College turns academics into business venture

"The measure of success used to be how many papers were published," Sundarrao said. "Now it’s how much of what you produced at the university is in the community."

When Travis Watkins was asked a few years ago to devise a college engineering project that would help people with disabilities, the first person who came to mind was his father, who once cherished walks along the beach.

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO

Associated Press Writer

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