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Bryant University, founded in 1863 and located in Smithfield, Rhode Island, is a non-profit institution that offers a diverse array of academic programs through its College of Business Administration and College of Arts and Sciences. The university is committed to providing innovative education that meets the evolving needs of industry and society, focusing on developing students into effective leaders of character. Its curriculum emphasizes real-world application and a global perspective, supported by various co-curricular opportunities such as internships, service-learning programs, and practicums. With a strong student-centered community, Bryant University fosters an environment where students can enhance their leadership skills while engaging in practical experiences. The university has a robust alumni network of over 40,000 graduates who contribute positively to their professions and communities worldwide.

Flux Marine specializes in developing electric marine propulsion systems designed to enhance performance while minimizing environmental impact. The company focuses on creating electric boat motors that utilize solid-state components to achieve zero emissions, thereby reducing pollution in marine environments. By prioritizing efficiency and sustainability, Flux Marine's motors not only enhance transport capabilities but also significantly lower noise and air pollution. Additionally, these propulsion systems are virtually maintenance-free, contributing to a reduced carbon footprint and promoting cleaner practices within the marine industry.

Circadian Positioning Systems specializes in circadian-targeted technology aimed at enhancing performance in critical work environments. The company develops innovative solutions that incorporate wearable sensors and circadian-based light interventions. These technologies are designed to adjust an individual's circadian rhythm, promoting optimal physical and mental performance during work hours and improving sleep quality during designated rest periods. By addressing the effects of tiredness and fatigue, Circadian Positioning Systems enables users to maintain high levels of productivity and well-being in demanding situations.

Cloud services have become ubiquitous to all major 21st century economic activities. However, cloud services and technologies can be significantly more powerful than they are now. A persistent barrier to further advancement has been the lack of a large-scale and open cloud research platforms. With funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Chameleon project will provide such a large-scale platform to the open research community allowing them explore transformative concepts in deeply programmable cloud services, design, and core technologies. Chameleon will allow users to explore problems ranging from the creation of Software as a Service to kernel support for virtualization. This broad range of supported research includes many other areas such as developing Platforms as a Service, creating new and optimizing existing Infrastructure as a Service components, investigating software-defined networking, and optimizing virtualization technologies. The Chameleon testbed, will be deployed at the University of Chicago and the Texas Advanced Computing Center and will consist of 650 multi-core cloud nodes, 5PB of total disk space, and leverage 100 Gbps connection between the sites. While a large part of the testbed will consist of homogenous hardware to support large-scale experiments, a portion of it will support heterogeneous units allowing experimentation with high-memory, large-disk, low-power, GPU, and co-processor units. The project will also leverage existing FutureGrid hardware at the University of Chicago and the Texas Advanced Computing Center in its first year to provide a transition period for the existing FutureGrid community of experimental users. To support the broad range of experiments experiments described above, the project will support a graduated configuration system allowing full user configurability of the software stack, from provisioning of bare metal and network interconnects to delivery of fully functioning cloud environments. A special feature of Chameleon is that it provides for an exceptionally close integration of clouds and networks, which substantially enhances the capabilities of both. In addition, to facilitate experiments, Chameleon will support a set of services designed to meet researchers needs, including support for experimental management, reproducibility, and repositories of trace and workload data of production cloud workloads. The project is led by the Computation Institute at the University of Chicago and partners from the Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas at Austin, the International Center for Advanced Internet Research at Northwestern University, the Ohio State University, and University of Texas at San Antonio, comprising a highly qualified and experienced team. The team includes members from the NSF supported FutureGrid project and from the GENI community, both forerunners of the NSFCloud solicitation under which this project is funded. Chameleon will also form a set of partnerships with commercial and academic clouds, such as Rackspace, CERN and Open Science Data Cloud (OSDC), and will partner with other testbeds, notably GENI and INRIA's Grid'5000 testbed.

NanoSoft is a cryogenic electron microscopy tool and instrument maker.

NanoSoft is a cryogenic electron microscopy tool and instrument maker.

Aquanis, Inc. is a company focused on enhancing the aerodynamic performance of wind turbines through the development of electrical devices. Incorporated in 2016 and located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, Aquanis offers blade-mounted plasma actuators that address unsteady aerodynamic forces. These innovative devices aim to reduce the cost of wind energy by extending the service life of turbines and facilitating the design of larger, more efficient models.

Developer of a textile visualization and manufacturing software created for designers to have easy access to textile manufacturing. The company's software offers a Web application and manufacturing process that enables anyone to transform design ideas into intricately patterned woven cloth, one yard or 100 yards at once, enabling textile manufacturing industry to access advanced 3D rendering tools which has become an essential part of the market for printed textiles, to a new higher-value segment for professional applications.

CREmedical develops electroencephalography equipment for studying the brain and diagnosing and treating mental illnesses. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Kingston, Rhode Island.

CytoSolv Inc. is a biotechnology company founded in 2009 and based in Tiverton, Rhode Island. The company focuses on developing innovative technologies aimed at treating diabetic ulcers and enhancing the healing of difficult skin wounds and abdominal fascia. CytoSolv is also engaged in creating cell-based therapeutics, including a cell-derived protein product designed to improve wound healing. Additionally, the company is exploring encapsulation systems and methodologies for the systemic delivery of proteins secreted by living cells, further expanding its therapeutic applications.

CREmedical develops electroencephalography equipment for studying the brain and diagnosing and treating mental illnesses. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Kingston, Rhode Island.

MoveableCode, Inc. is a Providence, Rhode Island-based company focused on developing mobile entertainment applications, specifically location-aware fantasy games for mid-core gamers on Android and iOS platforms. Founded in 2009, the company operates a wholly owned subsidiary in Bengaluru, India. MoveableCode has created a unique gaming platform, with its flagship product, Incantor™, a fantasy massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) that merges real-world locations with digital gameplay. Players, known as Incantors, engage in immersive experiences that involve battling opponents and completing quests in both single and multiplayer modes. The target market consists of mid-core gamers who are invested in engaging gameplay and are willing to spend on their gaming experiences. This segment is projected to spend approximately $2.3 billion annually, demonstrating significant growth potential. The management team possesses extensive experience in the entertainment and technology industries, having previously collaborated with notable companies such as Apple, Dreamworks, and Microsoft.