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October 2008
AVAILABLE SPACE
Research and Technology Park:
opportunities available to locate your company at the Research Park! We are actively seeking tenants for our newest multi-tenant building, 5520 research Park Drive. The building is a 110,000 sf class A office building with state-of-the-art telecommunications connectivity, located on the UMBC campus in the heart of an innovative research and technology community.
For more information or for leasing inquiries, please contact Alex Euler at 410-455-6781.
Incubator and Accelerator:
bwtech@UMBC has office and lab space available at the Incubator. The various office and lab suites are specifically designed for incubator and accelerator technology companies. Some of the space available includes:
• 2nd floor, 5 offices comprising 800 square feet
• 2nd floor, secure office suite consisting of 9 executive offices and kitchen totaling 2,000 square feet
• 3rd floor, office suite totaling 1,800 square feet (former SCIF space).
• 4th floor, 7 laboratories totaling 5,000 square feet and 2,500 square feet of office space.
If you are interested, or know of anyone who might be, please contact Walt Schulz, Director of Leasing and Facilities, at 410-455-5798 or at schulz@umbc.edu. Referral fees are available if the referral results in a signed lease.
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Announcements
Pedestrian Bridge Update
For your convenience, construction of a pedestrian bridge from Research Park to the UMBC Campus is underway. We anticipate this project will run about 8 +/- weeks pending weather conditions Unfortunately, for part of that time, there will be noise created by the pile driving and a loss of 10 parking spaces. We apologize fro any inconvenience.
Techpreneur Fair coming to Techcenter!
This event provides entrepreneurs and their firms with a networking opportunity to meet possible interns and/or full-time hires who are eager, capable and qualified to be productive and contributing members of their entrepreneurial team. For more information click here. Job Board
bwtech@UMBC is now accepting postings for our new job board, located on our website (www.bwtechumbc.com). Postings are free of charge for bwtech companies. Please send announcements to scotter@umbc.edu
News
Plant Sensory Systems Receives Award
bwtech@UMBC are proud to announce that Kathleen and Frank Turano, founders and owners of Plant Sensory Systems, an Incubator company, have received an Innovator of the Year Award from The Daily Record. The awards are presented annually to Maryland residents and companies who have introduced innovations that have had a positive effect on their business, industry or community.
More information.
bwtech@UMBC Incubator and Accelerator to Receive New Directions Award
Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith will present the bwtech@UMBC Incubator and Accelerator with the County's New Directions Award, an honor given to a company or organization that exemplifies the quality of Baltimore County businesses in the future. The award will be given at the Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame Awards Dinner on Thursday, November 20 at the Marriott Hunt Valley.
More information.
UMBC 5th in U.S. News Poll
UMBC was recently ranked No. 5 among "up-and-coming" national universities in the latest college rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report.
More information.
BDMetrics Names Mollie Spilman as President
BDMetrics recently announced that Mollie Spilman joined the company as President. Mollie was also elected to the Company's Board of Directors. As President, Mollie will be responsible for overall company operations as the organization undertakes its next stage of growth and service to event owners and the communities they represent. Welcome Mollie!
More information.
Events
Upcoming bwtech@UMBC Events:
October 22, 2008
CIRC Software Workshop on SPSS
12:00 - 1:00 p.m., UMBC, ENGR 122
In collaboration with the Office of Information Technology (OIT), CIRC provides hands-on workshops on mathematical and statistical software packages including MATLAB, FEMLAB, Microsoft Access, SAS, S-Plus, and SPSS. They offer both introductory workshops for first-time users as well as advanced workshops on more specialized features of the software packages. The workshops are taught interactively in an instructional computer lab at UMBC accompanied by tutorial handouts.
SPSS for Windows provides a powerful statistical analysis and data management system in a graphical environment, using descriptive menus and simple dialog boxes to do most of the work for you. Most tasks can be accomplished simply by pointing and clicking the mouse.
http://www.umbc.edu/circ/workshops/index.html
November 5, 2008
ACTiVATE Information Session
6:30 - 8:30 p.m., bwtech@UMBC Incubator and Accelerator, Courtyard Room
http://www.umbc.edu/activate
November 5, 2008
UMBC Biotech Forum - From Bench to Business: Biotech Career Opportunities
6:00 - 8:00 p.m., bwtech@UMBC Incubator and Accelerator
Learn from industry experts about: How to start or advance a biotech career, exciting biotech careers beyond the bench, educational preparation for biotech careers, types of jobs in demand now and in the future, and more.
http://www.cps.umbc.edu/aps/Biotechnology5.asp November 12, 2008
A Look Ahead XII
3:30 - 7:00 p.m., UMBC
This year marks the 12th anniversary of UMBC's life science symposium. With several hundred scientists, educators and biotechnology business leaders in attendance, A Look Ahead XII will be a unique opportunity to connect with Maryland's bioscience community.
http://www.umbc.edu/lookahead/.
November 14, 2008
How to Write a Proposal to the National Science Foundation
12:00 - 4:00 p.m., UMBC, University Center Ballroom
Contact Mary Lilly at lilly@umbc.edu for more information.
November 18, 2008
Techpreneur Fair
5:00 - 7:00 p.m., bwtech@UMBC Incubator and Accelerator, Main Seminar Room
UMBC's Techpreneur Fair introduces entrepreneurial UMBC students to start-up/emerging companies that have a strong relationship with the university. This event provides entrepreneurs and their firms with a networking opportunity to meet possible interns and/or full-time hires who are eager, capable and qualified to be productive and contributing members of their entrepreneurial team.
http://umbc.edu/entrepreneurship/techpreneur_fair.html
November 20, 2008
Visionaries in IT - "Technology's Impact on Global Business Trends"
7:30 - 9:00 a.m., BWI Airport Marriott
The Visionaries in Information Technology Forum is an annual, four-part breakfast series created to help elevate the prominence and recognition of Maryland as a critical hub of information and emerging technologies. The forum is free and includes a complimentary breakfast.
http://www.umbc.edu/visionaries/
Upcoming UMBC Arts Events
http://www.umbc.edu/NewsEvents/Arts/Calendar
Upcoming Regional Events:
October 22 - 24, 2008
Mid-Atlantic Bio
Chantilly, VA
http://midatlanticbio.org/
November 6, 2008
MIT Enterprise Forum
6:15 - 9:00 p.m., JHU Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD
http://www.mitef.org/content.aspx?page_id=87&club_id=582681&item_id=55111 |
