Author: 401 Tech Bridge

16 Dec

Posted at 12:37h in In the News

401 Tech Bridge today announced Canapitsit Customs, Nautilus Defense and TxV Aerospace Composites as the winners of the Materials Innovation Challenge. 401 Tech Bridge will provide $105,000 ($35,000 per project) to the University of Rhode Island College of Engineering. Project funding will support collaboration with URI’s Dynamic Photomechanics Laboratory, led by Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering Professor Arun Shukla and...

07 Dec

Posted at 15:38h in In the News

Goetz Composites, founded 45 years ago, and Flux Marine, a startup in Narragansett, are among the Rhode Island companies that have collaborated with 401 Tech Bridge to develop new products and lines of business. Goetz, in Bristol, started out making sailboats and later diversified by creating products with composite materials for a variety of industries. The company last year shared a...

07 Dec

Posted at 12:43h in In the News

The Rhode Island Commerce Corporation on Tuesday will consider $1.5 million in incentives to support plans for a new collaborative to help economic recovery and job growth next year. Called 401 Tech Bridge, the project has attracted manufacturers, entrepreneurs, academics and researchers who hope to build on the state’s strengths in textiles, advanced materials, marine products and undersea devices developed by...

12 Nov

Posted at 08:56h in Old_Events

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 9:00 am – 9:30 am EST WATCH THE WEBINAR [embed]http://youtu.be/q3h3s2pMJAQ[/embed] VIEW THE PRESENTATION SLIDE DECK Join host Lee Silvestre, Naval X Northeast Tech Bridge's 401 Tech Bridge coordinator, and guest Molly Donohue Magee, Executive Director of the Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance (SENEDIA) and the Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium (UTIC), for an overview of UTIC. In this webinar, you will learn...

28 Sep

Posted at 15:12h in Press Releases

The URI Research Foundation (URIRF) is evolving and expanding with the hiring of two executives and the transition of two leaders into new roles. The moves will strengthen URIRF’s initiatives including Polaris MEP, Rhode Island’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and 401 Tech Bridge, the recently-launched Materials and Technology Innovation center....

22 Sep

Posted at 08:03h in Press Releases

PORTSMOUTH, RI, September 22, 2020 – 401 Tech Bridge, an economic development organization that connects manufacturers, small businesses, research and development entities, trade organizations and state and defense agencies to collaborate in the development of new advanced materials, technologies and products, today announced its new Materials Innovation Challenge. The competitive program offers businesses the opportunity to leverage academic resources such...

14 Sep

Posted at 09:21h in Old_Events

WHAT: The 401 Tech Bridge Materials Innovation Challenge is a competitive program that offers advanced materials companies the opportunity to partner with University of Rhode Island Professors Arun Shukla, Sumanta Das, or Helio Matos — three of the most preeminent advanced materials researchers in the country — to complete funded projects. WHEN: The application period has now closed. Awarded projects will...

14 Sep

Posted at 09:18h in Old_Events

The 401 Tech Bridge Materials Innovation Challenge is a competitive program that offers advanced materials companies the opportunity to partner with the University of Rhode Island’s Arun Shukla, Sumanta Das, or Helio Matos — three of the most preeminent advanced materials professors and researchers in the country — to complete funded projects....