http://rowan.technologypublisher.comBe the first to know about the latest inventions and technologies available from Rowan Universityen-USMon, 04 May 2026 23:25:06 GMTTue, 09 Dec 2025 13:29:12 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssotc@rowan.eduCopyright 2026, Rowan University260704https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/59564Brief Description A molecular diagnostic platform that enables characterization of cellular stress and damage. This technology may be applied to a broad range of clinical settings, from assessing the efficacy of cancer therapies to detecting inflammatory and autoimmune disorders, ischemia/reperfusion injury, and toxic environmental exposures. Problem There is a growing demand for accurate molecular diagnostics to assess cellular damage for disease monitoring and treatment. However, traditional types of biomarkers often face challenges such as limited interoperability, low sensitivity, and a...Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:29:12 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/59564260805https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/59561Brief Description This innovation introduces a genetically encoded fluorescent mechanosensor (fGEM) that reports changes in mechanical tension within living cells as changes in light intensity. By enabling direct visualization of cellular tension dynamics, this technology provides a powerful new approach for studying mechanobiology and for high-throughput screening of drugs that modulate cellular mechanics. The system bridges a major gap in translational medicine by linking mechanical dysfunction to disease mechanisms and therapeutic discovery. Problem Mechanical tension governs vital biolo...Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:16:39 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/59561230116https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/51060Brief Description Concrete manufacturing is an energy-intensive process, resulting in significant amounts of GHG/CO2 being released into the atmosphere. The use of a variety of technologies designed to lower these emissions, including supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) (e.g., fly ash, slag, silica fume, and other products), lowering kiln operational temperatures, and injection of CO2 into wet cement have been evaluated or are in use. Microbial CO2 sequestration by microorganisms, cyanobacteria, diatoms, and other organisms is a well-understood chemical/physical reaction and is current...Fri, 12 May 2023 14:06:58 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/51060231107https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/50125Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:08:32 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/50125231110https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/50124Brief Description Mass spectrometry (MS) is a widely used research tool for determining the exact molecular weight of particles within a sample. It separates electrically charged ions within a gas phase that are subsequently transferred into a mass analyzer, sorted in space or time according to their mass-to-charge ratios. Although there have been many advances using multiple columns to increase throughout, they are limited by cost and instrumentation size. Hence, new methods are needed to expand the capabilities of MS for a better understanding of diseases, diagnostics, and drug development....Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:05:26 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/50124231109https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/50084Brief Description Offshore wind turbines are typically fixed devices anchored to the seabed by a foundation. The advantages of a floating offshore system (economic, reusable, deeper water depths) as compared to fixed structures have resulted in increased interest in floating technologies. The major type of floating wind systems in use today are semisubmersible and concrete structures. The development of a dedicated barge capable of transiting from one offshore location to another for wind energy generation is in its infancy with minimal application today. With predicted increases in the use o...Thu, 05 Jan 2023 12:38:27 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/50084220620https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/48854Brief Description Osteoporosis is the most common bone disease that causes low bone mass, bone tissue deterioration, and bone microarchitecture disruption, leading to compromised bone strength and an increased risk of fractures. More than 200 million people have osteoporosis globally, and about 30% of women and 20% of men over 50 will experience an osteoporotic fracture in their lifetime. Antiresorptive drugs, such as bisphosphonates, are widely used osteoporosis medications as they increase bone mineral density. However, they can exhibit several adverse effects and have only been shown to de...Mon, 21 Nov 2022 12:53:33 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/48854230902https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/48660Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:51:40 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/48660221212https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/47538Brief Description Nanofiber usage/production has increased in recent years as a result of this materials superior mechanical/strength properties with the primary fabrication technique being electrospinning. Nanofibers can be assembled into highly ordered yarns through twisting of individual nanofibers to form a more durable material, increasing the materials surface area as well as product performance. The major technical issue with creation of staple nanofiber yarns is production of such material in a continuous configuration from fixed end/individual segments of aligned nanofiber materials....Wed, 06 Jul 2022 12:55:53 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/47538220905https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/45528Thu, 16 Dec 2021 10:43:04 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/45528210521https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/44313Tue, 20 Jul 2021 12:55:52 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/44313210216https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/44312Brief Description Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a highly infectious disease that has led to a pandemic throughout the world. Since its emergence, over 117 million have become infected, with 2.6 million deaths. Although several highly effective vaccines have become FDA-approved, one of the biggest challenges is administering them to millions of people. Several software platforms have been launched to help governments and medical facilities track and manage vaccine distribution sites; however, many of these solutions are plagued with operational and usability issues and considered inadequate. The ...Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:40:58 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/44312190210https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/43282Tue, 23 Mar 2021 09:47:48 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/43282211110https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/42590Tue, 15 Dec 2020 08:22:37 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/42590200419https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/41452Brief Description The use of biomaterials has grown in recent years as applications in the packaging materials, automotive, construction and the biomedical fields has increased. Cellulose, the most widely available natural polymer on earth has significant potential for use in biomaterial applications because it is renewable, more environmentally friendly and less costly to produce than other biomaterial and polymer candidates. Within the biomedical field, specifically in the areas of tissue engineering and drug delivery platform design, cellulose has seen increased attention from researchers....Wed, 02 Sep 2020 11:43:33 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/41452200622https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/41378Wed, 26 Aug 2020 09:17:49 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/41378200623https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/41377Wed, 26 Aug 2020 09:13:44 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/41377210802https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/41376Brief Description Atrial fibrillation (AFib or AF) is the most common type of heart arrhythmia afflicting millions of people throughout the world and leads to more than 166,000 deaths each year. Pacemakers and defibrillators are implanted into over a million people every year and vital for preventing the adverse complications of AFib. However, implantation of these devices within the body has a high rate of infection (~1.5%), of which up to 20 percent die as a result. There is an unmet medical need to develop new technologies that prevent or eliminate device and tissue infections from these l...Wed, 26 Aug 2020 09:07:42 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/41376200620https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/41044Brief Description With the onset of COVID-19, the major preventative recommendations issued by the CDC were to social distance, wash hands frequently, use hand sanitizer, avoid touching potentially contaminated surfaces and wearing face coverings/gloves (disposable or reusable) in certain situations. Not touching contaminated surfaces remains a challenge for the general populous. The main advantage of disposable gloves is that once one is done using them, they can be discarded, taking any infectious material with them. Reusable gloves are more durable than disposable gloves since they are des...Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:06:34 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/41044200417https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/40180Wed, 10 Jun 2020 07:28:11 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/40180200418https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/40132Fri, 05 Jun 2020 11:07:49 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/40132200415https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/40108Brief Description Sleep health and sleep disorders are major problems. In the US, an estimated ⅓rd of adults and ⅔rds of high school-aged young adults do not get the recommended amount of sleep. Lack of sleep and poor sleep hygiene is associated with a number of health problems. These include obesity, depression, and cardiovascular disease. Additionally, specific sleep disorders like sleep apnea and insomnia have tremendous adverse impacts on human health and well-being. Researchers at Rowan have identified two proteins that they think are important for sleep. These proteins, NCALD and S100 ...Mon, 01 Jun 2020 08:25:19 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/40108200414https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/40077Sat, 30 May 2020 14:18:28 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/40077200906https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/38606Brief Description Diagnostic medical imaging technologies such as Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) are noninvasive procedures used to acquire high-resolution images of organs/tissues in the body. These technologies provide valuable information for identifying tissue damage, disease diagnosis, and delivery of radiation therapy. Both of these technologies function by acquiring image slices of the tissue and combining them into high-resolution 3D images for visualization by a radiologist. They are vital for viewing tumors, as well as for treatment planning; however, ...Mon, 24 Feb 2020 09:09:09 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/3860613-018https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/38602Mon, 24 Feb 2020 08:15:12 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/38602COE-14-218https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/38515Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:19:08 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/38515190702https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/38514Brief Description Since the initial discovery in 1977 that brain tissue transparency to NIR (Near-Infrared Spectroscopy) light allowed a non-invasive and continuous method of measuring tissue oxygen saturation using transillumination in neonates, a number of applications to non-invasively measure blood oxygenation in muscle and the circulatory system have been developed. Among these, fNIRS (Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy) is a non-invasive imaging method involving the quantification of chromophore concentration resolved from the measurement of near infrared (NIR) light attenuation or t...Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:07:23 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/3851415-144-SOMhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/38511Brief Description Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide with more than 14 million new patients diagnosed and almost 9 million deaths every year. Despite increasing survival rates over the past few decades, current treatments such as radiation, chemotherapy, targeted therapies and new immunotherapies still fail in large subsets of patients. Mounting drug resistance to these treatments as well as severe side effects further underscores the need to develop more efficacious therapies. Recently, the role of mitochondria induced cellular death of cancer has gained the attention of pharmaceut...Mon, 10 Feb 2020 09:02:42 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/38511180316https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/37880Brief Description The technology is a method, apparatus, and collection to produce micro and nanofibers from an adjustable concentric nozzle. This technique consists of the extrusion of protein solution into an evaporative atmosphere to product nanofibers. Previous solution blow techniques focus on the use and generation of synthetic polymers. This details techniques to generate protein-based nano and microfibers using materials such as silk fibroin and corn zein proteins to make nonwoven fabrics. The technique consists of the extrusion of the protein solution into an evaporative atmosphere t...Wed, 15 Jan 2020 08:41:18 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/37880190212https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/37879Brief Description Organ transplantation continues to increase, with 34,770 transplants performed in the US in 2017. Currently, organ transplantation is limited by donor dependence, high costs, and, long-term use of immunosuppressive medications which, in turn, correlates with significant morbidity and mortality. To overcome these limitations, tissue engineering and transplantation have become a major focus. Tissue engineering eliminates donor dependence in that it can use an autologous (self) source to generate biomaterial. Significant advancements have allowed for 3D tissue fabrication, or b...Wed, 15 Jan 2020 08:37:35 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/37879180521https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/37878Brief Description Fibrous materials have widespread applications in medical devices, aerospace, civil engineering, textiles, and energy. New fibrous materials are composed of micro or nanofiber structures that are capable of extreme strength and flexibility properties as well as the ability to deliver drugs or cells for medical purposes. These fibers can be composed of polymers, composites and ceramics. The materials are typically built via a process called electrospinning in which a high voltage is applied to a liquid polymer droplet. The droplet is vaporized and traverses through air to a t...Wed, 15 Jan 2020 08:24:35 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/3787816-130-COEhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/37304Wed, 04 Dec 2019 13:06:17 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/3730417-140-COEhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/37302Brief Description Bisphenol-A is a chemical produced in large quantities since the 1960s for use primarily in the production of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins. Polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins are used in a number of applications including food and drink packaging and to coat products, respectively. In 2010, the United States Food and Drug Administration altered is position on Bisphenol-A and expressed concerns about the potential toxic effects of the compound on the brain, behavior, and prostate glands in fetuses, infants, and young children. The altered position was based on...Wed, 04 Dec 2019 12:25:32 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/37302191007https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/35032Brief Description Healthcare spending in the United States accounts for nearly 20% of the gross domestic product. In the changing health care environment, health systems, hospitals, and health care providers must focus on improving efficiency to meet an increasing demand for high-quality, low-cost health care. In response to this growing need to reduce costs, application of artificial intelligence (AI) towards healthcare use cases, which at the core requires bringing together increasingly larger, complex healthcare data assets. The most promising avenues for AI in medicine are the development...Fri, 19 Jul 2019 10:38:27 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/35032INTEUM-DEMOhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/34702Wed, 26 Jun 2019 09:37:05 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/34702190905https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/34455Brief Description Hydraulic fracking has revolutionized the oil industry since the first successful application in 1950. In hydraulic fracking, high pressure fluids are injected into wells in order to crack and thereby render the oil containing substrate more permeable thus allowing the entrapped oil and gas to flow more freely. Wells may be drilled vertically hundreds to thousands of feet below the earth surface and may include horizontal or directional sections extending thousands of feet. Fractures are created by pumping large quantities of fluids at high pressure down a wellbore and into ...Fri, 31 May 2019 11:47:14 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/3445516-131-SOMhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/34453Fri, 31 May 2019 11:40:04 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/3445316-129(2)-COEhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28949Fri, 05 Oct 2018 08:50:53 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/2894916-123-CSMhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28946Fri, 05 Oct 2018 08:42:36 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28946180520https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28945Background Skin disease is one of the leading causes of global disease burden, affecting millions worldwide. There are at least 15 categories of skin diseases, with acne, fungal skin disease, and skin and subcutaneous disease being the most prevalent. Skin diseases are not only a detriment to the skin and quality of life, but also spread over time. It is extremely important to control the spread of skin diseases and have reliable image processing technologies for early detection and effective diagnosis. The disclosed technology addresses an unmet medical need by proposing an innovative metho...Fri, 05 Oct 2018 08:39:11 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/2894517-130-CSMhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28944Brief Description The disclosure provides a method, apparatus, and collection to produce micro and nanofibers from an adjustable concentric nozzle. This technique consists of the extrusion of protein solution into an evaporative atmosphere to product nanofibers. Previous solution blow techniques focus on the use and generation of synthetic polymers. This details techniques to generate protein-based nano and microfibers using materials such as silk fibroin and corn zein proteins to make nonwoven fabrics. The technique consists of the extrusion of the protein solution into an evaporative atmosp...Fri, 05 Oct 2018 08:35:24 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28944180313https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28943Description Although battery technology was developed over one hundred years ago, the search for new materials with better performance, higher energy density, and extended regeneration cycles continues. One avenue of research is the search for new electrolytes as current liquid electrolytes are considered hazardous as they may leak, produce gases upon overcharging, and may even explode. One of the substantial advances in recent years in the storage of electrochemical energy has been in the development of lithium-ion technology based on liquid electrolytes, but the intrinsic instability of liq...Fri, 05 Oct 2018 08:32:18 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28943180314https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28942Description Mesoporous materials have several attractive properties including ordered pore structures, very high specific surface areas, and the potential to synthesize the materials in a wide range of morphologies such as spheres rods, discs, and powders. Mesoporous materials with uniform and tailorable pore dimensions with high surface areas are currently being employed in a number of applications including use in waste water remediation, indoor air cleaning, catalysis, bio-catalysis, drug delivery, CO2 capture, and bioanalytical sample preparation. However, challenges remain in making the...Fri, 05 Oct 2018 08:28:47 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/2894216-139-COEhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28940Fri, 05 Oct 2018 08:05:23 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/2894013-101-COEhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28937Background Medical devices implanted in the human body can react with internal biofluids and cause infection or compromise the health of surrounding bone and/or tissue. Treating infections with antibiotics is not always desired because it can be difficult to direct the antibiotic to the specifically needed location, treatment can take between 3 to 14 months to complete, and overuse of antibiotics can cause resistance making this a less attractive option in some cases. Coating medical implants can increase the biocompatibility of the devices and can also improve the functionality of the implan...Fri, 05 Oct 2018 07:53:54 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/2893715-101-COEhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28936Brief Description A marker-less augmented reality method that is operable in mobile applications is proposed in this invention. In particular, the invention works through a projection of color-coded light on a 3D object. A camera captures this image, which is then analyzed to obtain the correspondence between the deformation of the observed light pattern with respect to the projection and reveal 3D information on the object. The 3D information then becomes part of the initial feature map of the 3D object and be tracked from frame to frame for reality augmentation, where the feature map, 3D me...Fri, 05 Oct 2018 07:48:48 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28936COE-17-103https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28934Brief Description Bisphenol-A is a chemical produced in large quantities since the 1960s for use primarily in the production of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins. Polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins are used in a number of applications including food and drink packaging and to coat products, respectively. In 2010, the United States Food and Drug Administration altered is position on Bisphenol-A and expressed concerns about the potential toxic effects of the compound on the brain, behavior, and prostate glands in fetuses, infants, and young children. The altered position was based on...Fri, 05 Oct 2018 07:40:48 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28934COE-17-122https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28933Brief Description Intermolecular condensation is a chemical reaction in which two or more molecules combine to form a larger molecule, with the simultaneous loss of one or more smaller molecules, such as water, methanol, ethanol, acetic acid, or hydrogen chloride. One of the most common examples of an intermolecular condensation reaction is the formation of a dipeptide from the reaction of two amino acids. Bisphenol-A, a chemical produced in large quantities since the 1960s, can be generated through intermolecular condensation of phenol and acetone. However, due to the potential concerns of u...Fri, 05 Oct 2018 07:37:01 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28933181106https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28884Description Electrospinning has shown great promise in the manufacturing of nanofibers, yet the scalability of electrospinning has posed a number of challenges. These challenges include: Low fiber output per spinneret since solvent often makes up 70% of the solution mass, depending on the polymer and solvent system Clogging of spinneret due to the solidification of higher concentration solutions, which can lead to downtime and subsequent production losses Health, environmental, and fire hazards due to the handling and recovery requirements of the large amounts of solvent used during the ...Fri, 28 Sep 2018 09:09:23 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28884180301https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28883Brief Description This invention focuses on a platform which enables collection of several types of traffic and transportation system data using multiple data collection units which are portable, affordable and integrated with communication capabilities that allow for connection to centralized traffic management centers. The architecture of the platform allows for automatic data collection and logging in a centralized data repository with minimal or no need for human intervention. Multiple data collection sensors or units can use the platform to communicate in real-time with the traffic manag...Fri, 28 Sep 2018 09:03:49 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28883181004https://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28875A portable, inexpensive shield that inflates to protect against personal injury caused by falling debris and building collapse in earthquakes Description Populations continue to increase in areas that have high levels of seismic activity, especially in urban communities along the western United States, Japan, China, South America, and India. By 2030, approximately 60% of the global population or approximately 5 billion people are expected to live in urban areas. Building construction and the propensity for buildings to collapse significantly contribute to mortality during earthquakes. Due to...Fri, 28 Sep 2018 07:23:44 GMTotc@rowan.eduhttps://rowan.technologypublisher.com/technology/28875