Partners

Funded by the PA Dept. of Community and Economic Development, PITA’s mission is to connect PA companies with universities to promote economic growth.  PITA is an industry-led program that enables companies to identify technology development/process improvement challenges for university faculty and graduate students to address in a short term research project. The following PA entities have participated in PITA technology development and educational projects.
Map of PITA partners by county in PA

Southwestern Pennsylvania

  • Allegheny Health Network
  • Allegheny Power
  • ANSYS
  • ATI
  • BeaconSys
  • Bosch
  • Braskem America
  • Bridge Semiconductor
  • CerebroScope
  • CompuSpections, LLC
  • Corry Rubber Corporation
  • Cutler-Hammer
  • Digimmune
  • Eaton
  • Emerson
  • EQT
  • General Dynamics
  • Glucose Sensing Technologies
  • Google (Pittsburgh)
  • Heyl & PattersonInmedius
  • Healthy Ride
  • Intel (Pittsburgh)
  • Kennametal
  • Mine Safety Appliances
  • Near Earth Autonomy
  • NETL
  • NeuEsse
  • Nova Chemical
  • Novocell Semiconductors
  • Oberg Industries
  • Oerlikon Leybold Vaccum Corp.
  • P.J. Dick
  • Port Authority of Allegheny County
  • President Visionaire Products, Inc.
  • R.J. Lee
  • Ride ACTA
  • Silicon Power, Inc.
  • SkinJect
  • Spang Company
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
  • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
  • U.S. Steel Research Center
  • Vivisimo

Southeastern Pennsylvania

  • Amorphic Tech Ltd
  • Anholt Technologies
  • Arcelor/ Mittal Steel
  • Arrow International
  • Arkema
  • Ashland Chemicals
  • Aqua America
  • Blaschak Coal Corporation
  • Boeing, Phantom Works
  • Buzzi Unicem
  • Clean Air Council
  • Demco Automation
  • DERNetSoft
  • Dupont, Marshall Laboratory
  • Edwards and Kelcey
  • Electro-Petroleum, Inc.
  • FLX Solutions
  • Green Materials
  • Interdigital Communications
  • Johnson Matthey
  • Lockheed Martin
  • NeuEsse
  • Optamo LLC
  • OSIsoft
  • Purolite Company
  • Solarflux, Inc.
  • Solvay
  • Specialty Engineering, Inc.
  • Structural Services Inc.
  • Trilion Systems
  • TruCapSol

Lehigh Valley

  • Advanced Research Systems, Inc.
  • Air Products and Chemicals
  • Amorphic Tech
  • Applied Separations
  • Azevan Pharmaceuticals
  • Buzzi Unicem
  • Dynalene
  • eCO2Dye
  • Eastern Exterior Wall Systems
  • EcoTech Marine
  • ErythryX LLC
  • FLX Solutions
  • Lehigh Valley Health Network
  • LifeAire Systems
  • Netizen
  • Optamo
  • PPL
  • Purolite
  • St. Luke’s University Health Network
  • Structural Services
  • Victaulic

Central Pennsylvania

  • GE Inspection Technologies, LP
  • Impulse Technology
  • Modjeski and Masters
  • Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
  • TE Connectivity
  • TechKnowServ
  • Truck-Lite

Notheastern Pennsylvania

  • Aerotargets International
  • Keystone Automation 

Harrisburg

  • Michael Baker Jr., Inc.
  • Modjeski and Masters
  • PennDOT
  • Tyco Electronics

Lancaster

  • Advanced Cooling Technologies
  • Hamilton Precision Metals
  • High Concrete Structures, Inc.
  • High Steel Structures, Inc.

Other universities

  • Desales University
  • Duquesne University
  • Lafayette College
  • Muhlenberg College
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Temple University
  • University of Pennsylvania