On July 25th The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in collaboration with NJIT showcased university research and Technology via a forum that brought together Students, Partners, and Alumni, Resources of the surrounding Community (TechSPARC). Held at the Rutgers Business School Newark, the event was moderated by Brett Anita Gilbert, Assistant Professor of Rutgers Department of Management & Global Business and Judith Sheft, Associate Vice President Technology Development NJIT. Nineteen technologies and start-ups shared their research and business models via formal oral presentations in the auditorium or poster presentations set up for one on one discussions with attendees.
As noted by Professor Gilbert, “This is just a sampling of the research and innovation being conducted in our universities. One of the reasons for this forum is to make visible to the community the opportunities to license technology from our universities that companies can be started around by sinply doing a search on our web sites.”
In addition to licensing university technology, Judith Sheft described another key resource associated with her university, “NJIT is a research university, as well as the home to New Jersey’s oldest and largest technology based incubator called the EDC (Enterprise Development Center). Some of the companies at this forum are located in the business incubator where they receive assistance to start and grow their businesses in a number of ways. The EDC is a resource for the community.”
Formal presenters were:
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Fluimetrics: develops automated diagnostic products based on a lab-on-chip technology that enables automatic processing of magnetic microbead immunoassays
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What Are Minds For: builds middleware that enables devices to take verbal commands
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Aquarius Bio-technologies: developed a revolutionary drug delivery platform that offers the ability to create oral drug alternatives with non-inferior efficacy for drugs
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Healthy Functions: new technology applied to mattresses and wheel chairs to alleviate bed sores
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Performance Navigation: a cloud based performance software that helps governments run their operations more efficiently and effectively
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Inspiritysoft: an advanced mobile web design solution that is build mobile web sites in minutes
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Transcendent Therapeutics
Poster presentations by research innovators included:
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Anti-Diabetic Agents from Leaves of Combretum Micranthum (Kinkeliba) – Dr. Qing-Li Wu
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Biocompatible and Biodegradable Films for Effective Prevention of Postoperative Adhesions – Dr. Noshir Langrana
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Objective diagnostic tool to quantify the statistical signatures of movement variability in children with Autism – Dr. Elizabeth Torres
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Personal Tonometer by Ocular Precision – Reginald Farrow & Alokik Kanwal
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SmartShunt for Monitoring Hydrocephalus – Reginald Farrow & Alokik Kanwal
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Self-Assembled Vertical Carbon Nanotubes & Nano-Devices- Reginald Farrow & Alokik Kanwal
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Glycosaminoglycan (GAG) Mimic for Cartilage Repair Applications – Shobana Shanmugasundaram –
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BioRegenics – Electroactive Scaffold – a Novel Implant to Prevent Osteoarthritis- Shobana Shanmugasundaram
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ChitO2-Clot – a Novel Hemostatic & Oxygen Releasing Biomaterial – George Ulsh & Dung Ulsh
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Vascularized Biomimetic 3D Heart Tissue Model – Paul Matri
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Making Carbon Nanotubes a Success – Carl Georgeson
Photo: ChitO2-Clot- George Ulsh & Dung Ulsh
People interested in licensing NJIT technology can send an email to IP@njit.edu
