September 2025 Newsletter

The latest innovation and commercialization news from the Texas A&M University System. 

Metals such as steel, aluminum, and copper are the foundation of modern industry, yet producing them especially in ultrathin forms comes with a steep energy and carbon cost. Traditional rolling methods require heating slabs to more than 1,200°C, passing them through multiple reduction and finishing stages, and consuming about five gigajoules of energy per ton of steel. This approach not only drives up manufacturing costs but also generates roughly two tons of carbon dioxide emissions for every ton of rolled metal. In response to these challenges, Dr. Dinakar Sagapuram and Dr. Prabhakar Pagilla at Texas A&M University have developed... Read more

(l-r) Dr. Dinakar Sagapuram, Dr. Prabhakar Pagilla

Join the Innovation Team at The Texas A&M Memorial Student Center (or virtually) on October 7, from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM for our next InnovationU. During this event, we will hear from a panel of leaders from across The Texas A&M University System sharing resources available for entrepreneurs. They’ll dive into their respective areas on what is currently available and any upcoming plans for expansion of resources aimed at helping startups succeed. Register today! And stay tuned for more detail.

Darrell Kuhn pictured in a staff photo. / Image: Texas A&M Innovation

After over 25 years of dedicated service to The Texas A&M University System, we celebrate the retirement of Darrell Kuhn, Senior Licensing Manager. For 11 of those years, Darrell managed the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s technology commercialization program and also served as Quality Manager for the TTI Proving Ground Laboratory at Texas A&M’s RELLIS Campus. In addition to his service to TTI he has also worked diligently with many other faculty in the College of Engineering to provide guidance on IP and commercialization, further demonstrating his expertise and commitment to supporting innovation across the Texas A&M System. For numerous years, Darrell also served as an instructor for first-year engineering students as part of Hullabaloo U. Please join us in thanking Darrell for his remarkable contributions and congratulating him on a well-deserved retirement.

Attendees pictured at Kyle Field during TNVC 2025

Texas A&M Innovation now offers annual event sponsorship packages designed to fit a range of budgets and goals. These packages give organizations year-round visibility, opportunities to contribute to programming, and recognition across our events and communications. Sponsors can engage with faculty, industry leaders, and innovators through speaking roles, roundtable participation, event hosting, and brand placement. To learn more, contact Chris Scotti.

Have you filed a disclosure on a research innovation in the past three years? If so, you’re invited to explore how the NSF I-Corps program can help expand the reach and impact of your work. I-Corps empowers faculty, graduate students, and postdocs to take research beyond the lab—transforming ideas into practical solutions with entrepreneurial training, mentorship, and funding opportunities. Through the Southwest I-Corps Hub, additional programming also prepares teams for national I-Corps programs and SBIR/STTR applications. Learn more or schedule a meeting today. See the website for more information.

Activate empowers scientists to reinvent the world by bringing their research to market. The two-year Activate Fellowship is the most immersive, supportive, and comprehensive program for early-stage hard tech science entrepreneurs to access the funding, technical support, networking, community, and time they need at the outset of their entrepreneurial journeys. Our office is co-hosting a virtual recruitment event on Monday, September 29 at 1:00 pm CST. Activate’s Cohort 2025 applications are open and will close on October 28! Sign up to learn more about the application process.

September 12: Private Sector Collaborations Workshop

September 15: 9th Annual Postdoctoral Research Symposium

September 16: Plug and Play Selection and "Expo Day"

September 29: Activate Recruitment Info Session

October 7: InnovationU – Entrepreneur Resources

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Texas A&M Innovation is focused on harvesting new innovations, protecting intellectual property, and facilitating the commercialization process to move Texas A&M University System technologies from the lab to the marketplace. For more information on about how we can partner with you as a university researcher or industry collaborator, please contact us.

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