RESEARCHERS HELP FOSTER UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP.A searchable online database of university faculty experts on Florida's High Tech Corridor is expected to draw inquiries from industry executives, government officials, media and students among others. Made available at the Corridor's Web site (http://www.floridahightech.com), the project was developed by the University of South Florida • • [ and the University of Central Florida “UCF” redirects here. For other uses, see UCF (disambiguation). UCF is a member institution of the State University System of Florida. UCF was founded in 1963 as Florida Technological University with the goal of providing highly trained personnel to support the Kennedy in partnership with Seminole Community College SCC's programs range from college credit transfer degrees and career certificates to training for information technology and health professions to business management and construction trades. . "This important tool will help foster university-industry partnerships in all of the region's high tech sectors," said Randy Berridge, president of the Council. "For the first time, high tech leaders will be able to quickly identify and contact researchers that may be able to assist them with their product development. And, the searchable database Refers to databases on the Web that are searchable by typing in a query. The term is quite redundant because all databases are searchable. In fact, that is one of their major features. will be useful for students, government officials and media who seek technology subject matter experts." Web surfers can search for University of South Florida (USF USF University of South Florida USF Universal Service Fund (often part of phone bill in US) USF University of San Francisco USF University of Sioux Falls USF University of St. ) and University of Central Florida (UCF UCF University of Central Florida UCF Uranium Conversion Facility UCF Uniform Contract Format UCF Unregistration Confirm UCF Unit Capability Factor (power plant performance) UCF User Communication Form UCF United Cat Federation ) staff by name, university, department or area of expertise. Also available on the site is a parallel database of more than 5,300 high technology companies located along the Corridor. About the Florida High Tech Corridor Council, Inc. Created in 1996, the Council is led by the president of the University of South Florida, Judy Genshaft Judy Lynn Genshaft is the current president of the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. Originally from Ohio, Genshaft has lived in Florida for many years, and has been the president of the University of South Florida since 2000. , and the president of the University of Central Florida, John Hitt, and has the mission to attract, retain and grow high tech industry to Florida's High Tech Corridor. The Corridor includes more than 5,300 high technology companies in the 21 counties that make up the service areas of the two universities. This area stretches from Volusia and Brevard counties on Florida's Space Coast through Orlando and on to Hillsborough, Pinellas and Sarasota counties in the Tampa Bay region. Today, the two metropolitan universities, 11 community colleges, a dozen economic development organizations and a host of high tech companies continue to work together to attract, retain and grow such sectors of high tech industry as: information technology; medical technologies; microelectronics; modeling, simulation & training; aerospace; and optics & photonics. For more information, visit http://www.floridahightech.com. or call (407)423-8006. |
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