creativity, innovation, & entrepreneurship...– biomedical device development for cdmrp...

Creativity, Innovation, & EntrepreneurshipDr. Duane DimosVice President, Office of the Vice President for Research

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UTA Strategic Plan 2020: Guiding Aspiration #6Lead in Creativity, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship

“UTA will be distinguished by its unwavering commitment to inquiry, high-impact exploration, scholarship, and achievement through encouraging a culture of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship.”

Strategic Initiatives

1. Accelerate Intellectual Property Generation and Commercialization2. Establish the Innovation Depot3. Establish a Student Entrepreneurship Program4. Strengthen the Culture of Innovation Across Campus5. Develop UTA as a Nexus for Creative Activities in the Metroplex

Accelerate intellectual property generation and commercialization

UTA Innovation & Commercialization

Mission: To serve our internal and external clients through education and collaboration, acting as a bridge to industry to make UTA technologies and innovations available to humankind.

Vision: To be known internally as a facilitator of commercialization and entrepreneurship and externally as a standard among technology transfer offices.



The TeamDirector: Teri Schultz, MS, JDAssistant Director: Sharon Ngwenya, PhD, RTTPLicensing Associates

Life Sciences: Jo Ramos-Lewis, PhDPhysical Sciences: Justin Sierchio, PhD (starting June 3)

Coordinator, Special Programs: Courtney TorresAdministrative Assistant: China LewisGraduate Research Assistants (4)



Milestones for Strategic Initiative 1:o Increase the number of patents awardedo Launch companies with faculty, students, staffo Increase licensing revenues from IPo Increase the corporate engagement of the office

Overview of Commercialization Process

Disclosure

Kickoff meeting /

Evaluation

IPC

Protection Marketing

I&C

Inventor(s)

Relationship building /

Negotiation

LA, GRA, Inventor(s) –Understanding of technology

Director, LA, Inventor(s) –Interpreting cited art; discussion with attorneys & examiner

AD, LA, GRA, Inventor(s) –Creating NCS, identifying industry partners

Director, AD, LA, Inventor(s) –discussions with industry partners; valuation; terms



FY18:Disclosures: 54Applications Filed: 74 (21 provisional, 25 US non-prov, 11 PCT, 17 foreign)US Patents Issued: 19Patent Expenditures:

Attorney’s Fees: $415,896Patent Office Fees: $108,316

Expense Reimbursements:$141,028Patent Revenues: $115,421Agreements: 5 Licenses (2 w/ startups); 4 Options (3 w/ startups)Startups (others): 12 (8 ongoing; 4 participated in EpICMavs Deep Dive)

UTA Innovation & CommercializationLast 5 Fiscal Years:

Disclosures

Apps Filed (all)

US Patents Issued

Attorney’s fees

Patent Office Fees

Expense Reimbursements

Revenues

FY14 52 76 21 $359,775 $80,819 $45,072 $37,890

FY15 65 76 18 $373,008 $105,770 $157,521* $64,755

FY16 59 98 18 $366,836 $95,353 $49,675 $67,878

FY17 49 88 21 $367,854 $169,169 $50,976 $99,330

FY18 54 74 19 $415,896 $108,316 $141,028* $115,421


Agreements: 18 Licenses (11 exclusive; 12 still active); 16 Options (5 still active)Startups: 26 + additional startups participating in EpICMavs and Deep Dive (14 active)


FY19 To Date:Disclosures: 25Applications Filed: 43 (18 provisional, 13 US non-prov, 5 PCT, 7 foreign)US Patents Issued: 17Agreements: 3 Options (2 licenses, 1 collaboration pending)



Marketing Process – Why Faculty Engagement is Critical (Dr. Sharon Ngwenya, Assistant Director, I&C)

UTARI, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Capital Factory (Jonathan Kretz, MBA, Director of Business Development, UTARI)

Creative Works (Evelyn Barker, Director of Grants and Special Projects, UTA Libraries)

Faculty Experiences(Dr. Baohong Yuan, Professor, Bioengineering)

Funding Opportunities for Commercialization (SBIR/STTR)(Dr. Kimberly Mayer, MBA, Associate Vice President for Research


UTARI MissionUTARI performs research and development that linksdiscovery, development and technologycommercialization leading to technology-basedeconomic development which benefits our society.Building sustainable relationships with regionalbusiness and industry is the key to our success.

Our work involves seeking externally sponsored researchfunding by writing competitive proposals, collaborating withfaculty and government agencies, involving students in ourwork to enhance their education, contributing to theUniversity’s strategic goals and objectives, and being aresponsible community partner.

UTARI and Innovation & Commercialization• Research: Works closely with Innovation & Commercialization at UTA

(I&C) to bridge the gap between academic research and productdevelopment in areas such as manufacturing automation, intelligentcontrols and sensors, robotics, biotechnologies, and advancedmaterials and structures.

• Commercialization: Works closely with I&C to drive the developmentof UTA technologies to the point of commercialization, bringinginnovative products to the global marketplace to benefit society. UTARIcultivates productive relationships with business and industrythat benefit the entire University as well as the business customer.

• Faculty and students: Collaborates with UT Arlington faculty tocollaborate on new technology advances and promotes undergraduateand graduate education by providing opportunities for exciting appliedresearch and development generally not provided in the classroomsetting.

Overview of Research Areas1. Biomedical Technologies

• Preventative Care and Rehabilitation• Regenerative Medicine and Wound Healing

2. Predictive Performance of Materials/Structures3. Automation and Intelligent Systems

• Robotics• Unmanned Systems• Manufacturing Automation

Advancing Technology through SBIR/STTR Funding

from insight to innovation

• Two actively funded Small Business Technology Transition collaborations- NSF grant w/ Fort Worth based company

• UTARI is making advances on its flexible, soft robotic glove that will aid in rehabilitating stroke patients through virtual reality gaming

- DOD: Air Force grant w/ local company• UTARI is providing UAVs and licensed UAV pilots to

outfit software capabilities developed by the company into real-world applications

Army and other DOD Related Mechanisms for Driving Technology Commercialization

• Army Other Transaction Authority contracts (OTAs) Memberships & Past Awards – The Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC)

• UTARI in collaboration with UW and a small spinoff was awarded to develop a manufacturing process for the shared patent (managed by UW and I&C at UTA)

• Project recognized with ‘Prototype of the Year Award’• Multiple awards from DOD Air Force and Congressionally Directed Medical

Research Program (CDMRP)– Composites and advance materials work for Air Force to create

methodologies to predict performance of planes – Biomedical device development for CDMRP including:

• Smart seat cushion intended to prevent pressure ulcers• Smart socket interface for comfortable fit of prosthetics• Recently awarded clinical grant to transition wound healing glove into

the medical setting– A progression from the MTEC award from which 100 gloves were

developed in-house to test on patients

• Future developments- UTA, UTARI & I&C are in discussion with the Army Futures Lab at the Capital Factory in Austin to enhance relationship with the Army

Creative Works

Evelyn BarkerDirector of Grants and Special Projects, UTA Libraries


Baohong Yuan, PhDProfessor

Department of Bioengineering,

University of Texas at Arlington,

Arlington, TX 76019, USA

Key roles of Office of Innovation & Commercialization in my work

1. Interact with us to protect our inventions generated from research (such as meeting with patent lawyers, filing patents…)

Outcomes: Five international/US patent applications have been filed during the past years and 2 disclosures are under review.

2. Initiate and organize face-to-face meeting with potential investors (such as program manager, Dr. Matt Sorenson, from University of Texas Horizon Funds, and Cowtown Angels)

Outcomes: UT Horizon funds has invested UTA for supporting international patent applications for our technologiesLunch and Meeting with Cowtown angel investors

3. Organize or involve telephone meetings with potential industrial and clinical collaborators (such as EyeTechCare, Novian Health (planning),…, Dr. James Cochran, a clinical physician from Urology Clinics of North Texas)

Outcomes: Introduced our technology to different people Established collaborations with Dr. CochranIncreased possibility for patent license (still in progress)Learned from more industrial and clinical needs

4. Preparing and executing Material Transfer Agreement (MAT) with academic research collaborators for sharing our imaging contrast agents, (such as University of California at San Diego)

Preparing and executing non-disclosure Agreement (NDA) with different organizations/persons (such as University of Texas at Austin (NDA), ..)

Outcomes: Established academic research but with appropriate IP protection

Exposed and explained our IP to persons who are interested in but with appropriate protection

5. Supporting and guiding us to work with a group of MBA students from McCombs School of Business at University of Texas at Austin to conduct an analysis of commercialization feasibility of our technology

Outcomes: Prepared and executed a NDA with these MBA students

Successfully collaborated with these MBA students to finish the interviews with us to explain our tech to them

A 22-page commercialization feasibility report was provided by these MBA students after they interviewed with many executive leaders and professionals in the field.

The conclusion is positive and they recommended to commercialize the tech

6. Supporting and helping us to prepare proposals for commercializing the technology (especially for preparing Business Plan, Market Analyses, and Support Letters)

Outcomes: An Early Translational Research Award proposal for preparing commercialization our technology has been recently selected by UTA and submitted to CPRIT (~2 million dollars budget). A strong support letter was provided from the Office.

An NSF Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP) for Accelerating Innovation Research proposal is under revision ($200 K dollars budget). Several market reports were provided to us for preparing Business Plan and Market Analyses.

Leveraging SBIR/STTR to Drive Commercialization of UTA Innovations

Overview of Funding Opportunities for Commercialization

Kimberly Mayer, PhD, MBA Associate Vice President for Research


SBIR = Small Business Innovation Research programSTTR = Small Business Technology Transfer program

Both programs:• Support scientific excellence and technological innovation through the investment of

Federal research funds in critical American priorities to build a strong national economy• Are structured in 3 phases (2 phases with federal funding)• Accept proposals from small businesses (exclusively)

SBIR• 11 agencies participate (R&D

budget > $100M, 2.5% to SBIR)• Up to 33% can be performed by

university

STTR• 5 agencies participate (R&D

budget > $1B, 0.3% to STTR)• Minimum of 30% MUST be

performed by non-profit research institution (e.g. university)


• Company must develop a formal commercialization plan to complete R&D on the innovation or technology

• Includes plans for R&D, marketing, future funding, collaborations, etc.• Prepares the company to approach investors• Awards can signal a “vote of confidence” from the federal government

• Can provide vital funding to drive innovations & technologies developed by UTA researchers to the market

• Can provide an avenue for UTA researchers to lend expertise & conduct research on innovations & technologies developed by others

Why They Are Important


SBIR/STTR in TexasAgency # DoD 3226

DHHS (incl. NIH) 1702

NASA 723

NSF 502

DoE 451

Agriculture 114

EPA 74

Transportation 56

Commerce 50

Education 30

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Recent UTA Innovations & SBIR (DHHS)

2018Ambient light activatable opsin based therapy

for age-related macular degenerationNanoscope Technologies, LLC

SBIR Phase II: $1,031,182

2017A novel optical imaging probe system for assessing wound healing and infection

Progenitec, Inc.SBIR Phase II: $1,269,322

2016Superficially Porous Silica Based Chiral Stationary Phases for High Efficiency

and High Speed Pharmaceutical Analysis and Purification AZYP, LLC

SBIR Phase II: $972,200


How to Get Involved• Initiate – entrepreneurs that are considering starting a company founded on

an innovation/technology from UTA• Collaborate – many companies are interested in connecting with university

researchers to perform some of the R(&D)• Talk to Innovation & Commercialization

• Guide you through the process• Know about UTA technologies that need additional R&D• Aware of companies looking for collaborators

• Learn more• https://www.sbir.gov/

• Explore abstracts of recent awards• https://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/award/all

iCorps


Neelam Ahuja – experience with iCorps program

Regional iCorps program – taking place in Frisco August 30 – September 27Agenda: August 30 – Pre-Launch Workshop @ TBD

September 6 – Opening Workshop @ UNT’s Inspire Park (full day) September 11-18 – Midterm Check-in & Office Hours (virtual)September 27 – Closing Workshop @ UNT’s Inspire Park (full day)

My Experiences- NSF-iCorps

Neelam AhujaFaculty Research Associate

Bone-Muscle Research Center, College of Nursing and Health Innovation, University of Texas at Arlington.

What is NSF iCorps?• NSF iCorps is a relatively new mechanism that NSF is using to help

illustrate to Congress the economic impact of research and commercialization to the overall growth of US based industries that use science and innovation as a driving force of economic growth

• Programmatically, NSF is interested in helping universities get their IP out of the university and into commercial use.

• But, many researchers have noticed roadblocks to such activity due to legacy industry norms and standards of practice that can impede new technologies from getting out

• As a consequence, the NSF iCorps program has enlightened us on how research needs to find new ways to overcome such bottlenecks.

My NSF iCorps Summary• Customer is the Key• Customer discovery

is really important to evaluate the logistics of your product and success

• Know your customer-make archetype

• Know your competition

• Market size and opportunity matters

• Always make a channel diagram

• Know your threats

Learning the Business Model Canvas

My NSF iCorps project

Establish an Innovation Depot

Milestones for Strategic Initiative 2:o Develop and execute the business plano Recruit five new companies/year by 2020 and 10 by 2023o Establish a founders group to support and mentor start-upso Attain financial independence of Depot by 2025

Establish a Student Entrepreneurship Program

Milestones for Strategic Initiative 3:• Launch a multidisciplinary degree program, minor, and certificates

in entrepreneurship• Establish student entrepreneur competitions• Create an endowment for student entrepreneurship by 2022• Enhance the engagement of students with EpICMavs program

Overview of Entrepreneurship Activities

TechFW / StartUp Lounge / EpICMavs –Sandy El-Rayes, MBA, Marketing Director, TechFW

College of Business –Dr. Jeff McGee, Associate Professor, Management

Startup TestimonialSolGro – Tyler Sickels

Partnership between

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Sandy El-RayesMarketing Director at TechFW

[email protected]

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Commercialization• Licensed technology gets access at no cost to TechFW programs and

coaches/mentors

• SolGro

• Training and educational programs to UT Arlington faculty, staff and

students interested in starting their own company

• Open Office Hours at the Startup Lounge

TechFW Programs

EpICMavsThursdays at the Startup Lounge, 4:30pm – 6pm

• Free weekly interactive, conversational entrepreneurship series designed to help

entrepreneurs get started

• Branding

• Social Media Marketing

• Business Model Canvas

EpICMavs Deep Dive• Hands-on workshop to help entrepreneurs translate business ideas into real

companies

• Teams of 2-4 people with concrete idea

• Commitment of 7-weeks

Entrepreneurship Youth Camp

• 5-day workshop for kids grade 8-12

• Crash course workshop on developing a business plan, learning basic

business principles and bringing ideas to market

• Worked on Wheelchair project


Certificate in Entrepreneurship Entrepreneur Society

Maverick Entrepreneurship Program and Award MavsChallenge Startup Lounge EpICMavs

Certificate in Entrepreneurship

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND VENTURE MANAGEMENT

ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE ARTS

ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP

INNOVATION, CREATIVITY, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ARTS MANAGEMENT AND ARTS

BRANDING

NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Maverick Entrepreneurship Programand Award

Fall 201851 3-minute video business pitch submissions

$120,000 cash awards

Spring 201940 3-minute live business pitches

$120,000 cash awards

$500,000 total awards during 2018-2019 academic year


Startup TestimonialSolGro – Tyler Sickels

Develop UTA as a Nexus for Creative Activities in the MetroPlex

Milestones for Strategic Initiative 5:• Establish a Fine Arts Advisory Board• Develop a Fine Arts Cluster Public Relations Alliance to Improve

Coverage and Outreach• Enhance Current Events and Create Three New Fine Arts Events

by 2020• Develop Fine Arts Discipline Regional/National Connections with

Reciprocal Activities• Host or Collaborate on International Fine Arts Events

Dr. Dan CavanaghProfessor, Music

Develop UTA as a Nexus for Creative Activities in the MetroPlex

Leading in Creativity, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship

Questions for Attendees

• What would those interested in forming a startup most like to see?• What kinds of educational programs would you find beneficial?• How can we identify students interested in entrepreneurship?• What hinders students from participating in entrepreneurship?

Leading in Creativity, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship

Questions?

Thank you for attending!

Email: [email protected]@uta.edu



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