Sustainability
Qiang Hu/Milton Sommerfeld - Algae Technology Platform View Presentation
In an effort to address the problems of environmental degradation and the provisioning of sustainable energy sources, ASU researchers have developed novel strains of microalgae that thrive on waste water and carbon dioxide while producing feed stocks that can be converted into liquid fuels and solid biomass. Certain patented algal strains for biodiesel and jet fuel production using this technology platform have already been licensed into separate start-up ventures. Other applications including astaxanthin (animal feed, organic fertilizer, and nutraceuticals) and other fine chemical production technologies remain available.

Willem Vermaas, Bruce Rittmann, et al. - Cyanobacteria Technology Platform
ASU researchers are developing the photosynthetic Cyanobacteriae as a platform for bioenergy and general bioproduct production. Highly engineered Cyanobacteria are the work horse organism for the production of liquid biofuels in ASU's joint project with British Petroleum, “Tubes in the Desert.” Other strains of this organism are being developed to maximize hydrogen production. In this application, such bacteria could harvest the energy of the sun and economically produce hydrogen gas for clean burning energy. Still differently engineered strains of cyanobacteria may be useful for the production of bioplastics, biolubricants, or other high value metabolic products.

Austen Angell-Lithium Ion Battery Electrolytes View Presentation
The evolution of mobile electronic devices is placing increased demands on power sources. Consequently, there is a need to develop safe and long-lasting rechargeable battery technologies to meet these power needs. Austen Angell and co-workers at ASU have developed novel Lithium ion electrolytes with superior properties, including higher conductivity and energy density, lower viscosity and increased cycling performance, and improved fire retarding properties.

Physical Sciences
Trevor Thornton-Power Management Circuits View Presentation
SJT Micropower is developing silicon field effect transistor (SiFET technologies) for ultra-high efficiency low-power electronics. These transistors offer ultra-low dropout voltages and require fewer external components, allowing power management solutions for portable electronics that provide reduced cost, increased reliability and longer battery lifetimes.

Sarma Vrudhula-Threshold Logic

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For the past 40 years, the performance of integrated circuits has followed Moore's law, with the number of transistors on a chip doubling about every two years. The improvement in circuit performance has been achieved by downscaling the feature sizes of the transistors. As scaling breaks down at the nanoscale, new design approaches are required to further improve device performance. One approach is the use of "threshold logic circuits". Sarma Vrudhula and co-workers are developing improved methods for designing and building such circuits, which offer reduced gate counts (and hence smaller size), improved power efficiency and improved speed, when compared to more traditional CMOS approaches.

John Kouvetakis-Low Cost Hybrid Silicon Substrates for Solid State Lighting Applications View Presentation
LED production typically begins with a silicon carbide or sapphire substrate. These are expensive, have low yields, offer poor scalability and require expensive and complex processing. ASU researchers have developed a zirconium diboride buffer layer allows the use of common silicon substrates allowing scalability and reducing LED costs by up to 10 times. The technology is also applicable to high power electronics materials and photovoltaics.

FDC Presentations View Presentation
The Flexible Display Center (FDC) at Arizona State University (ASU) is a university, industry, government collaborative venture designed to advance full color flexible display technology and flexible display manufacturing to the brink of commercialization. The principal goal of the FDC is to develop high performance, commercially-viable, conformal and flexible displays that are lightweight, rugged, low power, and low cost.

Life Sciences
Nongjian ("NJ") Tao- Environmental Sensor Applications View Presentation
NJ Tao and his colleagues have developed and demonstrated two high sensitivity (ppb), gas phase chemical sensing technologies. These can rapidly quantitate specific analytes in complex matrices. The first of these technologies is a miniaturized device, combining a microfabricated quartz tuning fork with analyte specific polymers, for sensing a variety of chemical, biological, and physical agents. The second is an integrated circuit-like, high specificity electrical/electrochemical sensing platform.

Bruce Towe-Neurostimulation relation inventions View Presentation
Bruce Towe and his colleagues have integrated micro-sized high frequency ultrasound and RF transducers into electrodes to achieve wireless, noninvasive neuromodulation. This allows a reduction of the electric current that is typically necessary to achieve neural stimulation and thereby reduces stimulation pain. The elimination of transdermal wires is a significant advantage, reducing the invasiveness of the technology and potentially expanding its acceptance.

Stuart Lindsay/Peiming Zhang-DNA Sequencing View Presentation
Stuart Lindsay and his colleagues have developed a novel approach to DNA sequencing that utilizes nanoscale chemical recognition to achieve base recognition. This technique potentially allows for very long reads. The methodology is potentially extendable to the sequencing of other biopolymers, such as proteins.

Stephen Johnston/Neal Woodbury-Synbodies View Presentation
Stephen Johnston and his colleagues have developed a method for making high affinity, high specificity synthetic antibodies ("Synbodies"). This technology provides many advantages over conventional monoclonal antibodies, including the ability to screen for binding ligands to compounds and structures not normally recognized by a host as antigenic.

William ("Jamie") Tyler-Focused ultrasound for deep brain stimulation – Synapticoustics View Presentation
Jamie Tyler and his colleagues are using phased, ultrasound-generating arrays to achieve deep brain stimulation without any transdermal or surgical intervention. Employing a model system, they have demonstrated that ultrasound can be directed through the skull and focused at precise points within the brain.

Wayne Frasch-Attometrics, Inc.

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A novel and sensitive method for the detection of both proteins and nucleic acids has been demonstrated in the laboratory of Wayne Frasch at ASU. This platform technology can detect commercially important pathogens, such as MRSA, with robust sensitivity and specificity. The inventor's start-up entity, Attometrics, Inc., has obtained initial And follow on support from the Science Foundation of Arizona. They are now seeking seasoned management and seed-round level financing to complete prototype development and take their products to the next level.