2021

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has introduced a novel Licensing Flywheel Program that facilitates technology transfer (T2) by making it easier for prospective licensees to quickly and easily obtain evaluation samples and data related to PNNL available technologies. The Flywheel...

A regional event conceived in 2016 by the National Cancer Institute’s Technology Transfer Center (NCI TTC) is now an annual opportunity to showcase federal technologies to prospective partners and strengthen public-private relationships that support the regional economy. TTC staff recognized the...

A strategic partnership between Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and energy storage startup SPARKZ Inc. aims to commercialize a suite of interrelated technologies designed to eliminate the unsustainable cobalt metal from lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. Li-ion batteries power a range of...

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) partnered with a cotton farmer, a trauma dressing company and a university to develop two special types of non-woven cotton dressings that treat for bleeding control and infection prevention. The ability to...

Collaboration across the Department of Defense (DoD), including an innovative five-way Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) involving four DoD labs and a commercial licensee, led to the rapid deployment of a low-cost isolation chamber to protect health care workers from COVID-19...

An analytical technique developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to combat bioterrorism is also a powerful weapon in the fight against COVID-19. The technology’s capacity for early detection, whether used for biosecurity or for pandemic response, can be the difference between life...

Bob Westervelt brings a unique background as both a laboratory scientist and a business executive to his role as licensing executive at Sandia National Laboratories — expertise that is evident in his ability to craft licensing agreements that benefit all parties. With a PhD in nuclear physics,...

In May 2019, just six months after becoming director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Dr. Brian J. Anderson signed a 10-year, $100 million technology transfer (T2) agreement with two other Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories and energy giant ExxonMobil. That was just the...

Of the three years that Dr. David Pittman has served as director of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), 2020 perhaps best illustrates his profound impact on the lab, the agency and technology transfer (T2). Despite numerous challenges created by...

As under secretary of commerce for standards and technology and the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) from October 2017 to January 2021, Dr. Walter Copan shaped the culture at NIST to a workforce heavily focused on technology transfer (T2). As NIST director,...