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ODU Innovation Center – Norfolk

The ODU Innovation Center – Norfolk is a partnership between Old Dominion University (ODU) and the City of Norfolk to provide a space for area entrepreneurs, including ODU faculty, staff, and students, to collaborate and offers a variety of services to help grow entrepreneurial businesses in Hampton Roads. It is located inside the first floor… read more »

Innovation Research Park (IRP)

The Innovation Research Park (IRP) at Old Dominion University (ODU) is a collaborative public-private partnership leveraging ODU’s intellectual capital with private-sector companies to pursue innovative approaches to research. The IRP consists of two 100,000 square-foot buildings in the University Village and houses the Office of Research, several private companies, and university research centers such as… read more »

MAGLEV

Built between 2001 and 2003, the innovative MAGLEV (magnetic levitation) transportation system at Old Dominion University (ODU) was designed as a proposed solution to growing transportation issues in the United States. The system, made up of a train-like vehicle suspended on a cushion of air above an elevated track through an electromagnetic field, stretches from Powhatan Avenue to University… read more »

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