Oklahoma City Innovation District

28 Jul Baker Hughes donates OKC Energy Innovation Center to Oklahoma State University

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[embed]https://youtu.be/Fgb_YtGsV6o[/embed] Oklahoma State University is getting a new home in Oklahoma City it will use to boost its engineering students’ research opportunities. On Monday, university officials and Baker Hughes announced the latter is donating its Energy Innovation Center to the university, which is taking over its management...

09 Jul Student Showcase on Autonomous Systems Part 2

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[embed]http://youtu.be/gYuq5O8d6AU[/embed] Thursday, June 25th Evaluation of Arctic Stable Boundary Layer Dynamics During the 2018 ISOBAR Campaign Presented by Brian Greene Brian is a Meteorology Ph.D. student working with the Center for Autonomous Sensing and Sampling at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK. His primary project focuses on characterizing turbulence based...

09 Jul Student Showcase on Autonomous Systems Part 1

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[embed]http://youtu.be/kI2IX8uPVlM[/embed] Thursday, June 11th Improving Wind Speed Estimates from Weather Sensing, Rotary-Wing UAS Presented by Tyler Bell Tyler is a Research Associate at the Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies and a Meteorology Ph.D. student working with the Center for Autonomous Sensing and Sampling at the University of Oklahoma...

12 Aug An exciting plan for OKC

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Plans are in the works for an innovation district in northeast Oklahoma City that offers tremendous upside in the long term. Roy Williams, president of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber, provides this simple example of its potential benefits: A symposium not long ago included a presentation...

09 Aug Plan looks to Innovation District as economic engine for OKC’s future

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With a “transition” underway in older industries including energy, a consortium of public and private leaders in the city’s technology, aviation, health and bioscience sectors are pushing a plan to turn the Oklahoma Health Center into an economic engine to drive future growth. A two-year study...

photo from areadevelopment.com Concept design of UC Davis Aggie Square, a planned 25-acre innovation district on UC Davis’ Sacramento campus.

18 Jul What Makes a Successful Innovation District?

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From areadevelopment.com: Prosperous innovation districts have diversified economies and are integrated into the fabric of a community, drawing workers who seek out such environments and the companies that are trying to attract them. Read More>>...

Arial shot looking over downtown oklahoma city

18 Jul The Oklahoma City Innovation District – Economic Growth in a Rising Metropolis

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From prisimpub.com: The definition of work has rapidly changed over the past few years. More companies are embracing a flexible work model, and the line between work and play has increasingly blurred as technology allows employees to be available 24/7. This shift in perspective has...

11 May Heartland headquarters changing downtown skyline

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The steel structure for Heartland is going up rapidly and I didn't fully appreciate how much this will transform the downtown skyline. Heartland is the U.S. payments and payroll division for Global Payments and is set to employ about 400 when the new seven-story headquarters...

06 May OKC Earns High Rank in Best Cities to Start a Business

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Wallet Hub In order to help aspiring entrepreneurs — from restaurant owners to high-tech movers and shakers — maximize their chances for long-term prosperity, WalletHub compared the relative startup opportunities that exist in 100 U.S. cities. We did so using 19 key metrics, ranging from five-year...

01 Dec Placemaking: Bringing innovation to life

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From Greater Oklahoma City Chamber publications: The traditional landscape of innovation for most of the 20th century was inaccessible – with major companies operating in remote office parks that were isolated from other commercial, housing or retail developments. However, the geography of innovation is returning to...

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