2023 Innovation Showcase Participants

* denotes 2023 Innovation Award Winner

• Showcase Participants with Industry Area: Materials, Chemical and Maturity: Concept

• Akita Innovations LLC

  North Billerica, MA

  www.akitainnovations.com

  Effective and Non-toxic Underwater and Marine Adhesive

  Current adhesives perform poorly underwater or in wet conditions, and use toxic solvents or chemicals. We will use novel chemistry to create mussel-inspired protected catechol-containing adhesives that will provide increased adhesion in both wet and dry conditions, with initial application to the Navy's special hull treatment for submarines.

• Stanford University - Office of Technology Licensing

  Redwood City, CA

  otl.stanford.edu/

  3D Bioprinting using Stiffened Polymer Bioinks and Bioorthogonal Crosslinkers

  Dr. Sarah Heilshorn's lab at Stanford University has developed a platform for 3D bioprinting which stiffens the structure post-printing using chemistry that is completely bioorthogonal.

• Texas Tech University Office of Research Commercialization

  Lubbock, TX

  www.depts.ttu.edu/research/commercialization/index.php

  Selective Removal of Barium and Select Ions from Brackish Water with Chemically Enhanced Electrodialysis

  This invention can selectively remove problematic metal ions over background electrolytes. Doing so in a targeted fashion reduces energy consumption associated with traditional non-targeted methods. This technique has the potential to be applied toward other ions of interests.