From Lab to Lifesaving Impact: UT Innovations are Advancing Health in Tennessee and Beyond |
In laboratories, clinics and startup companies across Tennessee, innovators from the University of Tennessee (UT) are developing technologies that could transform how diseases are diagnosed and treated.
From artificial intelligence that can interpret the hidden signals inside a heartbeat to experimental drugs designed to overcome treatment-resistant cancers, these innovations are moving from university laboratories into the hands of clinicians and patients with support from the UT Research Foundation (UTRF).
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*Numbers reflect information 07/01/2025 - 02/28/2026 and are subject to change
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| Innovation Disclosures | U.S. Patents Filed |
U.S. Patents Issued | Licenses | Startups |
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| 137 |
64 | 9 | 19 |
1 |
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| Innovations being Marketed |
Companies Contacted | Companies Responded | Company Discussions |
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| 50 |
253 | 42 |
16 |
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UTRF is hiring an assistant or associate technology manager to support the technology evaluation, protection, marketing, and commercialization efforts of early-stage UT technologies.
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Outreach completed by the UTRF team during March 2026
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Attended the "Quantum in Action" half-day conference at UT Chattanooga
- Toured Dominion Energy’s high‑voltage research lab and transmission system operations center in Richmond, Virginia and attended Dominion’s EnergyTech conference
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Attended the East Regional Opportunity Zones meeting
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Attended the AI Tennessee Summit in Nashville
- Attended Demo Day at the Fibers and Composites Manufacturing Facility
- Judged the Innovation Crossroads pitch event at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Attended the NSF-Engine: BRIDGES site visit in Huntsville, AL
- Attended the Chancellor's Innovation Fund Pitch Competition hosted by UT Knoxville
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UT Innovators with newly opened disclosures in February 2026.
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Femi Adigun
College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Chemistry
Errui Li
College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Chemistry
Fei Wang
Tickle College of Engineering, Min H. Kao Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Mohamed Farag
Tickle College of Engineering, Min H. Kao Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Vladimir Sobes
Tickle College of Engineering, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
Swapnamoy Dutta
UT-ORII, Bredesen Center
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Nikolaos Samartzis
College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Chemistry
Ruirui Chen
Tickle College of Engineering, Min H. Kao Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Jiangbiao He
Tickle College of Engineering, Min H. Kao Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Demi Poulos
Tickle College of Engineering, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Bryan Good
Tickle College of Engineering, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Umesh Marathe
UT-ORII, Bredesen Center
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UT Institute of Agriculture |
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Sathish Samiappan
Herbert College of Agriculture, Dept. of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science
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Chetan Badgujar
Herbert College of Agriculture, Dept. of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science
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Erkan Kaplanoglu
College of Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering Management and Technology
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Chase Guttu
College of Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering Management and Technology
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Michio Kurosu
College of Pharmacy, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Robert Davis
College of Medicine, Dept. of Pediatrics
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Wenjing Zhang
College of Graduate Health Sciences, Biomedical Sciences Program, Dept. of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics
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U.S. Patents issued to UT Innovators in February 2026
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12,556,090 | Wide Band Gap (WBG) Devices Based Three-Level Neutral Point Clamped (NPC) Power Module Designs
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