UTRF is delighted to share Discover 2019, which celebrates our researchers and UTRF’s impact on innovation, new venture formation, and corporate engagement for the University of Tennessee. 2019 UTRF Discover Report (interactive pdf with hyperlinks) View past annual reports.
Entrepreneurship
UTHSC Inventor’s 100th U.S. Patent, Fellow Innovators Honored at 2019 UTRF Innovation Awards in Memphis
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF) held part-two of its 2019 Innovation Awards ceremony in Memphis on December 5, celebrating the ground-breaking achievements of the University of Tennessee Health-Science Center (UTHSC) researchers over the past year. The ceremony’s guest of honor was UTHSC College of Pharmacy’s Dr. Duane Miller, who recently received his 100th (read more)
UT Researcher Makes a Business of Turning Organic Waste Into Fuel
Harnessing the power of communities can achieve great things, both in academia and the petri dish. Just ask the University of Tennessee’s Alex Lewis, whose interdisciplinary education in biology, energy science, and engineering led to the cofounding of Electro-Active Technologies, a revolutionary startup making low-cost, renewable products from organic waste streams. Originally from Northern California, (read more)