange connects industry with faculty, students, equipment and facilities available at Ohio鈥檚 research universities. It makes academic resources available from multiple universities available in a single searchable web portal at .
Shields will also with OhioX, which is scheduled to be posted March 17. .
OhioX is a statewide nonpartisan, nonprofit technology and innovation partnership. Its members include Fortune 500 companies, growing startups, leading universities and research institutions, and technology-focused businesses.