KNOXVILLE — Jimmy Mays, a chemistry professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has developed a substance that promises to replace conventional rubber in many products with something that is stronger, greener and easier to recycle. Now he’s joining forces with the College of Business Administration’s Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation to turn his (read more)
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UT Research Foundation Helps Faculty Start Businesses
By Hugh G. Willett, Knoxville News Sentinel KNOXVILLE – Over the last fiscal year the University of Tennessee Research Foundation has helped establish nine startup companies based on technology developed by university faculty. The number of startups is double the previous year and an indication that the program is meeting its goal of promoting and (read more)
High-Tech Startup Companies Resulting From UT Technology More Than Double
Responding to the challenge from national and state leaders to increase and encourage more innovation, the University of Tennessee helped establish nine startup companies based on technology developed by UT faculty over the last fiscal year, more than doubling the total from a year ago. The companies licensed technology from the University through the UT (read more)