BRIC
Bridging industry, higher education and the entrepreneurial community, the BRIC is where innovation happens in Greater Waco!
Capabilities
Bringing vision to reality through education and training of cybersecurity leaders, transformational applied research, trusted analysis & consulting, and community engagement.
Providing imaging, testing, manufacturing, and sample preparation and measurement.
Performing cutting-edge research in robotics, additive and advanced manufacturing, smart communications, and advanced materials, we aim to enable decentralized, local production of components and products.
Working to solve tomorrow’s wireless spectrum issues today. SMART Hub is developing next-generation technologies for unprecedented spectrum agility, enabling a revolution in how the world uses the wireless spectrum.
Our clean room offers over 1000 sq. ft. of Class 1,000 cleanroom space that houses the equipment necessary to pattern structures and devices at the nanoscale implementing Electron Beam and Optical Lithography.
Baylor University provides research, development, testing and other solutions to industry, defense, and startups in Waco, Texas, and beyond.
The BRIC is an environment where industries, innovators, and entrepreneurs have on-site access to cutting-edge research and scientific talent accelerating the translation of research into new products driving economic growth.
Baylor works with many military, defense and governmental agencies to design solutions for complex problems, while providing safe, secure, and confidential outcomes.
Baylor actively fosters innovation by partnering with campus and community resources to host programs, train entrepreneurs, and provide support for startup launches.
Research Labs
Ecosystem Partners
Startup Waco is a local organization that supports and fosters the growth of entrepreneurs and startups in the Waco area.
Keep Waco Beautiful is a local organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing the environment and beauty of Waco through community initiatives and programs.
WAVE is a Waco based venture capital firm focused on investing in high tech, high growth startups.
Brazos Innovation Partners evaluates technology, forms teams, and helps to commercialize new ventures.
News
MoreA multidisciplinary team of Baylor researchers is working to advance technology that could drastically reduce the time and logistical footprints needed for the sustainable development and repair of products for the U.S. military, thank to a $15 million congressional appropriation.
Baylor's recognition as an R1 research institution is meaningful not only for the University, but for the Greater Waco community and Central Texas, bolstering a cutting-edge community through research, faculty growth, business development and more.
Mack Grady's research probes innovative approaches to protect power grids from attack, connect communities to generate power more quickly when one loses power and to enhance renewable energy sources in Texas.
The Baylor Materials Testing and Characterization Core (MTACC) has earned ISO-17025 certification, a key validation for MTACC's services in imaging, materials characterization, fabrication and processing and more.
Baylor’s industry-facing service centers facilitate industry partnerships that address hard problems. Core facilities like MTACC and ProtoLAB provide managed services on industry timelines for materials testing, prototyping services and more.
Annette von Jouanne advances sustainable transportation methods inside her Baylor laboratory.
In the burgeoning field of neruomorphic computing, Dr. Scott Koziol is pioneering research of robotics and neuroscience.
The fruits of university-industry research partnerships are recognized throughout the business world, as responses to a recent Baylor University-Texas Business Journals survey highlighted. Learn more about the ways Baylor is streamlining the process of industry research partnerships to address real-world challenges together.