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ORNL technology transfer continues strong upward trend

Posted at 10:08 pm October 29, 2014
By Oak Ridge National Laboratory Leave a Comment

Mike Paulus Technology Transfer

Mike Paulus, director of Technology Transfer, says initiatives like SPARK! have been effective at connecting entrepreneurs, investors, and industry experts with ORNL technologies and capabilities. (Submitted photo)

 

New methods are improving connections between private businesses and technology from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, with 101 licenses and options executed during the last three years.

Mike Paulus, director of Technology Transfer, attributes the growth in large part to the Technology Innovation Program, Bridging the Gap, and SPARK! These programs helped the lab double the number of licenses for the fiscal years 2012-2014 compared to 2009-2011, and Paulus expects a new initiative, the Invention to Innovation Webinar Series, to help maintain the upward trend.

“We have a talented staff that has worked very hard to identify, develop, and market high-potential technologies that provide the best opportunities to licensees,” Paulus said. “Our two-pronged approach focuses on increasing the overall deal volume while at the same time concentrating on our most promising technologies.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Uncategorized Tagged With: Bridging the Gap, Dry Surface Technologies, engineers, Fiveworx, Invention to Innovation, licenses, Mike Paulus, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, scientists, SPARK!, Technology Innovation Program, technology transfer, U.S. Department of Energy, Vertimass LLC

Vertimass licenses ORNL biofuel-to-hydrocarbon conversion technology

Posted at 11:07 pm March 6, 2014
By Oak Ridge National Laboratory Leave a Comment

Vertimass LLC and ORNL Ethanol Fuel

Vertimass LLC has licensed an ORNL technology that converts ethanol into a hydrocarbon blend-stock for use in transportation fuels. ORNL inventors (from left) Chaitanya Narula, Brian Davison, and Martin Keller display the technology with Vertimass chairman William Shopoff.

Vertimass LLC, a California-based start-up company, has licensed an Oak Ridge National Laboratory technology that directly converts ethanol into a hydrocarbon blend-stock for use in transportation fuels.

The ORNL technology offers a new pathway to biomass-derived renewable fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions and decrease U.S. reliance on foreign sources of oil.

“Vertimass is very pleased to be partnering with ORNL to commercialize this revolutionary technology that can broaden the market for alternative fuels, ” said Vertimass chairman William Shopoff. “We have assembled a team of industry and technology leaders, including Dr. Charles Wyman, our president and CEO, who will take this novel catalyst from the lab to the marketplace. We see this technology as a significant step in moving the United States toward energy independence.”

The technology developed by ORNL’s Chaitanya Narula, Brian Davison and Associate Laboratory Director Martin Keller uses an inexpensive zeolite catalyst to transform ethanol into hydrocarbon blend-stock. The resulting liquid can be blended at various concentrations into gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels without negatively affecting engine performance. After mixing with petroleum-derived fuels, the blend-stock does not require modifications to the existing distribution infrastructure. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Science, Top Stories Tagged With: biomass, Brian Davison, Chaitanaya Narula, Charles Wyman, energy independence, ethanol, greenhouse gas emissions, hydrocarbon, hydrocarbon blend-stock, Martin Keller, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, oil, ORNL, renewable fuel, transportation fuel, Vertimass LLC, William Shopoff

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