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New National Cybersecurity Workforce Training Program Launches

New National Cybersecurity Workforce Training Program Launches | Newsletter

3/21/2017
UMass Lowell and itSM Solutions are launching a new workforce training program focused on cybersecurity.
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National Academy of Inventors Honors Prof. Faust

National Academy of Inventors Honors Prof. Faust | Featured Story

1/25/2016
Chemistry Prof. Rudolf Faust, a world-renowned expert and pioneer in developing the chemical properties of plastics, was recently named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
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M2D2 Hosts $50K Medical Device Competition

M2D2 Hosts $50K Competition for Medical Device Entrepreneurs | Featured Story

1/17/2014
The Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) — in partnership with Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP and Smith & Nephew — is hosting the third annual new venture competition to showcase the nation’s best innovative medical device ideas by startup companies.
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Professors Awarded Grants for Technology Innovations

Professors Awarded Grants for Technology Innovations | Featured Story

4/17/2013
This year, three UMass Lowell researchers and their collaborators were among those chosen to receive grants from the UMass Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property (CVIP) Technology Development Fund.
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Middlesex Region Poised to Become Next Life Sciences Hotbed

Middlesex Region Poised to Become Next Life Sciences Hotbed | Featured Story

11/30/2012
Hosted by UMass Lowell’s Office of Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property, the Nov. 27 meeting of the Middlesex 3 Coalition was billed as “Enabling Life Sciences Innovation Beyond Cambridge.”
Making the Medical-Device Push

Making the Medical-Device Push

11/28/2012
Lowell Sun

The Middlesex 3 Coalition is a regional collaboration of public and private leaders from Lowell, Billerica, Chelmsford, Bedford and Burlington. It's tasked with helping local businesses flourish. UMass Lowell has been a partner in that mission, especially when it comes to life sciences.
Venture Development Expert Joins UMass Lowell

Venture Development Expert Joins UMass Lowell

6/13/2012
Venture industry veteran Nancy Saucier was recently named associate director of new venture development of UMass Lowell’s Office of Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property (CVIP).
UMass Lowell Licenses Cognitive Function Supplement to Sevo Nutraceuticals

UMass Lowell Licenses Cognitive Function Supplement to Sevo Nutraceuticals

6/6/2012
UMass Lowell and Atlantic Virtual Incubation Co. announce license agreements for a patent based on university research that will result in the commercialization of enhanced cognitive function nutritional supplements.
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ETIC Garners State, Private Support

ETIC Garners State, Private Support | Featured Story

4/30/2012
As construction of the Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center enters the homestretch, plans to equip the building with cutting-edge laboratories and research space are getting a boost from a $10 million state grant and unprecedented support from private donors.
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Engineering Professors Win Grants for Breakthrough Ideas

Engineering Professors Win Grants for Breakthrough Ideas | Featured Story

3/30/2012
Three teams of University researchers will receive three of this year’s nine grants from the UMass Commercial Ventures & Intellectual Property (CVIP) Technology Development Fund.
Testing the Toxicity of Nanomaterials

Testing the Toxicity of Nanomaterials

3/30/2012
Electrical Engineering Assoc. Prof. Joel Therrien, along with Profs. Susan Braunhut of Biology and Kenneth Marx of Chemistry, has developed a “nanocanary,” a living-cell-based biosensor capable of continuously monitoring the physiological state of the live cells contained within it.
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A ‘Greener’ Approach to Cleaning

A ‘Greener’ Approach to Cleaning | Featured Story

3/30/2012
Plastics Engineering Asst. Prof. Ramaswamy Nagarajan, along with graduate students and Asst. Prof. Bridgette Budhlall of Plastics Engineering, are developing non-toxic, bio-based and biodegradable surfactants using “greener” materials and synthetic routes.
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Helping Prevent Blood Poisoning

Helping Prevent Blood Poisoning | Featured Story

3/30/2012
Chemical Engineering Assoc. Prof. Sanjeev Manohar and his team have developed an inexpensive, easy-to-use sensor system that instantaneously detects endotoxins, compounds from bacteria that can cause septicemia and sepsis.
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Metabolix Grants a Patent License to NatureWorks LLC for New Biopolymer Blends

Metabolix Grants a Patent License to NatureWorks LLC for New Biopolymer Blends | Press Release

3/14/2012
Metabolix, Inc. today announced that it has granted a non-exclusive license to NatureWorks LLC for the U.S. patent No. 5,883,199, titled “Polylactic Acid-based Blends,” to make, use and sell blends of polylactic acid (PLA) with certain other polymers including polybutylene succinic polymers (PBS).
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Researchers Develop Method to Monitor Bridge Safety

Researchers Develop Method to Monitor Bridge Safety | Featured Story

11/18/2011
A team of researchers from UMass Lowell, the University of Illinois, Chicago and private companies has received a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help inspect and monitor the nation’s highway bridges.
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Researchers to Harness the Power of Photosynthesis

Researchers to Harness the Power of Photosynthesis | Featured Story

9/8/2010
Researchers at UMass Lowell are now able to replicate photosynthesis in the laboratory, with the goal of someday storing solar energy on a commercial scale to help alleviate global energy need and reduce high concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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Plastics’ Role in Medical Devices Highlighted

Plastics’ Role in Medical Devices Highlighted | Featured Story

4/21/2010
On April 20, the Plastics Engineering Department, in collaboration with the Society of Plastics Engineers Medical Plastics Division and the Eastern New England SPE Section, organized the Plastics for Medical Devices Conference at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center.
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Breakthrough Technologies Showcased at Nano Summit

Breakthrough Technologies Showcased at Nano Summit | Featured Story

4/7/2010
More than 100 people had a firsthand look at the exciting research that UMass Lowell faculty and students are conducting in nanomanufacturing and nanotechnology during the Nano Summit April 1.
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Researchers Receive Technology Development Grants

Researchers Receive Technology Development Grants | Featured Story

3/17/2010
Two teams of UMass Lowell researchers have been chosen to receive two of this year’s eight grants from the UMass Commercial Ventures & Intellectual Property (CVIP) Technology Development Fund.
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Nano Summit Slated for April 1

Nano Summit Slated for April 1 | Featured Story

3/17/2010
The fourth annual Nano Summit will showcase cutting-edge research in nanotechnology.
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M2D2, Nutter Hold Strategic Planning Seminar

M2D2, Nutter Hold Strategic Planning Seminar | Featured Story

2/24/2010
M2D2 and attorneys from Nutter McClennen & Fish LLC recently hosted the Nutter Strategic Planning Program at Wannalancit Mills.
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Profs to Develop High-Speed Microscope Probe

Profs to Develop High-Speed Microscope Probe | Featured Story

10/7/2009
Asst. Profs. Joel Therrien and Daniel Schmidt have received a three-year $340,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to produce new cantilevers for use in high-speed Atomic Force Microscopy.
M2D2 Companies Showcase New Medical Device Product Ideas

M2D2 Companies Showcase New Medical Device Product Ideas

5/27/2009
The Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center held a company showcase and open house on May 21 at Wannalancit Mill.
Engineering Profs Receive Tech Development Grants

Engineering Profs Receive Tech Development Grants

3/25/2009
Asst. Profs. Xingwei Wang, Ramaswamy Nagarajan and Zhiyong Gu received grants from the UMass Commercial Ventures & Intellectual Property Technology Development Fund.

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