Tech Blog: Cat Tracks; How One UA Professor is Changing Student Retention with Big Data April 25, 2018 UA's own Sudha Ram, PhD, professor of MIS in the Eller College of Management, tackles university student retention rates by analyzing anonymized student smartcard data. Read more
Startup Licenses University of Arizona Dual-View Probe for Medical Endoscopy April 19, 2018 UA researchers Drs. Bhaskar Banerjee and Rongguang “Ron” Liang have invented a dual-view probe for medical endoscopy demonstrated to increase polyp detection rates 58 percent to 98 percent. Their startup, Omniscient, is working to bring the technology to the public. Read more Image
Tech Blog Special Edition: A Celebration of UA's Women Inventors March 28, 2018 In honor of Women's History Month, this special edition tech blog highlights seven female inventors within the University of Arizoan and their remarkable research. Read more
I-Squared Awards Honor Inventors, Entrepreneurs and Ecosystem Champions March 20, 2018 On March 19, TLA held its fifth annual I-Squared Expo & Awards, honoring those whose work impacts the quality of life for people in Tucson, across Arizona and throughout the world through research, invention, collaboration and commercialization. Read more
Tech Launch Arizona Announces Leadership Change March 8, 2018 The UA has named Douglas Hockstad to fill the position held by David Allen, effective April 28, 2018. Allen, who is retiring, was appointed as TLA vice president in 2012 to reinvigorate the UA’s research commercialization activities. Read more Image
Tech Blog: The V-Hive Green Box; How one UA Professor is Bringing Outside Farming In Feb. 22, 2018 Joel Cuello, Ph.D., professor of biosystems engineering in the Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering department at the University of Arizona, combined all the benefits of indoor farming into a modular system that can be adjusted to suit a wide variety of spaces like existing greenhouses and high rises. Enter the V-Hive. Read more Image
Startup Licenses UA Spectrometer for Natural Products, Pharmaceuticals and More Feb. 15, 2018 A team of researchers at the UA College of Optical Sciences have invented a new breed of spectrometer capable of rapidly analyzing the chemical makeup of materials. Their first target market? Natural products and pharmaceuticals, including cannabis. Read more Image
Tech Blog: Hurwitz and Watts Collaboration Introduces Rapid Means of Accurate Bacterial Identification Jan. 29, 2018 Through their collaboration at the University of Arizona, Bonnie Hurwitz, Ph.D. and George Watts, Ph.D. are using "whole genome shotgun sequencing" for more accurately and efficiently identifying bacteria. Read the blog and listen to the Invented Arizona podcast. Read more Image
Mesa-Based Startup Forges Ahead on Battery Technology Licensed from University of Arizona Jan. 24, 2018 Urbix Resources has licensed a portfolio of lithium-ion battery and related materials technologies invented at the UA. Dr. Palash Gangopadhyay, inventor and formerly an adjunct research professor at the UA College of Optical Sciences, is now the full-time CTO at Urbix. Read more Image
Startup Licenses UA-invented Mining Sensor Network Jan. 8, 2018 Startup GUIA has licensed a mining communication and sensor platform developed in the College of Engineering and Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources. In addition to mining, the company is looking to apply the technology to other high-risk environments. Read more