Innovations at Research Park
Tune in to hear insightful conversations on fascinating industry innovations with members of the Research Park community- startups, corporations, students, and alumni.
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Mark Laufenberg- Co-Founder of PowerWorld Corporation (opens the original)
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Mark Laufenberg is Co‑Founder and President of PowerWorld Corporation, a company that builds visualization and simulation software for the electric power grid. In today’s episode, we’re going to tell the story of how PowerWorld emerged from a grad‑school project, what it means to spend nearly three decades making the grid visible, and how Mark sees the new pressures of renewables, AI, and data‑center loads reshaping the stakes for everyone who depends on reliable power. VISIT http://researchpark
Dr. Susan Martinis - Senior Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation at the University of Illinois (opens the original)
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Dr. Martinis is the Senior Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation at the University of Illinois, where she oversees a wide-ranging research and innovation portfolio that connects faculty, institutes, startups, and industry. She’s also a UIUC alumna whose career has taken her from the lab to startup environments to university leadership. In this episode, you'll hear how Illinois is building the future across interdisciplinary research, commercialization, and emerging technology areas. VISIT ht
Kelsey Ortiz, Co-Founder of Photon Queue, on Quantum Innovation (opens the original)
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Kelsey Ortiz is the Co‑Founder and Head of Design at Photon Queue, a quantum hardware startup developing practical photonic quantum memories to store and synchronize single photons for next‑generation quantum communication, computing, and sensing systems. Photon Queue is a highly integrated member of the University of Illinois entrepreneurship ecosystem with investment from Illinois Ventures and physical presence in the EnterpriseWorks incubator at the Research Park. Photon Queue is also the fir
Dr. Ken Suslick- CEO of Iridescent Sensors (opens the original)
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Dr. Ken Suslick is a highly regarded chemist, professor, and entrepreneur whose scientific discoveries have repeatedly become real-world products. Dr. Suslick has a prolific scholarly record with more than 500 published scientific papers and 70+ patents, and induction in the National Academy of Sciences, among many other accolades. He's a longtime faculty member at UIUC, and he’s also a highly successful serial entrepreneur with his latest venture, Iridescent Sensors, located here in the Researc
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