The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has named 10 companies and research organizations that will support the first phase of a $1.2M global challenge to build technologies to measure Earth’s magnetic field.
Read More »Oregon Collaborative Group Acquires CenturyLink Fiber Lines for Statewide Network Effort
CenturyLink has announced that its optical fiber lines will be used by an academe-government partnership to establish a high-speed network that will be deployed across Oregon in summer 2019. The Oregon Fiber Partnership, a collaboration between the state government, the Oregon State University and several other public research universities, acquired …
Read More »CH2M Donates $1M for Oregon State University Professorship
CH2M has pledged a donation of $1 million to create an endowed professorship within the Oregon State University’s College of Engineering. The company said Thursday an endowed professor will be appointed to teach at the college for a term of up to five years through the CH2M Hill Professorship in Civil Engineering Fund. …
Read More »Charles River Analytics-Led Team to Help DARPA Build Virtual Data Scientist Assistant
Charles River Analytics will lead a team comprised of Win-Vector and Oregon State University to develop a virtual data scientist assistant that will help users answer real-world analytical questions under a four-year, $2.8 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The team will build the Eve virtual assistant through DARPA’s Data-Driven Discovery of Models …
Read More »DARPA Taps PARC-Led Team to Develop Computational Framework for Product Design
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected Xerox’s PARC subsidiary to lead a team to create a new computational model designed to eliminate limitations in computer-aided design technology platforms and advance digital manufacturing processes. PARC said Tuesday it will work with Oregon State University and Intact Solutions on the Fabricating …
Read More »Energy Department Invests $40M in Wave Energy Testing Facility; Franklin Orr Comments
The Energy Department has invested $40 million in the development and construction of an open-water, grid-connected national wave energy testing facility in Newport, Oregon. DOE said Wednesday the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center at Oregon State University will build the wave energy testing facility and help develop new wave …
Read More »Raytheon BBN-Led Team Seeks to Extend Mobile Apps’ Viability Under Air Force Contract; Partha Pal Comments
A team led by a Raytheon subsidiary will work to develop techniques that seek to extend the functionality of mobile applications for up to a century under a four-year, $7.8 million contract with the U.S. Air Force. Raytheon BBN Technologies will collaborate with Securboration, Syracuse University, Vanderbilt University and Oregon State University on the project as …
Read More »Profile: Timothy Caswell, President of Mission Solutions Engineering
Timothy Caswell is president of Mission Solutions Engineering, a ASRC Federal company. He leads more than 600 employees who provide full systems and software engineering services to U.S. and allied government customers. Caswell previously served as vice president and general manager of Computer Sciences Corp.’s air, missile and national defense …
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