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= Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration =
At UWM, we strive towards creating mutually beneficial university-industry collaborations. Traditionally, our largest industry collaborators have been Ansys, General Electric Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, and Johnson Controls. These companies have assisted in research projects, laboratory, and in some cases maintain facilities with personnel on campus working hand in hand with faculty, staff, and students. More recently, the University has begun developing new incubator spaces with the Innovation Campus, where UWM aims at developing a world-class, public-private research park that spurs strong and enduring partnerships between academia and industry leading to new products, spin off businesses, workforce development and jobs. For example the future of biomedical research is in translational research, which takes ideas from the lab to the patient bedside. At the same time, Southeastern Wisconsin’s manufacturing sector still employs significant numbers and is looking for ways to innovate and diversify. UWM’s Innovation Campus takes advantage of both these areas of strength by offering a place for partnership and proximity to encourage entrepreneurship, while also providing ways for technology businesses to expand and remain competitive.
= Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts =