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Technology & Business Development at UNLV Administrative Development Seminar (ADS)

Learn about the Technology & Business Development office at UNLV, their mission to support economic and workforce development, and their services for faculty and external partners.

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Technology & Business Development at UNLV Administrative Development Seminar (ADS)

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  1. Technology & Business Development at UNLV Administrative Development Seminar (ADS) September 12, 2012

  2. UNLV Office of Economic Development • Established May 2012 • Mission:To promote private- and public-sector partnerships to support economic and workforce development, to attract industry-sponsored research, and to protect and develop intellectual property. The staff offers guidance on partnership opportunities, commercialization, and other services for both faculty and prospective external partners. • Dr. Jim Thomson, Special Advisor to the President for Regional Development • Rob Nielsen, Business Development Officer • Mark Litman JD, Intellectual Property Officer • Jill Zimbelman, Program Coordinator

  3. Activities and Objectives • Strong connection to statewide economic development(e.g., GOED, RDA) and collaboration with NSHE institutions, including NSC • Service to Businesses • 75+ company contacts & 300+ individual contacts made in 6 different regional business sectors since March • “UNLV Means Business” conference • Service to Faculty • 4 provisional applications filed since May • IP Committee • Promote Faculty Research Capabilities • Expand Industry-sponsored Research • Publicize Core Facilities • Integrate Technology Development • Across Campus

  4. Technology Development: Step-by-Step First Contact Communication Initial Evaluation 3 Weeks Response/Input from Primary Investigators *Filing of an application will be expediting if a publication is pending and/or if the Primary Investigators actively work with the Office of Economic Development to move the draft application forward. Commercialization IP Committee Evaluation 6 Weeks Application Filed 3 Months Draft Application

  5. Faculty Research to Patent Application Genome Surgery for HIV Treatment Dr. Schiller and Dr. Strong’s inventive technology offers a way of surgically excising a defective or disease genome from the human genome, reducing the potential for latent release of an active virus or activation of the defective genome. This extraordinary complex technology was moved from a very preliminary disclosure to filing of a US patent application within 2 months. Martin Schiller Christy StrongProfessor Postdoctoral Scholar

  6. Faculty Research to Patent Application Plasma Treatment to Strengthen Diamonds The physical properties of a diamond are altered by: applying a cationic elemental plasma to a diamond at a plasma temperature of less than 300C; allowing the cationic plasma to chemically bond with atoms in defects within the diamond; and removing the plasma from the diamond. Grade quality and strength of diamonds are increased, raising the commercial value, especially for industrial diamonds. Zhiyong Wang William WangProfessor

  7. Faculty Research to Patent Application IED DETECTOR A system and method of reducing the performance characteristics of a detonator of an explosive device having steps of: directing electromagnetic energy at the detonator; continuing direction of the electromagnetic energy at the detonator at a fluence, frequency and duration sufficient to cause Joule heating of a wire within the detonator; and the Joule heating causing a diminution of the electrical transmission capability of the wire sufficient to reduce the performance characteristics of the detonator. Specially Designed Coil Nevada Shocker Robert Schill, Jr. Professor

  8. More Information http://www.unlv.edu/research/economic-development Flora Dungan Humanities, 3rd floor

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