University of Dayton : Featured Stories

Video: Bill Cooper, the iPod Kid

University of Dayton Thursday, September 22, 2011

Bill Cooper started reviewing mobile apps in high school. Now a University of Dayton student, Cooper has built his YouTube presence into a way to pay for college.

Dayton/West Central Ohio, Entrepreneurship, University of Dayton

Dayton

Ohio's aerospace industry evolves into quiet giant

Gene Monteith Thursday, March 10, 2011

The Wright Brothers may have gotten things started, but over the last century thousands of players have quietly built an aerospace and aviation economy that may surprise you in its reach.

Advanced Materials, Advanced Propulsion, Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Cleveland/Northeast Ohio, Dayton/West Central Ohio, High Tech, Instruments-Controls-Electronics, Third Frontier, University of Dayton

Cleveland, Dayton

Video: Reading minds at the University of Dayton Research Institute

University of Dayton Research Institute Thursday, January 27, 2011

Dan Hurlburt reads minds. The psychology major works at the University of Dayton Research Institute's Signature Science Exploration Lab, where researchers use high-tech cameras to predict human behavior.

Information Technology, Instruments - Controls - Electronics, University of Dayton

Dayton

Q&A: Dayton's Jim Leftwich on the region's emergence as a high-tech corridor

Gene Monteith Thursday, December 02, 2010

The Dayton region is on a roll. Earlier this year, Site Selection Magazine chose it as the nation's top metropolitan area for economic development for populations 200,000 to 1 million -- the second year in a row for the award. Soon afterward, the magazine named the Dayton Development Coalition among the 10 best economic development associations in the nation. hiVelocity sat down with Jim Leftwich, the Coalition's president and CEO, to find out what's driving activity in west central Ohio.

Advanced Manufacturing, Advanced Materials, Information Technology, Instruments - Controls - Electronics, University of Dayton, Wright State University

Ohio sensors surge on back of Wright-Patt, regional strengths

Gene Monteith Thursday, August 26, 2010

A camera that can read your fingerprints from six feet away. A system that can catch criminals in a 16-square-mile area. Tiny planes that can soar over an urban battlefield and tell friend from foe. All are signs that Ohio is emerging as a major force in 21st century sensor technology.

Biomedical, Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Dayton/West Central Ohio, Instruments - Controls - Electronics, Tech Transfer, Third Frontier, University of Dayton, Wright State University

Dayton, Cincinnati

NSBE nurtures pipeline, retention, of Ohio engineers

Gene Monteith Thursday, August 12, 2010

Of the 10,000 or so African American students who enroll in U.S. engineering programs each year, fewer than 3,500 graduate with engineering degrees. The National Society of Black Engineers wants to change that, and one of its targets is Ohio.

Advanced and Alternative Energy, Advanced Materials, Biomedical, Cleveland/Northeast Ohio, Columbus/Central Ohio, Instruments - Controls - Electronics, Ohio State University, STEM, University of Akron, University of Dayton

Cleveland, Columbus

Business plan competitions give flight to fledgling ideas

Gene Monteith Wednesday, July 28, 2010

There are good ideas and then there are good ideas with a plan. The former often die on the vine, having nowhere to go. The latter create companies. More and more Ohio entrepreneurs with good ideas are now developing their business acumen through university business plan competitions. They are turning heads. And creating the kinds of enterprises that lead to jobs.

Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Columbus/Central Ohio, Dayton/West Central Ohio, Entrepreneurship, Ohio State University, Third Frontier, University of Cincinnati, University of Dayton

Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton