The Ohio Innovation Exchange (OIEx) brings together industry and university expertise to solve challenges and capitalize on opportunities - from research partnerships and intellectual property (patents) to laboratory and specialized equipment/research services.  

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Spotlight on Ohio Research & Innovation News

Led by Professor Lei Zhu, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed an environmentally safer type of plastic that can be used for wearable electronics, sensors and other electrical applications, findings that were recently published in the journal Science.

Led by Dr. Kai Zhao, researchers at the Ohio State University designed non-invasive prototypes that improve the ability to smell in both healthy people and those who are experiencing anosmia or hyposmia (partial loss of smell).

The Ohio Supercomputer Center continues to serve higher education, nonprofit, government, education and commercial communities around the globe with state-of-the-art computing services.

OIEx by the Numbers

Ohio's universities house a wealth of specialized knowledge and research equipment waiting to be tapped by businesses and industry

More than

12,000

academic experts from across Ohio

10

of Ohio's top research universities

More than

31,000

searchable patents from hundreds of fields of research

More than

2,350

research support resources

More than

500,000

publications, a proxy to expertise