TechConnect is proud to announce the annual TechConnect Innovation Awards. The TechConnect Innovation Awards identify the top 15% of submitted technologies as ranked by the TechConnect Corporate & Investment Partner Committee. Innovation rankings are based on the potential positive impact the submitted technology will have on a specific industry sector. Innovations are submitted from global academic technology transfer offices, early-stage companies, small business innovative research (SBIR) awardees, and government and corporate research laboratories.
| Organization | Technology |
|---|---|
| ABM Nano LLC | ABM Advanced High-energy Planetary Ball Mill |
| Advanced Scanners Inc. | 3D Optical Machine Vision Platform |
| Advenira Enterprises, Inc. | Thixorion® - Solution Derived Nanocomposite SDN® Multipurpose Functional Coating |
| Ames Laboratory | Additive Manufacturing of Bonded Permanent Magnets using a Novel Polymer Matrix |
| Andong National University | Bottle and Apparatus Module for Displaying Electricity Generation of Electricity Generation Cosmetics |
| Aquaporin A/S | Kilogram scale production of active and stable membrane proteins in vesicles |
| Ares Materials | Pylux Polysulfide Thermosets |
| Argonne National Laboratory | Nanostructured Squeezable Gels as a Separations Platform |
| Ariel Scientific Innovations, Ltd. | Autonomous power supply for sensors |
| Armstrong World Industries | A Novel, Clear, Waterborne Fire-Retardant Clear Coating for Wood Substrates |
| Armstrong World Industries | AWI High Performance Powder Coating TrioGuard |
| Betula Extractives dba The Actives Factory | Accelerated wound healing using natural materials delivered subdermally in a nanoparticle dispersion |
| Center for Electrochemical Engineering Research - Ohio University | Electrochemical Microbial Sensor - Rapid, Precise and Portable Pathogenic Detection |
| Chemeleon | Chemical-Sensing Colorimetric Materials |
| Cisbay | Microbes for Plant Growth and for Water Remediation |
| Click Materials | Low Cost Electrochromic Window Technology |
| CondAlign AS | Enabling new Technology for Anisotropic Conductive Films |
| Critical Materials Institute, An Energy Innovation Hub | Al-Ce Alloys for Additive Manufacturing |
| Diagnostic and Defense Technology Analysts, Inc. (DTA) | AstraLaunch |
| DropWise Technologies Corp. | Erosion-resistant ultra-thin anti-fouling coating for finned heat exchangers |
| ECMedical, LLC | Artificial Pancreas |
| Electro-Active Techologies, LLC | A Renewable Hydrogen Production Technology Using Waste as Feedstock |
| EPFL-LPAC | CompPair Technologies (www.comppair.ch) |
| EPIC Ready | Geoanalytics Platform for Special Operations Mission Readiness |
| Georgia Tech Research Corporation | Antenna-less RFID Tag |
| Georgia Tech Research Corporation | Room Temperature Metal 3D Printing at the Micron-Scale |
| GIST (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology) | High-Sensitivity Immunosensor |
| GoDx | Rapid Point-of-Need DNA Detection |
| Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) | Self-assembly of Neural Stem Cells by Biocompatible Sculptured Extracellular Nanomatrices |
| IDS International Government Services | Social Media Environment and Internet Replication (SMEIR) |
| Immuto Scientific | High throughput, benchtop instrument for analysis of protein structures in drug development. |
| Incendium Technologies LLC | Ultra-high Performance Thermal Interface Materials (TIMs) for Electronic Cooling |
| Inhibit Coatings | Novel Antimicrobial Coatings |
| Iowa State University Research Foundation | Electrically conductive construction materials for resistive heating applications |
| ITility, LLC | Transforming Organic Waste into Renewable Energy Solutions |
| Korea Institute of Energy Research(KIER) | Photochromic Film a.k.a. Chameleon film(tentative name), auto-tinting films |
| Korea Institute of Energy Research(KIER) | Si-Li-O nanocomposites as an anode material for Li-ion battery |
| Makai Ocean Engineering | Makai Thin-Foil Heat Exchanger (TFHX) Technology |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Recyclable fabrics for passive personal thermoregulation |
| Metalmark Innovations, Inc. | Rationally Designed, Nanoarchitectured Catalyst |
| Monash University | Corrosion inhibition technology for mild steel |
| Monash University | Delivery of speciality agricultural products through encapsulation technology |
| MultiMechanics | MultiMech - Multiscale Material Simulation Software to Reduce Material Development Time & Cost |
| National Nanotechnology Center, National Science and Technology Development Agency | n-Breeze |
| National University of Singapore | Global Bi-Directional IoT Coverage |
| National University of Singapore | Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Aerogels |
| Oregon State University | 3D print system for soft silicone elastomers |
| Oregon State University | Conductive Oxide Thin Films from Aqueous Solution |
| POSITHÔT | Non destructive technology having a resolution at the size of the atom |
| QLEDCures, LLC | A wearable, disposable, light emitting photomedical treatment device |
| QSM Diagnostics, Inc. | Point-of-care sensors for diagnosing bacterial infections |
| rasdaman GmbH | rasdaman |
| RiKarbon, Inc. | Green Base Oils for Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants |
| RoadBotics | Artificial intelligence, machine learning, machine vision for infrastructure and road surface assessments |
| RooSense LLC | Wearable Fabric Sensor for Hydration Monitoring |
| Rowan University | Automated-Track Electrospinning |
| Rowan University | Continuous Dual Track Fabrication of Polymer Micro/nanofibers Based on Direct Drawing |
| Rowan University | Retractable 3D Zipper For Extended Length |
| Sandia National Laboratories | HADES - High-Fidelity Adaptive Deception & Emulation System |
| Site 1001 | Skylight - A Big Data Platform for Buildings |
| Skysun, LLC | Tensile-based Ganged Heliostats/G-Helio |
| Software for Chemistry & Materials | Multi-scale chemical reactor modeling |
| Spectral Sciences | Four-dimensional hyperspectral/hypertemporal imager for AI-controlled robotic manipulation of objects in manufacturing process |
| Sungkyunkwan University Foundation for | Novel Polymer, Hydrogel Including the Polymer |
| SynMatter LLC | Platform Technology for creating Functional Additives for Corrosion Protection, Corrosion Detection, Antimicrobial, Superhydrophobic and Personal Care Products. |
| Targetrust Biotech. Ltd | Diagnostic kit for real-time monitoring resistance in targeted cancer therapy |
| Texas Tech University | Surface coating for reduction of aerodynamic noise and vibrations |
| Texas Tech University, Office of Research Commercialization | Tunable nanocomplexes for delivery of plasmid DNA into human and vertebrate primary cells |
| The Australian National University | Planar microphone array for spatial audio recording |
| The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | New antibiotic drug candidates |
| The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Seeded sonochemical coatings |
| The University of Melbourne | A simple, energy and cost-efficient process to isolate oils and high value commodities from oil-bearing microbes including algal biomass |
| The University of Melbourne | Resonance Imaging Microscopy |
| The University of Melbourne | Super-elastic graphene foams with extraordinary physical properties |
| Tufts University | Micro^3Plasma Source |
| Unicus Pharmaceuticals, LLC | Making urine-odor-free absorbent products for people with adult/urinary incontinence |
| Univalor | Gold-Silver Alloy Nanoprobes for Clinical Immunolabeling |
| University of British Columbia | Self-Driving Laboratories for Accelerating Materials Discovery |
| University of California, Santa Barbara | Hydraulically Actuated Textiles |
| University of California, Santa Barbara | Unidirectional Photoluminescence with GaN/InGaN Quantum Well Metasurfaces |
| University of Central Florida | Low-Cost Manufacturing Process For High-Performing Intermediate Band Solar Cells |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell | Safer Solvents for Contact-Adhesives |
| University of Minnesota | Toughened Isotactic Polypropylene |
| University of Minnesota - Technology Commercialization | Process to Improve Lithium Ion Battery Life and Capacity |
| University of Pardubice | Silica fibrous material for sorption, separation, catalytic and battery applications |
| University of Wisconsin- Madison / Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation | Aligned Nanotube Technology (ANT) |
| Valoa Technologies, Inc. | Non-invasive blood glucose monitor |
| vClick3d | Curve3d |
| Veloxint | Ultra high strength and lightweight components via scalable nanocrystalline alloy technology |
| Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation | LiTell: Robust Indoor Localization Using Unmodified Light Fixtures |
| Yeda Research & Development Co. Ltd. | Photovoltaic Devices Based on Guided Nanowire Arrays |
| Zepsor | Miniaturized Zero-Power Flame Detectors for Ubiquitous Fire Monitoring |