(384e) Accelerating Innovation through Academic-Industrial Partnerships

In 2011, The Dow Chemical Company launched the University Partnership Initiative (UPI) to sponsor collaborative research at leading U.S. Universities. This 10-year commitment aims to address fundamental questions in industrial chemistry and chemical engineering with alignment to Dow’s next-generation process technology and product development efforts. To date, this portfolio of projects has generated an impressive array of intellectual property, publications, and numerous examples of the collaborative developments implemented at Dow. This presentation will introduce UPI program and highlight several contributions from our collaborators and leaders in the chemical engineering profession.