From offices in Boise, Post Falls, Twin Falls, and Pocatello, TechHelp Specialists help Idaho manufacturers, food processors and entrepreneurs improve their competitiveness through continuous product and process innovation.

Food Manufacturing Excellence
Operational Excellence
New Product Development
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TechHelp Staff

Who Are We?

Because TechHelp is a partnership of Idaho’s three state universities, our staff members are positioned to provide information, training, and services to manufacturers statewide. Our staff consists of seasoned industry professionals and university student employees, interns, and graduate assistants who gain front-line industry experience working with our clients. 

Operational Excellence

The members of our experienced Operational Excellence Team can help you produce more efficiently. Our team has experience in all phases of manufacturing and can work with you to identify improvement opportunities and implement solutions within your organization.  

Food Manufacturing Excellence

TechHelp’s Idaho-based Food Manufacturing Team includes university faculty, agricultural extension resources, and internationally recognized contracted partners. Together we bring a broad range of services to the food industry through site visits, needs assessments, on-site project work, on-site training, and public courses. TechHelp offers a wide range of services that can help you grow revenues, improve productivity & performance, and strengthen your global competitiveness.

studio\Blu - New Product Development

studio\Blu houses a product development team located on the campus at Boise State University. Our full-time and student employees work with entrepreneurs, start-ups, and established companies from within a variety of industries on projects of all sizes. Since 2001, we have specialized in concept development, design engineering, and prototyping solutions. For your prototyping needs, we offer on-demand 3D printing and RTV mold-making services. 

studio\Blu - Engineering Innovation Studio

The Boise State Innovation Engineering Studio is located in the Harry Morrison Civil Engineering Building. The EIS is filled with state-of-the-art equipment and is open to students, faculty, and staff to work on school-related projects. Students working on academic projects will be given priority over others. Users must complete training associated with the various shop tools before they will be allowed to use them. Each training level, or “tag”, allows them access to different resources.

studio\Blu - Funding Accelerator

The COBE Funding Accelerator is a partnership between the Boise State College of Business and Economics (COBE) and VentureCapital.Org (VCO). The program gives innovative entrepreneurs a much higher probability of success in raising the critical investment capital necessary for them to grow their businesses in Idaho. The program gives entrepreneurs access to professionals with rich backgrounds in investment and entrepreneurism and to service providers who specialize in working with early-stage emerging companies. Graduate Student Project Leader, Nicole Hamblim, is putting together a team of students available to help meet the needs of candidates. 

TechHelp Headquarters at Boise State

TechHelp’s HQ team supports our specialists in delivering services to Idaho manufacturers. We manage the grants, business systems & operations, and partner relations that provide fuel to the TechHelp Team.