Sydney Lienemann, bottom right, founder of UpCycle Power, celebrates her win at the Arrowhead Innovation Fund’s 2021 Pitch Competition. (Courtesy photo)
SANTA FE, N.M. Old electric vehicle batteries could soon provide backup storage power for renewable generation systems through a local startup, UpCycle Power, which plans to repurpose used car batteries for clean-energy markets.
The company won a $5,000 first-place prize last March at Arrowhead Innovation Fund’s 2021 pitch competition at New Mexico State University after UpCycle founder Sydney Lienemann received in-depth mentoring and assistance from NMSU to turn her innovative idea into a marketable product.
The Foster Innovation Exchange Prototyping Lab at New Mexico State University has supported the development of a complex prototype for Evus, a startup creating a technology intended to mitigate scaling and fouling formation in all water filtration plant and heat transfer systems. (Courtesy photo)
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Biden Budget Requests Major Investments for Federal Technology and Cybersecurity President Joe Biden Evan Vucci/AP Get the need-to-know news for current and aspiring technology executives.
email April 9, 2021
The 1.5 trillion budget would give the Technology Modernization Fund and CISA big increases as well as launch new advanced research projects agencies.
President Joe Biden sent his first discretionary funding request to Congress Friday, outlining a $1.5 trillion spending roadmap that includes cash infusions to the Technology Modernization Fund and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency as well as “$750 million as a reserve for Federal agency information technology enhancements.”
This outline, released Friday, previews a fuller proposal coming this spring and includes $769 billion in non-defense discretionary spending a 16% increase from what was enacted in fiscal year 2021, according to the request t
Innovation Hubs OK Catalyst Programs Honored by U.S. Small Business Administration
January 14, 2021
The U.S. Small Business Administration is recognizing the Oklahoma Catalyst Programs (OK Catalyst), based at the University of Oklahoma’s Tom Love Innovation Hub (I-Hub), and Executive Director Tom Wavering with two prestigious 2020 Tibbetts Awards. OU is the first university in the nation to receive two Tibbetts Awards in the same year.
The Tibbetts Awards are presented annually to small businesses, organizations and individuals who exemplify the spirit and intent of the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs (SBIR/STTR), which encourage domestic small businesses to engage in federal research and research and development with the potential for commercialization.
Small businesses from across the globe met virtually to learn about federal funding opportunities for their innovative ideas during the fourth annual New Mexico SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit Dec. 9. Panelists at the fourth annual New Mexico SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit discuss how to create a strong proposal during one of the summits online sessions. The summit was hosted online by New Mexico State Universitys Arrowhead Center. (Courtesy photo)
Hosted by New Mexico Federal and State Technology Partnership Program, part of New Mexico State Universitys Arrowhead Center, this years virtual event expanded on the success of previous years, with attendees tuning in from across the world. More than 1,000 people registered from 44 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, Buenos Aires, Germany, and India.