The IURTC also assists in helping students secure intellectual property rights for ideas that they develop but are unsure of what steps to take next as well as licensing software to companies.
= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><u>University-Industry Collaboration</u></span> ==<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(55, 62, 77); line-height: 15.36px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">IUPUI is currently collabortating with the Lugar Center for Alternative Energy Resources to do active research on campus. </span><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); line-height: 17.94px; white-space: pre-wrap;">IUPUI's affiliation with the Luger Center for Alternative Energy Research stems from the school's dedication to innovative solutions to enivironmental problems as a research-based institution. In pursuit of alternative energies, student organizations such as The Brain Trust, Sustainability Councils, and SEDS actively attempt to bring student-led initiatives to a public and professional developmental level. Currently in progress is a bid for a self-sustained orbital space station for human life support, programs to increase environment-sustainable awareness in the community, and a project to produce self-contained shipping crate housing solutions for students interested in sustainability, entrepreneurship, and innovation.</span></span></span></p>
= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><u>Local Economic Development</u></span><br/> =