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USF Invention Competition Founder Receives First Patent
Before she was a USF College of Nursing alumna, inventor Anna Hopen was the co-founder of the USF Young Innovator Competition (USFRI Newsroom).
November 3, 2020Innovation
BioFlorida Recognizes Florida's Contribution to Fight COVID-19
Annual Conference Spotlights Life Sciences Growth and Propels Collaboration. The 2020 COVID-19 Innovation Award was presented to Dr. Yogi Goswami, the world-renowned Director of the Clean Energy Research Center at the University of South Florida, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame, who has published twenty-two books and over 400 peer-reviewed scientific and technical papers on topics including indoor air quality (PR Newswire).
October 30, 2020Honors and Awards, Innovation, Research
Backed by the Vinik family, USF researchers use 3D mapping tech for Tampa's historic Jackson House preservation
University of South Florida researchers are using 3D technology to map out the historic Jackson Rooming House in Tampa, after receiving a $1 million grant from the Vinik Family Foundation (TampaBayInno).
October 27, 2020Innovation, Research
Tampa General Hospital, USF Health 3D nasal test swab creation shared internationally
A creation to help combat the coronavirus from USF Health and Tampa General Hospital is now helping people across the world (ABC News).
October 21, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
Breathalyzer-style rapid COVID-19 test developed by USF researchers
The “Bull Nose” electronic device is one of 42 COVID-19 research projects funded by the COVID-19 Rapid Response Research Grants program to create an accurate, nonintrusive rapid COVID-19 test (USF Oracle).
October 20, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
USF and NOAA to launch world-class cooperative ocean mapping center
The University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science has been awarded a five-year, $9 million cooperative agreement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Coast Survey to launch the Center for Ocean Mapping and Innovative Technologies (USF Newsroom).
October 16, 2020Innovation, Research
USF receives nearly $1M to use AI to fight mosquito-borne viruses
The University of South Florida has received a $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to use artificial intelligence to fight mosquito-borne diseases. Researchers will collect data through smartphone apps, uploading images of mosquitos that will then be identified with their species and potential to transmit viruses (Tampa Bay Business Journal).
October 15, 2020Innovation, Research
USF develops comprehensive coronavirus map detailing ZIP codes, nursing homes and on-campus cases
After launching a coronavirus-tracking map at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the University of South Florida now not only wants to track cases but help organizations and the general public see the bigger picture (Tampa Bay Business Journal).
October 14, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
USF researchers develop new technologies to fight mosquito-borne diseases
USF researchers have been awarded a $900,000, four-year grant from the National Science Foundation to use artificial intelligence to fight mosquito-borne diseases. Ryan Carney, assistant professor of integrative biology, and Sriram Chellappan, professor of computer science and engineering, will lead a multi-disciplinary effort to collect data through smartphone apps such as NASA’s GLOBE Observer Mosquito Habitat Mapper (USF Newsroom).
October 13, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
USF Develops 3D Printed Swab for COVID Tests
The University of South Florida-designed 3D-printed nasal swab is now being used by hospitals, academic medical centers, state governments, and international agencies and health care facilities. Created in March when medical supplies were a significant challenge, the innovative swab allowed entities around the world fight the spread of COVID-19 through widespread testing (AUTM).
October 9, 2020Health, Innovation, Research
USF Drug Discovery Startup Ibis Therapeutics Focuses Technology on COVID-19
Artificial Intelligence-enabled platform created by USF chemistry professor reduces lengthy drug discovery process to days instead of weeks or months (USFRI Newsroom).
October 8, 2020Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Research
USF lab developing breathalyzer to detect COVID-19
A strange looking device in an engineering laboratory at the University of South Florida could lead to a big medical breakthrough and a big prize. It’s called the Bull Nose and when it’s perfected, engineers believe it will electronically ‘smell’ COVID-19 on the breath of people who are infected (Fox 13).
October 6, 2020Health, Innovation, Student Research
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