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Three Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ faculty members have been tapped as fellows for the National Academy of Inventors. It is the highest honor given to academic inventors. The academy is based at Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ and tapped 161 other inventors from 116 research universities and institutes across the globe (Tampa Bay Business Journal / paywall).

December 8, 2021Honors and Awards, Innovation

Three Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ faculty members selected as new National Academy of Inventors Fellows

Three Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ faculty members whose inventions in engineering, molecular medicine and chemistry are shaping drug discovery, environmental sustainability and modern dental care have been selected as new National Academy of Inventors Fellows.

December 7, 2021Honors and Awards, Innovation

Subhra Mohapatra, PhD, a professor of molecular medicine at the Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ Health Morsani College of Medicine, was one of three Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ faculty members recently selected as new National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellows. Dr. Mohapatra is a pioneering scientist/researcher whose work over 26 years has been instrumental in advancing the frontiers of drug delivery and cancer treatment (Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ Health).

December 7, 2021Health, Honors and Awards, Innovation

Dr. Jose Herazo-Maya’s research may help identify new treatments to improve survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and severe COVID-19 (Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ Health).

December 6, 2021Health

Swerving prevention method prompts new patent for Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ engineers

In the midst of reviewing data for the federally funded Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority Connected Vehicle Pilot, Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ researchers have been awarded a U.S. patent for their algorithm that detects one of the greatest roadway hazards – swerving (Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ Newsroom).

December 3, 2021Innovation

City of St. Petersburg approves Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ and community researchers’ recommendations on how to address systemic racism

St. Petersburg City Council members are moving forward with a plan created by an interdisciplinary team of researchers coordinated by the Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ on how to identify and address structural racism in the community (Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ Newsroom).

December 3, 2021Research

On the icy Antarctic sea floor a research team from DRI, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and the Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ is looking to find a new treatment for melanoma (Phys.org).

December 1, 2021Global Research, Research

Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ’s Florida Center for Community Design partners with Tampa in greenhouse gas inventory

A new report produced by the City of Tampa in partnership with Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ’s Florida Center for Community Design and Research provides an in-depth look at the sources of greenhouse gas emissions within the City of Tampa municipal operations and from the city as a whole (Ó£»¨ÊÓƵRI Newsroom).

November 23, 2021Research

Students will learn about brain health, geriatric medicine and have access to internships and scholarships with the new donation (Tampa Bay Business Journal / paywall).

November 22, 2021Health, Research

The Tenth Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Inventors hosted Renowned Researchers, Policymakers, and Academic Leaders in Tampa, FL.

November 17, 2021Innovation

Sylvia Wilson Thomas named interim VP of Research & Innovation

Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ President Rhea Law has named College of Engineering Professor Sylvia Wilson Thomas, a pioneering researcher whose national leadership and advocacy is opening the field of engineering to historically underrepresented students, as interim vice president for Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ Research & Innovation.

November 17, 2021Innovation

Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ physicists selected as finalists for the ‘Nobel Prize of supercomputing’

A team of computational physicists and computer scientists led by researchers from the Ó£»¨ÊÓƵ has reached a new milestone in supercomputing and was selected as a finalist for the field’s most prestigious award.

November 16, 2021Honors and Awards, Innovation, Research