SCALING MICROFLUIDICS FOR STARTUPS
MICROFLUIDICS ECOSYSTEM TO ACCELERATE COMMERCIALIZATION
The Corvallis Microfluidics Tech Hub is an economic engine designated by the U.S. Economic Development Administration to stimulate, drive, and support the commercialization of microfluidics-connected technologies.
- $53 million in CHIPS Act money was awarded to HP to enhance infrastructure supporting commercialization and scale of microfluidic products.
- CorMic leverages decades-long partnerships between Oregon research universities and regional companies including HP Inc, Thermo Fisher Scientific, NVIDIA, and Intel.
- The CorMic consortium includes regional venture and workforce development organizations to provide wrap-around services that support business success and scale-up.
CUTTING EDGE FACILITIES
The ecosystem includes organizations throughout the Silicon Forest encompassing the Portland metro area to the north and Eugene to the south. At the heart is the CorMic Foundry+ on the HP Inc. campus in Corvallis, Oregon — a 15-minute drive from Oregon State University.
- User-accessible microfluidic chip prototyping
- Silicon microfluidic chip design
- Bioscience shared equipment lab space and private incubation space
- Analytical laboratory services
- Multi-physics modelling services
- Continuous flow processing (CFP) equipment for advanced material development
- CFP private incubation space
- Technical subject matter experts
COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES
Over 60 CorMic partners include small and large companies, startups, governments, universities, investors and community groups — all united in the goal of driving the microfluidics industry.
- The collaborative environment at CorMic Foundry+ will be a hub for product innovation and commercialization, where company researchers receive support from technical subject-matter-experts in an IP secure facility.
- CorMic clients have access to research facilities and biotech experts at Oregon’s three R1 universities: Oregon State University, University of Oregon, and Oregon Health and Science University. For example:
- U of O Knight Campus Biofabrication and Bioanalysis Core
- OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Precision Biofabrication Hub
- OSU Jen-Hsun Huang and Lori Mills Huang Collaborative Innovation Complex
- CorMic industry members bring important
benefits including:
- Connections to potential manufacturing and supply chain partners.
- Collaboration on funding opportunities.
- Access to corporate venture funding and to industry subject matter experts.
FOSTERING INNOVATION
CorMic supports commercializing microfluidics products for biotechnology applications, advanced materials development, additive manufacturing, and liquid cooling applications.
- Regional power: CorMic Tech Hub is strategically located on the US West Coast, a short flight from San Francisco. Oregon is a cost-effective location known for a great culture. The HP Inc, Corvallis campus houses a worldclass silicon microfluidics fab for prototyping and production.
- Start-up ecosystem: The CorMic Foundry+ will be adjacent to an existing, thriving, start-up ecosystem housed in OSU’s Advanced Technology and Materials Institute , and will reside in a region known for coopetition between start-ups and where it’s easy to navigate for necessary services.
- Venture support: Accelerator programs, entrepreneur training, Entrepreneurs in Residence, and access to venture capital partners and corporate venture arms for potential investment.
cormictechhub.org
For more information contact:
Christie Dudenhoefer
CorMic Regional Innovation Officer
christie.dudenhoefer@oregonstate.edu
CORMIC FOUNDRY+
3,000 SQ. FT.
BIO LAB SPACE
5,000 SQ. FT.
ADVANCED MATERIALS LAB
120,000 SQ. FT.
FABS ON HP'S CAMPUS
ADVANCED FACILITIES
HP and CorMic are working together to build out and equip three spaces on the HP campus in Corvallis for different types of microfluidics research and development: silicon microfluidics, advanced materials development, and
biotechnology applications of microfluidics. The Foundry+ includes access to a silicon microfluidics prototyping fab, with equipment and processes that are compatible with HP’s production fabrication facilities.