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
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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