The Ohio University Innovation Center has turned to Sonicu to facilitate its clients’ growth.
ATHENS, Ohio - The Ohio University Innovation Center, an award-winning business incubator for tech and tech-enabled startups in Athens, OH, has installed a simple, trusted temperature and environmental monitoring application to provide its clients with another tool to support their business development and resulting job creation, thereby driving economic development.
The Innovation Center provides entrepreneurs with an environment to develop, launch, and successfully commercialize their businesses.
The newly renovated 36,000-square-foot facility provides clients with access to 10 biotechnology labs, 2 shared labs, conference rooms, office spaces, business development, and an ecosystem of partners designed to help entrepreneurs succeed.
“We’re pleased with the opportunity to help the Ohio University Innovation Center serve its clients with our temperature and environmental monitoring solutions,” said Joe Mundell, Chief Revenue Officer at Sonicu.
“Our commitment to being affordable with easy installation and robust support positions us well to serve their clients as they push the boundaries of human knowledge and innovation with an eye on creating more jobs and prosperity in the southeast Ohio region.”
As part of a $1.5 million renovation project primarily funded by the Economic Development Administration and the Appalachian Regional Commission, Misa Hata, Innovation Center Lab Director and Regulatory Affairs Coach, sought a new provider for temperature and environmental monitoring.
In Sonicu, she found an affordable, trusted provider with extensive experience serving the life science and healthcare industries.
Sonicu provides cold storage and ambient-temperature monitoring, as well as humidity and air-pressure-differential monitoring, using its custom-built hardware and proprietary software.
"We evaluated several different temperature monitoring providers. Sonicu, in my opinion, had the most expandable applications for biotech equipment, the most cost-effective instrument qualification services, and the most accessible maintenance options,” said Hata.
The Sonicu software application also allowed the Innovation Center to capture data from a third-party CO2 monitoring probe, saving the center additional time and money by avoiding a separate carbon dioxide monitoring application.
“We strive to deliver as much value as we can via our platform and are committed to working with clients to find ways to help tailor a solution that meets their specific needs, including integration with third-party sensors that make their laboratory more efficient and connected,” Mundell added.
The Sonicu investment represents another way in which the Innovation Center provides a simple and turnkey environment for entrepreneurs to grow their businesses into successful commercial operations.
Sonicu was founded in 2008 in Indiana, providing sound monitoring in hospitals, and has since evolved to offer temperature and environmental monitoring solutions to more than 500 customers across healthcare, life science, research, and food services.
All of the Sonicu hardware is assembled in Indiana, while their software is supported by a U.S.-based team of customer success professionals focused on helping clients like the Ohio University Innovation Center protect their sensitive environments and laboratory products.
For more details about the Innovation Center, visit www.innovateohio.com.
