Skills and Assessment Based Learning Environment (SABLE) technology developed by Tom Robertson and Georgia Hodges, College of Education, was exclusively licensed to UGA startup and incubator graduate Cogent Education for real-time monitoring of student learning performance.
Innovation Gateway staff participated in the 2015 Graduate School Orientation and Information Fair and met with incoming graduate students to discuss technology transfer, intellectual property, and startup companies.
Karl Kussow, manager of quality and validation for FedEx Custom Critical, discussed issues surrounding the shipping of sensitive materials at the monthly Innovation Gateway Lunch & Learn.
A recent article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution highlighted variable rate irrigation and soil moisture sensing technologies, which were developed in part by researchers George Vellidis, Michael Tucker, Herman Henry, Rodney Hill and Calvin Perry at the UGA Tifton campus and C.M. Stripling Irrigation Research Park. Certain rights to the water sensor system have been licensed to FirstWater Ag, and the technology is now available for sale.
Innovation Gateway hosted two visitors from Brazil who were interested in learning about invention management, licensing, and business development practices. The visit was supported by the Brazilian Federal Government as part of a program to enhance technology transfer management activities by Brazilian researchers and university administrators.
Innovation Gateway incubator company MHG announced a series of funding to support UGA laboratories belonging to Jason Locklin, department of chemistry; Mark Eiteman, College of Engineering; and Jenna Jambeck, College of Engineering. MHG provides a comprehensive line of biopolymers that make sustainably produced, renewable plastics possible.
Innovation Gateway met with the Georgia-based company ViveBio, which develops cost-effective solutions for biological specimen storage and transportation.
Co-exclusive license completed with UGA startup company Proventus Bio for technology developed by Ralph Tripp and Mark Tompkins, College of Veterinary Medicine, for vaccine manufacturing. The company received GRA Phase I seed funding to pursue enhanced production through genetic engineering of vaccine and biotherapeutic cell lines.
Innovation Gateway Director Derek Eberhart and Georgia Research Alliance CEO Mike Cassidy participated in a tech-transfer roundtable discussion at UGA with Dr. Ellen Williams, Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) and Congressman Woodall (GA-7).
Brent Marable, Innovation Gateway assistant director of plant licensing, was inducted into the Advancing Georgia’s Leaders in Agriculture and Forestry (AGL) program. Brent, along with 24 other leading professionals in the state’s agricultural and forestry industries, was selected to participate in the AGL 2015-2017 leadership development program.
Innovation Gateway members attended a Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) meeting to review the 2015 State of the Industry Report and to discuss expanding the Athens TAG Chapter.
Innovation Gateway members moderated three different sessions at the AUTM Eastern Regional Meeting including: “Commercialization Strategies for Neglected Diseases,” “Managing Conflict of Interest for Faculty Start-Ups,” and “Best Practices in Interinstitutional Agreements – Can we do better?”
