Advanced Materials | UW Center for Commercialization

- MARCH 28, 2013
- CATEGORIES: Advanced Materials, Case Studies, Clean Tech, Engineering
EnVitrum Turns Trash Glass into Green Building Material

Bricks and glassware date back to the earliest civilizations, and the raw materials and basic technologies haven’t changed much over six millennia. Now, two UW Engineering graduate students have exercised techno creativity to rethink both bricks and glass, driven by a goal to develop a useful product from vast heaps of low-grade glass that ends up in landfills. UW graduate students Grant Marchelli and Renuka… View More
- DECEMBER 7, 2012
- CATEGORIES: Advanced Materials, Case Studies, Engineering
Lodespin Targets Opportunity in Next-Generation Medical Imaging

A new University of Washington spin-off company, Lodespin Labs, is emerging as a key player in the development of what could be the next big advance in medical imaging technology – magnetic particle imaging (MPI). It capitalizes on the magnetic properties of nanoscale iron oxide particles that can be injected into the bloodstream for real-time imaging of coronary blood flow and other heart functions. Lodespin… View More

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