VENTURELAB HELPS BUILD NEW COMPANIES FROM GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH

Main Menu | News By Date | News By Supplier | News By Category | About Us

VENTURELAB HELPS BUILD NEW COMPANIES FROM GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH
06 November 2002 - Georgia Institute of Technology

Radatec, Inc. is commercializing radar-based sensor technology for monitoring complex heavy machinery such as gas turbines used for generating electricity. The system, which measures vibration in turbine blades while they are in operation, will cut operational costs by helping equipment owners more effectively schedule costly maintenance and avoid breakdowns.

The two new firms are based on sensor technologies developed in Georgia Tech's Manufacturing Research Center and the Georgia Tech Research Institute.

Qcept Technologies, Inc. is bringing to market patented non-contact sensors able to detect changes in the condition or position of a surface, providing detailed views of surface defects, corrosion and irregularities. Applications include device and thin film coating inspection and monitoring of critical machine components.

Beyond the companies already accepted into ATDC, VentureLab is grooming another ten research innovations, including two more early-stage ventures:

- Vivonetics is developing a unique living cell gene expression system for use in drug discovery, diagnostics and pharmaceuticals.

- Jacket Micro Devices is developing a high performance organic fabrication technology to produce mixed-signal integrated components and systems for wireless consumer electronic devices.

http://www.gatech.edu

About: Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation's top research universities, distinguished by its commitment to improving the human condition through advanced science and technology.

Georgia Tech's campus occupies 400 acres in the heart of the city of Atlanta, where more than 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students receive a focused, technologically based education.

The Institute offers many nationally recognized, top-ranked programs. Undergraduate and graduate degrees are offered in the Colleges of Architecture, Engineering, Sciences, Computing, Management, and the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. Georgia Tech consistently ranks among U.S. News & World Report's top ten public universities in the United States. In a world that increasingly turns to technology for solutions, Georgia Tech is using innovative teaching and advanced research to define the technological university of the 21st century.

More News:
  • For November 2002
  • From Georgia Institute of Technology
  • For University