Applications are open for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) fall 2021 regional workshop series at the University of Tennessee. The three-week customer-discovery program will be held October 15, 28 (virtual) and November 5 at the Classroom Studio 401 in the Haslam College of Business, HBB 401. This amazing new resource allows participants (read more)
Entrepreneurship
UTRF Sponsors Three UT Senior Design Projects for 2020-2021 School Year
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation was a proud sponsor of three UT Senior Design projects from the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering for the 2020-2021 school year. UT Senior Design is a two-semester course that allows MABE students to apply their knowledge and skills to solve real-world problems brought forth by a (read more)
UTRF Startup Uses Audio Analytics to Predict Future Gastrointestinal Impairment
Gastrointestinal impairment (GII) is acute paralysis of the GI tract beginning two to seven days after major abdominal surgery. Around 25 percent of patients develop GII due to postoperative ileus (POI), a small bowel blockage or another postoperative complication. GII puts patients at risk and leads to readmission rates exceeding 20 percent following surgery. One (read more)