Business and industry can engage with Penn State Behrend faculty and students for sponsored research and development through:
Short-Term Research Projects
These projects do not involve the exchange or development of intellectual property and include:
- Services involving analysis, evaluation, classification, diagnostics, or interpretation of a client's data, samples, mechanisms, procedures, or products
- Access to school resources, either personnel and/or equipment.
Longer-Term Research Projects
These projects involve intellectual property and include:
- An assigned principal investigator (PI) for the project
- Protection for the University and for the sponsor on issues of publication, intellectual property, publicity, and the use of project results
- Access to school resources during the development of fundamental basic research
Research Contacts by Academic School
School of Engineering:
Jason Williams
Associate Teaching Professor of Engineering
814-898-6142
[email protected]
Black School of Business:
Dr. Kenneth Louie
Associate Professor of Economics
Director of the Economic Research Institute of Erie
814-898-6265
[email protected]
Dr. Kathleen Noce
Teaching Professor of MIS
Director of Partnership Erie
814-898-6508
[email protected]
School of Science:
Dr. Michael Rutter
Associate Director, School of Science
Professor of Statistics
814-898-6272
[email protected]
School of Humanities & Social Sciences:
Dr. Matthew Levy
Associate Director of Outreach, Research, and Creative Activities
814-898-6078
[email protected]
For general inquiries, contact:
Dr. Amy Bridger
Assistant Dean for Innovation and Corporate Strategy
Assistant Research Professor of Higher Education Strategy
814-898-6756
[email protected]
Jacob Marsh
Industry Relations Coordinator
814-898-6987
[email protected]