University partnerships

OSU Startup and Company Partnerships

As 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.

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.

Heartland Vaccines LLC

OSU has developed a patented live attenuated M-Null RSV vaccine candidate to help prevent RSV infections in infants and elderly who are most susceptible to the virus. Heartland Vaccines LLC, a startup company, has optionally licensed the invention and received a large, special topic NIH SBIR Phase I grant to further develop the technology in collaboration with OSU and OU Health Sciences Center.

Roll-2-Roll Technologies LLC

Roll-2-Roll Technologies LLC, a startup company, has licensed OSU-patented technology and brought to market next-generation sensors to detect position and measure the width of difficult materials being processed in the web-converting industry. These sensors reduce manufacturing costs and improve efficiency for users.

Weaver Labs LLC

Weaver Labs LLC is a startup contract chemical research organization (CRO) with unique fluorinated synthesis capabilities to produce compounds that can bring new drugs and agrochemicals to market, in addition to helping detect and remove harmful PFAS/PFOA compounds from drinking water. The company has been awarded multiple Air Force and NIH SBIR grants to further develop licensed OSU technologies and other technologies.

MiFi Pathogen Detection Software

MiFi software is a bioinformatics software as a service (SaaS) tool for rapid, low-cost and accurate detection of pathogens in next-generation sequenced data samples from plants or animals. The service will be used by public and private test labs, in addition to field applications and clinics by veterinarians and medical personnel. MiFi software is being validated by initial defining test labs in California and Florida prior to a full-scale launch through a future startup company.

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Interested in learning more? Contact Cowboy Innovations at cowboyinnovations@okstate.edu.