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Plasmonic Nanoparticle Layers With Controlled Orientation

Such materials have extraordinary optical and plasmonic properties that can find broad applications in light management and light-activated sensing, mechanical, electronic application. Examples include windows for energy-efficient buildings which control light transmission, electronic devices that utilize the hot electrons generated by plasmonic na...

Published: 6/13/2017 | Inventor(s): Guoliang Liu, Assad Khan

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Category(s): Materials, Electrical, Energy, Engineering, Consumer Products, Computer Hardware, Process/Procedures

Multi-Tool Additive Manufacturing Machine

This novel AM machine utilizes multiple additive manufacturing technologies in a single system in order to make multi-material parts in individual layers of a single print. It is also useful to rapidly explore different materials and material combinations across different additive technologies. It is capable of 3D printing metals, ceramics, polymer...

Published: 5/24/2017 | Inventor(s): Grady Wagner, Christopher Williams, Daniel Rau, Scott Ziv, Lindsey Bass, Mitchell Wolf, David Wolf

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Category(s): Devices, Engineering, Consumer Products, Transportation

Back Exoskeleton to Assist Lifting

We have developed a light-weight, low-cost exoskeleton for the back that assists its wearer in lifting objects. The exoskeleton completely offloads the weight of the wearer's torso, enabling them to pick up objects to around 25-30% of their bodyweight without additional strain or enabling them to use minimal energy to bend forward and straighten ag...

Published: 3/29/2017 | Inventor(s): Alan Asbeck, Sarah Beauchamp, Jack Geissinger, Taylor Pesek

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Category(s): Consumer Products

Gel for Ion Conduction Applications with Mechanical Strength

As key components of many energy storage and conversion technologies, polymer electrolyte materials allow for selective ion transport in diverse applications such as fuel cell membranes, battery separators, electro-responsive actuators, reverse-osmosis water purifiers, and solar cells. For electrochemical devices, solid-state polymer electrolyte ma...

Published: 2/20/2017 | Inventor(s): Louis Madsen, Ying Wang

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Category(s): Chemicals, Computer Hardware, Consumer Products, Devices, Electrical, Energy, Engineering, Materials

Corlayer3d: Corrugated Layering for FDM 3D Printing

A new method for making stronger FDM 3d prints. Most Fuse Deposition Modeling FDM 3d printers like Makerbots are strong in 2 axes but not the third. Frequently the third axes upon which layers are built up are subject to shearing. Corrugating this layer resists shear and can make a 3d printed part stronger.

Published: 2/6/2017 | Inventor(s): Brook Kennedy, Edward Coe

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Category(s): Consumer Products, Engineering

Adhesive Weight Estimator

Increasingly, consumers are printing package shipping labels using online tools. The United States Post Office alone estimates there were 53.6 million number of Click-N-Ship labels printed in 2016. The cost of shipping is dependent on the size and weight of the package. Most users have access to a ruler or measuring tape to estimate package size qu...

Published: 1/11/2017 | Inventor(s): Steven Poelzing

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Category(s): Consumer Products

Piperazine-containing Dilithium Anionic Initiators for Isoprene Polymerization

A novel process that uses piperazine-containing dilithium anionic initiators has been developed at Virginia Tech. This process has yielded unprecedented polymerization of isoprene and polystyrenic block copolymers with improved specificity and repeatability. Resulting products could include any number of low-VOC adhesive and coatings.

Published: 8/19/2016 | Inventor(s): Alison Schultz, Sachin Bobade, Timothy Long

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Category(s): Chemicals, Process/Procedures, Consumer Products, Materials, Engineering

A Portable Tuned Mass Damper with Simple Tuning/Design for the Reduction of Vibrations in Civil Engineering/Architectural Structures

This IP consists of a device called "Portable Tuned Mass Damper (PTMD)" which is designed to be compact, portable, and easily adjustable. All parts of the device are screwed to each other to facilitate the construction and assembly. It can be installed within a building floor plenum, architectural elements or can be placed at the desired location d...

Published: 1/25/2016 | Inventor(s): Mehdi Setareh

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Category(s): Engineering, Environment, Devices, Consumer Products, Transportation

Finding Important People in Images

People preserve memories of events such as birthdays, weddings, or vacations by capturing photos, often depicting groups of people. Invariably, some individuals in the image are more important than others given the context of the event. This IP proposes understanding and quantifying this concept of importance in group photos, predicting this import...

Published: 9/21/2015 | Inventor(s): Clint Mathialagan, Dhruv Batra

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Category(s): Communication, Computer Software, Consumer Products

Method and System for Product Defect Identification from User Reviews

This invention introduces a text mining method and a corresponding system which can extract most influential product defects and their key attributes from user reviews. This technology can help product manufacturers, customers, and regulators.

Published: 5/11/2015 | Inventor(s): Xuan Zhang, Weiguo (patrick) Fan, Lijie Tang

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Category(s): Computer Software, Consumer Products, Transportation

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