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: Zinn, Ryan
Unlocking Hidden Opportunities: The Power of Multi-Solution Spatial Aggregation
TS-067434 — The Need
Spatial aggregation is crucial in numerous industries where data from low-level spatial units, such as census blocks, must be grouped into larger, meaningful regions. Traditional approaches often struggle with the computational complexity of these tasks and tend to focus on finding a singl…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Xiao, Ningchuan
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
AIDRIN (AI Data Readiness Inspector)
TS-067116 — AIDRIN (AI Data Readiness INspector) is a system designed to comprehensively evaluate datasets through a diverse range of metrics, giving an overall perspective on their readiness for AI applications.
In the contemporary digital landscape, the explosive growth in data generation has created a pressing need for efficient and scalable database systems. Traditional databases struggle with the increasing volume, variety, and velocity of data, leading to performance bottlenecks, high operational cos…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Byna, Suren; Hiniduma, Kaveen
- Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan
Dust Analysis: A Novel Approach to Monitoring Viral Spread
TS-066962 — The Need
Viral disease surveillance (e.g. influenza, SARS-CoV-2) in high-risk settings faces several challenges, such as asymptomatic carriers, incomplete reporting, resource limitations, and delayed diagnosis of traditional swab test methods. These challenges could allow a virus to silently spread…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Dannemiller, Karen; Faith, Seth; Hull, Natalie; Nastasi, Nick; Renninger, Nicole
- Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana
Smartphone Detection Kit for Airborne Formaldehyde and Allergens
TS-066960 — The Need
Indoor air can be polluted by various sources, including building materials, furniture, cleaning products, and even people. Exposure to these resulting contaminants and allergens can lead to a variety of health problems, such as respiratory irritation, allergies, and even cancer. It is cur…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Dannemiller, Karen; Parquette, Jonathan; Qin, Rongjun
- 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: Zinn, Ryan
Revolutionizing Literacy Instruction with LetterWorks: Bridging Tradition and Technology
TS-065840 — The Need
Incorporating Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) into literacy instruction is imperative, especially for at-risk populations, yet research in this area remains limited. The demand for effective tools to enhance literacy learning among struggling readers is critical. Teachers…
- College: College of Education & Human Ecology
- Inventors: Rodgers, Emily; D'Agostino, Jerome
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
Clearinghouse for Evidence-based Programs and Practices for School and School District Improvement
TS-065824 — The Need: In today's educational landscape, the demand for evidence-based practices to enhance student outcomes is paramount. Educators seek efficient, accessible resources aligned with federal guidelines to drive improvement efforts effectively. However, navigating through the plethora of infor…
- College: John Glenn College of Public Affairs
- Inventors: Joyce, Erin; Knighton, Ryan; Maurer, Julie; Porter, Lauren
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
Student Success Dashboard: Transforming Education Through Data-Driven Support
TS-065820 — Ohio Student Success Dashboard: Revolutionizing Student Support
The Need: Ohio and the national economy are undergoing a transformative shift, where traditional high school education no longer guarantees success in the job market. With nearly 60% of jobs requiring additional training beyond a high …
- College: College of Education & Human Ecology
- Inventors: Hawley, Joshua
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
Secure Your Digital Fortress: Revolutionizing Cybersecurity with Next-Gen PUF Technology
TS-065412 — The Need:
In contemporary cybersecurity landscapes, the conventional methods of employing Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs) necessitate maintaining a secure challenge-response database. However, this practice poses significant security risks as access to this database could lead to the comprom…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Gauthier, Daniel
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
KineScribe, an iPad app for Laban movement notations.
TS-064260 — The Need: Dance researchers, educators, choreographers, and movement practitioners face the challenge of accessing and editing Laban movement notation scores on modern, portable devices. With the discontinuation of LabanWriter, the industry lacked a touch-screen application tailored to the latest te…
- College: College of Arts & Sciences
- Inventors: Kosstrin, Hannah; Summers, Christopher
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
How Are You Feeling Today? Organizational Mental Health Indicator and Real-Time Help Application
TS-064244 — The Need: Organizations, particularly college campuses, are facing a growing challenge in addressing student mental health issues. The rising prevalence of severe psychological problems, anxiety disorders, and depression among students necessitates a proactive and effective solution. The existing ga…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Ezell, Jonathan; Kaufman, Michael
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
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: Randhawa, Davinder
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: Randhawa, Davinder
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
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: 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
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: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
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: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
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
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: Mess, David
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: Randhawa, Davinder
Matchmaking app for university research personnel, trainees, equipment, and funding opportunities.
TS-040259 — A matchmaking app designed for university research personnel, trainees, equipment, and funding opportunities.
To connect people, resources, and events within a university, individuals create informative materials, such as websites, videos, and flyers. All of these are passive means of outreach require active engagement from individuals on campus. In addition, materials provided for outreach are typically …
- College: Office of Academic Affairs
- Inventors: Hiremath, Kedar
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
Document and Results Management System
TS-040024 — Software for importing and organizing data into a patient's electronic medical record.
Electronic health records (EHR) are digital versions of a patient’s paper chart and provide real-time, patient-centered records that provide information instantly and securely to medical providers. In addition, data can be shared nationally with other providers with different specialties and d…
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Sneddon, Jeffrey; Poeppelman, Nathan; Wong, Desmond
- Licensing Officer: Taysavang, Panya
Read It Again-Mobile (RIA-M)
TS-039614 — A mobile app version of a widely used preschool language and literacy curriculum.
As the integration of technology in the classroom increases, students are exposed to technology earlier in their academic careers. While math and science courses have adopted technology to educate students, literary curricula, particularly those developed for early-childhood classes, lack electron…
- College: College of Education & Human Ecology
- Inventors: Justice, Laura; Logan, Jessica; McGinty, Anita
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
Suicide Prevention App
TS-039232 — RUOK: O-H-I-O serves as an application for suicide prevention that offers a 24 hour suicide prevention crisis line based on the user's geolocation.
Suicide prevention has become an absolutely essential health and wellness service to assist many people who are diagnosed with depression. Any tool that can make prevention more effective or more personal, or offers more information for those affected by depression and their loved ones, is a neces…
- College: College of Education & Human Ecology
- Inventors: Winger, Wendy; Fullen, Matthew; Granello, Darcy; Hansen, Ryan
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
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
Turf Whisperer: Location Selective Data Delivery via Low-Power Acoustic Transmissions
TS-037839 — A way to use audio systems to send information to select locations and people, without the public hearing it.
With the advent of digital communications platforms such as mobile devices, information is able is to be disseminated almost instantly, to anywhere in the world. However, some aspects of modern infrastructure have not caught up to the information age, with facilities such as supermarkets and airpo…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Koksal, C. Emre; Indukuri, Harihara Varma
- Licensing Officer: Mess, David
DV8: The Spatial-Temporal Interactive Air Traffic Performance Visualization and Analysis Tool
TS-037833 — Optimization of air traffic infrastructure through efficient flight routing - reduces fuel cost, avoids adverse weather, improves "on-time" flight performance metrics.
America's air traffic control infrastructure has not been updated in decades and lags behind the rest of world. In lieu of a complete rebuild using GPS and digital messaging, other upgrades could be made to optimize the efficiency of flight routing. These types of upgrades would be software ba…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Young, Seth; Meyer, Nicholas; Nandi, Arnab
- Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan
Family HealthLink: A Health Risk Assessment Tool
TS-037825 — An online interactive tool that helps a patients and physicians assess a likelihood of cancer or heart disease, based on family history.
Physician documentation of family history in the EPIC® EMR for breast and ovarian cancer has been a common practice for many years, but documentation and assessment for other cancer types (and extended family history) have remained sparse and incomplete (Sweet, Sturm et al. 2015). In addition …
- College: College of Medicine (COM)
- Inventors: Sweet, Kevin; Newman, David "David"; Sturm, Amy; Westman, Judith "Judy"
- Licensing Officer: Taysavang, Panya
Employee Skillset Solver
TS-037231 — A software system that allows companies to easily identify missing skill sets of their employees and to connect these employees to pertinent job trainings.
Human Resource (HR) departments spend millions of dollars each year training employees, but these trainings are often disconnected from performance reviews or career advancement. HR departments struggle to identify the needs of individual employees so these individual employees must often justify …
- College: Fisher College of Business
- Inventors: Goffe, Gretchen
- Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan
Good Bugs +: Information about Natural Enemies, Pollinators, and Native Plants for Fruit, Vegetable, and Field Crop Growers
TS-036585 — An iOS, Android, and web-derived database on the various forms of life within a garden, and how they interact and affect the success of plants within the garden
There are a growing number of local farmers and agriculturalists looking to provide fresh produce at farmers markets. However, the of lack a centralized source of information that pertains to the often crucial relationship between plants and other forms of life, which could be symbiotic or parasit…
- College: College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES)
- Inventors: Jasinski, James; Gardiner, Mary; Welty, Celeste
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
AssessTech: Revolutionizing Education Evaluation with OSU's Advanced Rubric System
TS-015178 — The Need: In today's rapidly evolving educational landscape, the demand for streamlined assessment tools that efficiently evaluate student performance while providing valuable feedback has never been greater. Educational institutions and instructors seek comprehensive solutions that integrate se…
- College: College of Education & Human Ecology
- Inventors: Gimbert, Belinda; Washington, Rebecca
- Licensing Officer: Dahlman, Jason "Jay"
Subject Matter Expert Refined Topic Models
TS-015175 — Human-Assisted Modeling (HAM), Subject Matter Expert Refined Models (SMERM), and Subject Matter Expert Refined Topic (SMERT) Models.
Currently, unstructured data represents up to 80% of the data within an organization. This means the traditional data, such as sales figures or other statistics, are separated into different documents without a meaningful and effective way to aggregate the data. Due to this there is now an opportu…
- College: College of Engineering (COE)
- Inventors: Allen, Theodore; Xiong, Hui
- Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan