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Smart Liquid Crystal Sensor for Real-Time Shear Flow Visualization
TS-070520 — The Need Accurate, real-time mapping of shear forces in fluid environments remains a challenge, particularly in applications requiring passive, non-invasive, and long-term monitoring. Existing technologies often rely on active sensors that require power, are difficult to integrate into sensitive sys…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Wang, Xiaoguang "William"; Chen, Boyuan; Kara, Ufuoma; Weible, Alan
  • Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder

Method to Determine Tremor Frequency from Deep Brain Stimulation Signals
TS-070304 — The Need Current clinical methods for assessing tremor severity in patients with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders rely heavily on subjective, qualitative observations, such as evaluating hand-drawn spirals or observing motor tasks. These approaches lack precision, are difficult…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Khan, Furrukh; Dalm, Brian; Novikov, David; Thomas, Evan; Zhao, Jessie
  • Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder

Aerobiology Chamber for Pilot-scale Studies
TS-070103 — The Need Aerobiology chambers on the market today face several challenges, particularly in studying biohazardous aerosols and testing anti-bioaerosol agents. Large, room-sized chambers, while capable of mimicking indoor environments, are cumbersome to operate, require extensive decontamination, an…
  • College: College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES)
  • Inventors: Yousef, Ahmed; Ali, Mohamed; Kasler, David; Kwiek, Jesse; Sastry, Sudhir
  • Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana

Compact, High-Speed Data Acquisition System for Rotating Equipment
TS-069658 — The Need In both laboratory and industrial settings, obtaining accurate measurements from rotating equipment is challenging due to the limitations and high costs associated with electrical slip rings and wireless telemetry. Industries such as power transmission, gearing, turbines, and shafts requir…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Hong, Isaac
  • Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan

Suppressing background carbon incorporation using laser-assisted MOCVD growth of nitride-based semiconductors
TS-063717 — The Need In the world of semiconductor material systems, the demand for advancements in optoelectronic and power electronic devices is ever-growing. The fabrication of semiconductor films, crucial for these applications, primarily relies on epitaxy technologies such as hydride vapor phase epitaxy (…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Zhao, Hongping; Chen, Zhaoying; Zhang, Yuxuan
  • Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder

Monolayer Etching of Wurtzite GaN/AlGaN/AlN Using Cyclic O2 Plasma and Atomic Ga/Al Flux Exposure
TS-063466 — In the rapidly evolving world of semiconductor technology, there is a growing demand for efficient and precise methods of etching Gallium Nitride (GaN)-based semiconductors. Traditional wet and dry etching processes often damage the GaN, compromising the quality and performance of the final produc…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Rajan, Siddharth; Dheenan, Ashok; Rahman, Sheikh Ifatur; Wriedt, Nathan
  • Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan

Wind speed and direction measurement system
TS-063362 — Introducing our Low-Drag Smart Tether System—the future of fluid speed and direction measurement. Experience unmatched accuracy, energy efficiency, and reliability, revolutionizing how we perceive and utilize wind data in the modern age.
In the realm of aerial technology, the demand for accurate, low-cost wind monitors that are both scalable and efficient has never been higher. Traditional methods, such as pitot tubes and cup-and-vane anemometers, are marred by issues like icing vulnerability, high energy consumption, and unsuitab…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Dapino, Marcelo; Headings, Leon
  • Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan

Tunable Switched Impedance Matching Network (TSIMN)
TS-063058 — The Need In the era of electrified vehicles, there is a growing demand for efficient power systems that can provide high voltage and/or high output power to meet strict design requirements. These power systems also need to supply power to other equipment and circuits, such as DC-DC converters, on-b…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Wang, Jin
  • Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana

Laser Imaging of Gases for Real-Time Determination of Concentration and Location
TS-063051 — A stand-off gas detection system with active, laser-based sensing and imaging capabilities for commercial use
There is a critical need for a reliable, cost-effective, and safe method to detect gas leaks, particularly in gas lines to ensure the safety of service providers and customers. Distribution companies receive over 100,000 calls per year responding to gas odors, indicating potential leaks. The major…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Krishna, Sanjay; Ball, Christopher; Fink, Douglas "Rudy"; Fuller, Earl; Mooney, Douglas; Ringel, Brett; Ronningen, TJ
  • Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder

Lateral Interband Type-II Engineered (LITE) Detector
TS-062847 — Avalanche photodiodes (APDs) that target a wavelength of 1550 nm have several applications ranging from optical communications to imaging to single photon detection. There is increasing interest in APDs for longer wavelengths. A distinctive feature of an APD is high sensitivity due to the gain ach…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Krishna, Sanjay; Kodati, Sri Harsha; Lee, Seunghyun; Ronningen, TJ
  • Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder

Advanced AAV Gene Therapy Characterization Technique
TS-062608 — Gene therapy is an emerging technology that replaces a faulty gene or adds a new gene to cure disease or improve your body's ability to fight infection. These next-generation treatments hold promise for treating various genetic and chronic conditions, including but not limited to cancer, cystic …
  • College: College of Arts & Sciences
  • Inventors: Wysocki, Vicki; Cleary, Sean; Du, Chen
  • Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"

Panoptic Ion Source for Comprehensive Mass Spectrometry Analysis
TS-062577 — The Need Traditional Mass Spectrometry (MS) methods require solid and liquid samples to be vaporized and charged before analysis, which can be limiting. Existing ion sources are often specialized for specific types of analytes, leading to inefficiencies and the need for multiple devices. There is a…
  • College: College of Arts & Sciences
  • Inventors: Badu-Tawiah, Abraham; Amoah, Enoch; Chintalapudi, Kavyasree "Kavya"; Kulyk, Dmytro
  • Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana

Utilization of Interconnections in Electronic Circuits as Magnetohydrodynamic Pumps for Liquid Metalbased Cooling
TS-062494 — A novel magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) pump-based thermal management system design where integration of the cooling apparatus using electronic circuit interconnections achieves improved thermal management at a lower cost.
Newer applications incorporating high-power electronics designs face greater thermal management challenges and impact systemic stability and reliability. Enhanced cooling techniques in these complex electronic systems rely on liquid cooling instead of air cooling. However, liquid cooling approache…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Wang, Jin; Fan, Junchong
  • Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana

Golden-shift Ordered Cartesian sampling (GOC) for Dynamic MRI (Free-breathing Accelerated MRI Portfolio)
TS-062486 — Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a versatile noninvasive imaging tool that is routinely used to evaluate many diseases and conditions. MRI offers exquisite soft tissue contrast and high spatial resolution to enable comprehensive structural and functional assessment of internal organs. Recent innovations in data acquisition and processing can expand the clinical applications of MRI.
The Need A major limitation of MRI is slow data acquisition, which can compromise patient comfort, drive up costs, and increase susceptibility to motion. The clinical adoption of volumetric imaging for musculoskeletal and neuro applications, the growing demand for free-breathing real-time imaging …
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Ahmad, Rizwan; Jin, Ning; Liu, Yingmin; Simonetti, Orlando
  • Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder

Ion Carpet-Based Surface-Induced Dissociation Device
TS-062342 — The Need In the field of mass spectrometry (MS), the study of proteins and protein complexes in their native form, known as native MS, has become crucial in understanding their structure and function. However, the current collision-induced dissociation (CID) technique used in tandem MS experiments …
  • College: College of Arts & Sciences
  • Inventors: Wysocki, Vicki; Gilbert, Joshua; Stiving, Alyssa
  • Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"

Next-Generation Contained Mass Spectrometry capable of On-line Solid-Phase Extraction and Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization of Nonvolatile Solid and Liquid Complex Samples
TS-062340 — The Need There is a commercial need for an advanced ionization and analysis technology that can effectively and rapidly detect and analyze organic compounds, including both polar and non-polar ones, in various matrices. The current challenges in existing ambient mass spectrometry (MS) methods inclu…
  • College: College of Arts & Sciences
  • Inventors: Badu-Tawiah, Abraham; Kulyk, Dmytro
  • Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana

Thread-Based Immunoassay and Mass Spectrometry for Disease Biomarker Detection
TS-062337 — Background: Current immunoassay methods often rely on magnetic beads for sample collection and signal amplification, typically employing colorimetric detection based on enzymatic reactions. This approach raises stability concerns and is not ideal for field analysis due to the necessity of lasers fo…
  • College: College of Arts & Sciences
  • Inventors: Badu-Tawiah, Abraham; Jackson, Sierra; Swiner, Devin
  • Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana

A vibration free, low temperature sample holder for side-entry transmission electron microscopes
TS-055118 — This invention is a vibration free and temperature adjustable sample holder for transmission electron microscopes, allowing improved imaging of beam-sensitive and temperature dependent specimens in the physical sciences.
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is used to capture fine detail of specimens less than 100 nm thick making it ideal for physical, chemical, and biological sciences. To generate an image of a physical science specimen, the sample must be cooled to cryogenic temperatures to halt atomic movemen…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Reifsnyder, Alexander; McComb, David
  • Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan

Scalable laser-assisted MOCVD chamber design with laser array input
TS-050244 — A design of scalable laser-assisted MOCVD chamber for III-nitrides and other semiconductors with a laser array input.
III-nitrides represent an important semiconductor material system for both optoelectronic and power electronic device applications. Advantages for III-nitrides include high electron saturation velocity, high critical electric field, high radiation resistance and decent thermal performance. Therefo…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Zhao, Hongping; Chen, Zhaoying
  • Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder

An Optical Fiber-Based Gamma Thermometer with Simple Design and Potential for Adjustable Axial Segmentation
TS-050215 — This invention proposes that an Optical Fiber-Based Gamma-Ray Calorimeter (OFBGC) sensor array can be designed, which does not require the distinct metallic thermal masses that are a part of the Optical Fiber-Based Gamma Thermometer (OFBGT).
As the world continues to grow and industrialize, the need for safe and efficient power is paramount. Currently, in nuclear fission reactors, there are Local Power Range Monitors (LPRM). They are ion chambers that contain fissile material. The electric current between their anode and cathode is mo…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Blue, Thomas; Birri, Anthony "Tony"
  • Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder

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