MIT Graduate Shows
Improving Business Climate
Debbie Mascaro is fascinated with flexibility. Mascaro, an MIT graduate recently hired by the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering at NDSU, conducted her dissertation research in the area of organic electronics. Organic electronics are carbon based rather than silicon based, which leads to easier production, lower costs, and novel device applications.

Incubator Advisory Committee Named
President Joseph Chapman of North Dakota State University and the NDSU Research and Technology Park board of directors has announced the names of 14 area business leaders appointed to two year terms as members of the NDSU Research & Technology Park advisory committee for the incubator/entrepreneurship project.

SBIR Grants Great for Small Businesses
The claim sounds too good to be true. Like a late-night infomercial: "Tap into $2 billion in federal dollars for research and development. We fund high-risk projects at the earliest stages of technology development and work with you on the commercialization of your technology!"

Alien's Plans Move Forward
The budding partnership between Alien Technology Corp. and North Dakota State University is growing toward full bloom. Alien's plans call for a research and manufacturing plant to be built at NDSU's Research and Technology Park. Until the facility is ready, the company has announced it is leasing space at 1700 42nd St. SW, Fargo.

Technology Company Explores Applications
in Food Production and Processing Sectors
With contagious enthusiasm, Alex Warner unabashedly says he is on "the bleeding edge" of a new technology. He is the president and founder of Pedigree Technologies, the second start-up company to be located in North Dakota State University's Research and Technology Park.

NDSU's Research Park Built
on the Right Premise
In the '80s and '90s, many research parks fell victim to what Bruce Wright calls the "Edifice Complex." "They thought if they invested in real estate and created a park, that would instantly make them a reputable research park," says Wright, president of the Association of University Research Parks. "They got caught up in the building and presence. The park has to be built on your strengths and then the facilities will follow. That's what NDSU is doing well."

Message from the NDSU President
North Dakota State University is in an exhilarating time of transformation, and the NDSU Research and Technology Park is an exciting piece of our development.
The park's growth and success have been remarkable since the cornerstone tenant, Phoenix International, occupied its new facility in 2001. The Research I building was the second building to be completed, housing a wide array of offices and programs.

Incubator Architect
and Design Selected
R.L. Engebretson, a Fargo-based architectural, construction and interior design firm has been selected as the architect for the technology-focused incubator building to be located in the NDSU Research and Tech Park. The exterior design (pictured above) was selected competitively from a total of five entrants. The building will be a three level facility containing 49,180 square feet of space and will be constructed in two phases. The anticipated completion of phase one is fall of 2005.