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Novel Platform Technologies for Manufacturing Superior 3-Dimensional Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composite Material
OPPORTUNITY High performance composites, such as carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP), are critical materials in the aerospace, defense, wind energy, automotive, and sporting goods industries. While advancements have been made in both the fabrication processes and the final products, even modern-day CFRP laminates still lack effective structural...
Inventor(s): Kuang-Ting Hsiao
Category(s): All Technologies, Composite Materials, Engineering Device or Method
Z-Aligned Fiber Reinforced Composites
OPPORTUNITY Materials can be customized by reinforcing them with rods, fibers, whiskers, and even large particles of a dissimilar material. Materials that include such enhancements are called composites. Glass fiber accounts for about 90% of the reinforcements used in composite consumption, globally. Fiber-reinforced composites are composed of axial...
Inventor(s): Kuang-Ting Hsiao
Category(s): Composite Materials, Engineering Device or Method, All Technologies
3D Printing Head for continuous-fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites
OPPORTUNITY Manufacturing is an expensive and time-consuming part of the engineering process, especially for low-volume production and rapid prototyping. Metal materials require substantial Computer Numerical Control (CNC) programming and machining time, which can produce significant amounts of material waste. Plastic materials often require metal...
Inventor(s): Kuang-Ting Hsiao
Category(s): Composite Materials, Engineering Device or Method, MVP Candidate, All Technologies
Portable, Early Stage Breast Cancer Detection System
OPPORTUNITY Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer among women. In 2014, in the US, approximately 40,000 women died from breast cancer. The situation is much more serious in developing countries. Early detection and effective treatment are major factors contributing to the long term survival of the patient. Mammography is the current...
Inventor(s): Saeed Latif, Mohammed Alam
Category(s): Medical Device or Method, Screening Tests, Engineering Device or Method, MVP Candidate, All Technologies
Multi-Well Plate System to Assess Cellular Mechanobiology
OPPORTUNITY In a sheet of endothelial cells, the cellular response to physical and chemical stimuli is often regulated uniquely by the mechanical microenvironment of the cell. However, the mechanical microenvironment which is composed of mechanical stretch, fluid pressure and shear stress, is not static. Monolayer stress microscopy (MSM) has enabled...
Inventor(s): Dhananjay Tambe, Neel Patel
Category(s): Engineering Device or Method, Research Tools, All Technologies
Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Plant Extracts
OPPORTUNITY The emergence of nanosilver materials in anti-microbial consumer goods and medical products is a major growth driver in the nanosilver market; a growth that is expected to continue from US$1.1 billion in 2015 to around US$2.45 billion by 2022. To meet these needs, more than five hundred tons of silver nanoparticles (AgNP) are synthesized...
Inventor(s): Sumit Arora, Om Jha, Zohaib Ijaz, Yousef Omar
Category(s): All Technologies, Engineering Device or Method, Research Tools