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As part of its mission to solve challenging problems through innovation, The
Dow Chemical Company
announced a partnership with the University of
Illinois to open the Dow Innovation Center, a research facility located at the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The new Innovation Center will
develop data management solutions to drive value and accelerate discovery in
the Research & Development (R&D) organizations throughout Dow.
“The opening of the Dow Innovation Center continues the strong relationship
between the University of Illinois and Dow,” said Chancellor Phyllis Wise. “We
are pushing the edges of science and technology to explore new ideas in
critical areas such as water, energy, coatings and agriculture. Solutions to
increasingly complex societal challenges brought about by an expanding global
population will be found in this kind of innovative partnership. The new
center will draw upon the strengths in High Performance Computing (HPC),
Informatics, and Computer Science at the University of Illinois to enhance
technology and research within Dow.”
At the same time, Dow has entered into an industry partnership with the
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), providing access to
expertise and equipment which will accelerate Dow's discovery processes. This
partnership will enable Dow to leverage the center's expertise and knowledge
of best practices in high-performance modeling and simulation to gain a
competitive edge. “We are very pleased to announce the opening of an IT
development office that will build upon the University of Illinois' tradition
of groundbreaking computer science research and education,” said Roy Ladd,
Director of Global Information Research at Dow. “With access to a highly
passionate student body and NCSA's valuable resources, we are confident that
we can develop innovative IT solutions that will help solve some of the most
pressing challenges facing our customers and society today.”
A team of sixteen students in computer science and related fields will work
part-time at the new Dow Innovation Center, which opens in the spring 2013
semester. The operation is in the Research Park, which is located on campus to
better connect industry with researchers and students. “This environment will
provide students the opportunity to enhance their University of Illinois
education with real-life experiences that impact industry and address major
global product solutions,” said Lawrence Schook, University of Illinois Vice
President for Research.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is also part of the Strategic
University Partnership launched by Dow in 2011 to focus research capabilities
with 11 of the leading chemistry, materials science and chemical engineering
departments in the country. Learn more at Dow.com/Innovation.
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