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Upstarts and Innovators Series Continues: Guy Berkebile of Guy
Chemical (www.guychemical.com)
was the featured entrepreneur at Allegany
College of Maryland, Somerset Campus, on November 7. Mr. Berkebile talked about the changes in his company since its
inception, with the newest undertaking being a $250,000 expansion
that will create 11 new jobs in Somerset County. Click here
for the Tribune-Democrat article. For more information on Upstarts
and Innovators, contact Amy Noon at anoon@jari.com
or 814.535.8675.
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The
JARI Procurement Technical Assistance Center is hosting a
procurement workshop featuring the Defense Supply Center Columbus
(DSCC) at the Holiday Inn in Johnstown on January 15. DSCC
is a $3 billion a year Federal Procurement Activity that manages parts
and supplies for almost everything, including cars, tanks, weapons
systems, ships, planes, missile systems, snowshoes for dogs, farm
tractors, diver's knives, and fire trucks. The
workshop will detail how local small businesses can get contracts
from DSCC and sell their products.
Cost
to attend is $20, which includes workshop materials, breakfast, and
lunch. To register, or for more information, contact Nancy
McCreadie at 814.535.8675.
MicroMentor
Program Update: As previously showcased in Tech Post-Its, start-up companies
can find business mentors
through the Micromentor database of thousands of businesspeople. For
a limited time, access to the Micromentor database is being offered at
no cost. Click here
to visit their Web site
On-Line
Learning Opportunity: The Kutztown
University of Pennsylvania's SBDC
is one of the trial sites for the launch of new Business Skills
for Success E-Learning
opportunities that eventually will be available through all the SBDCs in
Pennsylvania. Currently, you can access these E-Learning opportunities here
through a link on the Kutztown
SBDC website. The courses are taught by instructors accredited
through the Kaufman Foundation's Fast
TracŪ Program.
Getting Innovations Into The Marketplace: Robert Conway, a Senior Manager at Carnegie
Mellon's Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation,
describes how Carnegie Mellon staff assess the potential
and transfer methods for different types of research products in a
article in Pittsburgh TEQ magazine. For the article
and its tech transfer tips, click here.
Renewable
Energy Center News: The Renewable Energy Center at Saint
Francis University hosted author Greg
Pahl to discuss his book, Citizen
Powered Energy Handbook: Community Solutions to a Global Crisis.
To
read the REC November newsletter and see what's new in renewable energy, click here.
Bandwidth
Breakthrough: Researchers at Penn
State University have discovered a way to increase the data transmission of
Category-7 copper cables. The design makes possible the
transmission of 100 gigabits per second over 100 meters of the
copper cable. Questions can be directed to A'ndrea Messer at aem1@psu.edu.
To read more about the advancement, click here.
SBIR/STTR
On-Line Training: Villanova
University has implemented an on-line SBIR/STTR workshop presented by Ben
Franklin Technology Partners. Click on Increasing
Funding Leverage to Small and Medium Businesses to view
the workshop, which takes slightly longer than an hour to view.
Investment
Dollars for Start-Ups: The 3 Rivers Venture
Fair will be held
April 16 and 17 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. Information and
applications
can be found at http://3rvf.com/index.php.
The 10th Annual Angel Venture Fair will be held April 22 at Union League in Philadelphia.
Deadline for proposals is February 7. Submit your online
application at www.angelventurefair.com.
Dueling
January 17ths: The Johnstown
Chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals
(AITP)
will meet January 17 at 6:00 PM at the Boulevard Grill in Johnstown.
Kent Tonkin, Assistant Director of Information Technology from
the Center of Excellence for Remote and Medically Under-Served Areas (CERMUSA)
will discuss voice radio to IP
bridging solutions. An article can be found here.
For more information or to register for the meeting, visit www.aitpjohnstown.com.
Likewise
on January 17, the Johnstown chapter of the National Contracts
Management Association will meet at the Mirage in Johnstown at 5:30
PM. Dismas Locaria will present an overview of the Federal
Supply Schedule (GSA). For more information, contact Tim
DiGuiseppe at 814.535.7046
And
a Holiday Finale: Everything you ever wanted to know about snowflakes
and more, but with a technology twist. Dr.
Kenneth Libbrecht,
a professor at California
Institute of Technology, posts a Web site devoted entirely to the
"Snowflake." Check out the information on beautiful,
frozen H20 here.
Dr. Libbrecht collaborated with a Professor from Penn State University, Dr.
Dennis Lamb, to publish an article for the American
Chemical Society entitled, Yes,
Virginia, Some Snowflakes Can Look the Same.
Click here
for this publication.
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