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and Optical Communications, and theuniversity’s graduate-level physics program.The two buildings were named in honor ofDuke Energy Corporation and Duke EnergyChairman Emeritus William H. Grigg.In Fall 2007, CRI assumed responsibility formanagement and oversight of the Ben CraigCenter (BCC), UNC Charlotte’s businessincubator facility established in 1990. Thismove is consistent with the CRI mission ofbuilding university-business partnershipsand will result in a renewed emphasis oncollaboration between university researchers,university subject matter experts, and theentrepreneurs that populate the BCC.“Certainly, the base technology is the critical elementfor a new tech business. Other intangibles determinewhether an idea fully emerges as a business, such asan atmosphere for great research, availability of wellregardedprofessors and encouragement to ventureinto new territories. The Charlotte Research Institutehas been designed to foster such a complete package ofconcept to commercialization.”-Hudson welch,Director of engineering at tessera corporationand co-founder of digital opticsPreliminary plans have been made to construct a new building on the CRI campus that would house theBCC and other CRI functions.CRI welcomed two Charlotte start-up companies as partners to the Millennial Campus this past year.HepatoSys, Inc. restores the function of donor livers for use in transplantation and evaluates the integrityof donor livers prior to initiation of the recipient operation. A-Metrics LLC has developed a new sensorGrigg Hall Dedication September 2006, left to right: Mac Everett, former Chair, UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees;Kathy Grigg; Bill Grigg, former Chairman of Duke Power; UNC Charlotte Chancellor Phil Dubois; Ruth Shaw, ExecutiveAdvisor, Duke Energy Corporation; Paul Anderson, Former Chairman of Duke Energy Corporation; Smoky Bissell,Chair, UNC Charlotte Foundation Board.7Research Highlights 2006-2007