{"id":68568,"date":"2025-12-02T21:38:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/68568\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T21:38:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:38:11","slug":"florida-poly-joins-high-tech-alliance-with-tampa-tech-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/68568\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Poly joins high-tech alliance with Tampa tech company"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida Polytechnic University<\/a> has entered into a strategic high-tech alliance with The Skyway Organization, working to\u00a0spark new developments in advanced manufacturing, materials science, aerospace and workforce development.<\/p>\n

Leaders from both organizations signed a memorandum of understanding formalizing the partnership at Florida Poly\u2019s Barnett Applied Research Center in Lakeland.<\/p>\n

Florida Poly, Florida\u2019s only state university focused exclusively on science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, will explore joint research projects, grant applications, technology demonstrations and workforce training initiatives with Skyway. The goal is to enhance educational activities for students and support research breakthroughs for Florida Poly faculty and Skyway engineers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis collaboration is a testament to our commitment to preparing students for real-world challenges while advancing vital research that supports high-tech industries,\u201d Florida Poly President Devin Stephenson said. \u201cWith partnerships like this, we\u2019re strengthening Florida\u2019s talent pipeline and delivering lasting economic benefits for our state by connecting education directly to critical technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Based in Tampa, Skyway is an advanced materials, aerospace and dual-use technology company. The company is developing a next-generation manufacturing system and high-performance composite platform for defense, space and industrial applications.<\/p>\n

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Skyway leverages cutting-edge technologies such as carbon nanotubes, graphene-enhanced composites, and large-scale additive manufacturing to create materials and structures that are lighter, stronger and more resilient than past materials.<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether, we\u2019re creating a new model for industry-university collaboration \u2014 one that gives students real access to advanced materials, R&D, AI-enabled engineering and next-generation aerospace technologies,\u201d Skyway CEO Rob Britts said.<\/p>\n

Together, Florida Poly and Skyway hope to provide a foundation for collaborative innovation.<\/p>\n

\u201cCollaborating directly with Skyway\u2019s innovators will give our students and faculty a front-row role in shaping the future of high-performance materials and advanced manufacturing,\u201d Stephenson said. \u201cThese kinds of industry partnerships ensure Florida Poly remains a driving force in the technologies that will define tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Skyway\u2019s expected company growth, leaders at the company are hopeful the new alliance will help anchor a regional ecosystem of STEM innovation, workforce development and impactful research.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis partnership strengthens Florida\u2019s innovation pipeline and accelerates the breakthroughs the nation needs in defense, space, and high-performance manufacturing,\u201d Britts said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida Polytechnic University has entered into a strategic high-tech alliance with The Skyway Organization, working to\u00a0spark new developments…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[34088,18473,3276,39943,6596,135,137,136,39944],"class_list":["post-68568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-devin-stephenson","tag-florida-poly","tag-florida-polytechnic-university","tag-rob-britts","tag-stem","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-the-skyway-organization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}