UTRF is celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2024. As part of this celebration, UTRF will highlight some of its long-term partnerships with UT inventors and startups in the coming months. One founder is Robert Trigiano, UT Knoxville Chancellor’s Professor and UTIA Institute Professor in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at the UT Institute (read more)
UTRF News
UTRF Welcomes Three New Interns and One Returning Intern
To promote the commercialization of UT’s innovations and to help train the next generation of commercialization professionals, UTRF recently welcomed three new interns and one returning intern across its Knoxville and Memphis offices. In Knoxville, Andrea Gutierrez-Cortez and Lauren Williams, rising second-year law students at UT Knoxville, joined the team as Commercialization Analysts. Jacob Hale (read more)
Inventor Spotlight: Uday Vaidya
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation is honored to partner with Uday Vaidya, a prolific researcher, industry leader, and advisor. He is priceless,” said UTRF President Maha Krishnamurthy. “One of our most prolific innovators. His contributions towards his students’ success, along with impactful contributions in the field of advanced composites, make him invaluable to UTRF (read more)
From Theory to Practice: Students Transform Decades-Old IP into Sound Dental Solution
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation celebrates and supports entrepreneurship across the UT System. One way UTRF does this is by working with students in the two-semester Senior Design course with UT Knoxville’s Tickle College of Engineering together with innovators at UT Health Science Center. UTRF has been sponsoring such projects over the past five (read more)
Innovation is Everywhere Tour
Catch us around UT Knoxville’s campus once a month to learn how the UT Research Foundation (UTRF) can help commercialize your research!
Celebrating UTRF’s Rich History
Did you know that UTRF holds a special place in the annals of American innovation? Established in 1934 as the UT Research Corporation, we’ve been a pioneering force in driving research breakthroughs for nearly a century. The UT Research Corporation (UTRC) was chartered on December 24, 1934, for the purpose of promoting research and encouraging (read more)
Celebrating Innovation: One of Our Oldest Patents!
Today, we’re thrilled to commemorate a pivotal moment in our company’s history as we reflect on one of our earliest issued patents, USPP502P, from Brooks D. Drain, a researcher at the UT Agricultural Experiment Station, for a groundbreaking variety of strawberry plant! This novel variety represents a significant advancement in strawberry cultivation, boasting a myriad (read more)