UWS Innovation Sponsors AANSS Symposium

The 10^th AINSE-ANBUG Neutron Scattering Symposium was held at ANSTO from the 7^th-9^th November. This event saw some fantastic presentations on the innovative area of neutron scattering. These researchers at ANSTO are using the neutron scattering technique to characterise the structure and composition of a variety of materials.

UWS Innovation helped to sponsor this event. Here at UWS Innovation we want to encourage innovative research, collaboration with other researchers and promote the University of Western Sydney’s research capabilities.

Two University of Western Sydney representatives, Victoria Hirst (Project Officer, UWS Innovation) and Dr David Nelson (UWS SIMS Operator) attended the Symposium to showcase the UWS Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS). The UWS Cameca IMS 5fE7 ion microprobe can be used for high resolution depth profiling as well as surface analysis and ion imaging that the University has recently upgraded, and it is now available to both researchers and industry.

The SIMS has many fields of application, including:

• Semiconductor devices
• Materials science
• Geology
• Energy conversion components
• Biological materials that can sustain ultra high vacuum

If you have any questions or would like to find out more information about the SIMS or any other instrumentation here at the University of Western Sydney please contact Victoria Hirst on V.Hirst@usw.edu.au or (02) 9685 9742.

If you have any questions concerning Intellectual Property or Commercialisation please refer to the UWS Innovation website http://www.uws.edu.au/innovate or contact us on ip@uws.edu.au.

New Short Invention Disclosure

Dear Researchers and Academics

UWS Innovation knows and appreciates that you and your colleagues are busy.   We would like to announce the launch of a Short Invention Disclosure Form (1 page) which will only take a few minutes of your time to complete.   This is a short and simple pre-full disclosure form.

This can be found by clicking: www.uws.edu.au/Short_Invention_Disclosure

And is on UWS Innovation's web site under Intellectual Property.

Once we know of your work, we can assist you in partnering with collaborators/industry partners and could potentially commercialise your work, getting your ideas out into the community; hopefully bringing in further research agreements along the way.

People often only think of Intellectual Property as Patents.  Copyright includes know-how, software, artistic works, manuals etc.  IP is also Trade Marks, Designs and Plant Breeder Rights.  Patents can be things other than widgets and new compounds.  IP and commercialisable projects can be from any school or department.

Do not hesitate to contact UWS Innovation if you have any questions or thoughts.

Building EH, South Parramatta

ip@uws.edu.au

http://www.uws.edu.au/innovate

We look forward to hearing from you.

UWS Innovation 

 

UWS IP Evaluation Panel September 2012

 

Some of the most innovative minds at University of Western Sydney (UWS) were seen at this year’s second IP Evaluation Panel, which was held on the 7^th September with great success. These talented researchers, both staff and students, were able to present their ideas to a well rounded panel of experts in the hopes of securing protection and/or funding for their research. This panel assesses the commercial potential of ground-breaking research coming out of the University, with the aim of assisting any exciting research to progress from “idea” to “reality”.

 

This panel saw a range of presentations from the School of Science and Health covering topics as diverse as chromatography, nerve repair and regeneration and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The panel were also treated to a presentation by Richard Meagher from the School of Social Sciences and Psychology; an emerging area of commercial interest and a key center of research here at UWS.

 

We were fortunate to again have the expertise of UWS academics and industry to evaluate our research potential. This latest panel stimulated very robust discussion of the exciting technologies and ideas. The  diverse backgrounds of the panelists allowed for comprehensive understanding, analysis and recommendations. Our thanks to the dynamic panel members of the day Richard Gerstenberg (ManSysCo), Daniel McKinley (Philips Ormon Fitzpatrick), Anthony Ujhazy (UW Consulting), Prof Andre Van Schaik (UWS MARCS Institute), Prof Roger Dean (UWS MARCS Institute), Prof Clive Smallman (UWS School of Business), Gar Jones (UWS Research Services), Peter Malecki (UWS Commercial Lawyer), Prof Deborah Sweeney (Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) and Dr Kathryn Sunn (UWSI Chair).

 

This blog will keep you up to date with progress of the inventions as they continue along the exciting path to commercialisation. If you are interested in licensing or development opportunities with these or other UWS inventions please refer to our web site: UWS Innovation  or contact us on ip@uws.edu.au.

 

Our next IP Evaluation Panel will be held on Friday 16^th of November 2012.