The Office of Corporate Relations at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is proud to present our 2021 Annual Report to our external and internal partners. We look forward to continuing our work with you in 2022.
2021 ANNUAL REPORT Office of Corporate Relations
Welcome
2021 was a historic year as we focused on the recovery of health, societal, and economic changes. We at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign fueled by our students, faculty and staff leveraged our prowess in interdisciplinary research and innovation to support the following exciting updates -
New Discovery Accelerator Institute Launched in Partnership with IBM SHIELD: Target, Test, Tell Makes In-Person Classes Possible for Students Across the Country
Mckechnie Family Life Home Ready to Work With Corporate Partners
ADMI Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary
Diversity Partners FOCUS Offers New Opportunities to Underrepresented Students
Illinois Autonomous and Connected Track (I-ACT) Leads the Future of Advanced Mobility
In addition to celebrating these accomplishments, we enhanced our team by growing to include new team members. With reorganized portfolios and improved processes, We seek to be more efficient in serving our internal and external partners. As we embark on the new academic year of 2022, the OCR is excited to host you on campus once more! We look forward to hosting you on campus to meet our students, faculty, partner in research, tour labs, and reinvigorate relationships. Please reach out to us to learn more about the OCR and how we can help you leverage the talent, research, technology at the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign.
Pradeep Khanna Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Corporate Relations
to Illinois
and Economic Development
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WELCOME
WELCOME
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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS At a Glance 52,331
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470,000+
COLLEGES & SCHOOLS
LIVING ALUMNI
3M+
COURSE OFFERINGS 5,500+ $731M TOTAL RESEARCH EXPENDITURES
150+
TOTAL STUDENTS
SQUARE FOOTAGE OF RESEARCH
CENTERS, LABORATORIES, AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
150
2,200
EMPLOYEES IN RESEARCH PARK
PROGRAMS OF STUDY
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ILLINOIS AT A GLANCE
ILLINOIS AT A GLANCE
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Engagement Areas
The OCR serves a gateway to companies to come work with campus, and for campus to best engage with companies. We specialize in aiding companies address their needs in -
Professional Development and Education Over 100 professional and graduate programs Online education Off-campus executive leadership skills courses and training Workforce development
Innovation Tech and Transfer
Research and Targeted Solutions Collaborative research partnerships and solving grand challenges Applied research and testing Facility use agreements Industry/academic partnerships in federally funded research
Economic Development and Research Park Research Park innovation centers Year-round access to high quality Research Park student interns Partnering with UI start-up companies
Branding and Sponsorship
Student Engagement
Naming rights Faculty chairs and professorships Scholarships/ fellowships Equipment donations
Mutually beneficial licensing agreements Leading edge of science and technology Making advancements commercially viable Rapid prototyping and proof of concept under innovation
Recruitment: full-time, internships Involvement with student organizations (Classroom involvement, hack events, and case competitions, etc.) Senior design/ capstone projects Guest lectures/tech talks
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ENGAGEMENT AREAS
ENGAGEMENT AREAS
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CHECK OUT OUR ONLINE GUIDES TO CAMPUS As a world-class leader in research, education, and engagement with the public since its founding in 1867, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has earned a reputation for excellence. Our campus is known for the innovative interdisciplinary research we conduct and the state-of-the- art research facilities we offer. Learn why Illinois is a great place to work and study through our customized newsletters, interactive flip books, and campus overviews provided by our Office of Corporate Relations.
Corporate Engagement Numbers
460 Companies With Active Contracts
12,914 Employers Recruiting on Campus
Total Corporate Investment in 2021 -
92 of the Fortune 100 companies posted a job and/or participated in at least one career fair
$133 Million+*
78 U.S. Patent Applications
*Source: University of Illinois Foundation and Sponsored Programs Administration
AgTech
Diversity
Experiential Learning
Humanities
Research
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CORPORATE NUMBERS
ONLINE GUIDES
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ACCESS TO Diverse AND Highly Talented STUDENTS
Class of 2025: INCOMING FRESHMAN
34,559
20,567 Graduate Students (New Record)
94%
#1
Total Undergraduate Enrollment (New Record)
Most Students of Color Among Top-Ranked Midwest Universities (NCES)
Students Reported Securing First Destination
20%
20%
First Generation College Goers
Students from Underrepresented Backgrounds in the Class of 2025
116
#1
50
Disability-Friendly University
US States Represented on Campus
Countries Represented on Campus
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ILLINOIS STUDENTS
ILLINOIS STUDENTS
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Corporate Student Engagement
Ways to Engage with Students Illinois students are prepared to lead in their fields and to make an impact on the world with the skills, knowledge, and drive to succeed. The OCR is inviting companies to come engage with Illini in the following ways: Participation in events:
92 of the Fortune 100 companies posted a job in Handshake and/or participated in at least one of our career fairs. 12,914 Unique Employers Posted 93,135 Jobs/Internships on Handshake 2,616 Unique students engaged in 8,658 sessions with employers who attended virtual career fairs.
Student Organization Involvement
Capstone Projects
Guest Lectures
Case Competitions
Internships/Recruitment
Hackathons
Senior Design Projects
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ILLINOIS STUDENTS
ILLINOIS STUDENTS
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Research Park The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Research Park is a technology hub where companies conduct research and development, and startups can launch new businesses. The Research Park provides a friendly environment for technology-based businesses and has easy access to university labs, and access to diverse student and faculty talent in collaborative research.
Motorola Solutions Expands Research Park Innovation Center The University of Illinois Research Park will be home to Motorola Solutions’ new campus-based innovation center. Students from a wide variety of backgrounds and talents work at the innovation center to develop products, applications, and services in areas such as command center software, video security, and analytics.
Brunswick I-Jet Lab Expands at Research Park The Brunswick I-Jet Lab is a research and development facility that works closely with Brunswick’s corporate staff to develop new recreational boating products. The iJet Lab creates prototype apps, websites, and products that enhance the customer experience. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is a uniquely collaborative place, and our continued partnership with Brunswick Corporation is a powerful investment in our communities – not only in the State of Illinois, but around the world. On behalf of the entire university community, thank you for your confidence in us. Thank you for your trust in us. Thank you for choosing to work with us, yet again!
Research Park Connects Talent with Companies The students and companies at Research Park work together to create a learning and product development environment that is fast-paced and collaborative. Student interns at the Research Park undertake a variety of projects for companies and gain valuable experience in return. Here is Sanjana Sarkar sharing her experience with State Farm.
-Vice Chancellor Susan Martinis
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RESEARCH PARK
RESEARCH PARK
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Office of Technology Management
Innovations BY TYPE
216
U.S. PATENT APPLICATIONS
27%
38%
Software, Copyright Business Software Educational Tools Graphics & Visualizations Mobile Applications Programming Security Systems
35%
APPROVED U.S. PATENT APPLICATIONS
78
The University of Illinois is a leader in generating innovations that impact human lives and the economy by transforming them into products, services, and companies. By protecting and licensing University intellectual property, the Office of Technology Management makes University research innovations available to the public.
Engineering & Physical Sciences
Healthcare & Biosciences
$13.85
Electronics Energy
Biological Tests & Essays Drug Delivery & Stem Cells Life Sciences Medical Devices Research Tools & Reagents Therapeutics
Environmental Testing & Remediation Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Materials Optics
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Licenses and Options
INVENTION REPORTS RECEIVED IN FISCAL 2021
211
EXSISTING COMPANIES STARTUPS SPONSORED RESEARCH EDUCATIONAL & NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS
2021 REVENUE
$5.62
$5.35
$4.74
$4.73
LICENSES AND OPTIONS TRANSFERRED 149 TECHNOLOGIES IN FISCAL 2021
61
$13,855,197
2017
2018 2019 2020 2021
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OFFICE OF TECH MANAGEMENT
OFFICE OF TECH MANAGEMENT
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SOME Impactful INITIATIVES
Optimizing Health Through Personalized Nutrition The Personalized Nutrition program strives to optimize human health and quality of life by tailoring recommendations according to an individual’s specific genetics, microbiome, and metabolism, as well as diet history and phenotype. For the launch of the initiative, OCR provided guidance on strategic relationship management, and contracting best practices. This year, the participating companies are Archer Daniels Midland Co, General Mills, Givaudan, National Dairy Council, Nestlé, PepsiCo, Pharmavite. AgTech Innovation Summit 2021: A Success! AgTech Summit is an interactive conference that offers participants the opportunity to learn from dynamic panels, inspiring keynote presentations, and networking opportunities about the state of Agtech and opportunities for the future. Champaign-Urbana, one of the premier AgTech hubs in the country, provides an excellent platform for businesses, investors, academics, and industry to learn, network, and advance this field. The OCR partnered with Research Park to co-host the AgTech Summit and invited several company executives to attend the summit in person. Magelli Office of Experiential Learning Sponsors Projects The Magelli Office of Experiential Learning provides opportunities for Gies Business students to gain hands-on experience working on real-world projects for real clients. Not only are the experiences valuable for every Gies student, but our clients also see real, tangible benefits for their businesses. Our students work for more than 200 companies each year including Fortune 100 companies, mid- sized businesses, and startups. The OCR partnered with the Magelli Office of Experiential Learning to connect companies in need of project sponsorship. Thank you for your outstanding work. Your final presentation included recommendations that will allow Microsoft to continue assisting higher education institutions across the world respond to COVID-19. Great job, team! -Neil Misak, Microsoft
McKechnie Family LIFE Home Ready to Partner with Companies The McKechnie Family LIFE (Living in Interactive Future Environments) Home is a cutting-edge research center focused on the newest innovations in home environments. With user-centered research focused on the home environment, the LIFE Home works to advance accessible solutions to a broad range of individuals and families in both existing home designs and future home concepts. The LIFE Home presents a unique environment for industry partners to work with university staff, faculty, and students to advance new product designs. The OCR partnered with LIFE home to design a corporate engagement strategy, launch the lab, and highlighted the lab to companies on campus visits. Hub for Brand Innovation and Technology Partners with Companies The Marketing Technology Hub, or the “Brand Hub”, provides cutting-edge solutions for data-driven strategic planning and digital promotion. To collaborate and create, advertising students, scholars, and professionals gather at The Brand Hub. Students receive a rich experience-based education that combines action-based learning, professional development, cutting-edge research, and entrepreneurship. In this year’s discussions, the OCR partnered with the Hub to help launch help the launch and formulate a strategy for corporate engagement. The OCR also introduced them to several key contacts and helped them build relationships with companies. IBM and Grainger Partner to Launch New Research Hub The Institute serves as a major building project dedicated to driving new research and innovations in some of the fastest-growing fields of study, such as artificial intelligence, hybrid cloud, and quantum computing, as well as other emerging technologies such as materials discovery and sustainability. Backed by a 10-year, $200 million combined investment from the UI, IBM, and the State of Illinois, the IBM-Illinois Discovery Accelerator Institute pieced together innovative research teams that have begun work on over two dozen projects.
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IMPACTFUL INITIATIVES
IMPACTFUL INITIATIVES
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INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTERS
7. National Center for Supercomputing Applications Computational expertise to develop simulations and models that cannot be created in labs
6. Center for Social and Behavioral Science Team-based fundamental and applied genomics research in health, energy, agriculture, and technology
2. Cancer Center at Illinois Cancer research and educational programs that unite campus strengths in science and engineering
1. Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute Coordination and acceleration of campuswide health research and innovation
8. C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute Accelerating the benefits of AI for business, government, and society
3. The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Harnessing interdisciplinary collaboration to produce advances in imaging, molecular science, and intelligent systems that wouldn't happen in individual units
9. Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment Actionable research in sustainability, energy, and environment- related topics
4. Humanities Research Institute Humanities, arts, and social sciences research into the cultural, historical, and imaginative boundaries of the human condition
10. Prairie Research Institute Research, expertise, and data to steward our nation’s natural and cultural resources
5. Carl R Woese Institute for Genomic Biology Team-based fundamental and applied genomics research in health, energy, agriculture, and technology
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INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTERS
INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTERS
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Economic Development
The Campus-Community Compact (Compact) is one of the major initiatives of the Community Action and Public Engagement (CAPE) Committee of UIUC’s Chancellor’s Call to Action to Address Racism and Social Injustice. Comprised of a co-equal partnership between UIUC and the broader Champaign-Urbana community, the Compact is an ambitious and visionary initiative to accelerate social justice by addressing structural racism, bias, and social injustice over the next 5-10 years in six interrelated grand challenge areas: inclusive education; accessible technology; economic development; health, wellness, and resilience; workforce development; and community relations. The Compact also includes several crosscut areas, namely, accessible campus/transportation, accessible information, community safety, and language (e.g., multilingualism, communications, and messaging). The OCR staff members serve on subcommittees of the Compact to ensure that economic development information in Champaign County is culturally accessible to community members.
Units across campus implement economic development activities supported by the OCR, including: Innovation & Research Clusters Entrepreneurship
Place-making & Community Development
Workforce Development
CHAMPAIGN
Infrastructure
Company Attraction
Rural and Urban Planning Engagement
Global Relations & Public Support
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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OUR STAFF Pradeep Khanna
The OCR is always seeking ways to improve its services to both our campus and companies. In 2021, we expanded our portfolios and reorganized our services to provide our partners with a better experience.
Stephanie Larson Associate Director
Adam Bear Stewardship Coordinator
Alex Lake Customer Relations Management Coordinator
Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Corporate Relations and Economic Development
Stephanie works to engage companies in the media, advertising, entertainment, financial services, insurance, and consulting industries.
Adam serves as the stewardship lead for the OCR team, managing the corporate experience to ensure high-quality interactions.
Alex serves as a systems administrator of the Salesforce CRM tool utilized by the campus Corporate Relations Network.
Pradeep oversees the Office of Corporate Relations and economic development for the campus. By collaborating closely with the campus administration, academic units, and other offices he manages, he helps the offices he oversees achieve their strategic goals.
Sharetta Hall Office Support Specialist
Moira Nolan Senior Business Administrative Associate Moira takes care of all business office-related needs for the OCR. She is also responsible for coordinating the OCR Research Park Internship Program and special projects including international partnerships.
Megan Puzey Director of Operations
Pedro Fernandes da Costa Associate Director Pedro manages all aspects of strategic corporate relationships across the campus, dedicated to cultivating and building strategic partnerships in energy, chemicals and materials, consumer goods, retail, and hospitality industries. Roxana Ryan Associate Director, Research and Analysis Roxana provides strategic, targeted research for corporate visits, prospecting, stewardship, and reporting to a wide variety of internal and external clients.
Sharetta is responsible for providing administrative support and serves as a liaison between OCR staff members and staff for external units.
Megan manages all aspects of strategic corporate relationships for companies in the IT (Software and Hardware/Electronics), Defense, Manufacturing, and Transportation industries.
Katheryne Rehberg Director of Business Development
Jessica Pike Office Manager
Rashmi Tenneti Associate Director, Marketing and Communications
Katheryne is responsible for cultivating and strengthening corporate relationships in the agriculture, food, life sciences, health, and animal health.
Jessica is responsible for providing administrative support and facilitates workflow between the OCR and internal campus units, and external corporate representatives.
Rashmi is a digital marketing expert responsible for the various communications initiatives supporting the OCR and units across campus.
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CHANGING THE WORLD SINCE 1867
We unite students with research opportunities nurturing the next generation of innovators and scholars We combine engineering, biology, and medicine developing new ways of treating disease We bring together scholarly expertise and cutting-edge infrastructure enabling us to push boundaries of knowledge We fuse disciplines and spark collaborations creating new ideas, companies, and industries We are just getting started.
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