The NASA Glenn Research Center: An Economic Impact Study Fiscal Year 2015

This report presents an analysis of the economic impact of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s John H. Glenn Research Center (NASA Glenn) during its fiscal year (FY) 2015. It uses an input-output model, which reflects the buy-sell relationships among industries, the household sector, and the government sector in a region, to estimate the effect of NASA Glenn’s spending on the economies of both Northeast Ohio and the state of Ohio. This model assesses economic impact in terms of growth in total output (sales); value added (output less intermediary goods); household earnings, number of new and supported jobs, and taxes. The report also provides an overview of NASA Glenn and describes some of its research and development (R&D) activities. It looks at changes in NASA Glenn’s employees in terms of payroll, occupation, and place of residence. The report further provides information on NASA Glenn’s expenditures and revenues, awards to academic institutions, and taxes contributed by employees. The analysis was conducted by the Center for Economic Development at Cleveland State University’s Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. This FY 2015 report is an update to previous studies published in 1996, 2000, 2005, and annually from 2007 through 2015

The NASA Glenn Research Center: An Economic Impact Study Fiscal Year 2015

This report presents an analysis of the economic impact of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s John H. Glenn Research Center (NASA Glenn) during its fiscal year (FY) 2015. It uses an input-output model, which reflects the buy-sell relationships among industries, the household sector, and the government sector in a region, to estimate the effect of NASA Glenn’s spending on the economies of both Northeast Ohio and the state of Ohio. This model assesses economic impact in terms of growth in total output (sales); value added (output less intermediary goods); household earnings, number of new and supported jobs, and taxes. The report also provides an overview of NASA Glenn and describes some of its research and development (R&D) activities. It looks at changes in NASA Glenn’s employees in terms of payroll, occupation, and place of residence. The report further provides information on NASA Glenn’s expenditures and revenues, awards to academic institutions, and taxes contributed by employees. The analysis was conducted by the Center for Economic Development at Cleveland State University’s Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. This FY 2015 report is an update to previous studies published in 1996, 2000, 2005, and annually from 2007 through 2015

The NASA Glenn Research Center: An Economic Impact Study Fiscal Year 2016

This report presents an analysis of the economic impact of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s John H. Glenn Research Center (NASA Glenn) during its fiscal year (FY) 2016. It uses an input-output model, which reflects the buy-sell relationships among industries, the household sector, and the government sector in a region, to estimate the effect of NASA Glenn’s spending on the economies of both Northeast Ohio and the state of Ohio. This model assesses economic impact in terms of growth in total output (sales); value added (output less intermediary goods); household earnings, number of new and supported jobs, and taxes. The report also provides an overview of NASA Glenn and describes some of its research and development (R&D) activities. It looks at changes in NASA Glenn’s employees in terms of payroll, occupation, and place of residence. The report further provides information on NASA Glenn’s expenditures and revenues, awards to academic institutions, and taxes contributed by employees. The analysis was conducted by the Center for Economic Development at Cleveland State University’s Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. This FY 2016 report is an update to previous studies published in 1996, 2000, 2005, and annually from 2007 through 2016

The NASA Glenn Research Center: An Economic Impact Study Fiscal Year 2016

This report presents an analysis of the economic impact of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s John H. Glenn Research Center (NASA Glenn) during its fiscal year (FY) 2016. It uses an input-output model, which reflects the buy-sell relationships among industries, the household sector, and the government sector in a region, to estimate the effect of NASA Glenn’s spending on the economies of both Northeast Ohio and the state of Ohio. This model assesses economic impact in terms of growth in total output (sales); value added (output less intermediary goods); household earnings, number of new and supported jobs, and taxes. The report also provides an overview of NASA Glenn and describes some of its research and development (R&D) activities. It looks at changes in NASA Glenn’s employees in terms of payroll, occupation, and place of residence. The report further provides information on NASA Glenn’s expenditures and revenues, awards to academic institutions, and taxes contributed by employees. The analysis was conducted by the Center for Economic Development at Cleveland State University’s Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs. This FY 2016 report is an update to previous studies published in 1996, 2000, 2005, and annually from 2007 through 2016

Best Practices of Creating Innovation Exchange Web Portals Across the States

Since their initial development in the late 1990s, expert web portals have been an evolving tool for universities, systems of higher education, and economic development organizations. The web portals are searchable, web-based databases of university scholars and researchers that feature, at a minimum, information on their expertise, innovation products and publications. Many of the portals are growing to include information on universities’ physical assets and equipment, regional strengths, and additional services such as networking and analytical tools for research. Although these searchable databases have proven useful in helping economic development leaders, government, research colleagues, and internal university staff, their role in generating industry-university collaboration is disputable. Recently, more demonstrable and tangible results of deploying innovation and building partnerships from these portals are becoming a sought-after objective for funders and stakeholders. However, none of the portals’ administrative teams have been able to specifically measure the impact of interaction generated via the portal on industry or the regional economy at large. Developing and sustaining these tools is costly and time consuming; instead, many stakeholders involved deem them a necessary public good – a “non-rivalrous and non-excludable” knowledge resource that everyone can consume with no restrictions. Therefore, evaluation of the return on investment of these portals has been largely ignored by involved parties. This, along with the cost of developing and maintaining such portals, serves as a growing obstacle to sustaining them. It has been argued that unless these portals are specifically designed with industry in mind, they do very little for commercial users. This report is a summary of the results of a study assessing best practices and challenges facing existing web portals created to promote university resources to a broader audience. It intends to inform interested parties in Ohio about the ecosystems that surround existing web portals in other states. The report analyzes ecologies of existing web portals in other states, addresses the role of “super users” (i.e. organizations that can reach industry users, such as economic development agencies) play in enhancing the successful utilization of a web portal, and considers sustainable funding and training mechanisms surrounding existing web portals. This study was conducted by researchers from the Center for Economic Development at the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. The research was funded by the Ohio Manufacturing Institute of Ohio State University through an Ohio Development Services Agency grant and with input from the Ohio Department of Higher Education Ohio Innovation Exchange industry engagement team. The study is based on a review of the latest academic literature concerning university-industry relationships, applied and technical reports provided by relevant web portals, and extensive interviews with selected portals’ managing teams. Additionally, the report provides a methodology, summarizes lessons learned, and illustrates a detailed description of seven web portals: Florida ExpertNet, Michigan MCRN, New York FuzeHub, North Carolina ReachNC, Texas InFluuent, Arizona Experts, and University of California’s Technology Transfer. The report concludes with recommendations for developing Innovation Exchange Hub in Ohio and Appendices detailing the literature review

The Economic Impact of the 2016 Republican National Convention

The summer of 2014 was an exciting time full of announcements and transitions for the City of Cleveland, marking the return of LeBron James to the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Republican National Committee selecting Cleveland to host the 2016 RNC Convention. Two years later, 2016 saw the Cavaliers win the city’s first major sports championship in 52 years; just four weeks later, July 18-21, the City hosted its first Republican National Convention in 80 years. The old saying, “As Ohio goes, so goes the nation” reflects the importance of the state in national politics; the only two candidates who have lost Ohio but won the presidency in the past 104 years were Franklin Roosevelt in 1944 and John F. Kennedy in 1960. So, it is no surprise that the Republican National Committee chose Cleveland to host the 2016 Republican National Convention (RNC) for the third time in its history. The last time Cleveland hosted the RNC was in 1936 (and before that in 1924). After unsuccessful attempts to bid for Convention hosting duties in the early 1990s and the mid-2000s, Cleveland officials reevaluated the city’s offerings and looked at what needed to happen to the city as far as infrastructural and other improvements. The results of these efforts were several new multi-million dollar construction projects, including the Hilton Cleveland Downtown hotel and renovations to Cleveland staples such as Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Public Square, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. The 2016 RNC brought approximately 44,400 visitors to Northeast Ohio and Quicken Loans Arena. Included were 2,472 delegates and an estimated 2,302 alternate delegates and their guests from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the five American territories: American Samoa, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Marian Islands. Along with 15,000 credentialed media and social media representatives, this Convention had the largest social media presence of any Convention in history. Additionally, 2,763 local volunteers donated their time and energy to assist with the Convention in a wide variety of capacities. The convention was a notable economic event for Cleveland. RNC guests brought millions of dollars into the local economy, while visiting hundreds of unique businesses and cultural sites throughout the region, stimulating growth both in terms of infrastructure and business development

Staging Cleveland: A Theater Industry Study

The impact of theater is traditionally discussed in the emotion someone feels from seeing a live show on stage or the nostalgia of remembering the experience of seeing one’s favorite movie come to life for the first time. Theaters are one of a city’s most beautiful treasures, often constructed with high levels of architectural appeal which can take audiences out of their normal life and lead them into the world of the performance. However, besides beautiful buildings and fond memories, what is the impact of the theater sector on a region? This study uses a quantitative framework to examine the economic impact of the theater industry in Cuyahoga County. Using qualitative and quantitative data, this study examines the occupations and businesses associated with the Cleveland theater sector, analyzes the landscape of theaters in Cuyahoga County, investigates the strengths and challenges of the sector, and quantitatively determines the economic impact of the sector. “If we bring a little joy into your humdrum lives, it makes us feel as though our hard work ain\u27t been in vain for nothin\u27.” ― Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Singin’ in the Rai

Ptychography

Ptychography is a computational imaging technique. A detector records an extensive data set consisting of many inference patterns obtained as an object is displaced to various positions relative to an illumination field. A computer algorithm of some type is then used to invert these data into an image. It has three key advantages: it does not depend upon a good-quality lens, or indeed on using any lens at all; it can obtain the image wave in phase as well as in intensity; and it can self-calibrate in the sense that errors that arise in the experimental set up can be accounted for and their effects removed. Its transfer function is in theory perfect, with resolution being wavelength limited. Although the main concepts of ptychography were developed many years ago, it has only recently (over the last 10 years) become widely adopted. This chapter surveys visible light, x-ray, electron, and EUV ptychography as applied to microscopic imaging. It describes the principal experimental arrangements used at these various wavelengths. It reviews the most common inversion algorithms that are nowadays employed, giving examples of meta code to implement these. It describes, for those new to the field, how to avoid the most common pitfalls in obtaining good quality reconstructions. It also discusses more advanced techniques such as modal decomposition and strategies to cope with three-dimensional () multiple scattering

Best Practices of Creating Innovation Exchange Web Portals Across the States

Since their initial development in the late 1990s, expert web portals have been an evolving tool for universities, systems of higher education, and economic development organizations. The web portals are searchable, web-based databases of university scholars and researchers that feature, at a minimum, information on their expertise, innovation products and publications. Many of the portals are growing to include information on universities’ physical assets and equipment, regional strengths, and additional services such as networking and analytical tools for research. Although these searchable databases have proven useful in helping economic development leaders, government, research colleagues, and internal university staff, their role in generating industry-university collaboration is disputable. Recently, more demonstrable and tangible results of deploying innovation and building partnerships from these portals are becoming a sought-after objective for funders and stakeholders. However, none of the portals’ administrative teams have been able to specifically measure the impact of interaction generated via the portal on industry or the regional economy at large. Developing and sustaining these tools is costly and time consuming; instead, many stakeholders involved deem them a necessary public good – a “non-rivalrous and non-excludable” knowledge resource that everyone can consume with no restrictions. Therefore, evaluation of the return on investment of these portals has been largely ignored by involved parties. This, along with the cost of developing and maintaining such portals, serves as a growing obstacle to sustaining them. It has been argued that unless these portals are specifically designed with industry in mind, they do very little for commercial users. This report is a summary of the results of a study assessing best practices and challenges facing existing web portals created to promote university resources to a broader audience. It intends to inform interested parties in Ohio about the ecosystems that surround existing web portals in other states. The report analyzes ecologies of existing web portals in other states, addresses the role of “super users” (i.e. organizations that can reach industry users, such as economic development agencies) play in enhancing the successful utilization of a web portal, and considers sustainable funding and training mechanisms surrounding existing web portals. This study was conducted by researchers from the Center for Economic Development at the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. The research was funded by the Ohio Manufacturing Institute of Ohio State University through an Ohio Development Services Agency grant and with input from the Ohio Department of Higher Education Ohio Innovation Exchange industry engagement team. The study is based on a review of the latest academic literature concerning university-industry relationships, applied and technical reports provided by relevant web portals, and extensive interviews with selected portals’ managing teams. Additionally, the report provides a methodology, summarizes lessons learned, and illustrates a detailed description of seven web portals: Florida ExpertNet, Michigan MCRN, New York FuzeHub, North Carolina ReachNC, Texas InFluuent, Arizona Experts, and University of California’s Technology Transfer. The report concludes with recommendations for developing Innovation Exchange Hub in Ohio and Appendices detailing the literature review

Staging Cleveland: A Theater Industry Study

The impact of theater is traditionally discussed in the emotion someone feels from seeing a live show on stage or the nostalgia of remembering the experience of seeing one’s favorite movie come to life for the first time. Theaters are one of a city’s most beautiful treasures, often constructed with high levels of architectural appeal which can take audiences out of their normal life and lead them into the world of the performance. However, besides beautiful buildings and fond memories, what is the impact of the theater sector on a region? This study uses a quantitative framework to examine the economic impact of the theater industry in Cuyahoga County. Using qualitative and quantitative data, this study examines the occupations and businesses associated with the Cleveland theater sector, analyzes the landscape of theaters in Cuyahoga County, investigates the strengths and challenges of the sector, and quantitatively determines the economic impact of the sector. “If we bring a little joy into your humdrum lives, it makes us feel as though our hard work ain\u27t been in vain for nothin\u27.” ― Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Singin’ in the Rai