Around 300 undergraduate students from 20 Saudi universities gathered at KAUST from May 2 to 4 to compete in the STEAM Innovation Challenge. STEAM (short for science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) is an annual intensive ideation program where mixed interdisciplinary…
Reposted from KAUST News on May 14, 2019 Red Sea Farms, an agriculture technology spinout company from KAUST specializing in saltwater greenhouse technology, secured $1.9 million of co-investment from the KAUST Innovation Fund and Research Products Development Company (RPDC). Red Sea Farms is uniquely…
KAUST signed a worldwide agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific, providing the company access to its two patents that have the potential to expand the range of applications for high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). The agreement further establishes KAUST as a premier…
Air Products signed an agreement to become a strategic partner of the KAUST Industry Collaboration Program (KICP) with the University. A world-leading global industrial gases company, Air Products is the latest influential international company to join the KICP network. The network encourages relationships…
Lockheed Martin, the global security and aerospace company, today signed its first international Master Research Agreement with KAUST. The two organizations have also announced their initial collaboration in the field of flexible electronics, which will include the integration of KAUST…
McLaren Racing and KAUST signed a five-year research and development (R&D) agreement focused on extreme performance technology. The partnership aims to advance research in the areas of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), machine learning, fuels and lubricants, advanced mathematics and sensors…
Over the past 20 years, Dr. Kevin Cullen has thought a lot about the role of universities and technology transfer. The first university and industry partnership program he ran was at Heriot-Wyatt University in Edinburgh. The companies Cullen worked with…
On February 21 and 22, the 9th annual meeting of the KAUST Industry Advisory Board (KIAB) took place on the University’s campus. The meeting puts research, education and economic development at the center of a two-day discussion with industry partners…
There’s a force that takes over when you put a tent full of students, inventions and design forums together. It’s the collective momentum of innovation from students who’ve put a lot of thought into making things that matter. In a…
“You have 5 minutes, go.” In front of a room of judges, 22 startup teams pitched their ideas following an intensive month-long program at KAUST. These hopeful future CEO and CTO’s are part of the third cohort of the 910ths…