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February 2004 |
USF Breaks Ground on
New Facilities
The University of South Florida (USF) has broken ground on two buildings in
the Research Park complex. Together the two buildings will add more than
230,000 square feet for interdisciplinary research facilities, wet labs, dry
labs, an expanded 30,000-square-foot technology incubator and the Center for
Biological Defense.
For additional information, visit
www.research.usf.edu. |
UCF Receives Funding
to Help Improve Airport Screening
With a $210,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration, researchers
at the University of Central Florida (UCF) are studying learning techniques
to understand how to best train airport screeners to pick out threatening
objects as they pass through X-ray machines. The findings, along with the
results of similar studies at other universities, will help the FAA and the
Transportation Security Administration determine the best procedures to
train new screeners.
For additional information, visit
www.ucf.edu/news. |
GSM Brings Drug
Information to HP Medical Office Solution
Tampa-based Gold Standard Multimedia (GSM) has
announced that its interactive drug information solution, Clinical
Pharmacology©, will be included in Hewlett Packard’s new medical office
solution, which will be marketed to healthcare professionals and feature
Clinical Pharmacology OfficePak© and other medical-related software.
Using the
existing Clinical Pharmacology OfficePak© solution, the program works within
the Research and Reference Pane architecture of the 2003 editions of the
Microsoft Office Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook, Publisher, OneNote,
Visio and Internet Explorer applications. HP medical office solution users
offer quick and easy access to thousands of drug monographs and important
medication management answers.
For
additional information, visit
www.gsm.com. |
Embry-Riddle Receives
FAA Certification
Daytona-Beach’s Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University has received the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA)
certification of an MD-90 EFD Level-D full-flight simulator. The university
plans to use the simulator in its Commercial Airline Pilot Training (CAPT)
Program. The device accurately replicates all of the operational ground and
flight functions of the MD-90 EFD jet, which allows the FAA to consider
hours logged in the simulator equal to time logged in an actual aircraft.
For
additional information, visit
www.erau.edu. |
Downtown Orlando Goes
Wireless
The City of Orlando launched the Orlando Downtown Wireless Zone Pilot
Project, a pilot program that will allow Orlando residents free Internet
access 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The wireless network uses small
nodes on top of buildings that beam the Internet connection at fast speeds
for approximately 300 feet.
For additional information, visit
www.cityoforlando.net. |
Florida Tech Joins “Million Solar Roofs” Initiative
Florida Tech has
installed 500-square-foot electric panels on the F.W. Olin Engineering
Complex as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Million Solar Roofs
project. The panels will have a monthly output of about 1000 kilowatt-hours
of electricity to supplement university power sources. The system’s primary
use is educational including teaching and research. It will be used in
several courses this semester.The goal of the Million
Solar Roofs initiative is to install one million solar energy systems on
U.S. buildings by 2010. The project is intended to increase demand for solar
energy products and applications, help minimize greenhouse gases and other
harmful emissions and create high tech jobs.
For
additional information, visit
www.fit.edu. |
Hospital Among First to Offer Cancer-Fighting
Technology
M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center Orlando is among the first centers in the world to treat
cancer patients with the TomoTherapy HI-ART® system. The system is
considered to be the most advanced form of image-guided intensity modulated
radiation therapy (IMRT). TomoTherapy can be used to treat head, neck,
prostate, lung and breast cancer.
Tomotherapy means “slice therapy” and gets its name from
tomography, or cross-sectional imaging that provides the ability to look at
slices of a whole body image. The system provides 3D imaging immediately
before treatment to verify the location of a patient’s tumor.
For
additional information, visit
www.orlandoregional.org. |
Geodetic Systems Launches New Camera
Melbourne’s
Geodetic Systems, the only provider of Industrial Photogrammetry systems in
the Western Hemisphere, announced that it will begin shipping INCA3®, the
company’s third-generation metrology solution that it says implements the
most advanced features ever found in a digital photogrammetric camera. The
INCA3® combines a proven ultra-high-resolution CCD sensor with a powerful,
compact industrial PC-based computer to accurately capture field
measurements in harsh conditions and unstable environments. The camera can
be used in diverse industries such as aerospace, automotive, shipbuilding,
nuclear and more.
For
additional information, visit
www.geodetic.com. |
University Community
Health and GE Medical Systems
Partner on Hospital
Tampa-based University Community Health (UCH)
system and GE Medical Systems have entered into a strategic alliance
agreement in order to build one of the nation’s most advanced heart
hospitals. GE Medical Systems will be the technology provider for UCH’s new
hospital. At the heart of the technology will be GE’s Centricity® Cardiology
Information System and Centricity Clinical Information System, a
fully-electronic patient record system.
The facility, to be named Pepin Heart Hospital and Research
Institute, will cost $40 million and span 120,000 square feet on the campus
of University Community Hospital in Tampa. The facility will be designed as
a virtually paperless, filmless and wireless environment, allowing
physicians to focus on the highest quality of care.
For additional information, visit
www.gemedicalsystems.com. |
Orlando Firm Develops Training Course for RTM
Restaurant Group
E-learning
course development firm Get Thinking Inc., based in Orlando, has completed a
project to develop online training for RTM Restaurant Group. RTM Restaurant
Group is the largest Arby’s franchisee with more than 800 restaurants in 20
states. The online program will teach RTM’s restaurant managers to use a new
office computer system that will handle tasks like scheduling and inventory.
The e-learning courses are a cost-effective tool for training new employees
and other day-to-day functions of the industry.
For additional
information, visit
www.getthinking.com. |
Call for Content
Subscribers, we
need your help. We are constantly looking for news and success stories from
within the region to spotlight in our eNewsletter as well as other avenues.
Help us get the word out about your high tech company or economic
development organization by sending us your news.
During 2004, we will be on the lookout for even more of your
news to include in our new “Corridor Round Up” e-mails,
which will be shared with numerous community leaders as well as media
outlets. This month, we are specifically looking for stories and successes
on computer storage companies. Please send your news and successes with the
subject line Corridor Round Up to
pressroom@floridahightech.com and include your contact info in case we
need to reach you.
Be on the
lookout for calls for content from other sectors and industries in
newsletters still to come! |
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Did You Know …
Manatee Community College (MCC) began offering CIS 1354,
an IT security class, this semester. MCC currently offers an IT security
technical certificate program. |
Corridor People in the News
Congratulations
to Florida High Tech Corridor Council member Joseph R. Cleveland, Lockheed
Martin chief information officer, who has been selected as one of the
Premier 100 IT Leaders for 2004. Selected by Computerworld editors,
the annual award cites “individuals who foster ideas and creative work
environments, envision innovative technology approaches to business problems
and effectively manage IT strategies.”
UCF Office of Research executives Tom O’Neal and Carol Ann
Dykes began hosting an internet radio talk show last month. The inaugural
show discussed Nanotechnology: Big Things Come in VERY Small Packages.
Guest speakers included Dr. Sudipta Seal from the University of Central
Florida’s Nanotechnology Initiative and Doug Moffat, founder and president
of Nanotech Financing Solutions, LLC. The series airs at 11:00 a.m. on
Friday and will run for 13 weeks. Tune in by logging on to
www.voiceamerica.com.
You will need a RealOne player in order to listen to the show.
Former Orange
County Chairman Linda W. Chapin will be honored at the James B. Greene Award
Dinner on March 3. She is the recipient of this year’s James B. Greene
Economic Development Award, the highest award given by the Metro Orlando
Economic Development Commission. Chapin has been instrumental in the
creation of high tech economic development incentives in Orange County. To
attend the dinner and support Linda Chapin, contact the EDC special events
department at (407) 422-7159. |
Calendar of Events
The following
are events taking place across the Corridor’s 21-county region, which
readers may be interested in attending:
“Invention and Innovation Hour” with Tom O’Neal and Carol Ann Dykes
Tune in to
www.voiceamerica.com every Friday at 11 a.m.
February 13 - Medicine: Living Better; Living Longer
February 20 - Transportation: Getting from Here to There Faster and Cheaper
February 27 - Education: Smart Learning
March 5 - Telecommunications: I Can Hear You Now
EBN Monthly Forum
Presented by: Emerging Business Network
Tuesday, February 10 - Radisson Plaza Hotel Downtown
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
For event information, contact Jennifer Oldham at
(407) 882-2801
The Money & Media Show
Wednesday, February 11 - Hard Rock Live at Universal Studios
8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
To register call (407) 224-7004
Hong Kong: Your Platform & Partner for Business in China
Presented by: World Trade Center Orlando
Guest Speaker: Sarah P.C. Wu, Director, Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office,
New York
Wednesday, February 11 – The SunTrust Bankers Club
8:00 a.m. Registration, 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Presentation
Cost: $25 Non-Members, $15 WTCOR Members
(WTCOR has also extended its member rate of $15 to all
HTCC eNewsletter subscribers.)
For event information, visit
www.worldtradecenterorlando.org or
e-mail
info@worldtradecenterorlando.org.
Annual Conference
Presented by: Florida Business Incubation Association
February 23 & 24 - Disney/SBA National Entrepreneur Center
Cost: $50 for members, $100 for non-members
For more information, contact Bonnie O’Regan
(321) 267-5601
2nd
Annual IT High-Tech Summit
Presented by: IT Florida
February 26 & 27 - Miami, FL
For event information call 1-800-748-1120
Homeland Security & Defense Technology Conference
Thursday, March 4 - Florida Institute of Technology
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
For event information, contact Jennifer Gabriel
(407) 882-2447
The
UCF Leadership Edge – Leadership Strategies & Best Practices Impacting the
Florida High Tech Corridor
Presented by: UCF ORBIT
Monday, March 22 and Tuesday, March 23 – Orlando Science Center, Orlando,
FL
For event information, visit
www.ORBIT.ucf.edu
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Inside Florida’s High
Tech Corridor is published by the Florida High
Tech Corridor Council, Inc. (FHTCC) and its economic development partners.
The FHTCC is an initiative of the University of Central Florida (www.ucf.edu)
and the University of South Florida (www.usf.edu).
For more information visit our Web site at (www.floridahightech.com),
or contact one of the region’s economic development partners listed below.
You can also
find links to the region’s community college partners at
www.floridahightech.com/careers/studies.htm and to various industry
organizations at
www.floridahightech.com/info/otherlinks.htm.
Central Florida Development Council
www.cfdc.org
Citrus County EDC
www.citrusedc.com
Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast
www.spacecoastedc.org
Enterprise Flagler
www.enterpriseflagler.org
Enterprise Florida, Inc.
www.eflorida.com
Greater Tampa Committee of 100
www.tampachamber.com
Highlands County EDC
www.highlandsedc.com
Lakeland Economic Development Council
www.lakelandchamber.com
Manatee Economic Development Council
www.manateeedc.com
Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission
www.orlandoedc.com
Ocala/Marion County Economic Development
Council
www.ocalaedc.org
Pasco Economic Development Council
www.pascoedc.com
Pinellas County Department of Economic Development
www.siliconbay.org
Sarasota County Committee for Economic Development
www.sarasotacountyced.org
Seminole County Department of
Economic Development
www.businessinseminole.com
St. Petersburg Economic Development
www.stpeteshines.com
Sumter County EDC
www.gosumter.com
Tampa Bay Partnership
www.tampabay.org
Volusia County Department of Economic Development
www.floridabusiness.org |
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