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Bryce Pilz Joins U-M Innovation Partnerships as Director of Licensing
10/24/2016Bryce Pilz, who had worked closely with Innovation Partnerships licensing staff as an IP attorney for the office from 2006-2011, became the director of licensing at U-M Innovation Partnerships effective July 1, 2016. Pilz was most recently affiliated with the U-M Law School’s Zell Entrepreneurship and Law clinic, which he...
Increasing Pipeline Efficiency
10/24/2016Assured Flow Solutions (AFS) is an oilfield chemistry and engineering firm focused on the oil and gas industry. Rooted in vigorous academic research, the company provides practical, world-class engineering services that are critical to getting oil and gas out of the ground and to market in an environmentally-safe and cost-effective...
Celebrate Invention 2016 – Highlights
10/24/2016University of Michigan researchers and members of Ann Arbor’s business, venture and other community leaders gathered recently to celebrate the accomplishments of U-M innovators. President Mark Schlissel, Vice-President of Research Jack Hu, Ross School of Business Dean Scott DeRue, and Associate Vice President for Innovation Partnerships Ken Nisbet spoke briefly...
Using Smartphones to Improve Bipolar Treatment
10/24/2016In a given year, over 20 million people, or 9% of American adults, are affected by bipolar or major depressive disorder, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Despite the number of people impacted by these illnesses, very little technology is on the market that has been shown to...
Elegus Technologies creates joint venture with state battery companies
10/12/2016Elegus Technologies Inc., a University of Michigan spinoff that hopes to make lithium-ion batteries safer and last longer, whether in electric vehicles, smartphones or laptops, has formed a $1.5 million joint venture with two Michigan battery makers. Elegus was one of the 10 startups that graduated from a three-month accelerator...
U-M battery startup enters $1.5M joint venture
10/6/2016In an effort to make safer, longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries for technologies like electric vehicles, smartphones and laptops, a University of Michigan startup has formed a $1.5 million joint venture with two major players in the industry. Ann Arbor-based Elegus Technologies recently announced their new partnership with Michigan-based lithium-ion battery manufacturing...
U-M Innovation Partnerships reports 12 new startups, record number of agreements
10/3/2016The University of Michigan signed a record 173 license and option agreements with companies seeking to commercialize the discoveries of university researchers in the past fiscal year. “It is gratifying to see this record-setting number for our most important metric in tech transfer performance,” said Ken Nisbet, associate vice president...
A Startup’s Journey: Harnessing Brain Activity
9/29/2016Ramses Alcaide arrived at the University of Michigan in 2010 with one goal in mind: to help people with disabilities engage more fully with the world. He is almost there. Working with U-M Innovation Partnerships, Alcaide advanced technology developed at the U-M Direct Brain Interface Laboratory and created a new...
U-M named #7 on Reuters Top 100: The World’s Most Innovative Universities
9/29/2016In the fast-changing world of science and technology, if you’re not innovating, you’re falling behind. That’s one of the key findings of The Reuters 100: The World’s Most Innovative Universities. Now in its second year, the list ranks the educational institutions doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies...
U-M researchers develop a more accurate lead paint detection test
9/8/2016A new molecular gel recipe developed at the University of Michigan is at the core of a prototype for a more accurate lead paint test. The test makes it easy to see whether a paint chip contains more than the regulated 5,000 parts per million of the poisonous metal that...
U-M startup Fusion Coolant raises $1.25 million
8/24/2016Fusion Coolant Systems, a University of Michigan spinout based in Canton, announced Tuesday it had raised $1.25 million in its first close of Series B funding…
“Ann Arbor home to Michigan’s new economy”
7/18/2016If any place in Michigan will be the birthplace of a new economy, it’s likely to be Ann Arbor… That’s why Ann Arbor plays such a big role in the emerging Michigan start-up scene. The University of Michigan spins off an increasing number of advances in the life sciences and...