Success Stories
UNIVERSITY PARK – The inaugural Beecher Loftus Technology Transfer Catalyst Award was presented at the 2025 Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference, recognizing exceptional contributions to the commercialization of Penn State research-based technologies. This year’s recipient is Matt Rhodes, past entrepreneur-in-residence of the Eberly College of Science’s Office for…
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UNIVERSITY PARK - For the first time, the Tech Tournament technology showcase — held during the Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference on April 10 — featured university innovators from across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The showcase highlighted 12 disruptive technologies and early-stage companies emerging from some of the state’s…
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UNIVERSITY PARK – Data centers power the digital world, storing and processing the vast amounts of information that keep businesses, websites, and online services running. According to Wangda Zuo, Penn State professor in the College of Engineering and associate director for research at the Global Building Network, the operating costs…
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UNIVERSITY PARK - The Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference, one of the largest tech startup conferences in the Mid-Atlantic, will take place April 10 & 11 at The Penn Stater Hotel & Conference Center. The conference highlights innovations from high-growth and emerging markets including IT, energy, advanced manufacturing,…
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UNIVERSITY PARK - Invent Penn State’s NSF I-Corps Short Course is accepting applications for its virtual February cohort. The no-cost program helps researchers test a startup idea through customer interviews and educational programming on the lean startup methodology. The cohort will begin on Friday, February 7 and runs through Friday,…
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UNIVERSITY PARK - Many smallholder farmers in Africa farm out of necessity to feed their families, often lacking access to information or knowledge about best practices. The challenges of climate change—such as crop stress, shorter growing seasons, declining soil fertility, and reduced yields—have made farming even more difficult, leaving little…
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UNIVERSITY PARK - Chronic wounds, such as diabetic foot ulcers, present a significant challenge for healthcare providers. For patients with diabetes, impaired blood flow to extremities and weakened immune responses make it difficult to fight off infections. Once infected, these wounds can progress rapidly, sometimes leading to amputations. Existing treatments,…
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University Park - Penn State School of Visual Arts Director, Vagner Mendonça-Whitehead, has been developing a unique project that merges loom-knitting with anti-racism literature. Since its inception in late 2020, the project—titled Left Listening—has grown in both scale and ambition. Mendonça-Whitehead now aims to build large-scale knitting looms to weave…
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UNIVERSITY PARK – Electronics like cell phones, laptops, tablets, home appliances, and office electronic equipment often end up in landfills at the end of their lifecycle. According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), electronic waste, or e-waste, is the fastest-growing waste stream globally and expected to more than double…
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