On October 6, Joe C. Semsar, The Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade, Performing the Non-Exclusive Functions of the Under Secretary for International Trade (ITA), meets with Dr. John Sankovic, President and CEO, Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI), for a signing ceremony of the U.S. Trade
Clampco Products, Inc., an Ohio Aerospace Institute member, contributed to the historic launch when their clamps were used in the craft where astronauts Robert Behnken and Doug Hurley traveled into space. The effort was part of the NASA Commercial Crew Program, and marked the first
Are you ready to launch the next big NASA spinoff? Submit your application for FedTech’s NASA Startup Studio. Seats are filling out fast! FedTech, a D.C-based Startup Accelerator in collaboration with the Ohio Aerospace Institute is currently recruiting entrepreneurs for the NASA Startup Studio happening
Purpose:Complete a neutral and unbiased assessment of this project’s impact across two regions – City of Cleveland and City of Milwaukee. Services Required:Provide a proposal (including a scope of work, project timeline, pricing, and team qualifications) specifying their approach to accomplish the following: Evaluate Project
Are You a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Awardee in Ohio or Wisconsin with a Technical Challenge? Who is sponsoring this technical challenge? Spearheaded by Ohio Aerospace Institute and Milwaukee 7 (M7) Economic Development Partnership, we are introducing a pilot program as part
OAI is excited about the year ahead and hope to see many new faces join us as we make our way through 2019 and beyond. There are many interesting programs this year so we put a list together to give a summary of what you
Ohio is the birthplace of air and space pioneers like the Wright brothers, Neil Armstrong and John Glenn. But has the aerospace industry really taken off in the birthplace of aviation? In this week’s Exploradio, WKSU’s Jeff St.Clair meets the new OAI CEO, John Sankovich,
OAI seeks a seasoned aerospace professional to lead our Business Development activities from our Dayton, Ohio office near the Wright Patterson Air Force Base. The Director of Business Development will be responsible for all phases of the BD and capture process, including establishing and maintaining
OAI’s board of trustees today announced the appointment of Dr. John Sankovic as president and CEO effective September 24. When he takes the helm, Sankovic plans to prioritize fostering partnerships and driving research from university laboratories to Ohio’s industrial aerospace manufacturers. Learn more about OAI’s
Colleen K. Unsworth
Colleen is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Biology, University of Akron and a corporate Biomimicry Fellow jointly sponsored by NASA Glenn Research Center and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. At UA, her dissertation work focuses on integrating inclusive design into bio-inspired design. In the lab, she studies how animal locomotor biomechanics can inspire novel all-terrain mobility aid designs.
At NASA, Colleen works alongside engineers and data scientists to develop an AI design and translation tool (PeTaL) to streamline nature-inspired solution discovery for practitioners. She has also served as the lead organizer for Biocene 2019-2020 and coordinates NASA’s V.I.N.E. (Virtual Interchange for Nature-inspired Exploration), a collaborative network of academics, industry experts, and citizen scientists with a shared interest in nature-inspired research.
