How GE is bringing better products to market faster & cheaper Faster, more productive and more cost effective R&D are goals of any innovative company, but achieving these results are easier...
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June 28, 2018
Atlanta, Ga. (6 June 2018)— Rolls-Royce Engineering Associate Fellow Andrew Harrison was presented with this year’s prestigious Maurice Holland Award, eponymously named in honor of the founder of...
April 06, 2017
This multisociety letter regarding Fiscal Year 2017-2018 R&D budget was sent on behalf of 286 organizations to both House and Senate leadership and Appropriation Chairs and Subcommittee chairs on April 6, 2017.
September 21, 2020
Three lessons from Covid-19 on accelerating biopharma innovation The health care research ecosystem has shifted into overdrive in response to Covid-19, sparking unprecedented speed and agility. The...
August 19, 2010
The Industrial Research Institute, in partnership with the National Science Foundation, awards $500,000 to University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign for Coatings and Adhesion Research IRI program...
May 26, 2016
New Members to the Board of Directors also named at Annual Meeting Orlando, FL (May 26, 2016) : Dr. John B. Hillenbrand, Jr., Vice President of R&D at Armstrong Flooring was named chairman of the...
May 01, 2019
The real risk with AI isn’t malice but competence. A super intelligent AI will be extremely good at accomplishing its goals, and if those goals aren’t aligned with ours, we’re in real trouble. —...
January 01, 2013
Following several years of wide investment swings due to a drastically changing economic landscape, the Industrial Research Institute’s (IRI) 2012 survey results suggest that R&D leaders are...
October 04, 2017
FORT WORTH, TX (October 4, 2017) – Biomimicry, the emulation of biology in product and service design, is gaining popularity among R&D leaders. Emily Kennedy, Director of External Relations for...
August 31, 2020
Anti-covid-19 medicines are being approved too easily What do a malaria drug, a Russian vaccine and the blood plasma of people who have recovered from covid-19 have in common? All have been approved...
April 28, 2015
Opening Keynote: Disruptive Technologies in Manufacturing Stephen Hoover, PhD, CEO, PARC, a Xerox Company "Manufacturing 2.0" is a radical shift already underway, and many key elements are taking...
Thursday February 18, 2021 12:00pm
Dr. Jaap de Vries is a technologist in FM Global’s Innovation team, based in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. In this role, he discovers and develops new opportunities to guide the strategic planning...
May 26, 2011
Robert J. Kumpf, Bayer MaterialScience LLC, named Chairman of the Industrial Research Institute New Members of Board of Directors also named during IRI’s Annual Meeting Philadelphia, PA, May 26, 2011...
May 11, 2017
"Overseeing an organization whose purpose is to help every industry grow through innovation - which includes evaluating and reducing risk - makes Dr. Lou Gritzo an excellent fit to chair our board of directors," said Ed Bernstein, IRI President.
October 06, 2006
Arlington, VA - October 6 - Honored for his industry-leading innovations, the Industrial Research Institute (IRI) announced today that the recipient of IRI's coveted 2006 Achievement Award is Paul D...
November 01, 2010
OVERVIEW: In the new economy, the playing field is flatter and faster. Success in any field—in industry, in education, in politics—now requires actively seeking out change and embracing it...