{"id":60783,"date":"2013-02-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-research-sparks-companies-jobs-investment\/"},"modified":"2013-02-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T00:00:00","slug":"uri-research-sparks-companies-jobs-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/02\/uri-research-sparks-companies-jobs-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 research sparks companies, jobs, investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-release-import\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2021\/05\/IPAwardcompanies.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" align=\"right\"\/>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 February 13, 2013 \u2013 To jumpstart the Rhode Island economy, 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty are ramping up their research discoveries that lead to new companies, cutting-edge patents and innovative public-private partnerships to develop new products.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nIn 2011 and 2012, faculty members launched three companies based on their 溏心vlog免费B站 inventions and received a record 22 U.S. patents, compared to 25 patents for the prior five years.  In addition, faculty received two U.S. trademarks and filed 46 U.S. intellectual property applications.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q0UCTjy3Las\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n溏心vlog免费B站 researchers were recognized by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Research Foundation for their intellectual property contributions at the University\u2019s inaugural Intellectual Property Awards Recognition Ceremony on Jan. 30.  The 溏心vlog免费B站 Research Foundation is a partner with 溏心vlog免费B站 to commercialize inventions and innovations from faculty, staff and students. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cYou will be amazed at the number and the diversity of innovations that the University produced in 2011 and 2012,\u201d said Jim Petell, the University\u2019s associate vice president for intellectual property management and commercialization. \u201cIn just the last two years there were 101 faculty, staff and students who created intellectual property that was filed, issued or registered. These 溏心vlog免费B站 creators have worked with 23 external co-creators, including federal agencies, companies and other academic institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nPeter Alfonso, vice president for research and economic development, opened the ceremony by noting that 溏心vlog免费B站 has experienced a 40 percent increase in research funding over the last six years, resulting in an average of $100 million in research grants during the last three years.  The increased support for the research enterprise at 溏心vlog免费B站 has resulted in increased research and provided a boost to commercialization and economic development efforts.  The 溏心vlog免费B站 Research Foundation, in partnership with 溏心vlog免费B站, has initiated a new translational focus with company partners that is bringing in new revenue to develop products from 溏心vlog免费B站 innovations. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nDuring the ceremony, 溏心vlog免费B站 President David M. Dooley recognized the efforts of the faculty who formed three companies, Burbank Industries LLC, CREmedical Corp., and VeloBit, Inc., during 2011 and 2012.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tBurbank Industries was founded by Nursing Professor Patricia Burbank and her son to commercialize a small device they call the AAGILE that encourages people to exercise. The AAGILE is worn at the waist to monitor and analyze an individual\u2019s physical activity and provides oral messages encouraging them to exercise at set times and during periods of inactivity.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nBurbank said her Aunt Ruth inspired the invention. Her aunt lives alone, and Burbank wanted a way to remind her that she is loved.  \u201cI thought, wouldn\u2019t it be nice if I sent messages reminding her to exercise?\u201d Burbank said.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nWith this idea, Burbank partnered with engineering Professor Ying Sun, who designed the device in his engineering lab.  In collaboration with the 溏心vlog免费B站 Research Foundation, Burbank Industries is seeking funding to bring its prototype to the marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nEngineering Professor Walt Besio launched medical device company CREmedical Corp. The company is refining development of a new electrode system that dramatically increases the resolution and signal over conventional electrode devices. The electrodes monitor brainwave activity and can be used to detect life threatening events and potentially stop acute seizures.  CREmedical just received a Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Science Foundation to help commercialize the technology. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nEngineering Professor Qing Yang formed a company to commercialize several of his patents.  Founded by Yang and business partner Duncan McCallum, VeloBit, Inc. is developing new low-cost software to improve electronic storage.   Yang said the market for such technology has boomed in recent years as interest in cloud computing has soared.  The company\u2019s technology is already in use at 370 installations across five continents.  Its success has helped the company raise more than $5 million in venture capital and hire 15 people.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThe University plans to make the Intellectual Property Awards Recognition Ceremony an annual event and anticipates its research will leverage even more funding and corporate formations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2021\/05\/IPgroup2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"158\" align=\"right\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nPictured above<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n (l-r) 溏心vlog免费B站 vice president for research Peter Alfonso, Professor Qing Yang, President David Dooley, Professor Patricia Burbank, Professor Walt Besio, and Jim Petell, associate vice president for intellectual property.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nHonorees at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Intellectual Property Awards Ceremony pose after the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nMarketing &amp; Communications photo by Michael Salerno Photography.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 February 13, 2013 \u2013 To jumpstart the Rhode Island economy, 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty are ramping up their research discoveries that lead to new companies, cutting-edge patents and innovative public-private partnerships to develop new products. &#13; In 2011 and 2012, faculty members launched three companies based on their 溏心vlog免费B站 inventions and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}