The Insider: Community Edition - December 2022
CU ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Startups in the News
CU ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ commercialization drives $8 billion impact nationwide
Commercialization activities led by Venture Partners at the ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ had an economic impact of $8 billion nationally and $5.2 billion in the state of Colorado over the last five years, according to a new report from the Leeds School of Business.
CU ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ startup ColdQuanta's Albert named in TIME's Best Inventions of 2022
With this technology, once accessible only to professional scientists but now free to all, researchers can remotely use CU ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ startup ColdQuanta’s quantum-matter machine to design potentially transformative innovations.
Key investment is the latest milestone for CU ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ startup Vitro3D and founders Camila Uzcategui and Johnny Hergert
Vitro3D, a CU ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ startup pioneering volumetric 3D printing for life sciences, just closed its first investment round of $1.3 million. The hard-won vote of confidence from the investment community will allow the promising new venture to pursue ambitious technical advances while continuing to build critical business capacity.Ìý
CU ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ innovators awarded $1.25 million in commercialization funding
Twelve teams of University of Colorado faculty, researchers and graduate student innovators competed for a combined $1.25 million in startup funding grants in this year’s Venture Challenge (LVC).
Emerging Innovations
Method for Fabricating Corrugated Gate Dielectric-Semiconductor Interface Transistor
Today’s trend in semiconductor chip manufacturing involves the miniaturization of transistors and increasing the density of transistors per integrated circuit. Researchers at CU ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æÌýhave developed a corrugated gate dielectric-semiconductor interface that can be easily incorporated into the existing semiconductor manufacturing technology to improve the transistor device performance.
Acid-Resistant Inorganic Composite
Researchers at the University of Colorado have developed a method to create an acid-resistant inorganic coating to be applied to concrete sewer pipe conduit. The inorganic cements are made from a low-calcium metakaolin-based alkali-activated cement (AAC). The cements are doped with inorganic polyvalent cations (e.g., magnesium, iron, copper, cobalt), resulting in even lower permeable porosities and smaller acid corrosion depths compared to ordinary portland cement (OPC).
Sequestration of Macronutrients from Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment with Steel Processing Residuals
Improvements to anaerobic wastewater treatment by the addition of steel-making by-products.