Technology transfer is a growing enterprise at SIUC, with more than 90 inventions disclosed in the past five fiscal years alone. In conjunction with the developing Southern Illinois Research Park, we are bringing those inventions to the marketplace.
Tech transfer activities are coordinated by the Office of Research Development and Administration (ORDA). These activities include evaluation, protection, marketing, and license negotiations for inventions and other intellectual property covered by SIU's Intellectual Property Policy. Working closely with the faculty, staff, or student inventor, ORDA assesses the commercial feasibility of inventions, files patent applications as appropriate, and develops strategies to transfer the technology to industry for the benefit of the public. To disclose an invention, see the contact information below.
Visiting businesses should check the Available Technologies page. Faculty and students should check Managing Your Intellectual Property. For an overview of research at SIUC, see the Research Profile.
Upcoming
- Dr. Bob Gower will be on campus to talk about a new company that he has founded, Ensysce Biosciences, that is researching a wide group of cancer therapeutics based on carbon nanotubes. See http://www10.nanotechcafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?section=CorpNews&articleid=505490 for information. Dr. Gower is an SIU alum and entrepreneur whose industrial career has included such prestigious positions as Senior Vice President of Atlantic Richfield Company, President and CEO of Lyondell Petrochemical Company, and President and CEO of Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. The talk will take place on Friday, May 9, 4:00 p.m. at the Dunn-Richmond Center, Room TBD. If you others, would like to hear Dr. Gower talk about his newest venture, please let Linda Martin (lsmartin@siu.edu, 453-4526) know by Tuesday, May 6. so we can plan appropriately.
What's New
SIUC has licensed three patents to Houston-based Cyberonics Inc. for methods to use the company's vagus nerve stimulation device to treat traumatic brain injury and stroke. The research involved faculty and students in psychology, physiology, and neurology. See the company news release.
Tech Transfer Contact:
Jeff Myers, Senior Technology Transfer Specialist
Office of Research Development and Administration
Woody Hall C-206 | Mail Code 4709
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
900 S. Normal St. | Carbondale, Illinois 62901
phone: (618) 453-4556 or (618) 453-4543 | fax: (618) 453-8038
