The NSIN Great Lakes Region includes Indiana, Illinois, Kentucy, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The hub city for this region is Chicago, IL.

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Team

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  Tony Arendt

  Great Lakes Regional Director

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  Alison Beatty

  University Program Director, University of Michigan

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  Will Fortune

  University Program Director, University of Louisville

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  Ian Haynes

  University Program Director, The Ohio State University

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  Regan Jones

  Military Liaison Officer, University of Notre Dame

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News from the Region

• Ann Arbor-Area Innovators Hacked ‘Into the Dataverse’
• National Air and Space Intelligence Center Completes NSIN Bootcamp to improve goal-alignment across Wright-Patterson AFB
• Big Red 200 powers new secure network for national defense innovation
• NSIN expands network to Indiana U.
• AFRL awards $1M to NSIN Grand Challenge winner, Debut Biotechnology, Inc.
• NSIN partners with Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom AFB, and BCG Digital Ventures to host Starts pitch event in Los Angeles
• NSWC Crane technologies assessed from across DoD for commercialization in NSIN’s DIA
• NSIN supports Michigan Drive for Collaboration Between Universities, Innovators and Defense Industry Leaders

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Regional Mission Partners

• Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
• Air Force Research Labs (AFRL)
• U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Ground Vehicle Systems Center/Next Generation Combat Vehicle CFT
• Naval Sea Warfare Center (NSWC)-Crane Division
• Army Research Lab (ARL) - Central
• Joint Hypersonics Transition Office
• Indiana University
• The Ohio State University
• University of Michigan
• University of Louisville