Vehicle-in-Virtual-Environment (VVE) Method for Autonomous Driving System Development and Evaluation
TS-073818 —
Autonomous and advanced driver-assistance systems require extensive testing across rare, hazardous, and edge-case scenarios to ensure safety and regulatory readiness. Existing approaches (pure simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, proving grounds, or public-road testing) each suffer from tradeoffs in …
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Guvenc, Levent; Aksun Guvenc, Bilin
- Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder
PS3 Algorithm: Scalable Mixed‑Integer Optimal Control for Electrified Powertrains
TS-073768 —
Electrified and hybrid vehicle powertrains are increasingly complex, integrating mechanical, electrical, thermal, and emissions subsystems with both continuous and discrete decision variables. Existing energy management and co‑optimization approaches typically rely on simplified models, sequenti…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Anwar, Hamza; Ahmed, Qadeer; Fahim, Muhammad
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Data‑Driven Powertrain Recommender Systems (PRS) for Optimized Truck Fleets
TS-073692 —
Fleet operators face increasing pressure to reduce operating costs and emissions while maintaining performance and reliability. Choosing the “right” truck (diesel, alternative fuel, or battery electric) for a specific duty cycle remains largely heuristic, conservative, and error‑prone. As a …
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Ahmed, Qadeer; Subraya-Hegde, Sharat; Villani, Manfredi
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
DPRA: Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment for Cyber Security Risk Analysis
TS-073146 —
As industrial systems become increasingly digital and interconnected, traditional risk assessment tools struggle to capture how cyber threats interact with physical processes in real time. Existing methods typically assess hardware failures or isolated cyber events, but they cannot model how attac…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Smidts, Carol; Diao, Xiaoxu; Vaddi, Pavan Kumar; Zhao, Yunfei
- Licensing Officer: Giles, David
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
Immersive VR Platform for Human Reliability Assessment for Physical Security
TS-073103 —
Physical protection remains a major driver of nuclear plant operations and maintenance costs, yet current security risk models rely on conservative assumptions and sparse empirical data on how defenders and operators actually behave under extreme threat. They rarely capture errors of commission, k…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Smidts, Carol; Dechasuravanit, Atitarn; Diao, Xiaoxu; Olatubosun, Samuel; Rownak, Md Ragib; Shafieezadeh, Abdollah; Yilmaz, Alper; Zhao, Yunfei
- Licensing Officer: Giles, David
SPARKLE: Machine Learning Platform for Rapid Organic Battery Material Discovery
TS-071386 — The Need
The search for sustainable, high-performance battery materials is hindered by reliance on finite metal-based resources and slow, trial-and-error development cycles. Organic electrode materials (OEMs), composed of earth-abundant elements, offer a more sustainable path but present challenges …
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Paulson, Joel; Muthyala, Madhav; Park, Jay; Sorourifar, Farshud; Zhang, Shiyu
- Licensing Officer: Mess, David
VerDiff: Automated Vulnerability Version Detection for Open Source Security
TS-071385 — The Need
Open source software is foundational to modern development, yet it introduces significant security risks due to outdated dependencies and inaccurate vulnerability advisories. Public databases often fail to identify all affected versions of software, leaving organizations exposed. With vulne…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Anwar, Md Sakib; Lin, Zhiqiang; Yagemann, Carter
- Licensing Officer: Mess, David
A Generalized Mistuning Model for Bladed Disk Systems
TS-070971 — The Need
Modern gas turbines and compressors rely on bladed disks, which are highly sensitive to mistuning caused by manufacturing tolerances, wear, or damage. Existing modeling tools are fragmented, complex, and often limited to specific mistuning types. Industry will greatly benefit from a unified…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: D'Souza, Kiran; Krizak, Troy
- Licensing Officer: Giles, David
Vision System Using MDP-Based Tracking for Automated Dimensional Analysis
TS-068440 —
Accurate measurement of physical attributes, such as dimensions, alignments, and surface features, is essential for ensuring quality and consistency across industries. Traditional measurement methods, often reliant on manual tools and human oversight, are time-intensive, prone to errors, and lac…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Allen, Theodore "Ted"; Rodriguezbuno, Ramiro; Zhang, Yifei
- Licensing Officer: Giles, David
Computational Design of Experiment Framework for Processing of Metal Alloys
TS-067792 — A software tool for optimizing the manufacturing process for metal alloys.
Metallic alloys are composed of a homogeneous mixture of two or more metals or of metals and nonmetal or metalloid elements to provide specific characteristics or structural properties. Alloys are used in many applications, such as aircraft, offshore drilling, automobiles, and others.
Obtaining t…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Alexandrov, Boian; Forquer, Matthew; Jang, Eun; Luo, Yuxiang; Stewart, Jeffrey
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
BDAMPER: Advanced Application Software for Dynamic Analysis and Design of Friction Damper Structures
TS-066234 —
In the realm of rotating machinery and structural engineering, the need to manage and mitigate vibrations is paramount. Excessive vibrations can lead to material fatigue, operational inefficiency, and catastrophic failures. Industries require a sophisticated, accurate, and versatile tool to design…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Menq, Chia-Hsiang; Yang, Been-Der
- Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan
SimulationAI -- AI-Enabled Software Solution for Physics-Based Simulations
TS-066058 — By adopting our AI-driven solution, engineering teams can achieve more in less time, push the boundaries of innovation, and significantly cut down costs, all while maintaining or increasing the reliability and accuracy of their structural and material analysis. This is not just an evolution in FEM technology—it's a revolution.
In an era where precision and efficiency drive the success of engineering projects, the finite element method (FEM) remains indispensable but is burdened by high operational and computational costs. These costs often lead to overlooked uncertainty factors, suboptimal designs, and significant finan…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Soghrati, Soheil; vemparala, Balavignesh; Yang, Ming
- Licensing Officer: Giles, David
Introducing Revolutionary IC Chip Technology: Enhancing Cybersecurity with Physically Unclonable Functions
TS-065436 — The Need: In an era dominated by digital transactions and sensitive data exchanges, ensuring robust cybersecurity measures is paramount for individuals and organizations alike. Traditional methods of securing data often fall short in the face of sophisticated cyber threats, necessitating innovative …
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Gauthier, Daniel; Canaday, Daniel; Charlot, Noeloikeau; Pomerance, Andrew
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
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
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: Mess, David
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: Mess, David
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, Eric; Ramnath, Rajiv
- Licensing Officer: Giles, David
DG-WAVE: A Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) Finite Element-Based Wave Model
TS-039058 — DGWAVE is a simple and efficient (finite element-based) wave modeling software package for simulating wind-driven waves in marine environments. Model input, execution and visualization of output, which includes time series of significant wave heights, are handled through an easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI).
There are many applications that require studying wind-driven waves in marine environments. Modeling waves is a necessary tool to study these specific results, because a model allows for the researcher to be in a different location from the body of water, as well as control all of the potential va…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Kubatko, Ethan; Nappi, Angela; West, Dustin
- Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan
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