Tag: University of Washington

Stop! Before you select same-day delivery for your next iPad, Kindle or Keurig think about the energy footprint of your purchasing power. The retail sector is at the core of 70% of American energy usage and 15% of our CO2 emissions can be attributed to the transportation and distribution of consumer goods alone. Join us on October […]

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The Autonomous Vehicles Team of the University of Washington School of Law, Clinic on Technology, Law and Public Policy, under the supervision of Professor William Covington, is looking for comments on their white paper “Autonomous Vehicles – Technical and Legal Challenges: An Overview of the State of the Art in Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Policy” Autonomous Vehicles […]

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Source: Drew Atkins, Cross Cut, July 22, 2013. Whether they’re concocting anti-aging makeup, or creating the tools to fight deadly diseases, the crop of start-up companies emerging from [WCTA Gold Member] University of Washington’s Center for Commercialization (C4C) have the potential to change how we live. They’ve already changed how the University of Washington is […]

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Teams from universities and colleges around the Northwest congregated at Seattle Center to pitch their innovations that addressed energy, urban agriculture, recycling, built environment, and water-related problems as part of Environmental Innovation Challenge.  $22,500 was awarded to five different teams. Taking the $10,000 first place was PolyDrop, which describes its effort as follows: The transportation […]

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Almost one year ago, University of Washington President Michael Young made a pledge to double the number of startup companies spinning out of the state’s top research institution. But has he kept his promise? The answer is yes. The UW is currently on track to reach its goal nearly two years ahead of schedule, with […]

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Source:  Lynn Coppedge, WCTA Intern, July 16, 2012. If Thursday morning’s Washington Clean Technology Alliance breakfast is an indication, technology transfer at the state’s two major academic institutions is going to have a profound impact on the future of our state’s economy.  In order to get a better look at Washington’s current innovation aspirations, WCTA […]

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University of Washington President Michael Young has recognized eleven professors for their innovative spirit, appointing them to the Presidential Entrepreneurial Faculty Fellows (EFFs) program.  The program was begun in 2011. “I believe we’re at the early stages of a new wave of entrepreneurial innovation at the university, led by our faculty leaders who are models […]

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Premier Sponsor: Washington State’s Cleantech Leadership at the Inaugural WCTA Annual Meeting Michael K. Young, UW Elson S. Floyd, WSU WCTA’s Inaugural Annual Meeting hosted several hundred attendees from diverse industries and companies invested in clean technology. UW President Michael Young, and WSU President Elson Floyd participated in a discussion on innovation and commercialization in […]

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A new, venture capital fund out of the University of Washington, the The W Fund,  has launched a $20 miillion early stage venture fund aimed at funding promising spinouts of the University of Washington and other research institutions in the state.  The fund said it will help promising research and student generated start-ups with access […]

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Commentary by Hal Calbom of Sustainable Media. Both our large research universities are grappling with ways to address the chaotic, multi-dimensional and strange-bedfellows world that is clean technology. The highlight of the first annual WCTA breakfast Thursday morning was a 45-minute session with the presidents of our two great research universities–Michael K. Young of the […]

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