Why partner?
Innovate Today to Impact Tomorrow: The Penn State Center for Biodevices partners with industry to accelerate smart device innovation in human health, agriculture and environmental resilience through interdisciplinary research, translational expertise and real-world commercialization pathways with purpose.
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Partner with Purpose: Connect industry and academia to turn breakthroughs into real-world impact.
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Workforce Development: Equip students and researchers through hands-on learning and workforce programs.
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Unite Disciplines: We are linking technologists, scientists, and clinicians across Penn State to power device innovations.
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Expand the Horizon: Advance biodevice solutions across human and plant health to develop resilient ecosystems.
Industry Partnership
Organizations can engage with the Penn State Center for Biodevices in ways that align with their goals, talent needs and innovation priorities. Partnership opportunities include:
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Support faculty research projects
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Support student success and student research projects
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Provide financial support through gifts or in-kind gifts
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Participate in Lab to Industry Internships
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Sponsor a Capstone Project team
Become An Industry Partner!
The Penn State Center for Biodevices advances research, innovation and education through a shared commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration and translational impact. Bringing together expertise across engineering, science, medicine and agriculture, the center is driving next-generation device technologies that improve health, strengthen sustainability and address complex real-world challenges.
Contact:
Scott Medina
- Director, Center for Biodevices
- Korb Early Career Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Clinical Research Partnership
Advance the future of patient care by partnering with the Penn State Center for Biodevices on clinical research that helps translate emerging technologies into real-world health solutions. Through collaboration with Penn State researchers, clinicians and innovators, clinical partners can help evaluate, refine and accelerate next-generation devices designed to improve diagnosis, treatment and patient outcomes.
Become A Clinical Partner! Contact:
Gregory Lewis
- Associate Director, Penn State Center for Biodevices
- Associate Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Corporate Strategy Advisory Board
Help shape the future direction of the Penn State Center for Biodevices by serving on its Corporate Strategy Advisory Board. Advisory board members provide valuable industry insight, strengthen alignment between research and market needs, and support the center’s mission to advance innovation, workforce development and real-world impact in health, agriculture and environmental technologies.
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Maureen Mulvihill, Chair
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Joel Bartholomew
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Sally LiArno
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Scott Welsh
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Caio Batista