By Tom Ballard,Chief Alliance Officer, PYA The Innova865 Alliance has announced the finalists for the two top awards that will be given at the end of this year’s Knoxville Startup Day set for September 22 at the Bijou Theater. Three finalists have been named for the “Traction Award,” while six start-ups will present their new companies (read more)
Entrepreneurship
Ming Qi’s commitment is driving local start-up Peroxygen Systems
Today, the 2013 graduate of the University of Tennessee (UT) with a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Peroxygen Systems, Inc. The company is focused on commercializing a break-through technology for producing hydrogen peroxide onsite, targeting the paper and pulp industry.
ORNL and UTRF present 2016 Spark!
Article courtesy of Teknovation Biz Spark! showcases promising technologies, exciting new companies By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA When conversations occur about the uniqueness of the Knoxville-Oak Ridge entrepreneurial ecosystem, they invariably quickly focus on the importance of capitalizing on the research undertaken at the University of Tennessee (UT) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (read more)