As a result of its recent focus on innovation, 麻豆传媒 has signed its first licensing agreement with a staff-owned business entity.
Geraldo Olivares
The agreement gives commercialization rights for aerospace simulation tools developed at the National Institute for Aviation Research to , an independent company founded by Gerardo Olivares, senior research scientist and director of NIAR鈥檚 Crash Dynamics and Computational Mechanics Laboratories.
Vimotech was established to commercialize virtual tools developed by Olivares, such as Virtual Bird Strike Testing Models. They specialize in product development of end-user agreement software packages for each of their virtual development tools.
The model used for the commercialization of Olivares鈥� technology is one that John Tomblin, vice president of research and technology transfer at Wichita State, hopes others will follow.
鈥淕erardo鈥檚 drive and determination for the technology he has developed is inspiring,鈥� said Tomblin. 鈥淲e hope other researchers at the university can look at what he has done and envision the future of their research and technology innovations.鈥�
Wichita State鈥檚 Strategic Plan includes a mission to 鈥渁ccelerate the discovery, creation and transfer of new knowledge.鈥� The university has recently focused on identifying opportunities for invention disclosures; research and license agreements; start-up companies; and patent applications, and has already seen a 300 percent increase in invention disclosures from faculty and staff over the past 12 months.
The university鈥檚 next goal is to create an Innovation Campus that will provide students, faculty, staff and the community with the resources necessary to translate ideas into new products and services.
鈥淥ur goal is to create a culture of innovation at Wichita State and provide researchers and entrepreneurs with a thriving innovation ecosystem,鈥� said Tomblin.