OSU Startup and Company Partnerships
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s part of OSU’s mission to serve Oklahoma and the nation, technology innovation in combination with startup and company partnerships help deliver life-changing products and services to the market. Below is a small sample of those partnerships.
Structured Ions LLC
Modified carbon fiber electrodes can provide lighter load-bearing structures for hybrid aerospace or automobiles and increase electrical energy efficiency. Structured Ions LLC, a startup, has optionally licensed the invention and received a NASA Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award to continue developing the technology with OSU.
Syngas Fermentation Technology
OSU has been working on converting biomass to high-value products such as ethanol and butanol. OSU has developed patent-pending algorithms and methods for controlling the fermentation to produce much more of the desired materials than other processes do, which have been licensed to an engineering company to use in biomass plants in Florida and Louisiana.
Ghost Display Technologies LLC
OSU patent-pending technology will lead to ultra-low cost, high-resolution infrared images that could be used in multiple applications including war fighters, automotive accident-avoidance visibility and consumer smart devices. Startup company Ghost Display Technologies LLC has optionally licensed the invention and received multiple Air Force SBIR grants to further develop the technology with OSU.
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Plasma Bionics LLC
Plasma Bionics LLC is a startup that licensed OSU patented technology to produce a proprietary Air Plasma Sterilization® product for medical equipment. This environmentally friendly and low-operating-cost process requires no chemical consumables, produces no byproducts and can sterilize sensitive instruments without damage.
Acoustic Megastructures Technology
OSU is developing a patent-pending acoustic liner that has unprecedented low-frequency noise mitigation capability in a lightweight, ultracompact form. The solution could result in difficult to dampen low-frequency noise applications in the aircraft, automotive and HVAC industries. OSU is working closing with a Tulsa-based aerospace company to address its aircraft cabin noisedamping needs.
Rocket-Assisted Take-Off Technology for UAVs
OSU is developing a low-cost, reliable, rocketassisted take-off (RATO) system with the necessary performance to accelerate initially an unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) from a small footprint launch rail. OSU is partnering with a California-based UAV company with operations in Oklahoma City, to provide enhanced versatility and portability to its UAV.
