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Research, Innovation and Commercialization At Texas State Dr. Thomas H. Myers Interim Chair. Department of Physics Associate Dean, College of Science and Engineering Director, Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization Program Faculty Liaison for Funded Research and Commercialization, Office of the AVPR Regional Innovation Ecosystem Innovation and Commercialization The Path Less Taken • Texas State University - San Marcos – Nanomaterials – Research, Development & Commercialization – Texas State University MSEC PhD Program – Interdisciplinary Research Efforts Incorporating Commercialization and Entrepreneurship – Unique Research Facilities as Innovation Attractors – Industry-University Commercialization Agreements The PhD path less taken: Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization (MSEC) PhD Program Our program will train scientists and engineers to perform interdisciplinary research on scaledependent materials and equip them to emerge as effective entrepreneurial leaders in the advancement of 21st century global discovery and innovation • • • Interdisciplinary Ph. D Program Education with commercial relevance Interdisciplinary Research Efforts Advanced Functional Materials Commercialization and Entrepreneurship Tomorrow’s leaders in industry “The goal is to create an environment that helps attract, nurture and retain talent, and to encourage innovation across a wide range of other enterprises as well. Extending this strategy, more incubation spaces may be inserted directly into campuses and university buildings.” Future Knowledge Ecosystems, Institute for the Future Report Number SR-1236 http://scienceprogress.org/2009/08/science-parks/ Innovation and Commercialization The Research Commercialization Path Less Taken – No Walls to Commercialization Embedded Entrepreneurs • Texas State University San Marcos –Research Facilities as Innovation Attractors MBE Growth and Characterization complex First Solar at Texas State University Uriel Solar Army NREL Flex Solar Cell II-VI Chamber Oxide I Chamber US Ferroics AFOSR NSF SEMATECH Oxide II Chamber As Chamber TSMC GaSb Chamber H2 Leadsalt Chamber All MicroPower Global XPS Support SPM Oxide III Chamber Support 7 growth chambers, an atomic hydrogen cleaning station, and XPS and SPM chambers Amethyst Research Facilities as Innovation Attractors – Advanced Materials Synthesis/Fabrication and Advanced Materials Characterization capabilities are available to industry through various mechanisms – grant/contract, partnerships, testing agreements 8 Innovation and Commercialization Texas State University The Package: • Access to Innovation Attractors – Faculty, facilities, students (Future workforce) • Potential to be embedded in the Innovation Endeavor as partners • Coaching from experienced investors, entrepreneurs, inventors and business leaders • Access to area resources to grow ventures • Guidance in starting, growing, and funding, and learn every aspect of running a scalable company. Innovation and Commercialization University-Industry Commercialization Partnership Agreement Markers of Success • Spin-outs & Spin-ins (select examples) – US Ferroics – Advanced ceramics for electronics – National Nanomaterials Inc.– Functionalized graphene – ProTex Defense Products LLC– Clear Armor for DOD – Micropower Global – Thermoelectric heat harvesting (likely 1st STAR tenant) – Tape Solar – flexible solar cells Innovation and Commercialization University-Industry Commercialization Partnership Agreement Markers of Success • Small Business & Start Ups (select examples) – Intelligent Epitaxial Design (Dallas)– compound semiconductor device foundry – VISM (Dallas) – Infrared detector applications – Amethyst Research Inc. (OK) – Advanced Infrared Detectors – Uriel Solar (CA) – Advanced Solar Cell designs – Cerium Laboratories (Austin) – Semiconductor industry characterization and troubleshooting – Nanohmics (Austin) Innovation and Commercialization University-Industry Commercialization Partnership Agreement Markers of Success • Industry Collaborations (select examples) – – – – – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation – Materials for next generation nanoelectronics SEMATECH - Materials for next generation nanoelectronics Texas Instruments – Advanced Materials for Power Switching applications Sealed Air Corp.– Nanocomposites for food packaging First Solar – Compund Semiconductor Solar Cells