Patrick J Brown

In my current position as Commercialization Navigator in the Technology Transfer and IP office at the University of Cincinnati's 1819 Innovation Hub, I collaborate with UC's licensing associates, faculty, staff, and students to identify, develop, and design new Commercialization pathways for UC intellectual property.

Throughout my career, I have focused on leading, driving, and supporting technology transfer efforts. I also have experience as an entrepreneur, co-founding two companies, one of which was based on technology licensed from the University of Cincinnati. 

In 2012, I was a member of the team of IMS Center researchers and faculty that participated in the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps program. Through this program, I was able to learn many of the key steps involved in forming a business. After completing this program, the team involved created Predictronics, a start-up company specializing in delivering commercial solutions based on mature technologies developed at the IMS Center.

Bachelor of Arts: University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH USA, 2005 (English)

Areas of Interest & Experience:
Technology Transfer, IP, Entreprenurship, Commercialization, Prognostics & Health Mangement, Industry 4.0/5.0, Predictive Maintenance, Industrial AI, Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, Human / Machine Interaction, User Experience Design, Graphic Design, Product Development, Software Development.

2005 -2009 Coordinator, Coordinator for the Intelligent Maintenance Systems Center in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH USA

2009 -2014 Program Manager, Manage key functions of the Center for Intelligent Maintenance Systems and provide support for the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering., University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH USA

2015 -2016 Grant Administrator, Manage all proposals and awards for the Center for Intelligent Maintenance Systems. Manage pre-award and post-award grant procedures for over 35 faculty, including editing proposals, budgeting, and personnel allocation; administrate $4.4m in award dollars, and ensure compliance with institution, government, and Industry guidelines., University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH USA

2017 -2023 Program Director, Direct key functions of the Center for Intelligent Maintenance Systems in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, including finance, marketing, design, operations, proposal development, grant management, HR, and membership relations. The IMS Center has worked with over 100 industry members on over 150 projects since 2001, and is the most impactful Center to graduate from the NSF I/UCRC program., University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH USA

2023 - Commercialization Navigator, As Commercialization Navigator I collaborate with UC's licensing associates to identify, develop, and design new Commercialization pathways for UC intellectual property., University of Cincinnati, 1819 Innovation Hub

Grant: #2025 Award Investigators:Brown, Patrick; Gangwer, Kristin; Green-Schwartz, Clair 07-01-2025 -06-30-2026 National Council of University Research Administrators Best Practices in University-Industry Partnerships in Research Administration Role:Collaborator 13495.00 Hold Level:Non Profit

Other Publications

Chao Jin, Dragan Djurdjanovic, Hossein D. Ardakani, Keren Wang, Matthew Buzza, Behrad Begheri, Patrick Brown, Jay Lee (2015. ) A comprehensive framework of factory-to-factory dynamic fleet-level prognostics and operation management for geographically distributed assets .2015 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), IEEE

Jay Lee, Shahin Siahpour, Xiaodong Jia, Patrick Brown (2022. ) Introduction to resilient manufacturing systems .Manufacturing Letters, 32 ,24 Elsevier

University of Cincinnati
598 Rhodes Hall
Cincinnati  Ohio, 45221
Phone: 5135564614
Fax: 5135563390
patrick.brown@uc.edu