BRIDGEOhio - Connecting Business with Technology, IP & Economic Development Opportunities Join representatives from the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), NASA Glenn Research Center, and The Ohio Aerospace Institute for a seminar on taking your idea from concept to copyright. In an era where technology, innovation, and intellectual property (IP) are pivotal to […]
Aligning Sustainability Strategies with Customer Expectations Addressing climate change is a growing priority for most companies. Aligning strategy with your customers is important because they are looking down the supply chain to ensure their suppliers are tackling this issue. This evet will provide an overview of how to align with your customer’s increasing attention to […]
AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2024 OAI will be attending AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2024. Powered by the global reach of AUVSI and Messe Düsseldorf North America, this event is the “north star” that guides the entire autonomy community toward full integration. Collaborate and share ideas with the most comprehensive group of stakeholders, including platform manufacturers, government officials and academics. […]
OAI is proud to be a judge for the Space Center Houston 2024 Conrad Challenge The Conrad Challenge has engaged over 1,000 schools worldwide, spanning all 50 U.S. states and 72 countries. The 2022-2023 competition marked a monumental success with a record-breaking 950 teams participating in the initial round. The Innovation Stage welcomed over 1,300 […]
Ohio Space Industry Quarterly Roundtable The Ohio Aerospace Institute, Team NEO, the Greater Cleveland Partnership, the Aerozone Alliance and more are teaming up to bring together manufacturers and suppliers for discussions on how Ohio can gain more market share in this rapidly growing sector. This invitation only meeting includes topics relating to workforce, collaborative marketing, […]
Aligning Sustainability Strategies with Customer Expectations Join UARF and OAI in the virtual event to learn about the funding that is best for you. About Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer Grants as a funding opportunity: - SBIR/STTR = federal grants for technology-based startups to develop commercially viable innovations - Focus is on significant […]
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.
