Startup Licenses UA-engineered Solutions to Control Dust in a Dry World June 13, 2019 Biocompatible polymer solutions invented in the UA College of Engineering were licensed to startup Clean Earth Tech to address the challenge of keeping dust down for better human health. Read more Image
Tech Launch Arizona Welcomes Alumnus, Pharmaceutical Senior VP as Mentor-in-Residence June 7, 2019 University of Arizona Ph.D. returns to give back and build impactful, research-driven startups capping 30-year career in industry. Read more Image
Tech Blog: Automated Malware Detection for Life-Critical Systems May 28, 2019 With life-critical systems like pacemakers, insulin pumps and more, how can we protect users from malware? Roman Lysecky, PhD, professor at the UA Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has created multi-modal software that allows the user to interact with the system through various modes, potentially saving lives. Read more Image
Startup to Commercialize Blood Test for Most Major Cancers May 21, 2019 UA researchers have developed a liquid biopsy screen that offers a way to detect and monitor cancer that is less invasive than traditional methods. They have launched DesertDx to bring the technology to the world. Read more Image
UA Student Rises to His Feet at Graduation with Help from Mom and UA Innovation May 16, 2019 With the help of an exoskeleton developed by his mom and a UA Engineering Design team, Jeffrey Bristol stood on May 11 to receive his diploma. With the help of Tech Launch Arizona, the UA is pursuing a patent for the exoskeleton and working to bring it to the world. Read more Image
Celebrate World Intellectual Property Day! April 26, 2019 World Intellectual Property Day recognizes the importance of IP rights and how they contribute to an innovative society. To the theme, check out these UA inventions to help people reach peak performance. Read more Image
Tech Blog: Pushing the Envelope of Chip-to-Chip Communication April 24, 2019 Funded by the US National Science Foundation, Kathleen Melde, PhD, professor and Prabhat Baniya, PhD candidate, have created a chip-level “add-on” module that enables (multi-core) chip-to-chip wireless communication using reconfigurable antennas. Check out our video interview with Kathie and Prabhat. Read more Image
UA Startup to Bring Holographic Video Glasses Into View April 24, 2019 EARDG Photonics, Inc., has adopted technologies invented at the UA College of Optical Sciences that represent a leap forward in augmented reality display glasses using 3-D holographic video. Read more Image
6th Annual I-Squared Awards Honor Researchers and Technology Champions April 2, 2019 At its 6th Annual I-Squared Expo & Awards, Tech Launch Arizona recognized the greatest contributors to the local ecosystem of invention and commercialization from both inside and outside the university. Read more Image
Tech Blog: Finding an Alternative to Pesticides March 27, 2019 Patricia Stock, PhD, professor at the University of Arizona Department of Entomology and Interim Director of the School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences has discovered compounds derived from an insect opathogenic bacterium, Photorhabdus, that have antimicrobial and nematicidal properties that can potentially replace the use of harmful chemical pesticides. Read more Image