Research Commercialization Academy (BETA 0.01)

Author: Katie Kalinowski

Source: University-Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP)

Interest: Registration for the University-Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP) Fall 2012 meeting is now open! The meeting is co-hosted by UIDP members Lexmark International and the University of Kentucky (UK) and will be held in Lexington, Kentucky on October 17 – 19, 2012 at the Griffin Gate Marriott. The draft agenda, registration, and lodging info can be found on the UIDP website, www.uidp.org. Early registration rates end September 16th, so sign up today!

Link: https://www.signup4.net/public/ap.aspx?EID=UIDP10E&OID=50

Author: Shana Lynch

Source: Silicon Valley

Interest: Selected companies will get $100,000 in funding as well as mentorship, workshops, and general assistance startups need in the realms of marketing, legal, HR and bookkeeping.

Link: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/blog/2012/07/innospring-incubator-wants-to-give-10.html

Author: LEVON MINASSIAN

Source: The Daily Californian News

Interest: UC Berkeley is known to power ideas of all kinds. One newly engineered idea discovered on campus that will be a power source itself is the printable battery. Imprint Energy is a new startup founded by campus graduates Christine Ho and Brooks Kincaid that has created printable batteries. The design, produced in part due to a $250,000 grant from the university, is seen as a new way for batteries to be produced and disposed of in way a less harmful to the environment.

Link: http://www.dailycal.org/2012/06/26/uc-berkeley-grads-develop-printable-battery/

Author: Jon Zemke

Source: Nicholas Douville - Wolverine Venture Fund

Interest: The University of Michigan's Wolverine Venture Fund recently announce its latest investment, but the student-led VC's bigger exit will come from the experience of making said investment. Nicholas Douville isn't the typical U-M student participating in the venture capital fund. He has a PhD in medical engineering from U-M and is well on his way to becoming a doctor. He participated in the due-diligence team on the fund's latest investment in Sonitus Medical, a medical device company.

Link: http://concentratemedia.com/innovationnews/wolverineventurefundannarbor0197.aspx

Author: USC Columbia Fuel Cell Collaborative

Source: PRNewswire

Interest: Today at the 2012 World Hydrogen Energy Conference in Toronto, Canada, the University of South Carolina-City of Columbia Fuel Cell Collaborative launched its fifth Fuel Cell Challenge. The Challenge originally launched in 2006, and the purpose of this year's Challenge is to engage interdisciplinary student teams from the University of South Carolina to compete for $75,000 in seed funding through two contests

Link: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/05/4540148/usc-columbia-fuel-cell-collaborative.html

Author: Cathy Mckitrick

Source: The Salt Lake Tribune

Interest: "It wasn’t planned." In 2005, Jacqueline Siy-Ronquillo began researching quantum dots — manmade semiconductor nanocrystals that emit light — for her doctorate in chemistry at the University of Utah. "We were trying to understand the stability of quantum dots and their behavior when subjected to different environments," Siy-Ronquillo said as she stood near a bank of test tubes in a small lab in the Henry Eyring Building on the U. campus.

Link: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/53978062-78/dots-energy-navillum-ronquillo.html.csp

Author: NYSERDA

Source: NYSERDA

Interest: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced $15 million for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to launch three "Proof of Concept" Centers across New York State to help inventors and scientists turn high-tech, clean-energy ideas into entrepreneurial successes.

Link: http://www.nyserda.ny.gov/en/About/Newsroom/2012-Announcements/2012-05-18-Governor-Cuomo-Announces-$15-Million-for-Three-Proof-of-Concept-Centers.aspx

On March 1st, 2012, scientists, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists will gather in Boston at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society for an invited symposium titled “Entrepreneurship - The Quest for Start-Up Success Based on Research Advances.” Speakers will present each of these three perspectives and share their learnings on maximizing the likelihood of successfully commercializing applied science. The symposium is particularly timely, given the importance accorded to scientific innovation, both nationally and globally.

Date and Time: March 1st, 8–11am
Location: APS March Meeting, Boston Convention Center, room 157AB
Speakers: Listed below

Author: Cumberland Times-News

Source: Cumberland Times-News

Interest: The University of Maryland has announced 16 new technology product development projects worth $4.1 million through the Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program.

Link: http://times-news.com/local/x290308187/UM-announces-projects

Author: StatVideo LLC

Source: StatVideo LLC

Interest: EchoBox™ was featured at the grand opening of the Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell. The $4 Million business incubator M2D2 provides support to small healthcare technology companies.

Link: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/17/4193194/statvideo-llc-manufactures-echobox.html

Author: JEREMY STRATTON

Source: http://finance-commerce.com

Interest: A research center at the University of Minnesota is looking to the future of bio-renewable materials in an area that might seem unlikely: plastics.

Link: http://finance-commerce.com/2011/10/university-of-minnesota-center-develops-earth-friendly-plastics/

Author: mfrtech.com

Source: mfrtech.com

Interest: Today, the Ohio Third Frontier Commission recommended awards totaling $6 million to support the advanced materials industry and research and development center attraction efforts.

Link: http://www.mfrtech.com/articles/19396.html

Author: http://www.environmental-expert.com

Source: http://www.environmental-expert.com

Interest: Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Energy today announced that $17 million in research grants will be awarded to 23 university-led teams aimed at strengthening the robust research and development capabilities of American universities and colleges to develop the next generation of nuclear energy technologies and upgrade research reactors across the country.

Link: http://www.environmental-expert.com/news/department-of-energy-announces-17-million-to-bolster-university-led-nuclear-energy-research-and-development-257747

Author: James M. Connolly

Source: http://www.bizjournals.com

Interest: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was selected to receive the lion’s share of $17.7 million in U.S. Department of Energy funds aimed at strengthening nuclear research projects at universities and colleges.

Link: http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2011/09/21/mit-gets-bulk-of-us-nuclear-grants.html

Author: Diane Lederman

Source: http://www.masslive.com

Interest: AMHERST - The University of Massachusetts Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing has received a five year $20-million grant from the National Science Foundation to continue work it began when the center was first created five years ago.

Link: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/09/umass_receives_20_million_gran.html

Author: Jade Mardirosian

Source: http://baylorlariat.com

Interest: A team of Baylor faculty from the mechanical engineering and chemistry and biochemistry departments has received a Major Research Instrumentation grant from the National Science Foundation.

Link: http://baylorlariat.com/2011/09/15/8576/

Author: Weldon McKenzie

Source: http://star.txstate.edu

Interest: The department of engineering technology was awarded a $486,599 grant by the National Science Foundation’s Instrumentation for Materials Research program early this fall.

Link: http://star.txstate.edu/node/4572

Author: http://www.newstreamz.com

Source: http://www.newstreamz.com

Interest: The National Science Foundation recently gave Texas State University’s Department of Engineering Technology a $486,599 grant for equipment upgrades to facilitate advanced research.

Link: http://www.newstreamz.com/2011/09/07/texas-state-lands-big-tiny-tech-grant/

Author: Daniel Stolte, University

Source: http://uanews.org

Interest: A team led by UA professor and inventor M. Bonner Denton received a 2011 R&D 100 Award for a breakthrough in detection technology that could advance monitoring for nuclear activity, environmental damage, forensic testing and more.

Link: http://uanews.org/node/41525

Author: William Pentland

Source: forbes.com

Interest: Solar panels are a lot sexier than industrial engines and turbines no matter how environmentally advantageous the latter might be.

Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2011/08/22/suntech-says-solar-energy-will-deliver-do-you-agree/