Proposed center would develop
health-monitoring sensors
Imagine if, moments after a baby's birth, he was implanted with a tiny electronic device.
The microscopic biosensor would continuously monitor the baby's vital signs - from respiratory rates and body temperature to the presence of proteins that indicate oncoming illness.

Entrepreneur Scholarships awarded
Five aspiring entrepreneurs have been awarded $2,000 scholarships at NDSU. The NDSU Entrepreneurial Scholarships, established to attract young entrepreneurs to the university, are given to freshmen.

DataTic chooses NDSU because
of its computer science students
Rock Clapper has put his money where his mouth is. Like many who volunteer as ambassadors for the North Dakota Department of Commerce, he left the state in the early 1980s to pursue his education and business interests.

New RTP tenant's technology helped
contain mad cow disease in U.S.
One of the newest tenants in NDSU's Research and Technology Park is Feed Management Systems, a company whose technology helped track the first suspected case of "mad cow" disease in the country.

Steffes believes N.D. can find 'Gatorade dream'
Paul Steffes never forgets the story behind Gatorade. Doctors in the 1960s at the University of Florida took a small, simple problem - dehydration of the university's football players - and turned it into a world-renowned sports drink company worth millions of dollars.

NDSU's technology transfer team
protects IP, promotes collaboration
Since 1989 -- more than a decade before NDSU broke ground for the Research and Technology Park -- the NDSU Research Foundation along with NDSU's Office of Technology Transfer has helped NDSU scientists protect intellectual property and shepherd it toward commercial development.

Photo gallery
A photo gallery of events and the Research Park II Dedication.

Director's message
The NDSU Research and Technology Park is planning for a busy year in 2005. Two construction projects will begin this spring, Alien Technology's manufacturing/research facility and the NDSU Candlewood Suites Hotel. The research park is gaining recognition as an entity that contributes greatly to North Dakota's economic growth through public/private partnership. We appreciate your support of our mission.

5:01 Entrepreneur
Society is hot
A complete range of entrepreneurs -- from eager college freshmen to battled-scarred business veterans -- are finding common ground in the 5:01 Entrepreneur Society.