NDSU Research Foundation

Established on May 30, 1989, the NDSU Research Foundation facilitates the commercialization of intellectual property developed by NDSU faculty, students, and staff. The Foundation supports NDSU in teaching, research, and public service missions by enabling NDSU faculty to become involved in research, product, and business endeavors and by making interactions with business and industry to expand NDSU's ability to commercialize research discoveries with domestic and international for-profit business organizations.

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Joycelyn Lucke

Interim Director and Assistant Director for Business Development

Serves as Assistant Director for Business Development and Assistant Director for the NDSU Research Foundation. Previously served as Interim Executive Director of the NDSU Research Foundation from April 2022 through June 2023. Lucke has been with NDSU for more than 20 years, working in the Technology Transfer Office, Sponsored Programs, and the NDSU Research Foundation, primarily assisting researchers in securing contracts and other research-support agreements. She is an NDSU alumna and a graduate of the University of North Dakota School of Law.

email: joycelyn.lucke@ndsu.edu (701) 231-5624
Joycelyn Lucke

Josie Hayden

Business Development and Licensing Manager

Manages the full life cycle of technology transfer activities generated by NDSU inventors, including managing, encouraging, and supporting the development, disclosure, and protection of NDSU’s intellectual property, technology transfer, and patent applications.

email: josie.hayden@ndsu.edu Phone: (701) 231-8173
Josie Hayden Business Development and Licensing Manager

McKenna Tysdal

Business Development and Licensing Administrator

Receipt and recording of invention disclosures, federal compliance for reporting and tracking of inventions developed with federal funds.

email: mckenna.tysdal.1@ndsu.edu (701) 231-6681
McKenna Tysdal, Business Development & Licensing Administrator

NDSU Research Foundation links

  • Learn more about the NDSU Research Foundation

    The NDSU Research Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit organization established to support and provide by providing private support to North Dakota State University by protecting, adding value to, and commercializing intellectual property developed through research activities at the university.

  • Technologies managed by the NDSU Research Foundation

    NDSURF’s technology portfolio includes a wide array of NDSU developed inventions which are grouped in the categories listed below. Select a category or type a keyword into the search box to find technologies of interest.

  • Contact the NDSU Research Foundation

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