Aliovalent‑Doped Iron Oxide Oxygen Carriers for Chemical Looping
TS-074441 —
Chemical looping gasification and combustion are promising pathways for low‑carbon energy conversion, CO₂ capture, and syngas production, but their commercial deployment is constrained by the performance of available oxygen carrier materials. Existing metal oxide oxygen carriers often suffer f…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Fan, Liang-Shih; Cheng, Zhuo; Chung, Cheng; Guo, Mengqing "MENGQING"; Qin, Lang
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Three-Dimensional Semiconductor Radiation Energy Capture Platform
TS-074295 —
Many applications require compact, long‑lived power sources that can operate reliably for years without maintenance, battery replacement, or recharging. This is particularly true for remote sensors, implantable medical devices, space systems, and defense or industrial monitoring deployed in hars…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Cao, Lei Raymond
- Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan
Electrochemical CO₂ Capture and Mineralization for Energy Systems Integration
TS-074219 — This early‑stage electrochemical platform enables integrated CO₂ capture and permanent mineralization while supporting lower‑energy hydrogen production, offering a research‑driven pathway toward energy system decarbonization.
Technology Overview
Energy producers and industrial operators face mounting pressure to reduce carbon intensity without compromising efficiency, reliability, or capital deployment. This technology introduces a research‑stage electrochemical system that couples CO₂ capture with mineralization…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Baker, Lawrence "Robert"; Neves-Garcia, Tomaz
- Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana
Near-Zero-External Energy Dehumidifier and Air Conditioner
TS-074049 —
Commercial and industrial HVAC systems face growing pressure to reduce energy consumption while delivering precise humidity control, particularly in hot and humid climates. Conventional desiccant and vapor‑compression systems require high regeneration temperatures, waste low‑grade heat, and st…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Clark, Jordan; Zakeri Shahvari, Saba
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Staged Gas–Solid Reactor Architecture for Higher Conversion Processes
TS-073930 —
Many industrial gas–solid reactions, such as ironmaking, chemical looping, and other redox-based processes, are fundamentally constrained by thermodynamic equilibrium in conventional reactor designs. Single-inlet/single-outlet reactors force tradeoffs between gas conversion and solid conversion,…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Tong, Andrew; Chen, Yu-Yen; Fan, Liang-Shih; Kong, Fanhe "Frank"; Zhang, Yitao "YITAO"
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Nanoporous Cu–Ru Catalysts for Selective CO₂ Electrochemical Conversion
TS-073880 —
Industrial CO₂ electroreduction remains limited by high energy input, poor selectivity, and low formation rates of valuable multi‑carbon products. Conventional copper catalysts often favor hydrogen evolution or low‑value C₁ products such as methane, while catalysts that improve selectivity…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Co, Anne; Billy, Joshua; Coleman, Eric; Walz, Kendahl
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
High‑Efficiency Steam‑Integrated Power Co‑Generation Platform
TS-073646 —
Industrial chemical and physical processes consume large quantities of thermal energy and steam, yet most facilities still rely on external power generation or low‑efficiency Rankine‑cycle systems to meet their electricity demand. This leads to significant energy losses, high operating costs, …
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Fan, Liang-Shih; Zhang, Qiaochu
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Two‑Reactor Chemical Looping for High‑Yield, Low‑Carbon Hydrogen Production
TS-073219 —
Global demand for low‑carbon hydrogen is rising, yet current methods carry efficiency penalties, complex gas clean‑up, and cost and footprint burdens. These drawbacks are amplified when upgrading dilute or variable‑quality feedstocks such as biogas and waste‑derived fuels. Industry needs a…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Fan, Liang-Shih; Zhang, Qiaochu
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Hybrid Membrane–Adsorption Process for Efficient Direct Air Capture
TS-073184 —
Direct air capture (DAC) technologies are essential for meeting global carbon‑reduction goals, yet most current systems remain limited by high energy demand, high cost, and materials with insufficient stability. Traditional solid‑sorbent DAC approaches require significant thermal input for reg…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Ho, W.S. Winston; Han, Yang; Huang, Yi-Chen
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Model-Based, Multi-Criteria Optimization for Sensor Placement and Selection
TS-073138 —
Designing online monitoring (OLM) for safety‑critical systems is constrained by scarce early‑stage operational data and by quantitative models that are slow to build, brittle across configurations, and costly to iterate. This creates expensive sensor networks with blind spots, poor diagnosabil…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Smidts, Carol; Diao, Xiaoxu; Olatubosun, Samuel; Rownak, Md Ragib; Vaddi, Pavan Kumar
- Licensing Officer: Giles, David
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