DailyIllini.com, 27 Oct 2008, Emily Bardales
Come January, Benjamin Wah, professor in electrical and computer engineering, is expected to move to Singapore where he will research with a team of University participants as well as participants from Singapore to take technology to a new level.
"This is the first time that the University has set up any partnership with a foreign government," Wah said.
During the next five years, A*STAR, a Singapore agency that stands for the Agency for Science Technology and Research, will be appropriating $50 million to University research which Wah will direct in Singapore.
In order for the University to retain the ownership of the research, it has set up a limited liability company in Singapore. This company is also able to eliminate one step in the transferring of money.
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