April 2009 Newsletter Now Available

Highlights from TTO's April 2009 newsletter:

CU Executes Option Agreement with Tusaar
TTO recently optioned a CU-Boulder water decontamination technology to Tusaar Inc., a privately-held Boulder-based company. The technology, developed by Professor Mark Hernandez of the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, is used to remove heavy metals from wastewater. Tusaar anticipates that the inexpensive ingredients used in this technology, plus low energy requirements, lower waste disposal costs and expected compatibility with existing treatment systems will allow the company to gain a significant share of the water treatment market.

TTO Tech Entrepreneurship Luncheon Kicks Off CU-Boulder Entrepreneurship Week
In mid-April TTO hosted a luncheon celebrating faculty entrepreneurship, and kicking off Entrepreneurship Week at CU-Boulder. The event, sponsored by Faegre & Benson and hosted by TTO and the Boulder Innovation Center (BIC), offered insight into the process of taking a technology from a University laboratory and steering it to commercialization, and featured a recent success story. A listing of upcoming Entrepreneurship Week events is available online.

Renewable Energy Ideas Abound at CU
CU received six pre-proposals in mid-March for its Renewable Energy Proof-of-Concept Grant (POCei) program, through which the CU TTO and the CU-Boulder Energy Initiative (EI) plan to award up to four $50,000 grants to researchers. The proposals cover a wide range of fields to include solar, biofuels, energy efficiency, fuel cells and batteries.

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