Basic Research
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Your smartphone wouldn’t exist without university research
(iStock) According to a number of economic studies, somewhere between one-quarter and one-third of our current economy is based on technologies that didn’t exist 50 years ago: They are the end products of basic scientific and engineering research. It’s hard to wrap your mind around a statistic… Read MoreOct. 31, 2014
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Fauchet participates in engineering public policy colloquium on Capitol Hill
(iStock) According to a number of economic studies, somewhere between one-quarter and one-third of our current economy is based on technologies that didn’t exist 50 years ago: They are the end products of basic scientific and engineering research. It’s hard to wrap your mind around a statistic… Read MoreFeb. 13, 2014