News - Southwest I-Corps

October 19, 2017

How Scientific Research Transitions from the Lab to Become a Tool to Improve Patient Care

By: Nicole Lundberg Texas Tech Discoveries The story started with a simple research presentation. Suhas Pol, a research assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas ...

August 7, 2017

UTRGV receives almost $500,000 from National Science Foundation to establish I-Corps Site

By Cheryl Taylor RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – AUG. 4, 2017 – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has been awarded $499,985 in federal funding by the National Science Foundation to ...

March 7, 2017

This Program Uses Lean Startup Techniques to Turn Scientists into Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review By Greg Satell When Subra Suresh was tapped to lead the National Science Foundation (NSF), in 2010, he saw that many of the pathbreaking discoveries developed through ...

February 17, 2017

Southwest I-Corps Success Stories: NeoFluids, LLC

NeoFluidics, LLC was formed out of the TTU accelerator program and went through the NSF I-Corps Team program. The portfolio includes a platform microfluidic storage and dilution technology ...

February 17, 2017

Southwest I-Corps Success Stories: yearONE, LLC

yearONE, LLC is a radar sensor R&D startup company that is a spin-off from a Texas Tech University faculty’s research. yearONE officially incorporated in 2014 and has been through multiple ...

November 15, 2016

Texas Tech Researchers and Innovation Showcased in Georgetown, Texas

Texas Tech researchers recently were represented at the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Alliance's annual conference, GridNEXT. The conference, held November 9-11 in the 100% renewable ...

November 3, 2016

Midwest universities form regional innovation alliance with $3.5M award

Posted November 3rd, 2016 by the University of Michigan. Contact Jane Sugiyama, 734-763-2908 janesugi@umich.edu ANN ARBOR⎯A new four-university alliance will help researchers across the ...

September 27, 2016

NSF fosters entrepreneurship, innovation through new awards for I-Corps nodes

I-Corps supports national innovation ecosystem, helps take scientific discovery to the marketplace September 27, 2016 The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded five new grants to teach ...

September 18, 2016

The stARTup Studio at UT in Austin Showcases Professor-led Startups

By Laura Lorek Reporter with Silicon Hills News Feature Image: Professor of Innovation at UT Austin Bob Metcalfe with Francisco Gomes, associate dean for graduate programs in UT’s school of ...

August 22, 2016

Introducing several I-Corps Teams and their projects

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August 8, 2016

Rice establishes iBIO initiative

JADE BOYD - August 8, 2016 Rice University News and Media Scientists combine talents to promote, commercialize advanced biomanufacturing breakthroughs Rice University has launched an ...

July 27, 2016

Living Umbrella featured in VentureWell Newsletter

Southwest I-Corps team "Living Umbrella" (Dave Tilley, Tim Williamson, and Piotr Kulczakowicz) was featured in the VentureWell newsletter for their BMC journey Comic Strip featuring the SW ...