Stories Tagged ‘Tech Transfer’ 
A Catalyst for Jobs
As anyone who has picked up a newspaper -- or stood in an unemployment line -- knows, creating jobs in today’s economic climate is a slow-lane struggle. In partnership with UA faculty and staff, two departments seek to use campus breakthroughs to accelerate lane changes.
Going Viral: Surgeon, Professor Team in New Approach to Pain Treatment
A Tuscaloosa-based surgeon’s theory related to chronic pain is likely headed for a clinical trial early next year, and it's drawing support from a University of Alabama researcher who studies how viruses replicate.
Cleaning the World
A device shown to reduce vehicle emissions heads down the commercialization road.
Building a Better Child Safety Seat
A dentist is teaming with two University of Alabama entities in attempts to provide an easy, alternative way to quickly remove a child from a safety seat in an emergency situation.
Listening to the Voices Inside Your Head
When students make mistakes in the classroom, teachers are instructed to use immediate feedback. This makes a strong impression and ensures that students won’t repeat the mistakes again and again.
A Launching Pad for Entrepreneurs
Similarities abound between Donald Trump and The University of Alabama's Dr. William "Bill" Gathings. No, maybe not the hair, but each has demonstrated an entrepreneurial spirit, and both are ardent promoters of a business-based competition with a reality TV show feel. Ok, so with Trump, it’s more than the feel of reality TV.
Growing Where None Dare Grow Before
While many of us are concentrating on beating the heat as temperatures near triple digits, a University of Alabama botanist is focused on helping plants better withstand the cold.
Student Innovation
Call it what you want - ubiquitous computing, pervasive computing, physical computing, tangible media – but patent applications now making their way through the approval process could mean big things for The University of Alabama and its M.B.A./M.S. dual degree program for Enterprise Consulting and the computer-based honors program.
A ‘Deal of Distinction’
The Licensing Executives Society named an agreement between The University of Alabama and chemical giant BASF one of its “2006 Deals of Distinction” in connection with its annual meeting in New York City in August.
Devastating Consequences
With Hurricane Katrina’s intense destruction in 2005, government officials and private citizens can no longer take public infrastructure for granted. Through a series of research projects, The University of Alabama’s Aging Infrastructure Systems Center for Excellence is improving the productivity and resilience of aging assets in America.
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- UA Recognizes Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers
May 22, 2013 - UA Engineering Student Awarded NASA Fellowship
May 14, 2013 - UA Professor Receives Grant to Collect Data on Armed Conflicts
May 6, 2013 - NSF Selects UA Students, Alumna for Highly Competitive Fellowships
May 2, 2013 - UA Professor Expands Knowledge of Telemedicine
May 1, 2013 - More Research News