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Take UC’s New Research Virtual Tour!

   The proven and potential economic impact of the University of Cincinnati’s first-rate research is taking center stage via a new Research Virtual Tour.


UC research routinely partners with industry locally, regionally, statewide, nationally and even internationally in order to benefit established industries and to help launch entrepreneurial start-ups.

No surprise in that, since UC ranks No. 18 in the nation among public research-intensive universities based on National Science Foundation data on federal research expenditures. This No. 18 ranking is an improvement over the 2006 ranking of No. 28 and is an important indicator of the amount and quality of UC research.

• View UC’s just-released annual research report, announcing an all-time high in terms of research funding: more than $378 million.

There are six stops on UC’s new Research Virtual Tour. You can take all the stops on the tour or just one.

Stop one
Robot to the rescue (0:56 seconds)
UC research led to a line of first-response robots now being produced and marketed by First-Response Robotics in Amelia, Ohio, a company that is providing technically oriented jobs in the region. These machines can “go in first” to emergency situations like earthquakes or other natural disasters, chemical spills or other hazardous situations or even crime scenes like hostage situations.


Stop two
Hope for the hated hospital gown (1:55)
UC’s design innovation incubator, the Live Well Collaborative, partnered with a regional firm to produce a series of gown prototypes designed to avoid pressure ulcers, accommodate braces and medical devices, accommodate variations in body temperature, provide pockets and coverage, and provide ease of closure.

Stop three
Advancing algae’s potential (0:58 seconds)
UC is partnering with a Marysville, Ohio, firm – Algaeventure Systems, Inc., a Univenture, Inc., company – to convert algae into biodiesel. That’s because algae could not only fuel all of Ohio’s transportation needs, but an algae industry here could conceivably create 80,000 direct jobs in the state.


Stop four
Engineering for the O.R. (2:08)
Biomedical engineering labs at UC develop, design and test new medical devices. A number of companies throughout the region are investing in this research because of the potential economic payoff, and a few start-up companies have already begun thanks to medical-device innovations begun at the university.

Stop five
Liquids combine with light (2:08)
UC is developing electrofluidic optics: the combining of liquids with light. There are many practical, business applications for this work. And, in fact, a number of companies are involved with us in this research, including Sun Chemical here in Cincinnati, FLEXMatters in Kent, Ohio, along with companies in Arizona and California, and partners in Europe and Asia. Perhaps best of all, this research has now led to a new start-up company in Ohio called Gamma Dynamics. The long-term potential for this company includes the creation of thousands of high-paying jobs here in order to manufacture electrofluidic products and components.


Stop six
Overcoming obesity (2:26)
Companies from throughout the U.S. and right here in Ohio are investing millions into obesity research at UC. Among them is Ohio’s own Ethicon Endo-Surgery, which is providing millions to UC in order to improve available treatments for those who are severely overweight. The company also set up a team of its own engineers to work with UC because this research promises both economic and health benefits for the region, for Ohio and beyond.

• Take the Research Virtual Tour!

• Read about other UC research projects (highlighted at the Ohio Statehouse) aimed at helping Ohio’s economy.

• View recent headlines earned by UC research.

• View UC’s just-released annual research report, announcing an all-time high in terms of research funding: more than $378 million.