The NSF ASCEND Engine, led by Innosphere, and OroraTech USA are proud to announce a strategic partnership to strengthen wildfire intelligence across Wyoming and Colorado. By combining OroraTech USA’s real-time thermal intelligence platform with NSF ASCEND Engine’s regional research and innovation system, the collaboration supports wildfire monitoring efforts, scientific research, and the development of new community resilience tools.
“OroraTech brings a key piece of the puzzle to wildfire preparedness and response,” says Dr. Sam Malloy, Research and Development Director at the NSF ASCEND Engine. “We seek to foster collaboration opportunities that are mutually beneficial to OroraTech and our partners in academic and federal research laboratories developing fundamental technologies that can enhance the state of the art in thermal imaging and its applicability to operational decision support tools.”
As part of the agreement, both organizations will facilitate areas of collaboration, with a focus on wildfire preparedness and response. As a regional ecosystem builder, the NSF ASCEND Engine will then facilitate connections between OroraTech and relevant project teams. This helps to support ongoing efforts across the region to address wildfire risk and other critical resilience challenges.
“As the western U.S. faces increasingly severe fire seasons, access to accurate and timely wildfire data is critical,” said Thomas Gruebler, CEO of OroraTech USA. “Through this partnership with the NSF ASCEND Engine, we aim to accelerate innovation and support the development of technologies that make communities more resilient in the face of environmental risks.”
The partnership will focus on advancing innovation in thermal imaging, data assimilation, and scientific machine learning, strengthening a shared commitment to community resilience through ecosystem building and technological innovation.
