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Research
Photonics research gets economic
development nod from NSF
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| COMSET director, John Ballato indicates
that the scientific innovations coming out of COMSET,
in conjunction with the entrepreneurial and business development
resources of Clemson’s Spiro Center, will serve
as the foundation for knowledge-based economic development
in South Carolina. |
 The
track record of Clemson University’s photonics research
- attracting more than $13 million in outside funding in three
years - has earned it the National Science Foundation’s
economic development stamp of approval.
The
$600,000 “stamp” - a grant from the prestigious
NSF Partnerships for Innovation program, paves the way for
an extended regional partnership that will commercialize the
photonics research conducted at Clemson’s Center for
Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET).
COMSET is the only university R&D lab focused on the development
of new optical materials. This center is teaming with Clemson's
Arthur M. Spiro Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership to help
turn the photonics research initiative into an economic development
effort to attract knowledge-based companies to the area.
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