Tech Launch Arizona

Robert Norwood in optical sciences and Laurence Hurley in pharmacy are the latest UArizona faculty members to receive the prestigious designation.

Tech Launch Arizona’s second Student Innovation Challenge has selected five student teams for funding to prototype inventions for commercialization. Twenty-six applications were received in all, and the judging panel awarded a total of approximately $40,000, which was distributed amongst the teams to develop their ideas into prototypes.

UArizona researchers have developed a method of using ketamine in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. The discovery has been licensed to Pharmather Inc. for development and commercialization.

Researchers have developed a rapid, simplified method for producing radio-labeling compounds used for PET scans.

Along with honoring the awardees, the commemorative website for TLA's annual I-Squared Expo& Awards profiles nine innovative university research teams and the inventions and startups they are working to bring to the world.

Researchers have been developing and refining a highly efficient photovoltaic system that captures more heat and energy from sunlight than current solar panel models available.

 Tech Launch Arizona has awarded funding to five-student teams to develop inventions with the goal of bringing them to the public as impactful products to benefit society.

With 19 new companies added to its roster last fiscal year, the university has now launched more than 100 startups since revamping its commercialization operation in late 2012.

The startup that licensed a UArizona-invented ultraviolet spectrometer has been awarded a $1.5 million Air Force contract to build devices that can quickly detect COVID-19 in virus test samples.

Tech Launch Arizona has helped the university community report more than 1,600 inventions, file more than 1,800 patents, execute upward of 600 licenses and launch 82 startups.