The latest innovation and commercialization news from The Texas A&M University System.
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2024 Texas A&M New Ventures Competition
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TNVC 2025 Kicks Off Tomorrow at Kyle Field with up to $1.9M Prize Pool
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The 11th annual Texas A&M New Ventures Competition (TNVC) officially opens tomorrow, May 14, at Kyle Field — and you're invited to be part of the action as a member of the Texas Innovation Ecosystem! Join us in congratulating the 20 startup competitors selected for this year’s event.
TNVC 2025 promises over $550,000 in guaranteed prizes, with up to $1.9 million in total value available. This includes guaranteed cash awards and a wide array of sponsored prizes, services, and investment opportunities. Register today.
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2025 Innovation Awards Luncheon
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Innovation Awards Luncheon Honors Excellence Across The Texas A&M University System
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In a celebration of creativity and impact, the Innovation Awards Luncheon brought together inventors, leaders, and partners from across The Texas A&M University System to recognize groundbreaking research and its transformative potential. Held on April 11, 2025, the event served as a testament to the A&M System’s deep commitment to fostering innovation that meets real-world needs. Chancellor John Sharp delivered... Read more.
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Inventor Turns Breakthrough Treg Cell Therapy Into Hope for Patients with Devastating Diseases
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Dr. Simrit Parmar, Faculty in the College of Medicine at Texas A&M University and founder of the clinical-stage biotech company Cellenkos Inc., is leading a paradigm shift in how autoimmune and inflammatory diseases are treated. With her development of umbilical cord blood-derived T regulatory (Treg) cell therapy, Dr. Parmar is addressing conditions where conventional treatments have failed—and giving patients renewed hope.
Her story began not in the lab, but at the bedside... Read more.
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Texas A&M University-Kingsville Research & Innovation Day
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Supporting Inventors Across The Texas A&M University System During Research & Innovation Month
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Throughout Research & Innovation Month, Texas A&M Innovation proudly supported inventors across the Texas A&M University System through events and outreach that foster collaboration and accelerate discovery. Dr. Sam Kim joined a panel at NextGen at Prairie View A&M University, highlighting pathways from research to commercialization. Janie Hurley and Ismail Sheikh traveled to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi for an outreach event and one-on-one sessions with faculty innovators and Texas A&M University-Kingsville for a... Read more.
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InnovationU on April 16, 2025
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InnovationU – Seminar Illuminates Pathways to Industry Partnerships
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On April 16, 2025, Texas A&M Innovation hosted the latest installment of its InnovationU seminar series, titled “Funding Innovation through Collaborations.” Held at the Memorial Student Center and livestreamed virtually, the session brought together researchers, faculty, staff, and students from across The Texas A&M University System for an insightful discussion on the power of industry-academic partnerships. Missed the event? You can still benefit from the discussion — click here to watch the full recording.
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The Texas A&M University System and Global Perpetual Energy Partner to Power the Future with Ocean Blanket Technology
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On April 25, 2025, the Texas A&M University System and Global Perpetual Energy, Inc. (GPE) signed an exclusive license agreement to commercialize the Global Perpetual Energy Ocean Blanket, , a cutting-edge wave energy conversion technology developed at the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station. Read more.
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| From Lab to Market - Innovation & Entrepreneurship Workshop at CIR
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On May 2, 2025, researchers, innovators, and entrepreneurship advocates came together for the “From Lab to Market” Innovation & Entrepreneurship Workshop at the Center for Infrastructure Renewal (CIR) on the Texas A&M-RELLIS Campus. Co-hosted by Texas A&M University and Texas State University, the workshop delivered a hands-on... Read more.
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Upcoming 2025 Events - Save the Dates!
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May 14-15: Texas A&M New Ventures Competition
Summer 2025: Innovation Connect
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| Related News Across the A&M System
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Seven patents were issued to The Texas A&M University System during the month of April. Congratulations to the inventors!
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- Shape-Memory Polymer Foam Device for Treating Aneurysms
- Inventors: William Benett, Thomas Wilson, Jason Ortega, Jonathan Hartman, Ward Small, Duncan Maitland
- United States Patent No. 12,268,393
- Nr4a1 Ligands, Pharmaceutical Compositions, and Related Methods of Use
- Inventor: Stephen Safe
- United States Patent No. 12,264,150
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Hover-Capable Aircraft
- Inventors: Moble Benedict, Eric Greenwood, Vinod Lakshminarayan, Vishaal Subramanian, Farid Saemi, Bochan Lee, Andrew Riha, Atanu Halder, David Coleman, Carl Runco
- United States Patent No. 12,269,586
- Systems and Methods for Blocking a Surge of Water
- Inventor: John Sweetman
- United States Patent No. 12,270,170
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Nanopositioning Systems and Associated Methods
- Inventor: ChaBum Lee
- United States Patent No. 12266501
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Apparatus and Method for a Real-Time-Monitoring of a Riser and Mooring of Floating Platforms
- Inventors: Chungkuk Jin, Hansung Kim, Moo-Hyun Kim
- United States Patent No. 12280859
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High Torque Density Electric Machine with Directly Cooled End Windings
- Inventors: Prasad Enjeti, Hamid Toliyat, Jaime Grunlan, Bryan Rasmussen, Matthew Gardner, Moble Benedict, Dion Antao, Jonathan Felts, Patrick Shamberger
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United States Patent No. 12273016
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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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