Startup company from Johnson/Haley collaboration wins UO 2015 Impact and Innovation Award.

Startup company from Johnson/Haley collaboration wins UO 2015 Impact and Innovation Award.

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SupraSensor Technologies, a startup company spun out of MSI research in the the labs of Darren Johnson and Mike Haley, in May won a UO 2015 Impact and Innovation Award recognizing outstanding entrepreneurial activity that has resulted in innovations with measurable societal or environmental impact. SupraSensor created a wireless nitrate-sensing soil sampler that is helping reduce the estimated $2.4 billion per year that farmers waste due to the overapplication of nitrate-based fertilizers.

 

 

Taylor granted patent for fractal-based approach to treat eye diseases.

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MSI director Richard Taylor’s research into fractal-based implants, in collaboration with Simon Brown of the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, recently was awarded a US patent for their work on fractal-designed electronic implants.

https://around.uoregon.edu/content/patent-granted-uo-led-effort-fractal-based-nerve-connections