BOSTON -- May 5, 2011: ¾«¶«´«Ã½ President Jack M. Wilson today announced $200,000 in grants to UMass researchers. The awards are made annually from the, University's Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property (CVIP) Technology Development Fund, . President Wilson established this fund in 2004 and to date has granted over $1.3 million to university researchers on all five campuses. The fund was created and maintained through reinvestment of…, Uri Galili, Ph.D. Department of Surgery, UMass Worcester "Regeneration of Ischemic Myocardium Using Alpha-gal Nanoparticles", One of the leading causes of death and a major cause of hospital admission in Western countries, myocardial ischaemia, commonly referred to as a heart attack, is the result of a reduction in blood…, T.J. (Lakis) Mountziaris, Ph.D. Department of Chemical Engineering and UMass NanoMedicine Institute, UMass Amherst "Platform Technology for Medical Diagnostics Using Optically-Responsive ZnSe…, This project aims at demonstrating the commercial potential of a new class of biological sensors that enable rapid detection, high-throughput screening, and quantitative analysis of biological…, George Huber, Ph.D.; Geoff Tompsett Department of Chemical Engineering, UMass Amherst "Production of Renewable Liquid Fuels through the Electrochemical Reduction of Biomass-Derived Oxygenates in a…, The award will go toward advancing a new a process to make renewable gasoline from aqueous carbohydrates and electricity. This process is able to convert the electricity into a renewable liquid fuel…, Stephen P. McCarthy, Ph.D.; Raymond Dunn M.D.; Ronald Ignotz, Ph.D.; Scott Wharram Ph.D. Department of Plastics Engineering, UMass Lowell; Department of Plastic Surgery, UMass Worcester; Department…, The ability to provide antibiotics and other drugs or biotherapies through safe, biodegradable bandages has the potential to accelerate and improve healing for patients undergoing surgery or…, Xingwei Wang, Ph.D.; Kurt Barringhaus, M.D. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UMass Lowell; Department of Medicine, UMass Worcester "Disposable Miniature Pressure Sensors in…, Miniature fiber optic pressure sensors developed at UMass Lowell have the potential to help cardiologists better evaluate patients prior to angioplasty, the process of mechanically widening a…, Gregory N. Tew, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, UMass Amherst "Novel Delivery Vectors Based on Protein Transduction Domain Mimics", This technology relates to the use of a novel class of biomimetic polymers as delivery vehicles for human therapies. These novel polymers are synthetic versions of cell-penetrating peptides, and can…, Kevin Fu, Ph.D. Computer Science Department, UMass Amherst "SMASH for Smarter Storage in Low-Power Devices", SMASH memory consists of plug-and-play software to reduce energy consumption in low-power devices with embedded flash memory by upwards of 50%. SMASH memory reduces manufacturing costs and makes…, Jie Song, PhD, Associate Professor Department of Orthopedics and Department of Cell Biology, UMass Worcester "Well-Defined Functional Polycarbonates and Poly(ester-carbonates) for Biomedical…, The demand for synthetic grafts that can promote the repair and reconstruction of musculoskeletal tissue defects induced by trauma, aging, cancer and metabolic diseases is quickly rising. A robust…
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BOSTON - Sept. 12, 2011:UMass President Robert L. Caret and the ¾«¶«´«Ã½ Board of Trustees today established an 18-person search committee that will conduct a national search for a…, Trustee Philip W. Johnston, , UMass Amherst Class of 1968, President and founder of Philip W. Johnston Associates, former state Secretary of Health and Human Services, Professor W. Richards (Rick) Adrion, , Ph.D., Faculty Delegate to the Board of Trustees, Computer Science, Professor Joseph Bartolomeo, , Ph.D., Chair, Faculty Rules Committee, Chair of English Department, Marilyn S. Billings, , Faculty Rules Committee Member, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, Professor Sergio F. Brena, , Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Zachary J. Broughton, , Student, Undergraduate Student Government Association Senator, UMass Amherst, Priscilla M. Clarkson, , Ph.D., UMass Amherst Class of 1969, Dean and Distinguished Professor, Commonwealth Honors College, Trustee Edward W. Collins, , Jr., International Representative, IBEW, David Fubini, , UMass Amherst Class of 1976, UMass Amherst Foundation Board of Directors, Director, McKinsey & Company, Ronald F. Grasso, , Jr., UMass Amherst Class of 1992, President, UMass Amherst Alumni Association, First VP, Wealth Management, Smith Barney, Inc., Eugene M. Isenberg, , UMass Amherst Class of 1950, UMass Amherst Foundation Board of Directors, Chairman and CEO of Nabors Industries, Ltd., John F. Kennedy, , UMass Amherst Class of 1976G, President, UMass Amherst Foundation Board of Directors, Chancellor Jean F. MacCormack, , Ed.D., UMass Amherst Class of 1979EdD, Chancellor, ¾«¶«´«Ã½ Dartmouth, Professor Mzamo P. Mangaliso, , Ph.D., UMass Amherst Class of 1988PhD, Isenberg School of Management, Trustee S. Paul Reville, , Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of ¾«¶«´«Ã½, Hongmei Sun, , Student, Graduate Student Association President, UMass Amherst, Marcellette G. Williams, , Ph.D., Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and International Relations, ¾«¶«´«Ã½, Trustee Victor Woolridge, , UMass Amherst Class of 1980,Vice President, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors, LLC The ¾«¶«´«Ã½ is a five-campus system, with campuses in Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell and…
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