http://www.techtransfer.siuc.edu/news/news.html Updates from the Technology Transfer Office at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:27 GMT en-us Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees http://news.siuc.edu/news/February10/022310tjc10009.html Yoginder “Paul” Chugh, professor in the Department of Mining and Mineral Resources in the College of Engineering, is perfecting a dust control system for retrofitting on continuous coal mining machines. Using water spray technology and strategic placement of the spray nozzles to create “curtains” around dust clouds, Chugh’s team is making huge improvements in dust control efforts at several mines. At least two mines -- Viper in central Illinois and Sunrise Mining Co. near Terre Haute, Ind. -- are using the systems, while other mines are testing it. Chugh hopes to continue marketing the system as both an after market add-on to existing machines or perhaps a standard item on newly manufactured machines. http://www.techtransfer.siuc.edu/techavail/chugh3.html SIUC researchers have developed an innovative spray system on continuous miners for improved dust control. The spray system locates different types of sprays spatially to develop three lines of defenses to minimize respirable dust emissions in and around continuous miner face areas. The system also utilizes sprays to maximize scrubber efficiency for dust control. The SIUC spray system utilizes approximatedly the same number of sprays and the same amount of water as a conventional spray system on a continuous miner. http://www.techtransfer.siuc.edu/techavail/anderson.html This invention provides a novel processing strategy for utilization of organic solids such as coal, an abundant natural resource, for production of fuels and chemical feedstocks, with a minimal environmental footprint and essentially complete conversion of organic solids. http://www.prweb.com/releases/technology_innovation/expo_biochemistry/prweb3597054.htm The Southern Illinois University system, which for decades has provided a fertile environment for the development of major technologies, will showcase current research and inventions March 30 when the system presents the Technology and Innovation Expo on the SIU Edwardsville campus. http://siuctechdev.blogspot.com/2010/02/siuc-technology-advances-to-semi-final.html Nanoscopic Electronic Nose Technology by Dr. Andrei Kolmakov Advances in Global Venture Challenge. http://www.techtransfer.siuc.edu/techavail/anterola.html The invention relates to a genetically modified moss that is a promising anti-cancer agent. http://www.techtransfer.siuc.edu/techavail/dyer2.html http://www.techtransfer.siuc.edu/techavail/dyer2.html http://news.siuc.edu/news/October09/102809tjc9090.html Animals rely on millions of smell receptors in their olfactory systems -- their noses and specialized centers of the brain -- to distinguish odors and identify substances. A researcher at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, however, is working on ways to improve on and test unbelievably small wires that can stand in for biological smell receptors and lead the way to extremely sensitive detection equipment. http://news.siuc.edu/news/September09/092309tjc9082.html Southern Illinois University Carbondale staff are making final preparations for the SIUC Technology and Innovation Expo, which will feature speakers, networking opportunities, great food and a new product launch. The event, set for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, at the Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center, will cater to a broad audience of researchers, business professionals, entrepreneurs and the general public. Inventors will show off their creations that they developed at SIUC and have patented and prepared for commercialization. The inventions on display span the spectrum of architecture, biotechnology, medical devices, energy and environment. The inventors will be available to answer questions and demonstrate their wares. http://thesouthern.com/news/local/article_67972c85-63c4-5a11-b7c4-6b11d1e57b93.html Daniel Dyer, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, is working on establishing an endowed professorship and local endowed research center to research the very condition that has befallen him. Dyer was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), an aggressive type of brain cancer and he is hoping to establish a center for brain chemistry research at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. To realize this goal, he has to raise as much as $6 million. http://thesouthern.com/news/breaking/article_8e16a8c9-991d-5ddf-8f11-67fa0cdeea0f.html Southern Illinois University Carbondale has received $300,000 in federal stimulus funds to study carbon sequestration, U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Belleville, announced Wednesday. The money, a grant of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act from the U.S. Department of Energy, will be used for a carbon capture and sequestration research project entitled: Risk Assessment and monitoring of Stored CO2 in Organic Rocks under Non-Equilibrium Conditions. http://news.siuc.edu/news/September09/090909kcj9058.html If bad guys or bad bugs are poisoning food, maybe some good bugs could spill the beans. Amer AbuGhazaleh, a researcher from Southern Illinois University Carbondale's College of Agricultural Sciences, and Salam Ibrahim, a food microbiologist from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, have shown that the combination of certain bacteria and a common purple dye can reveal the presence of toxins in milk in just a few hours. http://news.siuc.edu/news/August09/083109tjc9075.html A new technology developed at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will supercharge an explosives detection device built by an Oklahoma-based company. ICx Nomadics Inc., of Stillwater, Okla., a business unit of ICx Tcchnologies, has licensed organic-based nanowire technology developed by Ling Zang, a former associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at SIUC. The technology uses naturally occurring fluorescent characteristics to indicate the presence of extremely small quantities of molecules given off by explosives. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=12079.php They are the first "Green Talents": Juliana Aristeia de Lima and Zhou Minghua can now refer to themselves as "Green Talents". Along with other young scientists from across the world, the two researchers have won the Environmental Technology Competition "Green Talents" of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The competition took place for the first time this year and set out to find outstanding scientific talents in the field of environmental technology. The winning scientists were selected because their research is making a long-term contribution to resolving global challenges such as climate change, diminishing energy resources and large-scale environmental pollution. A jury of renowned German experts selected a total of 15 winners, who will be invited to a one-week science forum in Germany at the end of August. (Mr) MA Xingmao, Ph.D. (China), Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA. Research focus: Remediation in the context of bio- and nanotechnology. http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2009/08/09/breaking_news/doc4a7f4c8859408755800009.txt U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Belleville, has announced that Southern Illinois University Carbondale has received several grants from the National Science Foundation The grants include: $305,000 for Collaborative Research: Providing Predictable Timing for Task Migration in Embedded Multi-Core Environments; $175,000 for Mechanisms of Molecular Recognition by the Transcription Factor LMO7 at the Nuclear Envelope and the Adherens Junctions; $186,439 for Southern Illinois Undergraduate Recruitment and Retention in Geoscience Education (SURRGE); $280,000 for A Time-Predictable Multicore/Manycore Architecture for Real-Time. http://news.siuc.edu/news/August09/080309tjc9064.html A faculty member in Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Department of Mining and Mineral Resources is organizing this year's Illinois Mining Institute's annual meeting, which will take place in Southern Illinois in August. Professor Yoginder "Paul" Chugh is secretary-treasurer of the group, which will hold its meeting Aug. 10-11 at Rend Lake College in Ina. The meeting will include mining exhibits, a golf tourney, technical programs and a rescue contest and demonstration sponsored by the Illinois Mine Rescue Association. http://news.siuc.edu/news/July09/072909tjc9063.html A researcher at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is working with the Canadian oil and gas industry to take land reclamation to a higher level. Dale Vitt, professor and chair of the Department of Plant Biology in the College of Science, is working with Syncrude, a joint venture of oil and gas companies mining the oil sands in Alberta. The project -- part experimental research, part environmental remediation -- involves turning gigantic open sand pits created by the extraction process into a rolling, lush landscape. While land reclamation has long been a common practice among mining companies in North America, Vitt says no one has attempted a project of this magnitude. http://news.siuc.edu/news/July09/072109tjc9061.html Attention entrepreneurs and business owners: Researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale have created some astonishing technologies that could earn a pretty penny, and they're looking for partners. A special event set for this fall will see the University playing matchmaker for business and academia, setting the table for economic growth in the area and beyond. The Technology and Innovation Expo is set for 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center, 150 E. Pleasant Hill Road, in Carbondale. Researchers, business people, entrepreneurs and others will be on hand, taking advantage of the networking and educational environment aimed at sparking economic development. http://news.siuc.edu/news/July09/070909tjc9058.html A physics researcher at Southern Illinois University Carbondale was among a handful of promising early career scientists honored by the White House today as winners of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Maria de las Mercedes Calbi, associate professor of physics in the College of Science at SIUC, was one of just 20 outstanding scholars nominated by the National Science Foundation and honored with the award today (July 9, 2009) in Washington D.C. The NSF selected Calbi from a pool of about 450 of its CAREER grant awardees, making her one of its most meritorious researchers. http://news.siuc.edu/news/June09/062909tjc9057.html A former doctoral student's research on new, environmentally friendly refrigeration methods is the winner of this year's Richard and Donna Falvo Outstanding Dissertation Award at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Mahmud Khan, who earned his doctorate in the Department of Physics at SIUC, won for his research titled, "Magnetic Entropy Changes and Exchanges Bias Effects Associated with Phase Transitions in Ferromagnetic Heusler Alloys." The research looked at materials that could potentially replace traditional refrigeration methods and gases, such as Freon. http://news.siuc.edu/news/June09/062609tjc9056.html An engineering professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will lead an international journal dedicated to nanoengineering and systems as its new editor. Shing-Chung "Max" Yen, director of the Materials Technology Center, is editor of The Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems (Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part N) as of June 1. The journal, published quarterly, is dedicated to the particular aspects of nanoscale engineering, science and technology involving nanoscale systems and their descriptions. It publishes papers dealing with all aspects of this niche, including modeling, nanocomposites, nanodevices, nanoscale assemblies and manipulation, environmental issues and others. http://news.siuc.edu/news/June09/061209tjc9055.html An engineering faculty member at Southern Illinois University Carbondale achieved a professional honor recently. The American Academy of Water Resources Engineers named Lizette R. Chevalier a diplomate. Chevalier is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering at SIUC. http://news.siu.edu/news/April09/042009tjc9039.html A Southern Illinois University Carbondale engineering professor will help the country of China examine the issues involved with its long-term use of coal for energy as part of an international task force. Yoginder "Paul" Chugh, a professor in the Department of Mining and Mineral Resources Engineering, is a member of the China Council Task Force on Sustainable Use of Coal. Chugh joins scientists and engineers from France, Canada, Denmark and China in studying the country's current and future approach to coal-based energy. http://news.siu.edu/news/April09/040909tjc9034.html A new blog hosted by Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Technology Transfer Program promises to be a nexus of information on energy research across the University campus and around the world. The blog, "SIU Energy Technology," can be found at http://siuenergytech.blogspot.com/. It will promote energy research at SIU's campuses. http://siude.com/software_could_train_batters_to_anticipate_pitchers-1.1622681 Peter Fadde hopes through software development, he can help train the instincts of athletes, drivers and even surgeons. Fadde, a professor of instructional technology and design, has been working on pitch recognition software that could train the instincts of a batter to anticipate the path of a pitch just by looking at a split-second image of the pitcher's movements. Fadde said the perceptual training techniques used in the pitching software could be used for other types of training, such as driving and surgery.