Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering Annual Report 2018 Annual Report | Page 44

PATENTS M.E. AND AFFILIATE FACULTY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FACULTY AFFILIATE FACULTY Bahareh Behkam and Amrinder Nain were awarded a U.S. patent for methods and systems associated with measuring single and multi-cell inside-out and/or outside-in forces on a nanofiber grid. John Robertson and co-inventors were awarded a patent: Irreversible electroporation using tissue vasculature to treat aberrant cell masses or create tissue scaffolds R. Cherry, C. Cirenza, and Thomas Diller, filed a U.S. Utility Patent for a Thermal Flow Meter Using One or More Heat Flux Sensor(s), Temperature Sensor(s) and Heating Unit(s). Haghighat, A., W. Walters, and N. Roskoff: RAPID Particle Transport Methodology for Real-time Simulation of Nuclear Systems, Provisional Patent Application Filed Haghighat, A., V. Mascolino, and N. Polys: Collaborative Virtual Reality System for Scientific Computing Robin Ott and student Andrew Bolkhovitinov, filed a provisional patent for a folding wheelchair lift device. Christopher Williams filed a U.S. patent for Compositions and Methods of Additive Manufacturing of Aromatic Thermoplastics and Articles Made Therefrom Christopher Williams filed a U.S. patent for Scanning Vat Photopolymerization – Additive Manufacturing of layerless textured surfaces. Christopher Williams filed a U.S. patent for Multi-Tool Additive Manufacturing Machine. Christopher Williams filed a provisional U.S. patent for Additive Manufacturing of Metal Parts from Jetting a Particle-free Metal Ink as Binder 42 John Robertson and co-inventors filed provisional patents for the following devices: •Raman-Urinalysis for detection of bladder cancer •Raman-Urinalysis for detection of kidney disease •Flow controller for water conservation in hemodialysis treatment •In-line waste dialysate sensor for real-time monitoring of waste dialysate composition Crandall, J., Untaroiu, C.D., Maslen, E., Bose D.: System and Method for Minimizing Occupant Injury during Vehicle Crash Events, Patent No. US9539969B2