Far too many research projects with commercial potential stall on the threshold of viability because graduate student innovators graduate and leave the University. The University of Tennessee Research Foundation’s Entrepreneurial Fellowship Program seeks to retain talented individuals in the region and invigorate the innovation ecosystem through work on projects that lead to deep tech startups. (read more)
UTRF Newsletter Story
Employee Spotlight: Rebecca Latura
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)
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)