Taehee Lee, a Ph.D. student in MSE, uses a blower to create a 25 mph wind to measure generated dust concentrations from the surface where dust suppressants (water, water and acrylic-based commercial product, and water and the UA technology) were applied two weeks before. The tests were done at the closed tailings storage facility at the Asarco Mission Mine. Photo credit: Minkyu Kim/College of Engineering.
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.
Kenneth Wertman, Ph.D.
University of Arizona Ph.D. returns to give back and build impactful, research-driven startups capping 30-year career in industry.
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.
Jeffrey Bristol waits on stage at the 2019 Eller College of Management Convocation to stand up from his wheelchair and walk to the podium to receive his diploma. Photo: Bob Demers/UANews
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.
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From left: Ph.D student Joshua Olsen, postdoc Veyesi Demir, and professor/inventor Nasser Peyghambarian. Photo credit: Paul Tumarkin/Tech Launch Arizona
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.
From left: Visiting scholar Qi Wei, Research Technician Aishwarya Rao, Sadhana Ravishankar, Ph.D., and UA President Robert C. Robbins. Photo credit: Tech Launch Arizona
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.
Jason Dewland and Yvonne Mery of the UA Libraries and Sidecar Learning. Photo credit: Paul Tumarkin/Tech Launch Arizona
Inventors at the UA Libraries have developed a new e-learning platform for creating easy-to-build tutorials, teaching users how to use web-based tools. The University has licensed the software to startup Sidecar Learning.
Did you know that the UA is Water Resources Program is ranked #1 by the Shanghai Rankings of World Universities? UA inventors have developed a number of promising solutions that are ready for companies to adopt. Check them out.
The UA-invented assay offers a simple visual indicator – water color – identifying the individual organisms that have the highest metabolic rates and will grow most quickly. Photo: Benjamin Renquist
Startup GenetiRate – founded on an invention out of the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences – is one of two companies honored with the Seafood Innovation Award at the North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF) 2019.