Joule

Joule is developing a heat battery that can store energy as heat indefinitely and release when needed, either as heat or electricity. This technology can store grid electricity cheaply on a large scale. It can also enable a transition to renewable energy by helping industries move away from fossil fuel and allowing wastewater treatment plants and landfills to store the energy of biogas released, which otherwise is primarily wasted

Visionaire

Visionaire is a biotechnology company that is focused on the development of novel diagnostics for ocular fluid. Their device uses advanced engineering to create a one-handed tool with a customized needle and collection chamber that leads to improved patient safety and increased reliability of testing. The mission of the company is to improve ocular diagnostic testing to be more reliable and more accessible.

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Dawan

Dawan is a startup that focuses on the harvesting process of date palm farmers. They specialize in creating sorting machines that allow farmers to grade their yield. Their harvesting machines are autonomous, which saves time and money for date fruit farmers. Dawan is a University of Illinois student startup tenant.

DigitalGemini

DigitalGemini creates simulation tools and synthetic data sets. They specialize in lidar and radar simulation.

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Trova AI

Trova AI develops AI-driven conversational search tools. This tool can be used in email, chats, documents, and more.

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LabSimply Inc.

LabSimply is developing a rapid point-of-care CRISPR-powered molecular test that has the same sensitivity as a lab-based PCR test for use in the urgent care testing market to reduce antigen testing times and costs.

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Synergy Research Labs

Synergy Research Labs, LLC (SRL) is a deep tech and clean-tech startup specializing in the advanced manufacturing of low-cost, high-performance, and ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor epiWafers for power conversion microelectronics. Their proprietary Low-Temperature Epitaxy | SemiStack (LTE|SS) process enables dramatic increases in production rates, yields, and energy efficiencies, while at the same time creating opportunities for materials of the future exhibiting exotic properties. Their flagship material, Gallium Oxide, is projected to free up enough energy savings to power an estimated 1/3 of US homes.

Cygnus

Cygnus has created a new approach to traditional photo processing techniques. Their VUV and far-UVC exposer system combines
high power, exceptional uniformity, and versatility in an efficient and compact modular form factor. The new technology drives photo processing in real-time, is eco friendly, made of recyclable materials and components, and has efficient packaging and passive cooling for an easily transported all-in-one system.

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TipTek

Field Directed Sputter Sharpening (FDSS) enables Tiptek to manufacture hard, conductive, and ultra-sharp probes. The probes are used for scanning probe microscopy, transfer of lamella formed by focused ion beams (FIB), and scanning electron microscope-based nanoprobes used in semiconductor failure analysis. The proprietary FDSS process developed by Tiptek co-founders sharpens the probe tip to atomic dimensions in a self-limiting fashion that does not require skilled operator intervention. The resulting probe tips give excellent high resolution over long periods of time, making them the standard for commercial and research customers.

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Revive Biotechnology

Revive Biotechnology is a biotechnology company focusing on ophthalmic diagnostics. Founded in 2018, the company is working to improve the retina treatment and diagnostic modalities. Revive is a multidisciplinary, friendly, motivated, small team geared to excel. Their position at the University of Illinois Research Park allows them to use state-of-the-art laboratories and facilities to advance their company.

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Ascent Integrated Tech

We are building human augmentation technology to enhance the productivity and safety of workers in extreme environments. Our first product is the Shield Modular Protection Platform. This high-tech mask aims to protect the user while also enhancing their perception with actionable alerts, step by step instructions, and new ways to communicate with an onboard assistant.

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Illinois Department of Transportation

The Illinois Department of Transportation provides safe, cost effective transportation for Illinois in ways that enhance the quality of life, promote economic prosperity, and demonstrate respect for the environment.

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TearDx, LLC

TearDX is developing minimally invasive sensors for detecting chemical and biological agents in tear fluid.

Andalyze

Andalyze offers products for testing water contamination using catalytic DNA technologies. The company has developed a method for detecting and quantifying chemical levels based on the catalytic properties of DNA. This technology and product is a universal platform that offers simple, fast, inexpensive, and reliable detection of trace metals and other target chemicals in water. Andalyze currently has a proprietary handheld fluorimeter and sensor kits for lead, uranium, mercury, and copper.

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EPL Power Electronics

EPL Power Electronics aims to provide high voltage pulse power supply solutions for gas discharge applications. They provide consulting, prototype developing, and products developing services.

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Carl R. Woese IGB RIPE Plant Transformation Facility

The RIPE Plant Transformation Facility will provide lab and office space for Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE). RIPE is a research project for sustainable increases in crop yield, led by Illinois researchers Steve Long and Don Ort. RIPE is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, and the UK Government’s Department for International Development.

The new RIPE Greenhouse, a modern plant phenotyping facility, is located across the street. Operated by the College of ACES in collaboration with the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, the greenhouse will open in fall 2020.

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Illinois Plasma Institute

The Illinois Plasma Institute (IPI) is an initiative of the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In March 2020, IPI entered a partnership with microprocessing technology developer Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co. (TOK). IPI aids in bridging the gap between technologies developed at the University and commercialization. The Institute serves as a research and development arm for selected companies to bring innovation into practice.

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Yummy Future

Yummy Future is an autonomous coffee shop providing a taste of the future. They provide customers with faster, higher-quality, and cheaper coffee, matcha, hot chocolate, and fruit tea through an autonomous robot. They also provide robotic solutions for food and beverage businesses by lowering costs and enhancing efficiency.

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VRMD

VRMD provides a software solution that integrates surgical room safety and risk with OSHA/CDC compliance & regulations in a highly effective manner, and extremely low-cost. VRMD provides a software solution that integrates surgical room safety and risk with OSHA/CDC compliance & regulations in a highly effective manner, and extremely low-cost.

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University of Illinois Sponsored Programs Administration

University of Illinois Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) is a service unit under the Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research, supporting the research enterprise throughout the entire lifecycle of an externally sponsored project, from proposal submission to award closeout.

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University of Illinois Speech Language and Audiology Clinic

The Speech-Language Pathology Clinic serves approximately 200 children and adults annually providing the full range of diagnostic and therapeutic services. Their mission is to enhance communication across the lifespan by integrating research and clinical practice from the biological, behavioral, and social sciences. Individual and group therapy is provided by clinical instructors or graduate students, under the supervision of an American Speech Language Hearing Association Certified Speech-Language Pathologist.

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Illinois College of Engineering POETS

The Center for Power Optimization of Electro-Thermal Systems (POETS) is an initiative of the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. POETS’ ambitious, innovative approach to improving the power density of next-generation electro-thermal systems involves integrating traditionally separate research efforts in mechanical, electrical, and materials engineering across different technical domains.

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Umbrella Genetics

Umbrella Genetics helps empower and accelerate research and development by providing often expensive and rare expertise on applications of technology, leveraging machine learning, and predictive modeling to accelerate crop improvement for sustainable agriculture. They also provide often expensive and rare expertise on applications data science in agriculture to the scientific community.

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Turkish Aerospace Industries

Turkish Aircraft Industries Corporation was established on June 28, 1973, under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry and Technology to reduce the foreign dependency in the defense industry of Turkey. The Turkish Aircraft Industries design, develops, manufactures, integrates, and supports aerospace systems for military and commercial aerospace customers in Turkey and internationally. The company offers products and services in the areas of aerostructures, aircraft, helicopter, UAV systems, and space systems, as well as programs and logistics solutions. Turkish Aerospace ranks among the top hundred global players in the aerospace and defense arena.

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Traverse Science

Traverse Science, Inc. is a contract research organization that facilitates preclinical innovation in the food and drug industry. Traverse specializes in generating safety and efficacy data for products impacting the gut-brain axis by employing the pig as a translational animal model. Traverse combines the use of the pig with a high-throughput, sensor fusion, and data analytics approach to help bridge the gap between animal and human research.

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Transportation Engineering Solutions and Technologies (TEST)

Transportation Engineering Solutions and Technologies (TEST), Inc. is a civil engineering firm that develops specialized, practical tools for transportation sustainability and provides expert consulting services. Their team helps transportation agencies and industries to improve their efficiency, optimize their operation, and control their environmental impact. Transportation Engineering Solutions and Technologies were founded by internationally renowned leaders in transportation engineering affiliated with the University of Illinois. TEST has recently branched out into transportation SaaS for scheduling, management, efficiency, and sustainability.

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TellTail

TellTail, Inc. is an innovative AgTech company focused on Smart Animal Management. They look to produce more pork with fewer resources. TellTail applies predictive and forecasts algorithm technology to improve the management of pig production systems. Their first and primary goal is to provide data insights to inform decisions that give confidence to producers and increase the profitability of facilities. TellTail delivers our decision support tools in apps, software, and connected IoT devices.

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TEKMILL

Founded by Gary Durack, Bob Rauschenberger, and Peter Fox, the TEKMILL specializes in prototype and small-scale manufacturing solutions for clients ranging from universities to startup companies. TEKMILL turns raw materials and novel ideas into finished products. Their design engineers transform client concepts into manufacturable products, experienced machinists and technicians convert client designs into high-quality assemblies, and business professionals provide services and mentoring to help technology entrepreneurs build successful companies. TEKMILL helps its clients to achieve success by design.

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Synclesis

Synclesis, Inc. is a start-up scientific computing company that is creating commercial software with technologies developed at the University of Illinois. Specifically, Synclesis is commercializing stochastic computational electromagnetic and circuit analysis methodologies that are applicable to electromagnetic interference, high-speed circuit design, and signal integrity applications.

State Farm Research and Development Center

The State Farm Research and Development Center is a place where State Farm staff and U of I students guide and support Company programs with high-level research. The facility features open spaces and state-of-the-art tools that encourage interaction and innovation — a perfect complement to traditional classroom studies.

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Positions and Skills at State Farm Research and Development Center

State Farm has offered positions in software development, data science, actuarial science, and research and development.

Starfire Industries

Starfire Industries LLC specializes in innovative plasma engineering across a range of markets, including aerospace, defense, nuclear, homeland security, and manufacturing semiconductors. Plasma technologies are ubiquitous across industry, touching nearly every computer chip produced and every satellite flying over the earth. As a result, there are many novel applications waiting to be discovered to improve a product or process.

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The News-Gazette Features Starfire’s Brian Jurczyk

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Most Outstanding Undergraduate Intern – Andres Cox

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Singleton Law Firm

Singleton Law Firm, P.C. is dedicated to serving the legal needs of business and individual clients of east-central Illinois with an emphasis in the areas of corporate, intellectual property (including patent, trademark, and copyright) and commercial real estate law. The firm was founded in 2005 to provide legal services to the growing technology community in Central Illinois. Since that time the firm has grown alongside the University of Illinois Research Park and remains active in the local business and University communities and throughout the state.

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SimBioSys

SimBioSys is a computational oncology company founded in 2018 at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on a mission to deploy Computational Oncology to transform decision making and patient experience in Cancer Care. By virtualizing cancer, clinicians and patients are empowered with a better understanding of the disease which provides new insight into the behavior and prognosis of cancers.

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Award Winners

Best Technical Innovation Awards 2020 – Katherine Richie

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Sandia National Lab

For more than 70 years, Sandia has delivered essential science and technology to resolve the nation’s most challenging security issues. Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation. Their team of scientists, engineers, researchers, and business specialists apply their knowledge and skill toward delivering cutting-edge technology in an array of areas. Sandia National Laboratories is located at the Research Park as a partnership with the University of Illinois Applied Research Institute. Sandia’s interest areas to pursue in this location include complex systems design, data sciences, digital manufacturing, and power on-demand solutions.

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RSM US

RSM’s purpose is to deliver the power of being understood to our clients, colleagues, and communities through world-class audit, tax, and consulting services focused on middle-market businesses. The clients we serve are the engine of global commerce and economic growth, and we are focused on developing leading professionals and services to meet their evolving needs in today’s ever-changing business environment.

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ROKMETRO

ROKMETRO provides commercial support to universities and cities as they utilize the open-source Rokwire platform from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. The company will provide 24/7 support, consulting, and engineering services. At Research Park, ROKMETRO creates the open-source platform Rokwire for Smart Universities and Cities around the world. The partnership Research Parks helps contribute to their efforts and accelerate adoption for smart universities and cities.

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Riverbed Technology

Since its inception in 2002, Riverbed has helped organizations maximize the performance of their networks and applications so they can maximize the return on investment (ROI) on their IT investments. They enable organizations to visualize, optimize, accelerate, and remediate the performance of any network for any application. Riverbed is the only company that addresses performance and visibility holistically with best-in-class WAN optimization, network performance management, application acceleration, and enterprise-grade SD-WAN.

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Riverbed Technology Makes Glassdoor’s Top 50 Best Places to Work

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Positions and Skills at Riverbed Technology

Riverbed has offered Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, Senior Engineer/ Lead Developer, Senior Software Developer, and Senior Quality Assurance Engineer positions.

Rho Square Consulting

Rho Square Consulting provides consultancy services and develops software for supply chain optimization.

Respondic, Inc.

Respondic, Inc. was founded in 2018 by Seok Kim, Ph.D., to address the critical needs of temporal-high strength dry adhesive fastener products. Respondic provides advanced product designs and services to enable reusable adhesive fasteners and reversible adhesive grippers. Kim has over a decade of research experience on dry adhesives and their use for microscale pick-and-place processes. Building on his experience on dry adhesives, Respondic is committed to the technical innovation of reusable and reversible adhesive fasteners and grippers.

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Synchrony Emerging Technology Center

As a consumer financial services company, Synchrony Financial is the largest provider of private label credit cards in the United States based on volume and receivables. Synchrony provides credit products through programs with a diverse group of national and regional retailers, local merchants, manufacturers, buying groups, industry associations, and healthcare service providers. The Synchrony Emerging Technology Center at the University of Illinois Research Park focuses on advancing Synchrony’s finance and technology capabilities as well as providing real-world skills for students in artificial intelligence, data science, human-centered design, and other emerging technologies.

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Synchrony Emerging Technology Center at Research Park

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Positions and Skills at Synchrony

Synchrony has hired an emerging technology intern. Synchrony hires students with great attention to detail, oral and written communication skills, critical thinking, initiative, and self-motivated

Verizon Media Group (Yahoo!)

Verizon Media is a leader in providing online content and mobile applications for its consumer base of hundreds of millions of people around the world. Here at the Research Park, the Verizon Media group focuses on building large-scale platforms and applications powered by data. There are two major organizations represented — the Technology Platforms team and the Data Engineering group. The Technology Platforms team manages the large-scale infrastructure for supporting data, networking, and machine learning for the company. The Data Engineering group oversees data for the entire company by real-time data transport, pipelines, analytics, reporting, and machine learning applications. The office comprises of 180 technical staff including software engineers, data scientists, and management roles.

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Positions and skills at Verizon Media Group (Yahoo!)

Verizon Media Group has offered positions for back-end software development, front-end, user interface, and data science engineers.
Verizon Media Group looks for candidates with excellent problem solving, written, organization, and communication skills

Reconstruct

Reconstruct uses Your Visual Data to Improve Planning, Coordination and Communication on Your Job sites. Our web-based platform continuously reconstructs and visualizes Reality directly within 4D BIM, measures progress and productivity, and analyzes risk for delay. Reconstruct’s actionable data analytics empowers smart construction and supports project teams to proactively decide on control actions and keep their projects on time and on budget.

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REALTraining Systems

REALTraining Systems is supplies new technology to improve training and education. They develop virtual reality simulators for enhanced training for law enforcement and educational organizations.

Rabo Agrifinance

Rabo AgriFinance is a financial services provider for leading agricultural producers and agribusinesses. Rabo AgriFinance provides exclusive, objective global market research in a variety of sectors, including grains and oilseeds, livestock, and specialty crops, which helps clients gain a competitive edge. Rabo AgriFinance offers a comprehensive portfolio of services which includes providing resources for producers to help prepare for and take advantage of market opportunities. Whether it’s financial lending, crop insurance, or risk management support, Rabo AgriFinance experts guide customers toward realizing their business ambitions.

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PSYONIC

PSYONIC makes advanced bionic limbs that are accessible to all people with amputations. Their first product was the Ability Hand. It was an advanced bionic hand that was the fastest on the market, easy to control, provided touch feedback, and was robust to impacts. The Ability Hand is an affordable and accessible prosthesis with unique bionic abilities that surpass human capabilities, providing individuals with technology superior to anything else currently on the market. It’s also covered by insurance companies in the US, with no out-of-pocket costs to users, and is the only multi-grip bionic hand Made in the USA.

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Procter and Gamble Smart Lab

Procter and Gamble Company is an American multinational consumer goods corporation with a mission to provide branded products and services of superior quality and value that improve the lives of the world’s consumers. Its brands are trusted in millions of living rooms, kitchens, laundry rooms, and bathrooms—and have been passed down from generation to generation. P&G is known for hundreds of consumer brands ranging from baby care, fabric care, feminine care, hair care, home care, to grooming products. Some of its notable brands are Pampers, Tide, Ariel, Downey, Head & Shoulders. Pantene, Gillette, Oral-B, Olay, and SafeGuard among others. In P&G’s first-ever Smart Lab, students from the University of Illinois work directly with P&G employees to move consumer research projects from concept to execution within weeks rather than months.

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Procter and Gamble Smart Lab at Research Park

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Positions and Skills at Procter and Gamble Smart Lab

Procter and Gamble have offered internship positions in data science, electrical engineering, project management, industrial design, and computer science.

Prairie Nanotechnology

Prairie Nanotechnology’s principle scientists collectively have over 100 years of experience with materials analysis and nanotechnology development. Prairie Nanotechnology specializes in the development and manufacturing of educational and standard samples for Atomic Force Microscopes and X-ray equipment.

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PowerWorld Corporation

PowerWorld Corporation provides simulation and visualization software to the global electric power industry. PowerWorld specializes in making complex power system concepts easy to understand through a rich, user-friendly graphical interface and powerful visualization platform. PowerWorld also includes utilities, independent system operators (ISO), regional transmission organizations (RTO), independent power producers, power marketers, power traders, industry consultants, government agencies, research laboratories, and world-class research and teaching universities. They also provide consulting services related to the study of power systems and power markets.

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Phi Optics

Phi Optics Inc was founded in 2009 to respond to the market’s request for QPI enabled devices. The company is developing the next generation of optical imaging systems through its Quantitative Phase Imaging Platform. Phi Optics technology platform uses standard tools and processes and combines the performance of traditional modalities of a light microscope (e.g. fluorescence, DIC, phase contrast) with the real-time 3D topography capabilities of QPI. This combination offers a significant advantage for applications that require low-cost, fast, and accurate imaging of nanostructures.

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PhaseBits

PhaseBits, Inc. was formed in May 2017 to provide energy-efficient mixed-signal intellectual property (IP) that will enable customers to build new applications in communication, signal processing, and power management.

NVIDIA

NVIDIA’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world.

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IntelinAir Joins NVIDIA Inception Program

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Positions and Skills at NVIDIA

NVIDIA has previous offered a Systems Software Engineer and Senior Software Engineer Positions. NVIDIA looks for students with excellent problem solving, collaborative, and interpersonal skills.

Nutrien Ag Solutions

In 2018, Nutrien Ag Solutions acquired EnterpriseWorks graduate Agrible. Agrible celebrated its grand opening in 2015. Agrible’s products include Morning Farm Report®, Spray Smart®, Nutrient Engine, and Find My Seed®, which are accompanied by numerous other complementary digital and mobile offerings.

Nutrien Ag Solutions is committed to being the leading provider of agricultural inputs in each of its markets. Advancements in technology have allowed for more effective growing methods while minimizing environmental impacts. As they have welcomed more operations, expanded product, and service offerings, their reach has extended globally.

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Most Advanced Business Development 2019 – Mallory Gorman

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MS Bioanalytical

MS Bioanalytical (MSB) is an FDA-registered and independent testing service company specializing in the analysis of food and nutrition supplements. Their service scope includes vitamins and minerals, dietary nutrients, herbal products, functional foods, food additives, cosmetics, cannabis, pharmaceuticals, and food contamination and toxins. MSB’s goal is to provide quality service at a fast turnaround time at a reasonable cost.

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Motorola Solutions

The Research Park at the University of Illinois houses the Motorola Solutions Innovation Center, where interns from various academic backgrounds develop products, applications, and services that help further the company’s mission to help people be their best in the moments that matter.

Since 1928, Motorola Solutions has revolutionized public safety. Through creative and innovative mission-critical communication technologies and services, the company helps first-responders and commercial customers build safer cities and thriving communities. Today, Motorola Solutions continues to innovate critical services, software, video, and analytics- backed by secure and resilient land mobile radio communications.

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Intern Awards

Best Non-Technical Innovation 2020 – Nupur Bhardwaj

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Positions and Skills at Motorola Solutions

Motorola Solutions has offered positions in software engineering, electrical engineering, data science, project management, logistics managers, finance, human resources, mobile app developer, video analytics, communications, and design.

Maxflow Technology

Maxflow develops a cloud-based platform for creating and sharing computer-based workflows that piece together stand-alone apps to accomplish more complete tasks. This is analogous to the assembly line in manufacturing where individual stations are chained together to create a more complete work. The created workflow facilitates the automation of tasks, encapsulates best practices, and helps democratize the use of sophisticated software tools. It enables the automatic search for optimal results by coupling design optimization algorithms with the ability to run the workflow automatically.

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Marketing AI Partners

Marketing AI Partners (MAP) is a data sciences company that provides artificial intelligence-based analytics of social media data for the purpose of planning and assessing the impact of product marketing. Its clients may include any company that is marketing products to consumers or marketing firms serving those companies.

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LiveBx

LiveBx, LLC provides a novel laser source for life-science research and clinical application such as label free histology and real-time/live tissue biopsy. Their work develops imaging instruments that simplify and speed the observation of living tissue and cells.

Littelfuse

Littelfuse is a global manufacturer of leading technologies in circuit protection, power control, and sensing. Their products are found in automotive and commercial vehicles, industrial applications, data and telecommunications, medical devices, consumer electronics, and appliances. Littelfuse’s 11,000 worldwide associates partner with customers to design, manufacture and deliver innovative, high-quality solutions, for a safer, greener, and increasingly connected world.

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LifeFoundry

LifeFoundry consists of engineers who work to enable microorganisms, as cell factories, to produce value-added chemicals from low-cost renewable feedstocks like corn and sugar cane. To create desired traits in these industrial microorganisms, LifeFoundry leverages its fully-automated robotic platform and a proprietary machine-learning algorithm to explore the vast number of genomic configurations. LifeFoundry is currently working with Fortune 500 companies to expedite R&D and optimize existing bioproduction processes.

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Kaedago

Kaedago is a support and deployment company for CyPSA (Cyber Physical Security Analysis). CyPSA ties together cyber incidents with their physical impact on the electric system. This allows for contingency planning that considers a cyber incident as a root cause.

KeaneTech

KeaneTech develops geopolymer composites and low-energy geopolymer processing routes to make ceramic powders and composites. Their platform technologies involve predominantly low energy syntheses and the production of ceramic materials.

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KeaneTech at Research Park

Trudy Kriven of KeaneTech Shares Plans for her Technology Transition Startup

Jump Labs

Jump combines sophisticated quantitative research, best-in-class technology, and entrepreneurial culture to create a leading global, quantitative-based trading firm. For almost 20 years, Jump has been investing in superior infrastructure, including hardware, software, wireless networks, and a world-class supercomputer. Jump Labs provides UIUC students the opportunity to engage with mentors from the Jump family: Jump Trading (algorithmic trading and technology), Jump Capital (venture capitalism), and Jump ARCHES (philanthropic endeavor to stimulate the advancement of health care). Through pairing their industry leaders with the brightest student minds at Research Park, they foster new relationships and shoulder a wide range of part-time and full-time internship projects designed around collaboration, innovation, and excellence. Currently, their focuses include high-performance computing, large-scale data mining, and software development within core trading technologies.

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Jump Labs Jumps Ahead with New Cryptocurrency Incubator 2018

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Iria Pharma

Iria Pharma, LLC is dedicated to developing novel cancer-targeting technology and therapeutics. Iria’s leading technology, Active Tissue Targeting via Anchored Click Chemistry (ATTACK), is an innovative cancer-targeting technology that selectively labels cancer cells with proprietary unnatural sugars and targets the artificial label for improved drug delivery. The technology shows excellent improvement for tumor-targeted drug accumulation with significantly improved efficacy and lower side effects. Iria is actively seeking commercial partners and strategic collaborators for translational research and development.

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2019 RP Career Fair: Engaging Students and Companies

InstaRecon

InstaRecon, Inc. is a supplier of technology and services to imaging scanner equipment makers and supply chain partners. The company’s patented algorithms increase the computational efficiency of image reconstruction in CT, PET, SPECT, and MRI by a factor of 20-100. InstaRecon’s technology can simultaneously improve image quality, increase reconstruction speed, and reduce reconstruction engine cost.

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IL BioQuarterly Features Research Park Biotech Startup Companies

Intern Awards

Most Outstanding Graduate Intern Finalist 2019 – Nuraini Aguse

Inspirit IoT

Inspirit-IoT is committed to making worksites safer through the application of real-time AI at the edge. These solutions evaluate worker-machine interactions, keep-out zones and more in real-time, with actionable and auditable information provided back to the client. AI solutions are developed, tuned, and deployed with the use of proprietary tools that fit complex neural network inference capabilities into compressed memory footprints, enabling the use of energy and cost-efficient systems for real-time edge computing.

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Indoor Climate Research and Training

Indoor Climate Research and Training (ICRT) conducts basic research at the intersection of energy efficiency and indoor air quality, and also runs the training program for the Illinois Home Weatherization Assistance Program which provides weatherization services to families around the state of Illinois. Research projects include studies on radon, ventilation, and combustion safety and the impacts on human health. ICRT is part of the Applied Research Institute (ARI) within the University of Illinois College of Engineering. ARI is a unique university-based laboratory, where industry and federal clients connect with researchers in an integrated environment to understand their needs and rapidly bring solutions to the market. ARI provides rapid, cost-effective solutions to problems of mutual interest across sectors and agencies of government, with a sharp focus on the commercial development of technologies that are validated before they leave the laboratory.

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Illinois Ventures

Illinois Ventures is a premier seed and early-stage technology investment firm focused on research-derived companies in information technologies, physical sciences, and life sciences. They help to start and build businesses based on innovations from the University of Illinois. Illinois Ventures brings together leading researchers and entrepreneurs to mold concepts, vision, intellectual property, and passion into breakthrough, high-growth companies.

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Illinois Applied Research Institute (ARI)

Illinois Applied Research Institute (ARI) is an initiative of the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. ARI researchers partner with faculty, industry, and government agencies to work on open, proprietary, or classified projects. ARI performs translational research with a sharp focus on the development of technologies that are validated before they leave the laboratory. ARI’s vision is to create a new model for a university-based institute, where industry and federal clients connect with researchers in an integrated environment to understand their needs and rapidly solve problems.

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Illinois Applied Research Institute (ARI) at Research Park

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iHotel

The iHotel is a contemporary designed four-star property featuring 125 luxurious hotel room accommodations in Champaign, Illinois. The I Hotel and Conference Center is located on the south campus of the University of Illinois in the heart of The Research Park. The adjoining 38,000 square foot state-of-the-art Illinois Conference Center features 12 conference rooms; two large ballrooms and ten meeting rooms.

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iHotel Green Roof Installed; More Green Roofs Could Be on the Way for Research Park

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IEP Quality

The IEP Quality Project is a research grant at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. IEP Quality, Inc. is commercializing technology from the College of Education to create professional development tutorials and tools for use by special education teachers and administrators to facilitate the creation of improved Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for K-12 special education students.

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Hinetics

Hinetics, LLC push the limits of electric machinery to reduce global dependence on fossil fuels. They target high impact application areas such as wind energy generation and air transportation to demonstrate the impact of our technology on a sustainable future. Hinetic’s patent-pending superconducting technology and air-core permanent magnet technology demonstrate significantly increased efficiency, which will help remove barriers preventing the adoption of clean energy solutions.

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Heartland Science and Technology Group

Heartland Science and Technology Group is a nonprofit, technology group that works in precision agriculture and sustainability, high-performance computing, cybersecurity, and scientific software development. Heartland supports and works closely with the University of Illinois Applied Research Institute, Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences college, and Information Trust Institute. They also support the Department of Homeland Security Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute, which is managed by the Information Trust Institute.

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Hanson Financial

Hanson Financial, Inc. is a professional services firm located in Champaign. Hanson Financial assists a variety of companies with financial and accounting services with a special emphasis on venture capital-funded startups.

Graybar Innovation Lab

Graybar is a leader in the distribution of high quality electrical, communications, and data networking products, and specializes in related supply chain management and logistics services. Through its network of 290 North American distribution facilities, it stocks and sells products from thousands of manufacturers, helping its customers power, network, and secure their facilities with speed, intelligence, and efficiency. At the Graybar Innovation Lab, Graybar collaborates with students and faculty from the University of Illinois to develop industry-leading digital capabilities that strengthen its position in the supply chain. It also provides a unique opportunity for students to learn more about Graybar and the wholesale distribution industry, as the innovation lab hires full and part-time positions for undergraduate and graduate students.

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Graybar Innovation Lab at Research Park

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Graybar Innovation Lab in the Media

Graybar Innovation Lab’s site director Todd Hart was interviewed on an episode of the IdeaScale Nation Podcast – Graybar: Shifting the Mindset from Incremental to Breakthrough Innovation.

Positions and Skills at Graybar Innovation Lab

Graybar has offered an innovation lab, and market intelligence analyst internship.
Graybar hires undergraduates from Sophomore to Seniors and students in Masters programs.

Granular

Granular is an agriculture software and analytics company dedicated to helping industry leaders build stronger and smarter farms. Led by a team of experienced entrepreneurs, advisors, and investors, Granular is one of the first companies to apply Silicon Valley technology expertise to the agriculture industry. With cloud, mobile, and advanced data science technology, the Granular platform makes it easier to manage a large farm and use data for critical business decisions. Granular’s rapidly growing network of farms in the U.S. and Canada is finding new ways to profit from aggregated data, expertise, and market power.

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Granular at Research Park

Intern Awards

Most Competent and Collaborative Team 2020 – Granular Flex Team

Positions and Skills

Granular offers many full-time and internship positions such as full-stack/software engineers, data consultants, sales development representatives, and more.
The perfect candidate for Granular would be results-driven, professional, detail-oriented, and have a science background.

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Global Education and Training (GET)

Global Education and Training (GET) provides a gateway to expertise at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for partners around the world through high-quality training programs. GET is a unit of Illinois International. For over 25 years, GET has provided comprehensive educational and executive training programs to more than 7,500 students and executives from 21 countries. They cultivate cutting-edge, transformative learning experiences for international students, scholars, and executive participants through our core services of collaborative program development, exceptional program management, and comprehensive outreach.

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Genective

Genective is a joint venture between Limagrain and KWS. Genective globally develops and provides innovative biotech solutions in corn. By working across the value chain – from basic research to commercialization it adds value to its markets, both in farming and technology access. Their aim is to create, deregulate and commercialize biotech corn traits, which deliver novel modes of action, especially in the control of field pests.

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Genective at Research Park

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FruitVaccine

FruitVaccine is developing an edible vaccine administered via fruit (e.g., cherry tomatoes), which will immunize against the human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV). All humans, especially infants and the elderly, are susceptible to hRSV Which mainly affects the lower respiratory system. Currently, the market doesn’t an hRSV vaccine or a fruit-based vaccine. An edible vaccine will be safer and more cost-effective than other vaccine forms and the FruitVaccine technology will be applicable to additional infectious diseases.

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FruitVaccine at Research Park

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FrostDefense Envirotech Inc.

FrostDefense Envirotech Inc. is a National Science Foundation-funded startup company. They develop innovative, environmentally friendly, and low-cost technological solutions to prevent frost damage for vineyards. They also work to make labor management and mechanized farm operations more efficient. Their predictive analytic system is the foundation for continued innovation in creating tools and services to support decision-making to adapt to growing practices and sustainability.

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Frost Defense Envirotech at Research Park

Wired In: Manfredo Seufferheld of FrostDefense Envirotech

Foxconn Interconnect Technology

Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited (FIT) focuses on the development, manufacturing, and marketing of electronic and optoelectronic connectors, antennas, acoustic components, cables, and modules for applications in computers, communication equipment, consumer electronics, automobiles, industrial and green energy field products. With offices and manufacturing sites located in Asia, the Americas, and Europe, FIT is a global leader in the supply of precision components.

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Foxconn Interconnect Technology at Research Park

Illinois RapidVent Being Produced By Belkin

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Forcepoint

Forcepoint is the leading user and data protection cybersecurity company, entrusted to safeguard organizations while driving digital transformation and growth. Their approach is to provide a unified cloud-centric platform to defend against attacks, detect suspicious activity sooner, and give the context needed to decide what actions to take to defeat the attack and stop data theft. Defend, detect, decide, defeat – this is their vision for Forcepoint 4D Security.

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Students talk to Forcepoint recruiters — Research Park Career Fair
on Tuesday, March 10, 2020.

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FASS

Since 1998, FASS has provided shared management services to not-for-profit animal science and related organizations. FASS is a 501(c)(3) support organization. They provide services to more than 10,000 professionals in animal agriculture and other sciences. FASS currently works with accounting, conference planning and event management, membership and administration, publication services, and information technology services.

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Evercorn

Evercorn, established in July 2017, they work on logistics, research, and development activity for Corn. The American subsidiary, Evercorn, is the next step in Japan Cornstarch’s journey to create the highest quality products in the cornstarch industry. Evercorn contributes relevant and accurate Japanese market information to U.S. farmers. Evercorn recently created GRASTAR, a new pharmaceutical excipient especially designed for orally disintegrating tablets (ODT).

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Epivara

Epivara is innovating better ways that pets are spayed and neutered worldwide. Epivara’s mission is to make life better for animals and humans through innovative science and compassionate care. The company has developed EpiFix, a low-cost injection to spay and neuter pets efficiently. Currently, this is the only alternative to spay and neuter surgery that works safely, permanently, and works within seconds.

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Epivara at Research Park

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EnterpriseWorks and Research Park Staff

The Research Park is managed by a tight-knit team that facilitates resources for tenants and cultivates community among employees. These University of Illinois professionals, work on the continued development and growth of the companies within Research Park and the EnterpriseWorks through operations, marketing, and programming for the Research Park incubator.

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Embedor Technologies

Embedor Technologies has developed a wireless monitoring system for structural condition assessment of civil infrastructure. Based on smart sensor technology that delivers meaningful information and not just data, the system offers a cost-effective alternative to wired sensors and visual inspections. Embedor’s sensors give near real-time insight into the evolution of a structure’s condition and early warning of potential damage from extreme events (earthquakes, hurricanes) or long-term deterioration (corrosion, stress fractures), thus enabling asset owners and engineering firms to make informed decisions regarding the operation and maintenance of structures.

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Embedor at Research Park

EnterpriseWorks startups to be featured at Illinois Entrepreneur Showcase

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Ekey Technology

Ekey Technology is a location and preference-based targeted marketing and advertising company delivering information via mobile devices. They utilize business intelligence and big data analysis to classify selection criteria to deliver precise product offers and promotions tailored to consumer preferences. Ekey Technology delivers location and time-specific advertising precisely at the moment consumers are most receptive. Their platform allows companies to construct real-time marketing offers to optimize purchasing behaviors, increasing sales effectiveness, and obtaining a higher return on investment (ROI) for their marketing campaigns.

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Intern Awards

Most Advanced Business Development Finalist 2019 – Nikita Nerkar

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Facebook.com/Ekey-Technology

Editekk

Editekk, LLC develops custom multi-functional coatings, surfaces, and interfaces to enhance material performance for a range of applications. Advanced particle-beam technology is used to create micro and nano surface features, enabling high-fidelity tailored control of surface properties. These properties include: surface energy, wettability, composition, and electronic properties; to meet the specific needs of the application. Editekk is innovating multi-functional interfaces with atomic-scale additive plasma nano manufacturing methods with applications in biotech, energy, electronics, tooling, coatings, and natural materials.

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Positions and Skills at Editekk

Editekk has hired a plasma material and biomaterial engineer.

EarthSense

EarthSense is creating dramatic new possibilities for crop breeders, plant protection products developers, crop scientists, and field agronomists. TerraSentia, their first robot, improves the quantity, accuracy, cost, and speed of in-field plant trait data collection, specifically for under canopy plants. EarthSense machine vision and machine learning-based analytics seamlessly convert field data to specific, actionable information about plant-traits.

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EarthSense at Research Park

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DeepWalk Research

DeepWalk Research aims to make every piece of pedestrian infrastructure in the country accessible to everyone. To do this, their developing a mobile application that allows for a clear, integrated process to bring a city’s curb ramps to complete ADA Compliance. This mobile app will supplement construction surveys with precision 3D models, allowing for less expensive and more efficient design

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DeepWalk Research at Research Park

UIRP Congratulates Innovation Celebration Finalists- Entrepreneurial Excellence: Student Startup Award

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COUNTRY Financial DigitaLab

COUNTRY Financial has been helping protect families for over 90 years. We want to continue to protect them for the next 90 through innovations in technology. The COUNTRY Financial DigitaLab was created to connect with the outstanding engineering talent at the University of Illinois. They’re focusing on the development of a mobile app and providing real-world experience for students.

countryfinancial.com/digitalab

Country Financial at Research Park

Intern Awards

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Corteva Agriscience

Corteva Agriscience provides agronomic support and services to help increase farmer productivity and profitability. They strive to develop sustainable and efficient global food systems that benefit everyone. Their goal is to enrich the lives of those who produce and those who consume, ensuring progress for generations to come. Corteva Agriscience at Research Park focuses on research and development (R&D) efforts, including statistics, mathematics, computer science, and engineering to catalyze innovation through analytics. Corteva Agriscience was formerly known as Dow AgriSciece until it was spun off to an independent company on June 3, 2019.

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Corteva at Research Park

AgTech Innovation Summit 2021 | Fireside Chat: Corteva

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Positions and Skills at Coreteva AgriScience

Coreteva has offered machine learning, data science, rapid imaging solutions, field research, and insect resistance internships.

Controlled Thermal Energy Engineering (CTEE)

CTEE (Controlled Thermal Energy Engineering) is developing novel thermal energy conversion technologies which increase a system’s energy-efficiency by capturing and recycling heat. Low-level or otherwise underutilized heat sources are employed via metal-alloy and hydrogen interaction characteristics. The technology allows a heat-driven system to autonomously operate in three types of thermodynamic cycles: cooling, heat-pump and heat up-grade modes.

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Connexin Group, LLC

Connexin Group, LLC is a technology company aiming at providing independent risk management analytics solutions to investment institutions and cutting-edge data analytics products for human resource management to all types of entities. They pull insights for clients by using machine learning and artificial intelligence to analyze risk and work through large swaths of human resources-related data.

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Common Ground Research Networks

Since 1984, Common Ground Research Networks has been committed to the principles of access, participation, and equality through conference curation and journal publication. Common Ground Research Networks takes some of the most pivotal challenges of our time, and curates networks that apply interdisciplinary thinking, global conversations, and cross-institutional intellectual collaborations to achieve solutions.

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Common Ground Research Network at Research Park

Awards

Entrepreneurial Excellence: Management Award – Bill Cope

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Positions and Skills at Common Ground

Common Ground has offered internships and part-time professional positions.

CME Group

CME Group is one of the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather, and real estate.

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CME Group at Research Park

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Cline Financial Concepts, LLC

Cline Financial Concepts, LLC is a financial planning and investment management services firm that currently works with students in the University of Illinois College of ACES through internships to learn about financial planning. Their philosophy is they understand and embrace each individual’s or family’s unique situation, rather than sell financial products for a certain client “type”. Cline Financial Concepts, LLC tailors advice and solutions to their client’s specific needs, in keeping with the Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) Board of Standards. This customized approach ensures the advice clients receive the most efficient and promising path to their financial goals.

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Cline Center for Advanced Social Research

The Cline Center for Advanced Social Research equips and empowers a new generation of social scientists, humanists, and data scientists to take up key challenges that threaten humans, like climate change, civil unrest, sustainability, inequality, and public health. By applying advanced computational techniques at extreme scales to discover innovative solutions hidden in unstructured data.

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CHI Overhead Doors

C.H.I. Overhead Doors creates garage doors with exceptional quality, craftsmanship, and value. Their mission from the beginning was to be the best partner for our customers by building a quality, damage-free product, with all components in place, and delivering on time with our company drivers. Keeping our core values in place, C.H.I. Overhead Doors has grown to become an industry-leading manufacturer of overhead doors. They offer commercial, residential, and rolling steel doors to customers in the United States as well as other countries around the world. C.H.I. continues to grow with a dedicated purpose: to celebrate heritage, tradition, and values, and to provide our customers with A Better Experience.

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Chesterbrook Academy

Chesterbrook Academy Preschool Champaign expertly combines academics and structured play for students ages 6 weeks to Pre-K. They have been part of the community of Champaign since 1995. Chesterbrook Academy Preschool is a caring place where your child can grow, learn, and thrive from their passionate and caring teachers.

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Chesterbrook in the news

Wandtv.com/news/champaign-preschool-students-donate-to-children-in-need-for-holiday-season/article