Patents Assigned to State University
  • Scalable multiple-inverse diffusion flame burner for synthesis and processing of carbon-based and other nanostructured materials and films and fuels
    Patent number: 10099928
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods of use thereof for the production of carbon-based and other nanostructures, as well as fuels and reformed products, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Stephen D. Tse, Nasir K. Memon, Bernard H. Kear
  • Systems and methods for network routing in small-world network-on-chip devices
    Patent number: 10103913
    Abstract: In some embodiments, improved routing strategies for small-world network-on-chip (SWNoC) systems are provided. In some embodiments, an ALASH routing strategy or an MROOTS strategy are used in order to improve latency, temperature, and energy use within a network-on-chip system. In some embodiments, millimeter-wave wireless transceivers are used to implement the long-distance links within the small-world network, to create a millimeter-wave small-world network-on-chip (mSWNoC) system. In some embodiments, non-coherent on-off keying (OOK) wireless transceivers are used to implement the wireless links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Washington State University
    Inventors: Partha Pande, Deukhyoun Heo
  • Quantum dot light emitting diodes for multiplex gas sensing
    Patent number: 10101267
    Abstract: A gas detection device comprising a light emitting source including a first plurality of quantum dots of substantially discrete size and made of a semiconductor material a gas cell to contain the gas to be detected and a light detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventor: Weiyong Yu
  • Recombinant RSV reporter virus
    Patent number: 10100372
    Abstract: An RSV reporter strain that can be used for high-throughput drug discovery is disclosed. Also disclosed is a recombinant RSV vector that contains an RSV genome encoding the disclosed RSV reporter strain operably linked to an expression control sequence. Also disclosed is an infectious RSV virion produce by expression of the disclosed recombinant RSV vector in a host cell. Also disclosed is a recombinant nucleic acid that comprises an RSV F protein having an escape mutation operably linked to a heterologous expression control sequence. Also disclosed are methods of screening for antiviral agents using the disclosed RSV reporter strains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard K. Plemper, Dan Yan
  • Electromagnetic scattering analysis module using subdivision based isogeometric analysis
    Patent number: 10102319
    Abstract: An iso-geometric analysis technique based on subdivision is presented for boundary integral equations associated with electromagnetics. Subdivision geometry processing has seen rapid growth in the computer graphics community. In terms of geometry processing, subdivision offers several advantages including adaptivity, refinement, smoothness, etc. As a result, these salient features are inherited by physics solvers providing unprecedented accuracy, convergence, low frequency stability, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Jie Li, Shanker Balasubramaniam
  • Supernucleating multiscale copper surfaces for high performance phase change heat transfer
    Patent number: 10100411
    Abstract: A method is provided for forming a biphilic surface on a substrate comprising copper, such as a heat exchanger surface, wherein the method involves forming one or more hydrophilic areas on the surface by reacting those areas with at least one of hydrogen peroxide and ammonium hydroxide to form copper oxide and forming hydrophobic areas on the surface by reacting those areas with ammonium hydroxide solution to form copper hydroxide or by chemical etching with a combination of hydrochloric acid, hydrogen peroxide, and iron chloride. The functional surface can exhibit temporal biphilicity in response to one or more stimuli in high performance heat transfer applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Christophe Frankiewicz, Daniel Attinger
  • Carbon nanotube sensing system, carbon nanotube dew point hygrometer, method of use thereof and method of forming a carbon nanotube dew point hygrometer
    Patent number: 10101219
    Abstract: A system, a method of use, and a Carbon Nanotube (CNT) condensation sensor for determining a dew point and/or ice point is provided. For example, a sensing system may include a thermal device configured to generate heating or cooling to change a temperature of a surface, a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the surface, a controller configured to control the thermal device, a carbon nanotube (CNT) condensation sensor mounted on the surface having a moisture sensitive resistance and a processor configured to determine one or more parameters based on the moisture sensitive resistance of the CNT condensation sensor and the temperature measured by the temperature sensor. The one or more parameter can be used to determine the dew point and/or ice point. A method for forming a carbon nanotube (CNT) condensation sensor is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignees: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York, Cosa Xentaur
    Inventors: Vladimir Samuilov, John Lewis Ayres
  • REUSABLE ADSORBENTS FOR REMOVAL AND PURIFICATION OF HYDROPHOBIC MATERIALS FROM FLUIDS
    Publication number: 20180290125
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to adsorbents for removing hydrophobic materials from a fluid. The adsorbents include a modified clay and a binding material associated with the modified clay. The modified clay may be functionalized with a plurality of oleophilic functional groups, such as silane coupling agents. The binding material may include polymers, asphalt, and cement. Additional embodiments pertain to methods of removing hydrophobic materials from a fluid by associating the fluid with the aforementioned adsorbents. This results in adsorption of hydrophobic materials from the fluid to the adsorbent and formation of hydrophobic material-adsorbent complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Texas State University
    Inventors: Gary W. Beall, Archana Gujjari
  • Gaseous Mercury Detection Systems, Calibration Systems, and Related Methods
    Publication number: 20180292365
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to gaseous mercury detection systems, calibration systems, and related methods. The gaseous mercury detection systems are configured to detect gas-phase mercury-compounds present in ambient air. For example, the gaseous mercury detection systems collect gas-phase mercury-compounds from ambient air and release the gas-phase mercury-compounds at concentrations capable of being measured by a gas-chromatography mass spectrometer without heating the gas-phase mercury-compounds above a decomposition temperature of at least one gaseous mercury compound that may present in the mercury-containing gas. The calibration systems are configured to determine an accuracy of or calibrate a gaseous mercury detection system. The disclosed calibration systems may be integrated with or distinct from the gaseous mercury detection systems disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Utah State University
    Inventor: Seth N. Lyman
  • ENGINEERED CYANOBACTERIA WITH ENHANCED SALT TOLERANCE
    Publication number: 20180291332
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant cyanobacterium with enhanced halotolerance and compositions thereof, methods of producing the recombinant cyanobacterium, and methods of using the same for biofuel production. The invention also relates to transformed F. diplosiphon strains with enhanced salt tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Morgan State University
    Inventors: Viji Sitther, Behnam Tabatabai
  • TRANSGENIC SILKWORMS EXPRESSING SPIDER SILK
    Publication number: 20180288988
    Abstract: Transgenic silkworms stably expressing synthetic spider silk genes or composite silkworm/spider silk genes are disclosed. The exogenous spider silk genes are stably intergrated into a defined site of the fibroin heavy chain intron or a fibroin light chain intron of silkworms. Synthetic spider silk proteins and composite spider silk-silkworm genes and proteins are provided. The expression of exogenous spider silk genes is driven by the endogenous fibroin heavy chain promoter, improving the genetic stability of transgenic silkworms. The composite silkworm/spider silk fibers exhibit exceptional mechanical performance, compared to normal silkworm silk fibers and other transgenic silkworm fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Utah State University
    Inventors: Randolph V. Lewis, Lijin Xia, Xiaoli Zhang, Justin A. Jones
  • CORONA DISCHARGE REACTOR AND METHOD FOR USING
    Publication number: 20180290123
    Abstract: Disclosed microreactors operate in an electrical discharge mode, such as a pulse mode, an arc mode or a corona discharge mode, and most preferably in a corona discharge mode. A microreactor may comprise multiple, simultaneously operating corona discharges. The microreactor typically has at least one feature measured on a millimeter scale. Certain disclosed microreactors comprised multiple reactor plates in a stack. Each plate comprised plural corona discharge electrodes positioned in series along each of plural corresponding microchannels. A method for using disclosed microreactors and systems comprising disclosed microreactors, such as for chemical transformations, fluid purifications, or both, also is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Oregon State University
    Inventors: Goran Nadezda Jovanovic, Alexandre F.T. Yokochi, Yu Miao, Justin Pommerenck, Yousef Alanazi, Peter Kreider
  • Devices and methods for measuring thermal flux and estimating rate of change of reactive material within a subsurface formation
    Patent number: 10094719
    Abstract: Devices and methods for measuring subsurface thermal fluxes and for estimating a rate of change in the amount of a reactive material within a subsurface formation using the measured thermal fluxes are described herein. The methods of measuring subsurface thermal fluxes may use at least one array of temperature sensors distributed along a vertical transect projecting from the surface and into the subsurface of a region of interest. Methods of estimating a rate of change in the amount of a reactive material within a portion of the region of interest based on perturbations of the thermal profile within the subsurface due to an endothermic or exothermic degradation of the reactive material within the portion of the region of interest are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: GSI Environmental, Inc., Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Thomas C. Sale, Emily B. Stockwell, Charles J. Newell, Poonam R. Kulkarni
  • System and methods for deposition spray of particulate coatings
    Patent number: 10092926
    Abstract: A particle deposition system can have a particle source providing a nanomaterial at a controlled rate and a gas distribution system coupled with the particle source and operable to receive the nanomaterial aerosol. A high pressure chamber can be coupled with the gas distribution system, and a nozzle can be disposed between the high pressure chamber and a low pressure chamber. The nozzle can have a nozzle opening allowing fluidic communication of a nanomaterial aerosol between the high pressure chamber and the low pressure chamber and the opening can have a length exceeding a width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Peter Alexander Firth, Zachary Holman
  • Silicon-based polymer-derived ceramic composites comprising H-BN nanosheets
    Patent number: 10093584
    Abstract: Polymer-derived ceramic composites are described herein. The composites are formed using hexagonal boron nitride nanosheet-functionalized silicon-based ceramic precursor polymers. The composites a matrix of a polymer-derived ceramic and hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets embedded therein. Silicon-derived ceramic precursors such as polysilazane and/or polysiloxane are used to create improved SiCN and/or SiOC ceramic composites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Kansas State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Gurpreet Singh, Lamuel David
  • Parallel priority queue utilizing parallel heap on many-core processors for accelerating priority-queue-based applications
    Patent number: 10095556
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for a parallel priority queue implemented on one or more many-core processors and/or multi-core processors such as those in general-purpose graphics processing units (GPGPUs). According to various embodiments, a priority may be determined according to a timestamp of an item, such as an event or an entry, in a priority queue. A priority queue interface may comprise functions to insert and remove entries from the priority queue. Priority order of the entries may be maintained as the entries are inserted and removed from the queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Sushil K. Prasad, Xi He, Dinesh Agarwal
  • Valproate as a topical anti-fungal treatment
    Patent number: 10092531
    Abstract: Valproate is useful as an antifungal agent. The valproate compositions can be used to treat fungal infections. The valproate compositions can be formulated as topical antifungals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Wayne State University
    Inventors: Miriam L. Greenberg, Rania M. Deranieh
  • Tool employing homotopy-based approaches in finding the controlling unstable equilibrium point in the electric power grid
    Patent number: 10097000
    Abstract: The analysis tool employs a computer-implemented algorithm that uses homotopy-based approaches to map the solution from the exit point to the controlling unstable equilibrium point (UEP). The computational time is reduced significantly by using an approximate exit point rather than computing an accurate exit point as it is required in finding the controlling UEPs using traditional transient stability direct methods. In addition, this method eliminates the necessity of computing the minimum gradient point (MGP) which is a key element in using Newton methods. These properties provide an advantage to homotopy-based approaches over traditional iterative methods in terms of both speed of computation and reliability of finding solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Joydeep Mitra, Mohammed Ben-Idris, Niannian Cai
  • Spasers to speed up CMOS processors
    Patent number: 10096675
    Abstract: A processor includes a transistor pair of a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor of the transistor pair is coupled to a Spaser and configured to output a drive current to the Spaser to pump the Spaser. Responsive to the drive current, the Spaser outputs surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) which are fed to a plasmonic interconnect wire. The plasmonic interconnect wire propagates the SPPs. Further, the SPPs propagated on the plasmonic interconnect wire are detected by a phototransistor. Responsive to detecting the SPPs, the phototransistor generates an output current that is fed to a gate terminal of the second transistor to charge the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Georgia State University Research Foundation
    Inventor: Mark Stockman
  • Tobacco inbred and hybrid plants and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10091963
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides tobacco inbred plants TN90 SRC, CMS TN90 SRC, KY14 SRC, CMS KY14 SRC, L8 SRC, NC775 SRC, CMS NC775 SRC, NC645 SRC, NC638 SRC, CMS NC638 SRC, TN86 SRC, and CMS TN86 SRC, and hybrids KY14×L8 SRC, NC7 SRC, and NCBH129 SRC. The present disclosure also provides parts of such plants and products made from those parts. The present disclosure also includes progeny of the provided plants including hybrids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Ramsey S. Lewis, Ralph E. Dewey