The Office of Innovation provides support to faculty and staff who invent approaches, processes and technologies to solve pressing problems. By leveraging collaboration, local and national resources, and expert connections within industry plus funding vehicles, we help promising innovations find a pathway forward.
The Office of Innovation has built a robust ecosystem to support innovation and entrepreneurism on campus and within the State of Iowa based on fortifying these three areas necessary to succeed: talent, capital and culture.
Meet Our Team
Jordan Kaufmann
Exec. Director, Iowa Nurse Innovators
Special Advisor to the Chief Innovation Officer
Chuck Romans
3D Design Director, Protostudios
Michael Sneller
3D Design Product Designer, Protostudios
Ron Troester
3D Print Technician, Protostudios
Sharon Spurgeon
Admin Services Coordinator, Protostudios
Anwitha Vempati
Junior Prototyping Associate, Protostudios
Aayush Mistry
Junior Prototyping Associate, Protostudios
Mohammed Aldobai
Student Quality System Engineer, Iowa MADE
Iowa Innovation Leadership Fellows
In its fourth year, The Iowa Innovation Leadership Fellows program has selected 12 graduate trainees to participate in a prestigious, year-long educational experience designed to immerse them in the dynamic world of healthcare innovation.