BOSTON -- March 15, 2010: University of Massachusetts President Jack M. Wilson today announced $200,000 in grants to UMass researchers. The awards will advance the commercial development of important…, Chul Park, PhD, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UMass Amherst "A New Sludge and Nutrient Reduction Method for Wastewater Treatment", Park's new wastewater treatment technology allows for both sludge reduction and nutrient removal, which are major challenges in wastewater treatment systems. The invention also permits a significant…, Surita Bhatia, PhD, Susan Roberts, PhD, Department of Chemical Engineering, UMass Amherst "Alginate Wound Dressings with Enhanced Oxygen Supply", Researchers in the Bhatia and Roberts groups have developed techniques to create stable hydrogels with oxygen-carrying domains. These gels can be cast onto gauzes, creating wound dressings with…, Uri Galili, PhD, Department of Surgery, UMass Worcester "Accelerated Wound Healing With Liposome Nanoparticles", The overall objective of this project is to study the technology developed at UMass Medical School on accelerated wound healing by topical application of a-gal liposomes. When applied on injuries,…, Weibo Gong, PhD, Sheng Xiao, MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, UMass Amherst "Wireless Secret Key Management Using Communication Randomness", Communication randomness, such as transmission errors and user movements are considered negative factors in wireless communications. This UMass technology converts the randomness into security…, Michael Green, PhD, MD, Program in Gene Function and Expression, UMass Worcester "Methods for Efficient Production of Bioactive Recombinant IGFBP7, a Promising New Therapeutic Agent for the Treatment…, Green's group has identified IGFBP7, which encodes a secreted protein, as a melanoma tumor suppressor gene whose expression is lost during melanoma development. Restoration of IGFBP7 function by…, Alonzo Ross, PhD, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, UMass Worcester "A Method for Enhancing Chemotherapy of Glioblastomas", Glioblastoma brain tumors are a tremendously difficult clinical problem and are invariably fatal. Current therapies reduce tumor burden but do not provide a real cure. This novel approach combines a…, Daniel Schmidt, PhD, Department of Plastics Engineering, UMass Lowell "Practical, High-Performance Bisphenol A (BPA) Free Epoxy Resins", This technology attempts to address growing concern surrounding the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in epoxy can liners used in the vast majority of metal food and beverage cans. In particular, new…, Ramaswamy Nagarajan, PhD, Jayant Kumar, PhD, Department of Plastics Engineering, Department of Physics and Applied Physics and Center for Advanced Materials, UMass Lowell "A New Class of Halogen-free…, Brominated and halogenated flame retardants are used extensively world-wide in textiles, plastics and consumer electronic items to reduce their flammability but unfortunately show adverse effects on…, ABOUT CVIP, Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property (CVIP) is responsible for the commercialization of discoveries made on the five campuses of the University of Massachusetts. The Executive Director,…
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BOSTON -- March 25, 2010:The University of Massachusetts today announced the formation of the Committee that will guide the search for a new President. The University of Massachusetts Presidential…, James J. Karam, , UMD '71 President and CEO, First Bristol Corporation Vice Chair, University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees Chair, Committee on Administration and Finance Vice Chair:, Henry M. Thomas, III, President & CEO Urban League of Springfield, Inc. University of Massachusetts Trustee Chair, Committee on Academic and Student Affairs, Michael Carter, , PhD Professor and Chair Economics Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees University of Massachusetts Lowell, Mari Castaneda, , PhD Distinguished Professor Department of Communications, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Edward W. Collins, , Jr. International Representative of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) University of Massachusetts Trustee, Edward H. D'Alelio, , UMB '74 Retired Managing Director & CIO, Fixed Income, Putnam Investments Chairman, University of Massachusetts Foundation Investment Committee, John A. DiBiaggio, , DDS Past President, Tufts University Past President, Michigan State University Past President, University of Connecticut University of Massachusetts Trustee Vice Chair, Committee on Academic and…, Maria D. Furman, , UMD '76 Retired Managing Director and Bond Portfolio Manager of Standish Mellon Asset Management University of Massachusetts Trustee Chair, Audit Committee, Robyn Hannigan, , PhD Professor and Chair, Environmental, Earth and Ocean Studies, College of Science and Mathematics University of Massachusetts Boston, Charles J. Hoff, , UML '66 Retired Chairman, CEO and Owner, Universal/Univis Inc. Director, Hoff Family Partnership Philanthropist Former UMass Trustee, Philip W. Johnston, , UMA '68 President, Philip W. Johnston Associates University of Massachusetts Trustee Chair, Committee on Science, Technology & Research Chair, Compensation Committee Vice Chair, Governance…, Laura King, Student, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Ruben J. King-Shaw Jr., Chairman and CEO, Mansa Equity Partners Inc. Vice Chair, University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees Chair, Governance Committee Vice Chair, Compensation Committee, Winston Langley, , PhD Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Robert J. Manning, , UML '84 CEO & CIO, MFS Investment Management Chair, University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees, Craig C. Mello, , PhD Nobel Laureate Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and Blais University Chair in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Kathy Miraglia, , EdD, UMA '06 Professor and Chair Art Education University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Kerri E. Osterhaus-Houle, , MD, FACOG, UMW '99 Partner, Women's Health of Central Mass University of Massachusetts Trustee Vice Chair, Committee on Science, Technology & Research, S. Paul Reville, Secretary of Education Commonwealth of Massachusetts University of Massachusetts Trustee, Mark E. Russell, , UML '83, UMA '85 Vice President of Engineering, Technology and Mission Assurance, Raytheon Co., Robert K. Sheridan, President & CEO, Savings Bank Life Insurance of Massachusetts Chairman, University of Massachusetts Building Authority Former UMass Trustee, Stephen P. Tocco, President and CEO, ML Strategies University of Massachusetts Trustee, Marcellette G. Williams, , PhD Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and International Relations, University of Massachusetts Former Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Amherst Professor of English…
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