CBDI

Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation

Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation

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The Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation (CBDI) is an interdisciplinary center focused on emerging technologies to foster innovation, economic development, and education.

The CBDI is shared by the College of Business, College of Engineering and Applied Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and the School of Energy Resources; it is also working with the state’s community colleges.

News

New UW Energy and Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree to Incorporate Blockchain Courses

A new master’s degree program in energy and petroleum engineering will be the first to offer graduate courses in blockchain starting in fall 2023 at the University of Wyoming.

“If you have any B.S. degree and fulfill the admission requirements of UW, you can apply for our course-based Master of Petroleum Engineering degree,” says Vamegh Rasouli, professor and head of the UW Department of Energy and Petroleum Engineering.

Winners of 307 Startup Challenge Include Two Businesses of UW Students

Three companies, including two started by University of Wyoming students, have been selected as recipients of $25,000 in seed money resulting from pitches at the 307 Startup Challenge during the Wyoming Blockchain Stampede.

Save the Date!

The 2023 Wyoming Blockchain Stampede scheduled September 11-15 at the University of Wyoming. The annual WyoHackathon is tentatively set to start online on Friday. September 9.

Plan now to attend a week of activities that starts with a meeting of the Wyoming Legislature’s Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology and ends with a concert for Stampede participants by country western performer Travis Denning.

The event is presented by the University of Wyoming Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation. Title sponsor is IOHK. The sponsor of the startup challenge is Blue Ocean.

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