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Jeff Rhoads

Jeff Rhoads

Vice President for Research at the University of Notre Dame and professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering.

Sep 17, 2026

16:25
Share with me a little bit about the Idea Center and the direction that you're taking the Idea Center.
16:32
Thanks, Vince, for that.
16:33
The Idea Center was established in its current form.
16:37
You know about a decade ago to try to ensure two things really one that the innovations that our faculty and students and staff researchers were developing actually translated into society.
16:50
into to really provide an outlet for entrepreneurship education, whether it's curricular co curricular to take place at the university and.
16:59
You know, that took a number of different forms over the years.
17:02
We have a very robust co-curricular entrepreneurship experiences now for most visibly perhaps the McCloskey Business Competition that we run.
22:02
Maybe the last question, Jeff, we ask all of our guests is, are there one or two kind of technologies, and maybe you alluded to it earlier when you mentioned quantum, one or two technologies that you see on the horizon that you think is going to really shape discovery in research? Love to hear your perspective on that.

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