Tri-Cities Tech Business Update

August 2009 Issue

• Richland companies receive grant funding
  Two Richland-based companies will receive funding under the U.S. Department of Energy's 2009 Small Business Innovation Research grant program. more...
• Tri-Cities ranks high on patents list
  According to a study by the State Science & Technology Institute based in Westerville, Ohio, the Tri-Cities area ranks 47th on a list comparing the number of patents issued per capita throughout the U.S. more...
• Training facilities upgraded
  Vivid Learning Systems, in Richland, Wash., has expanded its Hanford General Employee Training classroom from 20 to 50 computers and has also hired three additional staff to accommodate increased training needs for new staff hired as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. more...
• Tri-Cities Research District establishes industry targets
  The Tri-Cities Research District has developed its annual strategic planning framework and action plan. more...
• Delta High School grand opening
  The new high school devoted to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, will hold a community reception on August 27. more...
• Imageworks honored with national awards
  Imageworks, based in Pasco, Wash., received two Aster Awards and two Horizon Interactive Media Awards for its work on medical marketing projects. more...
• Dade Moeller executive named society Fellow
  The president and chief operating officer of Dade Moeller & Associates, Inc., based in Richland, Wash., has been elected a Fellow in a prestigious professional society. more...
• State agency changes name, sharpens focus
  The Washington State Department of Trade and Economic Development has changed its name to the Department of Commerce. more...
• Young professionals group names new chair
  Erin Sappington has been named the new chair of the Young Professionals of the Tri-Cities. Sappington takes over from outgoing chair Angie Mykel. more...

• Department of Defense funding under Recovery Act
  The U.S. Department of Defense is accepting proposals for projects that will be funded under the agency's "Near Term Energy-Efficient Technologies Recovery Plan." The program is funded through the money the agency received from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. more...
• Exhibit at Gesa SmartMap Expo 2009
  The Tri-City Development Council is accepting applications for vendors at its annual SmartMap Expo. more...
• Sponsorships available for Harvesting Clean Energy conference
  Conference coordinators for the 10th annual Harvesting Clean Energy Conference have sponsorship opportunities available for the event, which will be held in February 2010 in Kennewick, Wash. more...
• Resources online
  1) The column "Building a company takes time" was published in the Tri-City Herald on June 28. more...

• 2009 Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference
  SEPTEMBER 21-23. REGISTER BY SEPTEMBER 11. The 2009 Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference will be held September 21-23 at the DoubleTree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center in Portland, Ore. more...
• Northwest Entrepreneur Network "First Look Forum"
  SEPTEMBER 24. APPLY BY AUGUST 10. The Northwest Entrepreneur Network will hold its Fall First Look Forum in Seattle on September 24. more...
• Gesa SmartMap Expo 2009
  OCTOBER 1. The Tri-Cities Development Council will hold its annual Gesa SmartMap Expo, on October 1 at the Trade, Recreation, and Agricultural Center in Pasco, Wash. more...
• Harvesting Clean Energy 2010
  FEBRUARY 7-9, 2010. The 10th annual Harvesting Clean Energy Conference will be held at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick, Wash., in February. more...
• Life Science Innovation Northwest Conference
  MARCH 16-17, 2010. The Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association will hold the first Life Science Innovation Northwest Conference in Seattle in March. more...

• PNNL wins two R&D 100 awards
  Scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have won two of R&D Magazine's prestigious "R&D 100 Awards" for advanced instrumentation for human health and for innovative engineering for renewable energy sources. more...
• Researcher honored with early career award
  A computational mathematician at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been recognized with a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. more...
• Schwenk elected chair of WTC
  Mike Schwenk, vice president and director of technology deployment and outreach at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, was elected chair of the board of directors for the Washington Technology Center. more...
• Research spotlight: Geothermal heat extraction
  Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., have developed a new geothermal heat extraction process to deliver clean power generation. more...

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Tri-Cities Tech Business Update is published by the Economic Development Office at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Each month, we send you an e-mail message, giving you the link of news, tips, awards, upcoming events, and other information about local technology-based businesses and organizations that support them. With business and community partners, our goal is to build and diversify the Tri-Cities economy—adding skilled jobs in primary-sector industries that bring in outside dollars. Currently, more than 1,100 tech-related businesses, investors, and economic development stakeholders subscribe to the newsletter, mostly in the Mid-Columbia area and the rest of the Pacific Northwest. This newsletter (RL-P00-009) supports PNSO's vision for the future of the Hanford Site and surrounding area through the creation of research opportunities, new industries, and new business clusters.