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
Real‑Time Water Management Technology for Agricultural Drainage and Irrigation
TS-074217 — An OSU innovation may enable farmers to actively manage water at the field scale to improve crop performance, input efficiency, and operational profitability.
Overview
Ohio State University researchers have developed a real‑time, low‑cost sensing and control system that addresses a critical challenge in agriculture: limited ability to actively manage water in tile‑drained fields and controlled irrigation systems under variable weather and soil c…
- College: College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES)
- Inventors: Tirpak, Andrew
- Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana
Barrier Inlet Screening Systems for Safer, Lower‑Cost Highway Stormwater Management
TS-074216 — Reducing debris‑related drainage failures while lowering maintenance risk and lifecycle costs for transportation infrastructure owners.
Overview
Ohio State University researchers have developed a barrier inlet screening technology that reduces large debris accumulation and associated maintenance risks in highway stormwater systems.
The Opportunity
This technology introduces a universally compatible, externally mounted inlet…
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- Inventors: Kerns, Justin; Tirpak, Andrew; Winston, Ryan
- Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana
High‑Flux Nanocomposite Polyamide Membranes for Advanced Water Separation
TS-074143 —
Across desalination, water reuse, and other separation markets, operators continue to face a fundamental tradeoff between membrane permeability and selectivity. Existing commercial polyamide membranes often sacrifice water flux to achieve high salt rejection, driving higher energy consumption, inc…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Ho, W.S. Winston
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Scalable Templating Method for High‑Rate Battery Electrodes
TS-074050 —
As batteries are pushed toward faster charging and higher power operation, conventional electrode architectures struggle to deliver their full theoretical capacity. Dense electrodes often suffer from poor ion and electron transport, leading to large capacity losses at high charge and discharge rat…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Lorie Lopez, Jose; Co, Anne
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
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
Bioremediation for Sustainable Plastic Waste Reduction
TS-074040 — Unlocking a low‑energy, scalable biological platform for degrading for reducing bioplastic and microplastic accumulation.
Overview
Plastic and bioplastic residues continue to build up in water, soil, and composting systems, creating long‑term environmental and regulatory challenges. Althoug…
- College: College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES)
- Inventors: Somasundaram, Sripoorna; Ghosh, Rinky; Vodovotz, Yael; Yu, Zhongtang
- Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana
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
Robust Joining Technology for Safer Metallized Polymer Battery Current Collectors
TS-073732 —
Advanced lithium-ion batteries increasingly adopt metallized polymer current collectors to improve safety by mitigating internal short circuits and thermal runaway. However, these collectors are inherently difficult to join to each other and to battery tabs using conventional manufacturing methods…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Colvin, Nathaniel "Flint"; Benatar, Avraham "Avi"
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
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