New York State Metal Finishing Innovation for Sustainability and Business Growth Cornell / Industry Partnerships for Innovation The CCMR Industrial Partnerships Program John Sinnott, Industrial Programs Manager
MRSEC: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (NSF-DMR)
Providing Access to Innovation Michèle van de Walle, Ph. D., M. B. A. Industrial Partnerships Director 607 Clark Hall mjv28@cornell.edu t. 607.255.8809 CCMR Symposium Facilities 101 John Sinnott Industrial Partnerships Manager 624Clark Hall jps39@cornell.edu t. 607.255.7070 Industrial Collaboration Program JumpStart Program Entrepreneurship @CCMR 3
CCMR - Symposium Sproull Lecturer CCMR Symposium May 22, 2012 Next-Generation Materials Characterization Professor Xiaowei Zhuang Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Physics at Harvard University Development of a super-resolution fluorescence microscopy method which allows biological imaging with nanometer-scale resolution.
CCMR - Symposium New Materials for Prevention of Ice Accumulation Meet Cornell Faculty Meet Other Industry Attendees Meet With Funding Agencies Meet Students (Prospective Employees)
150 Different instruments $30M Capital investment 22,000 sq ft lab space 12 Full time technical staff $2.7M Annual budget April 5, 2012 1 in 5 Facilities 101 attendees are CCMR facility users 6
The CCMR Shared Facilities Polymer analysis XRD Materials Testing AFM NSF Quote The CCMR Shared Facilities a national gem Microscopy SEM XPS Raman Sample prep. TEM Ultra STEM 7
http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/facilities/ Online Reservations Rates Instruments Useful Links Search Contact information
Facility Managers Dr. Christopher Umbach Materials A total of ~200 years of experience, taking care of 100 different instruments Dr. Jonathan Shu Materials Mr. Anthony Condo Polymer Dr. Maura Weathers X-Ray Mr. Malcolm Thomas Electron Microscopy Mr. John Grazul Electron Microscopy Mr. John Hunt Electron Microscopy
Industrial Collaboration Program Accelerating Innovation through Rapid Implementation of Research Ideas Foster low cost joint R&D projects with companies from NY State and beyond Cost effective: 5% overhead Fast and simple process Flexible funding levels Wide range of industry sectors from multinationals to startups Wallace Foundation 54 companies, 133 projects, $5.9 M (2000-2011)
Geographic Diversity of JumpStart Projects Goal: Help small New York State companies solve technical problems Promote economic development in NYS Impact across New York State 51 projects completed to date http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/industry/jumpstart/ 11
JumpStart Success Stories Harrick Scientific, a 45 year old manufacturer of optical and spectroscopy equipment Expand into life science, and pharmaceutical research areas Developed a new shear, compression, rheometer attachment for optical microscopes Partner: Prof. Itai Cohen (Physics) Prof. Itai Cohen First customer trained in August 2009
JumpStart Success Story SiMPore, Rochester Spin-off U of Rochester manufacturing porous silicon membranes for biological separation applications Developed a new product line, low-background transmission electron microscopy (TEM) grids. Partner: Prof. David Muller (Applied Physics) Nanometer Thick TEM Windows for High-Resolution Imaging of Nanoscale Materials Prof. David Muller TEMwindows.com Commercialized in 2009 13
JumpStart Success Story Rigidized Metals, manufacturer of textured metal products Development of new value added coatings Increase thermal absorption and bacterial resistance (crack resistant, color selectable and stable) Partner: Prof. Shefford Baker (Materials Science) Prof. Shefford Baker
Another JumpStart Success Story Wakonda Technologies, Startup from Rochester Developed a new technology for manufacturing of solar panels on a flexible copper substrates. Used CCMR Shared Facilities as their sole R&D lab Partner: Prof. Bruce van Dover (Materials Science) Prof. Bruce van Dover 2 SBIR and 1 NYSERDA grants: $240K (2006) Awarded $900K US Dept of Energy (2007) Won Golden Horseshoe Contest $100K (2007) Named Clean Energy Entrepreneur of the Year (2007) Raised $9.5M in Series A Financing (2008) Wakonda was acquired by Solexant Corporation in early 2012 (Move to San Jose, CA) Les Fritzemeier, President The benefits of a CCMR partnership can go an awful long way if you look at the value it brings early on, accelerating your growth We have leveraged $5,000 worth of JumpStart matching support into $200,000 worth of federal money in the course of about six months, and we are now looking to leverage that into about a million dollars of funding for next year.
Industry-University Partnership Promotes Innovation Cornell undergraduates gain experience with industrial research High-tech companies require constant innovation to maintain their technological edge. To help small companies evolve, the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) developed the JumpStart program a semester-long partnership that pairs New York State small businesses that have well-defined technical needs with Cornell faculty and students who have the expertise to help. This program is supported by the New York State Foundation for Science and Technology Innovation (NYSTAR) Matching Grant Program In Fall 2011, the JumpStart program partnered Harrick Plasma with three Cornell faculty and two students to improve the performance of Harrick Plasma Cleaners. Cornell undergraduate Michelle Chou measured the performance of the existing design, while another undergraduate, Anthony Xing, designed and built a special tool to analyze the fundamental characteristics of the plasma as part of his senior thesis. The information generated by this project will be used to improve the next generation of plasma cleaners. Anthony Xing Cornell Class of 2012 Michelle Chou Cornell Class of 2013 Harrick Plasma Cleaners Visit the CCMR online at http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu Research supported by NSF DMR-1120296
The program gave access to faculty research experts whose input was instrumental to the initial development and characterization of AAC s technology. This collaborative work, and the resulting feedback, provides AAC with a strong position to pursue next phase business and funding opportunities that will enable its technology to be brought to market. Todd Nordblom American AeroGel Corporation Having participated in two JumpStart activities over the past 5- years, I find the program highly useful to small companies that have limited resources available for investigating novel materials and processing approaches. The recent experience with Prof. Chris Ober s group was rewarding and provided useful insights on how we can adopt the teachings to our product development needs. Robert Miller, PhD CTO of Paper Battery Company