SIUC Technology and Innovation Expo: Materials and Mining Technologies

This year's Technology and Innovation Expo: October 28, 2011
http://tie.siuc.edu/

SIUC is increasingly active in the field of technology transfer and commercialization. Over the past decade, SIU Carbondale and School of Medicine have disclosed 217 inventions, issued 54 licenses/options, filed 113 patent applications with a resulting 39 issued patents, and received more than $3.8 million in royalties.

We are working closely with businesses, entrepreneurs, and investor groups to bring technologies to market.

To talk to inventors directly and see the latest about SIUC technologies closest to market, attend the Technology and Innovation Expo. The Expo is held every fall in Carbondale, and every spring in the St. Louis area. At the Expo, SIU inventors present their technologies that are close to market and might result in new businesses or licenses in the short to mid-term. Let's take a look at some of the materials and mining technologies on display at the last Expo.

The research team of Dr. Peter Filip was the first to put diamonds into an intermetallic bonded matrix. This new family of patent pending products has several very important properties for improved drill bits, surgical tools, and anything where material wear or a sharp edge is important. The technology shows cost and performance improvements over existing tungsten carbide and polycrystalline diamond compacts.

Dr. Paul Chugh is a mine safety expert. His patented Atlas wooden cribs increase load capacity by 150% for carrying 135 tons of load. The patent pending wet sprays dust control invention reduces dust around the continuous miner to less than 1mg per cubic meter, crucial for coal mining companies needing to meet stringent new federal regulations.

Dr. Sam Spearing is leading a project to build both a resin reactor and catalyst reactor to produce unique raw materials that could be packaged and sold to coal mine roof bolt industry. The project could potentially be worth 180 million dollars to the region.

These projects result directly from Southern Illinois University faculty research and lead to economic development and business opportunities.

Don't miss your opportunity to get involved in a new venture or technology license. Be sure to stay tuned for the next SIUC Technology and Innovation Expo at tie.siuc.edu.

Or, contact the SIUC Technology Transfer Program directly for a private meeting with select inventors. Email techtran@siu.edu or call (618) 453 4556. Visit the website techtransfer.siuc.edu and link to technologies available for license, resources for inventors, our newsletter, twitter feed and linkedIn group, blogs and more.

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