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NUtech Ventures\u2019 mission is to facilitate the commercialization and practical use of innovations generated through the research activities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. NUtech does this by identifying, evaluating, protecting, marketing and licensing the university\u2019s intellectual property to promote economic development and improve the quality of life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Patents Issued in 2025-2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Recognition for faculty, other Nebraska-affiliated colleagues and collaborating non-university personnel who received patents for their inventions, July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026.
Asterisk (*) denotes UNL PI.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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B<\/span><\/h2>

Bai Cui*, Fei Wang\/ Yongfeng Lu\/ Michael Nastasi<\/h3>

Mechanical & Materials Engineering\/ Electrical and Computer Engineering\/ Center for Energy Sciences Research<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Systems for and methods for improving mechanical properties of ceramic material
Date<\/em><\/strong>: July 8, 2025
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12351529
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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Barry Cheung*, Mark Alan Helle, Avinash K. Both<\/h3>

Chemistry<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Plant fiber biocomposites
Date<\/em><\/strong>: April 7, 2026
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12593762
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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C<\/span><\/h2>

Carl A. Nelson*<\/h3>

Mechanical & Materials Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Robot for pipe navigation
Date<\/em><\/strong>: August 12, 2025
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12384017
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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Carl A. Nelson*, Monica Bomze<\/h3>

Mechanical & Materials Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Articulated instrument with simple fabrication
Date<\/em><\/strong>: November 11, 2025
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12465449
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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Carrick Detweiler*, Sebastian Elbaum\/ Dirac Twidwell\/ Craig Allen\/ Christian Laney, James Higgins\/ Evan Beachly<\/h3>

Computer Science\/ Agronomy & Horticulture\/ Nutrition and Health Sciences\/ Mechanical & Materials Engineering\/ Computer Science and Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Fire suppression and ignition with unmanned aerial vehicles
Date<\/em><\/strong>: September 23, 2025
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12420123
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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Carrick Detweiler*\/ Brittany A. Duncan, Jacob Hogberg, Adam Plowcha<\/h3>

Computer Science\/ Computer Science and Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Sensor emplacement using unmanned aircraft systems
Date<\/em><\/strong>: June 16, 2026
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12655740
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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E<\/span><\/h2>

Eric Markvicka*, Thomas Frederick, Shane M. Farritor<\/h3>

Mechanical & Materials Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Local control robotic surgical devices and related methods
Date<\/em><\/strong>: January 20, 2026
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12527636
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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Eric Psota*, Lance Perez\/ Ty Schmidt, Benny Mote<\/h3>

Electrical and Computer Engineering\/ Animal Science<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Materials and methods for long-term tracking of group-housed livestock
Date<\/em><\/strong>: December 16, 2025
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12499560
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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G<\/span><\/h2>

Galen Erickson*, Andrea Watson, Mitch Norman<\/h3>

Animal Science<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Animal feed for improving the growth performance
Date<\/em><\/strong>: September 9, 2025
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12408685
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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H<\/span><\/h2>

Hasan H. Otu*\/ Michelle Lai, Nezam Hassan Afdhal\/ Towia Aron Libermann<\/h3>

Electrical and Computer Engineering\/ BIDMC (Harvard)\/ Beth Israel Medical Center<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Markers for the diagnosis and treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and advance liver fibrosis
Date<\/em><\/strong>: July 29, 2025
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12372530
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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J<\/span><\/h2>

Jordan Severson*, Reza Yavari, Prahalada Rao, Kevin Cole<\/h3>

Mechanical & Materials Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Thermal modeling of additive manufacturing using graph theory
Date<\/em><\/strong>: July 29, 2025
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12373616
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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Jun Wang*, Ekaterina Muravleva<\/h3>

Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Power modules for circuit protection
Date<\/em><\/strong>: March 24, 2026
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12587188
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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K<\/span><\/h2>

Katherine Frels*, P. Stephen Baenziger, Mitchell Montgomery, Greg Dorn<\/h3>

Agronomy and Horticulture<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Wheat, common variety ‘NE prism CLP’
Date<\/em><\/strong>: July 25, 2025
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 202500092
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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L<\/span><\/h2>

Lim Nguyen*\/ Christopher Y. Tuan<\/h3>

Electrical and Computer Engineering\/ Civil Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Systems and methods for a power-line filter utilizing conductive concrete\/shotcrete
Date<\/em><\/strong>: August 5, 2025
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12381386
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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Luwen Zhang*, Chi Zhang<\/h3>

Biological Sciences<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Methods of treating Alzheimer’s disease
Date<\/em><\/strong>: July 22, 2025
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12364734
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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M<\/span><\/h2>

Marc Maguire*, Muhammad Mastali<\/h3>

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Hemp-based geopolymer compositions and methods of use thereof
Date<\/em><\/strong>: January 20, 2026
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12528740
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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Matthew Penne*, Liyan Qu<\/h3>

Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Transverse pseudo direct drive
Date<\/em><\/strong>: May 5, 2026
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12620868
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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R<\/span><\/h2>

Ronald K. Faller*\/ Robert W. Bielenberg, Scott K. Rosenbaugh\/ Felipe Almanza, Geoffrey Baker Maus<\/h3>

Civil Engineering\/ Midwest Roadside Safety Facility\/ TrafFix Devices, Inc.<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Transitions for joining crash impact attenuator systems to fixed structures
Date<\/em><\/strong>: April 3, 2026
Number<\/em><\/strong>: EP4274932
Country<\/em><\/strong>: Europe
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S<\/span><\/h2>

Scott K. Rosenbaugh*, Robert W. Bielenberg, Jim Holloway, Karla A. Lechtenberg, Ronald K. Faller, Jennifer D. Rasmussen (Schmidt)\/ John D. Reid<\/h3>

Midwest Roadside Safety Facility\/ Mechanical & Materials Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Barrier system
Date<\/em><\/strong>: October 7, 2025
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12435479
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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Scott K. Rosenbaugh*, Robert W. Bielenberg, Jim Holloway, Karla A. Lechtenberg, Ronald K. Faller, Jennifer D. Rasmussen (Schmidt)\/ John D. Reid<\/h3>

Midwest Roadside Safety Facility\/ Mechanical & Materials Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Barrier system
Date<\/em><\/strong>: September 17, 2025
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 8920
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United Arab Emirates
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Scott K. Rosenbaugh*, Robert W. Bielenberg, Jim Holloway, Karla A. Lechtenberg, Ronald K. Faller, Jennifer D. Rasmussen (Schmidt)\/ John D. Reid,<\/h3>

Midwest Roadside Safety Facility\/ Mechanical & Materials Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Barrier system
Date<\/em><\/strong>: December 2, 2025
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 761564
Country<\/em><\/strong>: New Zealand
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Scott K. Rosenbaugh*, Robert W. Bielenberg, Jim Holloway, Karla A. Lechtenberg, Ronald K. Faller, Jennifer D. Rasmussen\/ John D. Reid<\/h3>

Midwest Roadside Safety Facility\/ Mechanical & Materials Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Crash impact attenuator systems and methods
Date<\/em><\/strong>: December 9, 2025
Number<\/em><\/strong>: KR10-2899745
Country<\/em><\/strong>: South Korea
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Scott K. Rosenbaugh*, Robert W. Bielenberg, Karla A. Lechtenberg, Jennifer D. Rasmussen (Schmidt), James C. Holloway, Brock David Schroder, Wyatt Gregory Fallet, Cody Stolle\/ Ronald K. Faller\/ Felipe Almanza, Geoffrey Baker Maus<\/h3>

Midwest Roadside Safety Facility\/ Civil Engineering\/ TrafFix Devices, Inc.<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Crash impact attenuator systems and methods
Date<\/em><\/strong>: July 1, 2025
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12345001
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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Shane M. Farritor*, Joseph Palmowski<\/h3>

Mechanical & Materials Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Single-arm robotic device with compact joint design and related systems and methods
Date<\/em><\/strong>: March 4, 2026
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 4461479
Country<\/em><\/strong>: Europe
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Shane M. Farritor*, Thomas Frederick<\/h3>

Mechanical & Materials Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Quick-release tool coupler and related systems and methods
Date<\/em><\/strong>: February 3, 2026
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12539625
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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Shane M. Farritor*, Thomas Frederick, Eric Markvicka\/ Dmitry Oleynikov<\/h3>

Mechanical & Materials Engineering\/ Surgery (UMC)<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Methods, systems, and devices for surgical access and insertion
Date<\/em><\/strong>: April 14, 2026
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12599403
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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Shane M. Farritor*, Thomas Frederick, Joe Bartels<\/h3>

Mechanical & Materials Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Methods, systems, and devices relating to surgical end effectors
Date<\/em><\/strong>: October 28, 2025
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12453596
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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Shane M. Farritor*, Thomas Frederick\/ Lou Cubrich<\/h3>

Mechanical & Materials Engineering\/ University of Nebraska-Lincoln<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Robotic device with compact joint design and an additional degree of freedom and related systems and methods
Date<\/em><\/strong>: January 6, 2026
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12514660
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Robotic device with compact joint design and an additional degree of freedom and related systems and methods
Date<\/em><\/strong>: February 25, 2026
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 4523648
Country<\/em><\/strong>: European Patent Office
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Shudipto Konika Dishari*<\/h3>

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Ionomers with macrocyclic moieties for ion conductivity and perm selectivity
Date<\/em><\/strong>: May 12, 2026
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12624163
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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Stephen Morin*, John Kapitan, Karla Perez-Toralla, Mark Rose\/ Angel Olivera-Torres\/ Ruiguo Yang, Grayson Minnick<\/h3>

Chemistry\/ Biological Systems Engineering\/ Mechanical & Materials Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Two-dimensional and three-dimensional microarray cell cultures using elastomeric assembly substrates
Date<\/em><\/strong>: May 26, 2026
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12637669
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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Y<\/span><\/h2>

Yiqi Yang*, Bingnan Mu, Faqrul Hassan<\/h3>

Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Continuous production of keratin fibers
Date<\/em><\/strong>: June 15, 2026
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 7879038
Country<\/em><\/strong>: Japan
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Yongfeng Lu*, Leimin Deng, Chenfei Zhang, Shiding Sun, Lei Liu<\/h3>

Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Remote laser desensitization systems and methods for desensitizing aluminum and other metal alloys
Date<\/em><\/strong>: April 21, 2026
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12606897
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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Z<\/span><\/h2>

Zhigang Shen*, Zhexiong Shang<\/h3>

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction<\/p><\/header>

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Title<\/em><\/strong>: Single-pass 3D reconstruction of internal surface of pipelines using depth camera array
Date<\/em><\/strong>: June 2, 2026
Number<\/em><\/strong>: 12644847
Country<\/em><\/strong>: United States
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2025-2026 License Agreements<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Recognition for faculty and other Nebraska-affiliated colleagues whose technologies formed the basis of licensing agreements with industry partners, July 1, 2025\u2013June 30, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n

A<\/span><\/h2>

Fadi Alsaleem, Mohammad Ali Takallou<\/h3>

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction<\/p><\/header>

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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2026-0135A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: Medical Arterial Disease Diagnosis Instrument
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Fadi Alsaleem\/ Mohammad Hasan<\/h3>

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction\/ Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2027-0030A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: MEMs Device
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B<\/span><\/h2>

P. Stephen Baenziger, Katherine Frels, Elizabeth Bardot, Mitchell Montgomery, Greg Dorn, Richard Little<\/h3>

Agronomy and Horticulture <\/p><\/header>

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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2026-0189A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: Multiple Plant Varieties
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P. Stephen Baenziger, Mitchell Montgomery, Greg Dorn, Richard Little<\/h3>

Agronomy and Horticulture <\/p><\/header>

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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2026-0116A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: Multiple Plant Varieties
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P. Stephen Baenziger, Mitchell Montgomery, Jerry Bohlmann, Chris Hoagland, Greg Dorn, Richard Little<\/h3>

Agronomy and Horticulture <\/p><\/header>

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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2026-0308A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: Plant Variety
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Steven Barlow\/ Chunxia Liao<\/h3>

Special Education and Communication Disorders\/ Computer Science and Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2019-0412A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: Infant Motor Pattern Analyzer
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Greg Bashford, Benjamin Hage<\/h3>

Biological Systems Engineering <\/p><\/header>

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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2026-0225A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: Wireless Ultrasound System
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C<\/span><\/h2>

Edgar B. Cahoon<\/h3>

Biochemistry<\/p><\/header>

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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2026-0109A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: Method of Metabolic Engineering of Crop and Associated Plant Variety
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D<\/span><\/h2>

Shudipto Konika Dishari<\/h3>

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2027-0112A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: Ion-conducting Materials
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G<\/span><\/h2>

George Graef<\/h3>

Agronomy and Horticulture <\/p><\/header>

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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2026-0138A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: Multiple Plant Varieties
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H<\/span><\/h2>

Ming Han<\/h3>

Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2026-0220A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: Fiber optic temperature sensors
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Liang He\/ Brayden Hemje<\/h3>

Computing\/ Mechanical and Materials Engineering <\/p><\/header>

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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2026-0371A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: Battery Pack Architecture
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Liang He\/ Hojun Choi<\/h3>

Computer Science and Engineering\/ Computing<\/p><\/header>

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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2026-0235A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: Wheel Based Power Generation System
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Robert Hutkins, Elizabeth Drey\/ Car Reen Kok<\/h3>

Food Sciences and Technology\/ Nebraska Food for Health Center<\/p><\/header>

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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2026-0331A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: Biological Materials Related to Isolation of Microbes
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N<\/span><\/h2>

L.A. Nelson<\/h3>

Agronomy and Horticulture <\/p><\/header>

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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2026-0377A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: Plant Variety
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R<\/span><\/h2>

Jim Rogers\/ Tomas Helikar<\/h3>

Mathmatics\/ Biochemistry<\/p><\/header>

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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2026-0232A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: Software\/Multimedia and Associated Patents
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Daran Rudnick, Joe Luck, Jackson Stansell, Brian Krieke, Tyler Smith, Samantha Teten<\/h3>

Biological Systems Engineering <\/p><\/header>

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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2026-0275A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: Agricultural Software
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S<\/span><\/h2>

Zhigang Shen, Zhexiong Shang<\/h3>

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction<\/p><\/header>

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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2026-0277A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: Modeling and Inspection Device
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Patricia Sollars, Gary Pickard<\/h3>

Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences<\/p><\/header>

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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2027-0043A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: Vaccine Vector
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W<\/span><\/h2>

Jun Wang, Ekaterina Muravleva, Bogac Canbaz, Liyan Qu, Youssef Abotaleb<\/h3>

Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2026-0370A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: Power Modules
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Z<\/span><\/h2>

Janos Zempleni\/ Jintao Guo<\/h3>

Nutrition and Health Sciences\/ Chemistry<\/p><\/header>

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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2026-0226A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: Exosomes
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Agreement Number<\/em><\/strong>: 2026-0337A
Technology<\/em><\/strong>: Exosomes
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National Science Foundation Innovation Corps Teams<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The National Science Foundation\u2019s Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Program is designed to spur translation of fundamental research to the marketplace, spark collaboration between academia and industry and train NSF-funded faculty, students and other researchers in innovation and entrepreneurship skills. NUtech Ventures, the university\u2019s intellectual property and commercialization unit, supports Husker researchers in learning about and preparing to apply for the program. I-Corps awards are worth $50,000 and enable recipients to participate in real-world, hands-on learning focused on how to evaluate commercial opportunity around an innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n

B<\/span><\/h2>

Mona Bavarian<\/h3>

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<\/p><\/header>

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NSF I-Corps: Translation Potential of Textile Supercapacitors<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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