DRI ’ S KNOWLEDGE FUND PORTFOLIO
Nevada ’ s Knowledge Fund was created in 2011 to spur research , innovation and commercialization in Nevada . In 2015 , DRI received support for four unique projects .
Applied Innovation Center
• A unique team of scientists and engineers creating a new era of weather intelligence , solving the world ’ s toughest data problems , and translating innovative scientific ideas into realworld solutions .
• AIC staff unveiled a cutting-edge weather intelligence and numerical decision platform ( WINDS ) at TechCrunch Disrupt in September , 2015 in San Francisco .
WaterStart
( formerly the Nevada Center of Excellence in Water )
• A cluster of global leaders in the implementation of water innovation . Providing channels for innovation for various stakeholders and water resource managers including technology companies , management agencies and policy makers .
• Partnered with the Nevada Governor ’ s Office of Economic Development on three international trade missions to attract more than a dozen water technology companies to Nevada in 2015 .
U N M A N N E D A E R I A L S Y S T E M S I N N O V A T I O N
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Unmanned Cloud Seeding Aircraft
• Working with Drone America and AviSight to design , develop and test unmanned aircraft systems focused on increasing winter precipitation and snowpack depths through aerial cloud-seeding applications .
• Project focuses on reducing risks , increasing cloud seeding efficiencies and helping alleviate ongoing drought impacts .
UAS applications for wildland fire fighting
• Providing eyes in the sky for wildland firefighting crews and fire management agencies .
• Partnered with NASA ’ s Applied Science Program in 2015 to develop UAS as geospatial intelligence tools to improve the safety and effectiveness of fire management , and forecast fire and smoke movement .