Faculty, staff and student researchers at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis reported 37 inventions during the fiscal year July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017. Over the last two fiscal years, IUPUI researchers disclosed 75 inventions.
Disclosures were made to Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., which served to protect, market and license intellectual property developed at Indiana University and to help advance commercialization of IU faculty discoveries by industry.
IUPUI researchers who submitted invention disclosures in the 2016-17 fiscal year are:
- Bonnie Blazer-Yost, School of Science
- Jie Chen, School of Engineering and Technology
- Ulla Connor, School of Liberal Arts
- Kenneth Dunipace, School of Engineering and Technology
- Ahmed Ghoneima, School of Dentistry
- Afshin Izadian, School of Engineering and Technology
- Dewant Katare, School of Engineering and Technology
- Carlos Larriba-Andaluz, School of Engineering and Technology
- Yao Liang, School of Science
- Robert Lowden, Office of the Vice President for Information Technology
- Nicholas Manicke, School of Science
- Nicanor Moldovan, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
- Una Osili, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
- Stephen Randall, School of Science
- Ali Razban, School of Engineering and Technology
- Rajesh Sardar, School of Science
- Peter Schubert, School of Engineering and Technology
- William Scott, School of Science
- Gregory Stutz, School of Engineering and Technology
- Lisa Wagnes, School of Nursing
- Dennis Watson, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
- Dong Xie, School of Engineering and Technology
- Ken Yoshida, School of Engineering and Technology
- Whitney Yu, School of Engineering and Technology
- Hrishikesh Zambare, School of Engineering and Technology
- Likun Zhu, School of Engineering and Technology
On July 1, 2017, IU’s technology transfer staff were reorganized, moving both the personnel and the technology transfer function from the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. to the Office of the Vice President for Research. These functions include receiving and vetting invention disclosures, applying for intellectual property protection, marketing technologies and licensing them to established companies and startups. Changes were implemented in an effort to better serve faculty needs, allowing closer alignment and to enhance the ability to leverage university resources and realize efficiencies.
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