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Spark   Fund   announces   first   three   awards   to   UA innovators

9/1/2017

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By Elyse Ball
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Spark Fund – a University of Akron Research Foundation initiative to fund prototyping and testing to lead to more technology licenses – has announced $255,000 in funding to support its first three funded projects. 
 
Dr. Abraham Joy, at right, an associate professor of polymer science, and graduate students Kaushik Mishra and Cesar Lopezreceived funding to prototype and iteratively test a light-releasable medical adhesive. The 11-month project aims to produce a fully validated negative pressure wound therapy bandage to start FDA testing, as well as a scaled production process. The team was mentored by Dr. Gopal Nadkarni, an associate professor of mechanical engineering.


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By   Geckos,   For   Humans

1/11/2017

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By ​Lisa Craig, lmc91@uakron.edu
Spiders, geckos and insects can stick to any surface with ease and not leave any marks or trails along their path – and so can new dry adhesive products produced by Akron Ascent Innovations (AAI). The groundbreaking invention has reached the next step in the innovation process with the announcement that AAI has formed a strategic partnership with Velcro Companies to combine its dry adhesive technology with VELCRO® Brand’s classic hook and loop technologies.
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AAI’s Akron-based team, which includes four UA graduates and one current UA student, hold a 17-foot long strip of adhesive film. They are, from left, Matt Cymbal, Fei Wang, Kevin White, Ali Blandon Cruz, Roxanna Raoufi, Rebecca Kuznarsky and Sherri Hart.

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New   funding   program   will   spark   innovation   at   UA

1/5/2017

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By Courtney Bosetti
Sometimes all you need is a small spark to start a big fire, and that is the goal of The University of Akron Research Foundation’s (UARF) new Spark Fund program. The Spark Fund is designed to support prototyping and testing of new innovations and technologies created by UA graduate students and faculty. With monetary help from the Spark Fund, UARF hopes that these innovations will lead to more successful UA start-ups.
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