Presentation slides (pdf) UTRF Assistant Vice President of Licensing, Dr. Maha Krishnamurthy, spoke to UTGSM faculty, staff, and students about the technology transfer process and how it benefits the University. Dr. Krishnamurthy described the criteria UTRF uses in evaluating invention disclosures and explained how to submit an invention disclosure through the online IDEA portal. There was also a discussion about the (read more)
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Finalists for top awards at Knoxville’s upcoming Innov865 Startup Day announced
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)
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)