Export Controls

The University of Cincinnati Export Controls Office is responsible for protecting the transfer of US regulated information and technology, commodities, and software in the interest of national security and economic growth.

  • New Travel Process Coming October 21

    10/08/2024

    Beginning Monday October 21, there will be a new process for foreign travel for those going to Foreign Countries of Concern as identified by the US Government.

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  • Russian International Money Launderer Arrested for Illicitly Procuring Large Quantities of U.S.-Manufactured Dual-Use Military Grade Microelectronics for Russian Elites

    11/08/2023

    Maxim Marchenko, a 51 year old Russian citizen who has resided in Hong Kong, was charged with smuggling, wire fraud, and money laundering offenses based on his alleged participation in a scheme to unlawfully procure U.S.-sourced, dual-use microelectronics with military applications on behalf of Russian end-users

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  • Four Arrested and Multiple Russian Nationals Charged in Connection with Two Schemes to Evade Sanctions and Send U.S. Technology Used in Weapons Systems to Russia

    11/08/2023

    Four individuals were arrested in the Eastern District of New York earlier this week. An indictment and criminal complaint were unsealed regarding two separate conspiracies to unlawfully export over $7 million worth of semiconductors, integrated circuits, and other electronics to Russian end-users affiliated with the Russian military.

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  • Readout of Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen’s Trip to Kyiv and Berlin

    11/08/2023

    Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division, traveled to Kyiv, Ukraine to reaffirm the Department’s partnership with foreign counterparts to stop the flow of sensitive technologies to foreign adversaries. The trip follows the creation of the Disruptive Technology Strike Force earlier this year.

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  • Man in Dublin Ohio Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Steal Trade Secrets to Sell to China

    01/15/2021

    A former Dublin, Ohio man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in December 2020 to conspiring to steal exosome-related trade secrets from Nationwide Children's Hospital Research Institute.

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  • MIT Professor Faces Federal Charges for Allegedly Failing to Disclose Ties to China

    01/15/2021

    Gang Chen, the Director of the MIT Pappalardo Micro/Nano Engineering Laboratory and Director of the Solid-State Solar Thermal Energy Conversion Center, faces charges of wire fraud, making false statements to a government agency, and failing to file a foreign bank account report with his 2018 taxes.

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  • Illegal Exports of Carbon Fiber led to Jail and Fines

    07/02/2018

    Fuyi Sun of Philipsburg, PA, denied export privileges for 10 Years for knowingly and willfully attempting to export carbon fiber without licenses.

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Contact

Mailing Address

Export Controls Office 
University of Cincinnati
3080 Exploration Ave.
Mail Location 0639
Cincinnati, OH 45206

Street Address

University of Cincinnati
Digital Futures
3080 Exploration Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45206

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General Inquiries

Phone: 513-558-7329

Email: Export Control Office