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IOTC’s Dr. Kenneth Loparo to Lead Team Selected for DoE CESMII Innovation Project Award
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) announced selections for five projects to identify ways to use smart-manufacturing technologies to improve productivity, precision, performance and energy efficiency. A team led by Dr. Kenneth Loparo, Arthur L. Parker Professor in the Department of Electrical, [...]
2020 Chicago Regional EDA University Center Showcase
The 2020 Chicago Regional EDA University Center Showcase was held this past month online, due to social distancing measures. The conference was hosted by the Center for Economic Development at Cleveland State University and covered things like small business entrepreneurship and the online economy. The videos and presentations have been [...]
Staff Spotlight: Dr. Nicholas Zingale
Nick Zingale, Ph. D., is an associate professor of Urban Studies at Cleveland State University and serves as both the Public Sector Liaison and the incoming Academic Director for the IOT Collaborative. Dr. Zingale’s primary interest includes how individuals adjust, interpret, and make meaning out of their life experiences. [...]
Riding the fourth wave to economic transformation
IoT Collaborative co-Executive Directors Shilpa Kedar and Nick Barendt are featured as guest bloggers in the May 29th, 2020 edition of Crain's Cleveland Business. The article explores the paths Greater Cleveland must take in order to capitalize on technological innovation, supported by a skilled workforce and research and development. [...]
Real-Time Risk Assessment Tool Could Aid Reopening Measures
IoT Collaborative co-Academic Director Dr. Ken Loparo and Dr. Fanny Ye, both professors at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Engineering, partnered to create a tool called α-satellite, designed to provide real-time risk assessment of locations across the country to aid social distancing and reopening strategies amid the [...]
Privacy Issues Surrounding COVID-19 Contact Tracing
Brian Ray, IoT Collaborative Cybersecurity Liaison and Professor of Law, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University, was awarded two related grants from the Charles Koch Foundation and CSU’s COVID-19 faculty research fund. This funding supports research around privacy and civil liberties issues raised by the use of [...]
IOTC in the news
Cleveland Biobank Increasing Participation, Gaining Trust Of African-Americans
Case Western Reserve University bioethics professor Dr. Suzanne Rivera was interviewed regarding the need for involving more diverse populations in clinical studies and research. Dr. Rivera oversees research practices locally and on a national level. She explains how scientists avoided using diverse populations in studies for many years [...]
Privacy Considerations in the Digital Age
The IOTC's Dr. Suzanne Rivera and Brian Ray presented at the second Thought Leadership event on February 21st. Their talk explores the world as the number of connected devices increases in both public and private spaces, organizations and individuals are confronting a distinct and often conflicting set of [...]
CBRE report: A new tech revolution is sweeping Cleveland
Is a new industrial revolution taking place in Cleveland? A report from CBRE says there is. The real estate company points to an increase in the number of patents being filed out of the Cleveland area, an influx of software developers, and tech partnerships like the Internet of Things Collaborative. Click [...]
Tackling the Opioid Epidemic with Data
CSU, CWRU researchers develop IoT-powered database and map used in the fight against drugs It is no secret that the United States is dealing with an opioid epidemic. The question is what can be done about it. A team of researchers at Cleveland State and [...]
A Virtual Roundtable with Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University is a hub of learning, research, and innovation in Northeast Ohio. Innovation & Tech Today wanted to find out more about the university’s many facets and hosted a virtual roundtable with five CWRU administrators, including IoTC Co-executive Director Nick Barendt and VP for Research and Technology [...]
Cleveland State to study efficiency, environmental impact of public transit
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) has awarded Cleveland State University a $500,000 grant to study efficiency and the environmental impact of public transit. Professors Stephen Duffy, Nigamanth Sridhar and Nick Zingale will collaborate with researchers from Case Western Reserve University, via the Internet of Things Collaborative, to determine [...]