Seven research projects with high commercialization potential have been chosen to receive awards of up to $50,000 through the Commercialization Gap Fund (CGF) for 2018. The funding was awarded to faculty from diverse fields including clean technology, human health, agriculture and engineering.
CGF is a program run by the Office of Research (OR) through its commercialization unit, the Office of Commercialization (OC) in partnership with the Washington Research Foundation (WRF). The goal of the program is to support projects that have a high chance of being commercialized but are not likely to get there without gap funding.
The awardees and their projects are:
- James A. Brozik and Dr. ChulHee Kang: Development and Commercialization of Ultra-stable Luminescence Up-conversion and Time Modulation RECAL Probes and RECAL-READERs for Background Free Detection and Imaging of Complex Biological and Environmental Samples
- Kevin T. Gray: A New Way to Improve Cancer Treatment Through Targeted Drugs
- Arda Gozen: IntelliBra: A “Smart Bra” that Quantifies Changes in Breast Volume and Temperature for Assessing Milk Production, Infant Milk Consumption, and Breast Health
- John H. Harkness: PIPSQUEAK Image Analysis Through Artificial Intelligence
- Robert D. Keegan: Low Cost, High Fidelity Simulation Training System
- Waled Suliman: A Novel Bio-based Material for Confronting Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)
- Vikram Yadama: Development of Small-Scale Molding Technology to Produce High-Value Decorative Natural Fiber Composite Panels.
