Systems and Methods of Reminding Drivers of the Stalking Vehicles on the Road
TS-063308 —
In today’s world, privacy and safety are paramount. Being followed by other vehicles during driving can be unnerving and potentially dangerous, leading to privacy leakage and even significant traffic accidents. There is a pressing need for a solution that can detect abnormal following vehicl…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Sun, Wei; Srinivasan, Kannan
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Patient Access Prioritization Score
TS-063212 — When a patient demonstrates signs of imminent clinical deterioration, it is essential to immediately assess and treat the patient to prevent intensive care unit transfer, cardiac arrest, or death. These tasks often include transferring the patient to other facilities with optimal capabilities.
T…
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Reinbolt, Raquel; Cohn, David
- Licensing Officer: Hampton, Andrew
Convolutional Neural Network to Assess Phayngeal and Laryngeal Pathology and Function on Nasopharyngolaryngoscopy
TS-063154 — Worldwide, 686,000 new head and neck (H&N) cancers are diagnosed yearly, and 375,000 people will die annually. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is responsible for an increasing subset of H&N malignancies called oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas (OPSCC). Although it has a better prognosis than…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Krening, Samantha; Gifford, Ryan; Jhawar, Sachin; VanKoevering, Kyle
- Licensing Officer: Hampton, Andrew
Thermotropic liquid crystal-based sensors for naked-eye detection of SARS-CoV-2 with ultrahigh sensitivity and selectivity
TS-063069 —
In the wake of the global pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, the need for rapid, accurate, and efficient diagnostic methods for respiratory viral infections has become more critical than ever. Traditional diagnostic methods, while reliable, are often time-consuming, labor-intensive, and lack the neces…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Wang, Xiaoguang; Qin, Rongjun; Rather, Adil; Xu, Yang
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Auditing Fairness Online through Interactive Refinement
TS-063038 — The Need
In the era of machine learning, high-stakes decisions are increasingly being made by black box models, leading to concerns about accountability and fairness. These models can exhibit inherent biases, raising the need for a system that ensures accountability and fairness in decision-making …
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Maneriker, Pranav; Burley, Codi; Parthasarathy, Srinivasan
- Licensing Officer: Hampton, Andrew
Method and system for generating data-enriching augmented reality applications from a domain-specific language
TS-063032 — The Need
In the age of augmented reality (AR), there's a growing opportunity for a comprehensive solution that facilitates the seamless exploration of real-world data through camera-based AR applications. These applications require the ability to extract, cache, and enrich information, enhancin…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Nandi, Arnab; Burley, Codi; Sarkhel, Ritesh "Ritesh"
- Licensing Officer: Hampton, Andrew
Counterattacking Smart Contract Exploits: An Active Defense Approach
TS-063027 — The Need
Smart contracts have revolutionized the way transactions are conducted, but their unique nature makes them susceptible to exploitation. Despite extensive efforts in vulnerability identification, exploitable vulnerabilities persist, resulting in substantial financial losses. To mitigate thi…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: LIN, ZHIQIANG; Morales, Marcelo
- Licensing Officer: Hampton, Andrew
LabanLens™: Transforming Dance Analysis through Augmented Reality
TS-062341 — The Need: In the world of dance education and performance analysis, there is a pressing need for innovative tools that cater to diverse learning styles and intelligences. Traditional teaching methods often fall short in engaging students fully and providing a comprehensive understanding of dance mov…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Kosstrin, Hannah; Anderson, Ian; Kaylor, Michael; Mueller, Kurt "Kurtis"; Summers, Christopher
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
Graduate Education Management
TS-062332 — The Need: In the fast-paced and ever-evolving landscape of graduate education, universities and academic institutions face mounting challenges in efficiently managing their graduate students' academic journeys. With diverse departmental requirements, it becomes crucial to have a centralized solu…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Hardesty, Michael; Box-Steffensmeier, Janet; Carl, Tammy; Decot, Kyle; Freeman, Elizabeth; Griffin, Kathleen; Hurst, Nicholas "Nick"; Kerler, Thomas; Leaflight, Ren; Malone, Kelly "Kelly Renee Hopkins"; Papke, Julia; Plas, Rebecca "Becky"; Schweinfurth, Staci; Smith, Timothy; Van Dyke, Lisa
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
SUMMIT MS/NMR: A Combined MS/NMR Strategy for the Rapid Identification of New Metabolites in Complex Mixtures
TS-062324 — The Need
Metabolomics researchers face a critical challenge in identifying unknown components within complex metabolite mixtures. The absence of efficient and accurate methods hampers their ability to discover new metabolites in biological and biomedical samples. Existing technologies, such as expe…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Bruschweiler, Rafael; Bingol, Ahmet
- Licensing Officer: Willson, Christopher
SimPi: A Remote Power Platform for Simulation
TS-059056 — A platform for improving simulations across many industries.
Developing real-life simulations of disasters is vital for safety and reducing their financial impact; however, current simulation tools are bulky, expensive to implement, and require advanced technical skills to operate.
Simulations are essential for evaluating the potential impacts of disasters and for creating effective preparedness and response plans to facilitate organized and coordinated actions. Since response plans are not theoretical exercises, they must frequently be tested to be evaluated, adapted, and u…
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Winfield, Scott; Beck, James; Finnegan, Geoff
- Licensing Officer: Hampton, Andrew
Vehicle-in-Virtual-Environment Method for Autonomous Driving System Development and Evaluation
TS-054005 — This technology is a Vehicle-in-Virtual Environment (VVE) method for testing and evaluating Autonomous Vehicles (AV). The VVE approach is a safe, reliable, repetitive, and scalable method of testing AVs, decreasing the risks and costs of testing AVs on public roads.
The demand for autonomous vehicles continues to grow as companies and cities realize the effect on the costs, safety, and efficiency that AVs have on everyday lives. Initiatives such as MCity in Detroit, Michigan, and Smart City in Columbus, Ohio, show a strong commitment to the development of aut…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Guvenc, Levent; Aksun Guvenc, Bilin
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
Mobile Harmful Contaminant Detection System: Home Health Kit for the detection of Allergens, Chemicals and Viruses
TS-052249 — A tool for simply and affordably assessing levels of certain household allergens (including asthma triggers), chemical contaminants (formaldehyde) and viruses (including SARS-CoV-2).
The Need
Household allergens (including Asthma triggers)
Asthma is one of the most common chronic conditions among children in the United States and a major cause of childhood disability. Despite advances in medical treatment, many children have poor asthma control that results in disruptions in s…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Dannemiller, Karen; Parquette, Jonathan; Qin, Rongjun
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Finding rare events by knowing where NOT to look
TS-051417 —
Traditional regression analysis has been a staple in predicting cause-effect relationships. Counltess industries use these methods to predict rare events, from economic issues to cancer research, causality is often a desired result. Given the vast amount of potential variables it sometimes becomes…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Melamed, David; Schoon, Eric
- Licensing Officer: Hampton, Andrew
Concept Discovery from Text via Knowledge Transfer
TS-050856 — A better way for systems to organize, file, or index documents or content based on actual or anticipated information needed in the form of a user query or natural language question.
Data Processing and (IT)-related activities, ranging from web hosting to automated data entry services are more important than ever due to the large amounts of data collected through technology. According to IBIS World, "Companies will increasingly capture more data, requiring the outside exp…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Das, Manirupa; Fosler-Lussier, John Eric; Ramnath, Rajiv
- Licensing Officer: Hampton, Andrew
Cochlear Implant Post-Surgical Software
TS-050247 — Software to objectively optimize cochlear implant settings for the post-surgical patient
Each year, over 72,000 severely hearing-impaired patients get a cochlear implant (“CI”) to hear again or to hear for the first time. Specialized audiologists adjust default hearing settings in the patient's implant after the surgery, using a subjective “Which sounds better?&r…
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Skidmore, Jeffrey
- Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan
Process Monitoring of Internal Temperature Distribution of Powder Bed Fusion Parts
TS-047605 — An ensemble kamlan filter (EnKF) state observer algorithm and process monitoring method for more quickly and accurately estimating the internal temperature gradient of Powder Bed Fusion parts for enhanced process monitoring and control.
Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) is a subset of additive manufacturing processes that performs a layer-by-layer fabrication of metal components by selectively melting metal powder disbursed over the earlier layer. PBF processes encompass methods such as selective laser sintering (SLS), direct metal laser s…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Wood, Nathaniel; Hoelzle, David
- Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan
Louie: An Augmented Reality Sensory Trigger Wayfinding System for People with Autism
TS-043077 — An Augmented Reality Sensory Trigger Wayfinding System for People with Autism
Millions of people on the Autism spectrum face challenges getting from place to place due to sensory sensitivities to sounds, sights, smells, tastes, physical feelings, and crowds. Due to these triggers, people with Autism have a strong need to know where they are going and what will be there so t…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Ezell, Jonathan; Kaufman, Robert; Kaufman, Michael
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Better Recognition of Exposure to Asthma Triggers in the Home Environment using Smartphones (BREATHES)
TS-041784 — A tool for simply and affordably assessing levels of certain household allergens and asthma triggers.
Asthma is one of the most common chronic conditions among children in the United States and a major cause of childhood disability. Despite advances in medical treatment, many children have poor asthma control that results in disruptions in school attendance, extracurricular activities, exercise, a…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Dannemiller, Karen; Gouma, Pelagia-Iren; Perzanowski, Matthew; Qin, Rongjun
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
The FoodImage Smartphone App
TS-040080 — FoodImage quantifies food waste in near real-time using images of food products and food waste captured by end users or consumers.
The Need: In the face of mounting environmental concerns and a growing global population, food waste has become a critical issue. It is estimated that billions of tons of food are wasted each year, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and straining natural resources. Addressing food waste is not…
- College: College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES)
- Inventors: Roe, Brian; Apolzan, John; Martin, Corby
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
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