The University of Tennessee Research Foundation recently welcomed Rebecca Latura as its new Patent Coordinator. In the role, Latura coordinates activities to execute current intellectual property operational processes and future strategic initiatives. I’m so glad Rebecca has joined us,” said UTRF Vice President Kusum Rathore. “UTRF is made up of a small but hard-working team (read more)
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Sustainable Logistics: UTRF startup tackles sustainability challenges in transportation supply chain
Tracking and reducing Scope 3 carbon emissions across the transportation supply chain is a daunting challenge facing the commercial trucking industry. Alex Scott, associate professor and Gerald T. Niedert professor in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, spent nearly a decade working in the transportation sector and years researching supply (read more)
Inventor Spotlight: Tao Wu
“I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!” A researcher from the University of Tennessee focuses on developing new stabilizers that prevent ice crystals in ice cream. Everyone loves ice cream,” said Tao Wu. “But if you have big ice crystals, the ice cream will have an icy texture. It’s not good.” Wu (read more)