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Commercial Scale Isoflavone Extraction and Subsequent Conversion to Value-Added Chemicals and Materials
Brief Description
Isoflavones are a plant-derived compound with a variety of uses primarily derived from soybeans. Commercial production of soy-based Isoflavones is limited in scope, with many of today’s processing plants employing a variety of multifaceted steps, often utilizing synthetic chemicals for extraction. These techniques often result...
Published: 5/1/2026
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Inventor(s): John Chea, Joseph Stanzione, Kirti Yenkie
Keywords(s): chemicals, Extraction, Isoflavone, Materials, soybeans, value-add
Category(s): Engineering > Materials, Environment
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Methods of Modifying Cellulose Crystallinity
Brief 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...
Published: 5/1/2026
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Inventor(s): Xiao Hu, David Salas de la Cruz, Stacy Love, David Verrill
Keywords(s): Biomaterials, Biorenewable, Cellulose, Chemistry
Category(s): Engineering > Materials
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Bactericidal Biomedical Electrode Coatings that Enhances Charge Coupling
Brief 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...
Published: 5/1/2026
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Inventor(s): Jeffrey Hettinger, Greg Caputo, Lia Yu
Keywords(s): Antibacterial, Coatings, defibrillator, Electrode, Implant, pacemaker
Category(s): Human Health Care > Medical Devices, Engineering > Materials
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HandyMitt for Contactless Touch
Brief 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...
Published: 5/1/2026
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Inventor(s): Hong Zhang
Keywords(s): Covid-19, Disposable, Gloves, Portable
Category(s): Other, Engineering > Materials
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Asphalt Binder
Description
Asphalt concrete, more commonly known as blacktop or asphalt, form the mainstay of roads throughout the world. Asphalt concretes form strong weather resistant yet low cost materials for paving roads. These mixes can support heavy pedestrian and vehicular traffic with durability and wear resistance. Among its many advantages, asphalt concrete...
Published: 5/1/2026
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Inventor(s): Yusuf Mehta, Prashant Shirodkar, Khyati Sonpal, Aaron Nolan
Keywords(s): Asphalt, Concrete, Materials, Recycle
Category(s): Environment, Engineering > Materials
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Fabrication of Air-spun Mori silk-TiO2 Nanofibers for Filtration Applications
Brief 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...
Published: 5/1/2026
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Inventor(s): Xiao Hu, Xiaoyang Mou
Keywords(s): Extrusion, Fabrics, Filtration, Nanofibers, Nonwovens
Category(s): Engineering > Materials
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Automated Aligned Fiber Track Collector for Centrifugal Spinning
Brief 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...
Published: 5/1/2026
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Inventor(s): Dave Jao, Vincent Beachley
Keywords(s): Biomaterials, Centrifugal Spinning, Manufacturing , Nanofibers, Polymers
Category(s): Human Health Care > Biomaterials, Engineering > Manufacturing, Engineering > Materials
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Phenolic Epoxy Methacrylate Monomers Derived from Renewable Sources and Their Method of Preparation
Brief 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...
Published: 5/1/2026
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Inventor(s): Joseph Stanzione, Alexander Bassett, John La Scala
Keywords(s): Biomaterials, Compounds, Manufacturing , Plastics, Polymers, Resin
Category(s): Engineering > Materials
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Solution Blow Spun Protein-Based Polymer Fibers
Brief 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....
Published: 5/1/2026
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Inventor(s): Xiao Hu, Dave Jao, Xiaoyang Mou
Keywords(s): Extrusion, Fabrics, Nanofibers, Nonwovens
Category(s): Engineering > Materials
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Method to Synthesize Ordered Mesoporous Resin
Description
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...
Published: 5/1/2026
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Inventor(s): Iman Noshadi
Keywords(s): Biomaterials, Carbon Capture, Filtration, Mesoporous, Resin
Category(s): Engineering > Materials, Environment
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