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Scalable Microbial Electrochemical Systems: Maximizing Food Waste Valorization into Biofuels
TS-070156 — This advanced electro-fermentation technology efficiently transforms diverse food waste streams into high-value biofuels, offering a sustainable and scalable solution for industrial applications.
Background Food waste, with 2.5 billion tons discarded globally each year, drives pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Conventional disposal methods like landfilling and incineration are unsustainable and risky. This technology leverages microbial electrochemical systems (MES) to transfor…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Saba, Beenish "bina"; Cornish, Katrina
  • Licensing Officer: Panic, Ana

Next-Gen 3D Nanostructures for Solar-Powered Chemical Processes
TS-070030 — The Need Current photocatalytic technologies often require UV light for activation, limiting their efficiency and applicability under natural sunlight. Additionally, the short lifespan of photogenerated electrons and holes in TiO₂ nanoparticles hinders effective utilization. There is a need for a…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Gouma, Pelagia "Perena"
  • Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder

Intermediate Steel Alloy for Joining Steel to Aluminum
TS-069805 — The Need Welding or bonding steel to aluminum is challenging due to the formation of brittle Fe-Al intermetallic compounds, which weaken the joints. Current methods require alternative, costly joining processes. There is a critical need for a solution that allows the use of traditional welding tech…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Zhang, Wei; Walker, Luke
  • Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan

Bulk Ferroelectric Thermal Switch
TS-069780 — The Need Efficient thermal management is crucial in various industries, yet current solutions often fall short in terms of performance and adaptability. There is a significant need for a technology that can effectively control heat flow in bulk materials, enhancing the efficiency of systems ranging…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Heremans, Joseph; Wooten, Brandi
  • Licensing Officer: Zinn, Ryan

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

GPS Independent Lane Level Vehicle Localization
TS-069654 — Technology bundle containing T2025-148 and T2024-150.
The Need Reliable vehicle localization is critical for autonomous and human-driven vehicles, especially in GPS-denied environments such as dense urban areas, tunnels, and off-road farms and construction sites. Current localization methods relying solely on GPS are prone to signal loss and inaccurac…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Javed, Nur Uddin; Ahmed, Qadeer
  • Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana

Advanced LEO Satellite-Based Position, Navigation, and Timing Solutions
TS-069653 — Technology Bundle: T2025-037, T2025-053, T2025-055
The Need Current global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) face significant challenges, including signal vulnerability to interference, limited coverage in urban and remote areas, and insufficient accuracy for high-precision applications. There is a critical need for more robust, accurate, and rel…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Kassas, Zak; Kozhaya, Sharbel
  • Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana

New Star Outphasing RF Power Amplifier with High Efficiency and Backoff
TS-069652 — The Need Current radio frequency (RF) power amplifiers often struggle with efficiency at varying power levels, leading to increased energy consumption and operational costs. This new RF outphasing power amplifier (OPA) addresses the need for high efficiency at peak and backoff power levels, making …
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Roblin, Patrick; Mikrut, Dominic
  • Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana

Single-Input Mixer and LO Free Drivers for Outphasing RF Power Amplifiers
TS-069651 — The Need Current outphasing radio-frequency (RF) power amplifiers require multiple RF inputs, making them complex and costly. The generation of multiple modulated RF signals increases power dissipation and cost, limiting their attractiveness for widespread use. There is a need for a simplified solu…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Roblin, Patrick
  • Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana

3-Stage Membrane Processes for CO2 Capture from Flue Gases
TS-069650 — The Need The urgent need to mitigate climate change has driven the demand for efficient carbon capture technologies. Current methods often fall short in achieving high capture rates and purity levels, especially for industrial applications. This technology addresses the critical need for a scalable…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Han, Yang; Ho, W.S. Winston
  • Licensing Officer: Ashouripashaki, Mandana

Motion-Guided Deep Image Prior (M-DIP) for Dynamic Image Reconstruction in Cardiovascular MRI
TS-069527 — The Need Cardiovascular MRI (CMR) data acquisition is often time-consuming and relies on complex reconstruction methods that do not fully exploit the spatial and temporal structure of CMR data. There is a need for a more efficient, unsupervised approach that can accelerate CMR imaging while maintai…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Ahmad, Rizwan; Chen, Chong; Sultan, Muhammad
  • Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder

Elastocloric Dehumidifier for Atmospheric Water Harvesting
TS-069524 — The Need Global water scarcity is a critical issue, with many regions lacking access to clean and reliable water sources. Traditional water harvesting methods are often energy-intensive and inefficient. There is a pressing need for innovative, sustainable, and energy-efficient technologies to extra…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: LaRocco, John; Simonis, John; Tahmina, Qudsia
  • Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder

SyMANTIC – Novel Symbolic Regression to Discover Accurate Models from Data
TS-069523 — The Need In many scientific and industrial fields, there is a critical need for interpretable and accurate models that can be derived from complex datasets. Traditional machine learning methods often produce black-box models that lack transparency and interpretability, making it difficult to unders…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Muthyala, Madhav Reddy; Paulson, Joel; Sorourifar, Farshud
  • Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder

Enhanced Butanol Production via Engineered Clostridium Strains
TS-069522 — The Need The biofuel and biochemical industries face challenges in efficiently converting fermentation byproducts, such as butyrate, into higher-value products like butanol. Traditional methods often result in the accumulation of waste products, limiting overall process efficiency and economic viab…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Moore, Curtis; Yang, Shang-Tian "ST"
  • Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder

Novel Efficient Butanol Production without CO2 Emission
TS-068795 — The Need Renewable energy resources have gained global interest due to environmental issues, climate change, oil price and supply volatility, and decreasing nonrenewable fossil fuel sources. Butanol is a biofuel alternative that can provide a higher heating value, lower volatility, polarity, cor…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Yang, Shang-Tian "ST"
  • Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder

Sustainability-Aware Management of Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) Fleets
TS-068477 — The Need Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) are critical to modern, highly automated environments, operating 24/7 to optimize tasks, increase throughput, and meet demanding operational requirements. However, most task allocation and charging solutions focus solely on maximizing performance metrics like…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Brocanelli, Marco
  • Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder

A Method for Accurate Cross Band Channel Prediction
TS-068476 — The Need Modern wireless networks, including 5G and future 6G systems, rely heavily on accurate channel prediction to ensure efficient and reliable communication. Frequency Domain Duplexing (FDD) systems face challenges in accurately predicting downlink channels from uplink channels, particularly in…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Banerjee, Avishek; Athreya, Kannan; Parthasarathy, Srinivasan
  • Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder

A Scalable Method for Minimizing Beam-Training Overhead in mmWave Communications
TS-068475 — The Need As mmWave technology becomes the backbone of 5G and other advanced communication systems, the demand for fast, reliable, and scalable beamforming solutions has surged. Traditional beam-training methods are computationally intensive and time-consuming, leading to delays in establishing high-…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Athreya, Kannan; Chen, Wei-Han; Liu, Xin; Parthasarathy, Srinivasan
  • Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder

Passive Optical-to-RF Conversion for Secure Eavesdropping on Optical Wireless Communication Systems
TS-068474 — The Need As Optical Wireless Communication (OWC) systems become increasingly prevalent, there is a growing demand for innovative signal conversion techniques that enhance communication capabilities while addressing security vulnerabilities. Conventional methods of optical-to-RF signal conversion rel…
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Liu, Xin; Song, Guanqun; Zhu, Ting
  • Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder

Method for developing thick β-Ga2O3 films on (001) Ga2O3 substrates using (AlxGa1-x)2O3 buffer layer
TS-068473 — The Need β-Ga2O3 has spurred substantial interest in semiconductors and transistors in high-power/high-frequency electronics and ultraviolet optoelectronics. However, there exists a critical challenge of growing high-quality, thick layers of gallium oxide (Ga2O3) on Ga2O3 substrates. Existing …
  • College: College of Engineering (COE)
  • Inventors: Zhao, Hongping; Meng, Lingyu; Yu, Dong su
  • Licensing Officer: Randhawa, Davinder

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