The Ohio Innovation Exchange (OIEx) brings together industry and university expertise to solve challenges and capitalize on opportunities - from research partnerships and intellectual property (patents) to laboratory and specialized equipment/research services.  

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Spotlight on Ohio Research & Innovation News

Students majoring in biomedical engineering at The University of Akron partnered with Dr. Hannah Agard Bachtel, a pediatric urologist at Akron Children’s Hospital, to create a novel, home-use device aimed at assisting pediatric patients suffering from Pelvic Floor Dysfunction.

NASA’s University Leadership Initiative (ULI), which invests in new, innovative projects that advance its Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate portfolio, awarded this multi-partner project to advance autonomous aircraft tech and industry standards ...

A University of Cincinnati researcher made a groundbreaking discovery that has the potential to revolutionize the treatment of heart failure ...

OIEx by the Numbers

Ohio's universities house a wealth of specialized knowledge and research equipment waiting to be tapped by businesses and industry

10

of Ohio's top research universities

More than

10,000

expert profiles from across Ohio

More than

31,000

searchable patents from hundreds of fields of research

More than

740

specialized services

More than

2,000

examples of laboratory equipment