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AutoHarvest announces Thomas Anderson elected to Board of Directors
AutoHarvest Foundation, a newly organized e-collaboration marketplace for intellectual property in the area of advanced manufacturing, is delighted to announce that Automation Alley Senior Director and Director of Entrepreneurism Thomas Anderson, Ph.D., was elected to serve on its board of directors. Read the full announcement. Download Article Here
AutoHarvest, DHS and TARDEC Sign Technology Innovation Information Collaboration Agreement
Detroit - (April 18, 2012) The AutoHarvest Foundation announces that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) and the Department of Defense, U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC).
AutoHarvest, DHS S&T and TARDEC have identified a framework for partnership to promote the adaptation of automotive-related technological innovation for use at the Federal, State and local levels. This framework provides for more efficient communication of publicly available requirements, capability gaps, technology and information to the private sector.
Both DHS S&T and TARDEC require an awareness of cutting edge advancement in the mobility industries in order to fulfill their missions. AutoHarvest's role is to assist the U.S. Army and DHS by enabling their respective participation in an online portal where interested private sector entities can learn about DHS and U.S. Army needs, resources, and missions. "Collaboration with industry and academia is vital to our efforts at TARDEC", said Ms. Jennifer Hitchcock, TARDEC Interim Director. "The MOU with AutoHarvest is a great way to make new connections and begin sharing ideas and information that will help bring new technology to our Warfighters."
"This Memorandum provides for a centralized and convenient clearinghouse for information exchange between the DHS, TARDEC, first responders, end-users, and the private sector," said AutoHarvest Co-Founder and Chairman, Dr. David E. Cole. "It sets forth the terms by which DHS, TARDEC, and AutoHarvest will work towards furthering research, product development, commercialization, and facilitating economic development," added Jayson D. Pankin, AutoHarvest Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer.
All parties involved in this initiative will benefit from cost savings, technology awareness, and enhanced relationships. The Federal government will benefit by being made aware of technology solutions and services that fit the expressed needs of homeland security and U.S. Army end users. Furthermore, the private sector will benefit by being made aware of specific, publicly available, DHS and TARDEC requirements and capability gaps.
"This agreement provides an opportunity to partner with recognized organizations such as the U.S. Army, TARDEC and AutoHarvest," said Ms. Deborah Determan, Director of Research & Development Partnerships, DHS S&T. "Public-private partnerships like this provide us with valuable insight into the many activities and development projects of TARDEC and AutoHarvest members. These relationships are invaluable to DHS S&T's technology foraging efforts that seek to more rapidly identify innovative solutions to challenges faced across the homeland security enterprise."
Congressman Hansen Clarke (D-MI-13) said "In order to sustain America's competitive and innovative capacity, it is crucial that we support this type of information exchange between the public and private sectors. These partnerships help to create jobs and develop and streamline the best technologies. As a member of the House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, I am excited to see the innovation that will come from the partnership between AutoHarvest, DHS, and TARDEC."
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Detroit Regional Innovation Network
AutoHarvest's leadership in driving innovation throughout the global automotive industry is being supercharged with its recently awarded New Economy Initiative (NEI) grant. Read more about the NEI's Detroit Regional Innovation Network, the recently launched 10-year program to boost high-tech development and job creation in Southeast Michigan in this front page Crain's Detroit Business article. Download Article Here
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Report to the President on Ensuring American Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing
On July 11, 2011 the AutoHarvest Foundation was privileged to be a key participant, along with Mr. Aneesh Chopra, United States Chief Technology Officer, in a Town Hall meeting sponsored by the Ford Motor Company at the new Innovation Center in Allen Park, Michigan. The event, which was reported on Mr. Chopra's White House blog, was attended by over 100 industry, government and academic research and development professionals, who discussed how to propel the resurgence of advanced manufacturing in Michigan and introduced several new, powerful initiatives in Southeast Michigan. Read more about the event
President Obama visits the Center for Automotive Research
AutoHarvest Innovation Advisory Board Member, Dr. Giorgio Rizzoni, Director of the Ohio State Center for Automotive Research hosts President Obama.
"On his visit to The Ohio State University campus March 22, President Barack Obama toured the Ohio State Center for Automotive Research, directed by Dr. Giorgio Rizzoni. He saw the Buckeye Bullet 2.5, the world's fastest electric vehicle. Here, President Obama studies the progression of components used to power the series of Buckeye Bullet vehicles."
