Charanjeet (CJ) S. Guron, Ph.D.
Business Development Executive
Division of Technology Development and Commercialization
13 June 2013
Technology Development and
Commercialization at Argonne National
Laboratory
Argonne: One of DOE’s largest research facilities
Located 25 miles from the Chicago Loop, it was the first national laboratory, chartered in 1946
Operated by the University of Chicago for the U.S. Department of Energy
Major research missions include basic science, environmental management, and advanced energy technologies
About 3,400 employees, including about 1,250 scientists and engineers, of whom 750 hold doctorate degrees, 300 postdoctoral fellows
Annual operating budget of about $794 million (80% from DOE)
Since 1990, Argonne has worked with more than 600 companies and numerous federal agencies
http://www.anl.gov/
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Industry
PARTICLE PHYSICS
NUCLEAR PHYSICS
APPLIED MATH
ACCELERATOR S&T
CHEMICAL & MOLECULAR SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
APPLIED NUCLEAR S&T
APPLIED MATERIAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & INTEGRATION
CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS & MATERIALS SCIENCE
ADVANCED COMPUTER SCIENCE, VISUALIZATION & DATA
LARGE SCALE USER FACILITIES & ADVANCED INSTRUMENTATION
DOE Office of Science DOE Energy Offices / ARPA-E / WFO
Argonne’s core capabilities and sponsor mix
Discovery Research
Use-Inspired Research
Applied R&D
Technology Demo
Technology Deployment
COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE
BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM SCIENCE
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Argonne’s mission: Delivering science-based solutions to national energy challenges
Sustainable Transportation
Nuclear Energy & Security
Energy Storage Biological &
Environmental Systems
Through discovery and transformational research
World-leading hard x-ray sciences &
sources
Discovery science for
energy
Leadership computing and computational
ecosystem
Fundamental physics and accelerator
science
Materials & systems
engineering solutions
and use-inspired science and engineering
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Argonne’s major
scientific user facilities
Advanced Photon Source Center for Nanoscale Materials
Electron Microscopy Center
Argonne Leadership Computing Facility
Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System
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The Advanced Photon Source: the brightest, sharpest x-
rays in the Western Hemisphere
Powerful APS x-ray beams help scientists see things in unprecedented detail and to get extraordinary results, quickly
The APS is a tremendous tool for almost every scientific discipline, from materials science to biology, chemistry, environmental science, and fundamental physics
Used by more than 5,000 scientists each year, from private industry, universities, medical schools and research laboratories across the country and around the world
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Home to one of world’s fastest supercomputers for open science, Argonne is a leader in computation science and a pioneer on the path to exascale.
Argonne is a leader in high-performance computing
High-performance computing enables detailed simulations
How fast is exascale?
1018 operations per second
To match the speed of an exascale computer, all of the 6.9 billion people alive today would need to perform more than 140 million calculations a second.
Mira – Argonne's IBM Blue Gene/Q
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Argonne’s renewable energy and grid portfolio
Focus Areas
Vehicle/Grid Storage
Materials for Energy
Solar and Wind
Solar Fuels
Hydro
Geothermal
Grid Modeling & Market Analysis
Infrastructure Assurance
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Industry
National labs
Universities
Discovery Research
Use-Inspired Research
Applied R&D
Technology Demo
Technology Deployment
National Lab priorities:
To guide use-inspired fundamental research
To address key problems with `dream teams’ of academic, industry, and laboratory scientists working collaboratively
To accelerate transfer of science insights and technologies to industry
National lab system links basic science and industry
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Chicago Innovation Ecosystem
Mentorship Programs
Chicago Medicine
Molecular Engineering
.
Building a regional innovation ecosystem
Engineering
Kellogg
Tech Transfer
Medical
Chicago Booth
Illinois Industry
Biotechnology
Nanotechnology
Engineering
Genetics
Computation/Parallel Computing
Angel/VC Funds
Incubators
Accelerators
User Facilities
Engineering Materials
Transportation
Polsky Center
Computation
Agriculture and food
Pharma
Energy
Tech Transfer
Public Sector
Tech Transfer
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Collaborating with Argonne
Argonne’s collaborative relationships are defined by established mechanisms:
Contractual work agreements – Work for Others (WFO)
– Collaborative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)
Test or short-term limited work agreements
User Facility agreements
Licensing agreements
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Three contractual paths for collaboration
1. License Technology
Patents and software
2. Joint Development
3. Proprietary dedicated development
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Recent Industry Successes
Oxford: Beam position monitor (APS)
Automotive Companies: Autonomie (TTRDC)
License Argonne-owned Technology
Annually >100 new inventions
Patentable inventions www.anl.gov/technology/available-technologies
Software web.anl.gov/techtransfer/Software_Shop/index.html)
Exclusive and Non-exclusive Licenses
Evaluation Options
Standard Legal Terms
Negotiable Business Terms
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Bulk modulus of Fe3O4
(magnetite) core-shell
nanoparticle; Shevchenko
(CNM)
List of Accelerator-related technologies is provided separately
“Collaborative Research” (CRADA)
Partner and Argonne provide funds
Partner and Govt. (DOE, others) to fund
Argonne does not fund Partner
Partner owns IP it alone develops
Argonne owns IP it alone develops
Partner negotiates a license to Argonne owned IP
Public disclosure of data may be delayed up to five years
Joint Development
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Prototype superconducting undulator installed in APS
‘Work for Others’ (WFO)
AKA "Sponsored Research"
Partner covers entire project cost
IP terms depend on the project
Under certain conditions partner may own IP
Data may be kept proprietary
Proprietary Dedicated Development
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WBG semiconductor GaN growth established, linking theory to mechanism to in situ growth.
Technical Services to Companies (TSA)
Short-term engagement of Argonne expert(s)
Partner pays entire project cost
For defined technical problems
Expertise not available elsewhere
Can be executed in 5-10 days
Thank You
Contact Information
Technology Development and Commercialization
Argonne National Laboratory
Building 201
9700 S. Cass Avenue
Argonne, IL 60439
http://www.anl.gov/technology
Charanjeet (CJ) S. Guron, Ph.D.
Business Development Executive
Argonne National Laboratory
Technology Development & Commercialization
630.252.7622
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