Overview
Personal Profile
Trish Cozart is the director of NLR's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center. In this role, Cozart leads a dynamic, externally facing group of program builders, analysts, operations experts, and connectors who collaborate with the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center's network of investors, universities, incubators, and industry. Previously, Cozart spent nine years at NLR leading projects for an application development and analysis team, primarily supporting the U.S. Department of Energy's deployment efforts for alternative fuels and advanced vehicles. During this time, she also led deployment-oriented projects in other areas of the lab including wind, geothermal, solar, buildings, and tech-to-market. Before arriving at NLR in 2009, Cozart co-founded a digital publishing company specializing in audio production and new media for World Heritage Sites. Her basement in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, has served as the birthplace for two startup companies over the last 15 years.
Research Interests
Cleantech investment
Customer discovery
Industry partnerships
Startups
Technology commercialization
Education/Academic Qualification
Bachelor, Natural Sciences (Zoology), Colorado State University
Advanced Graduate Certificate, User Experience Design and Development, Rochester Institute of Technology
Master, Scientific and Technical Communications, University of Colorado Denver
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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JISEA-CSU Sustainable Agriculture Workshop
Doris, E., Staie, B., Stewart, C., Macknick, J., Lambert, J., Stout, S., Hart, J., Kinzer, A., Brandao, M., Decker, S., Guttridge, M., Gibson, E., Rudolph, A., Wegner Guilfoyle, K., Beezley, J., Mueller, N., Cozart, T. & Rose, R., 2024, 152 p.Research output: NLR › Presentation
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State of Innovation 2024: Paving the Way for Low-Carbon Cement and Concrete
Aday, A., Richardson, K., France, D., Olavarria, J., Schaidle, J. & Cozart, T., 2024, 11 p. National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR).Research output: NLR › Fact Sheet
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2023 State of Innovation: Emerging Climate Technologies Primed for Private Investment
Ihly, R., Cozart, T., France, D., Magin, L., Moore, K., Mujumdar, M. & Richardson, K., 2023, 20 p. National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR).Research output: NLR › Marketing
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?Aceite Vegetal Puro Como Combustible Diesel? (Straight Vegetable Oil as a Diesel Fuel? Spanish Version) (Fact Sheet)
Cozart, T., 2010, 2 p. National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR).Research output: NLR › Fact Sheet
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?Que es Clean Cities?, Programa de Tecnologias de Vehiculos, Marzo 2010 (Fact Sheet)
Cozart, T., 2010, 2 p. National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR).Research output: NLR › Fact Sheet
Awards and Honors
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Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer: Regional Partnership Award for Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator
Cozart, T. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Honorary award
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U.S. Department of Energy Vehicle Technologies Office Distinguished Achievement Award
Moreno, G. (Recipient) & Cozart, T. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Honorary award