The University of Tennessee (UT) is expanding its reputation as a center for innovation and technology commercialization by taking part in the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program. The University joins the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham as a member of (read more)
Entrepreneurship
KEC Launches AgWorks with Key Partners
AgWorks, the 12-week program builds on a relationship between KEC and Sizzle TechStart that was announced about 18 months ago and an emerging alliance with AgLaunch, the statewide agricultural innovation partnership that is a joint effort of Memphis Bioworks Foundation and the Tennessee Department of Agriculture.
UTRF Technology “Floodlight Genomics” Wins Bredesen Center Spring Pitch Competition
Spring 2017: The five Ph.D. students from the Bredesen Center’s Energy Science and Engineering (ESE) 530 Business Model Canvas course recently participated in a pitch competition. The event served as the final project/presentation for the semester-long course which explores the launching of a science startup company. UTRF Assistant Vice President of Licensing, Dr. Maha Krishnamurthy, served as a judge for (read more)