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DURHAM, NC - On June 6th, 2023, XVIII Airborne Corps innovation officers, Innovation industry leaders and Department of Defense (DoD) representatives from various organizations visited Duke University to discuss the future of innovation and collaboration between academia and the Department of Defense.
“Today, we're trying to get together a coalition of people who are interested in the military innovation community. All the way from academics, to people in the field, as well as all the funding and convening organizations to try and figure out how we can work on all the problems together.” said Steve McClelland, the director of the Duke University Christensen Family Center.
Among the many leaders and innovators present were: Ms. Nicole Fox, Program Manager of the Army Applied Small Business Innovation Research Team. Tech Sergeant Dustin Alvey, from the AFWERX Air Force Innovation program and Roger Masclans, a Doctoral Candidate.
Collaboration between academia and the Department of Defense (DoD) is essential for national security and technological advancement. Academic institutions like Duke University have a wealth of knowledge, resources, and expertise that can aid the DoD's mission to protect the nation and its interests around the world.
One of the primary benefits of collaboration between Duke University and the DoD is innovation. Academic institutions such as Duke are often at the forefront of technology and scientific research, and can provide the DoD with access to the latest advancements in fields such as materials science, energy, and artificial intelligence. By working together, researchers from both sectors can develop cutting-edge technologies and approaches that can be applied to defense challenges from the ground-up.
“What we're doing is, we're giving soldiers a means to experiment and solve problems that are not being solved by anyone else, but are affecting them in their day to day lives. That is the core of our mission and 18th Airborne Corps innovations” Said Cpt. Sean Cooper, the XVIII Airborne Corps Innovation Officer. For academia, they get a suite of real world problems that they can leverage on their engineering students and their computer science students to really focus on and have real world problems that they can affect,” said Cpt. Cooper.
When asked about his hopes for the future of collaboration between the XVIII Airborne Corps and Duke University innovation initiatives, Mr. McClelland added, “I think in the future, innovation is just going to be a lot easier. That's what I hope for. it's a lot easier for innovators from the ground up, both students and soldiers to sort of find their way to impact, we want to see larger scale and larger adoption and improvement from both sides.”
| Date Taken: | 06.06.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 06.20.2023 14:51 |
| Story ID: | 447293 |
| Location: | FORT LIBERTY, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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