Dr. David Weir

  is the Director of the OEIP at the University of Delaware. Weir holds a doctorate in chemical physics and lectured at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland before a 35-year career with DuPont. He was the founding director of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute.

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UD start-up company PAIR

PAIR is preparing to commercialize novel detector for medical, military applications.

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UD honors 179 Inventors

The inaugural Inventors' Recognition was hosted by OEIP on Oct. 8, 2009

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UD competition seeks business ideas

The 2010 UD Business Plan Competition seeks submissions by student entrepreneurs with business ideas who want to turn them into reality.

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UD teams with Jefferson to win defense grant

Two faculty members in UD's Electrical and Computer Engineering are part of a team that was recently awarded an $849,000 grant from the Department of Defense for an imaging system.

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Two engineering professors win Department of Defense research grants

Two UD engineering professors have been awarded research grants from the D.O.D.'s 2009 Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR).

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OCTOBER, 2009:

OEIP's work featured in UD's new Research Magazine

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V2G electric cars in Delaware:

OEIP explores partnership with Autoport.

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New Castle County BRAC Relocation Guide

The New Castle County BRAC Relocation Guide features the UD-Army partnership coordinated through the Office of Economic Innovation and Partnerships.

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APRIL 23, 2010:

Third Annual President's Forum on Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Be inspired...Get information...Network...

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NSF funds UD research on infants, robots

A University of Delaware research team that uses robotics to provide infants with independent mobility receives major NSF funding.

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Mission & Goals

The Office of Economic Innovation and Partnerships seeks to establish the University as a recognized center of invention, innovation, entrepreneurship, partnering and economic development.

The Gateway enables outside entities to access the University’s knowledge-based assets and provides UD personnel support to form partnerships outside the University.

The Gateway: