Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tech (Transfer Office)

Stephen Lindstrom, PhD
Nancy J. Cox, PhD
Alexander Klimov, PhD, ScD
Lamorris Loftin, PhD

A diagnostic test for avian influenza virus developed by the Centers for Disease Control has eased fears of a worldwide influenza pandemic. Following fast track FDA approval of the test, the CDC entered into 22 Material Technology Transfer Agreements (MTAs) with public health laboratories on five continents.  The threat is from a particularly highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus with the potential to mutate into a strain capable of efficient human-to-human transmission.
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Shown (l-r):  Erik Frickey(Deputy Coordinator, FLC Southeast Region), ____ ____ , Dr. Mark Reeves (Coordinator FLC Southeast Region).

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dr. Lee M. Hively
Kristopher M. Daley
Kara L. Kruse
Dr. Nancy B. Munro
Dr. Vladimir A. Protopopescu
Russ Miller, Commercialization Manager
Hercules Development Corporation LLC
Tracey Dodenhoff

SeizAlert is a personal-digital-assistant-class prototype device for alerting patients and medical personnel of impending epileptic seizures. SeizAlert provides forewarning of an impending event by wirelessly acquiring brainwave data from four scalp electrodes, analyzing the data, and wirelessly transmitting the results... SeizAlert offers a new treatment paradigm of constant monitoring, rather than continuous medication, thus avoiding drug side effects (e.g., sleepiness, fuzzy thinking, and disorientation) that are frequently as debilitating as the seizure.
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Shown (l-r):  Erik Frickey (Deputy Coordinator, FLC Southeast Region), Dr. Nancy Munro (ORNL), Dr. Lee Hively (ORNL), Dr. Mark Reeves (Coordinator FLC Southeast Region).

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TMA® 6301 and TMA® 4701: Heat Resistant Alloys

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dr. Govindarajan Muralidharan
Dr. Neal D. Evans
Dr. Ken C. Liu
Dr. Phil J. Maziasz
Dr. Michael L. Santella
Dr. Vinod Kumar Sikka
Christopher O. Stevens
Dr. Ashok Choudhury, Commercialization Manager
Duraloy Technology, Inc.
Roman Pankiw
Nucor Steel—Indiana Sheet Mill Group
Scott Sexton

TMA® 6301 and TMA® 4701 are new computationally designed cast austenitic stainless steel compositions. They have improved high-temperature strength properties and generally cost less than existing competitor alloys. The new alloys have improved creep rupture properties at high temperatures and do not need expensive alloying elements... The longer life will reduce frequency and cost of equipment maintenance, reduce downtime, and thus increase throughput. Estimates show that the use of the new alloys... will result in substantial energy savings with corresponding cost savings.
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Shown (l-r):  Erik Frickey (Deputy Coordinator FLC Southeast Region), Dr. Alex Fischer (Battelle-ORNL), and Dr. Mark Reeves (Coordinator FLC Southeast Region)

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Sunlight Direct LCC

Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Melissa Voss Lapsa
David L. Beshears
Art Clemons
Dr. Dennis D. Earl
John K. Jordan
Randall F. Lind
L. Curt Maxey
Jeffrey D. Muhs
Christina D. Ward
R. Wes Wysor
Larry Dickens, Commercialization Manager
Sunlight Direct LLC
John Morris

Hybrid solar lighting is a dramatic improvement over conventional approaches to bringing sunlight into buildings...The hybrid luminaires blend the natural light with artificial light to maintain a constant level of room lighting. Hybrid solar lighting reduces the cost of lighting in commercial buildings and delivers the other significant benefits associated with natural lighting... Demonstration units are being deployed at sites across the United States...
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Shown (l-r):  Erik Frickey (Deputy Coordinator FLC Southeast Region), Melissa Voss Lapsa (ORNL), David Beshears (ORNL), and Dr. Mark Reeves (Coordinator FLC Southeast Region)

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Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory

Co-developers:
CAPT Charles Vacchiano (Ret)
LCDR Merrill Rice, DO, MPH

The Reduced Oxygen Breathing Device (ROBD) represents the first significant innovation in hypoxia training since Charles Lindbergh used the Mayo Clinic’s original high altitude chamber to test “bail-out bottles” for WWII pilots. The safe, portable, and relatively economical ROBD helps save lives and prevent the loss of aircraft, and is fundamentally changing the way the Navy provides survival training to jet pilots... With the ROBD, trainees can be exposed to hypoxia outside the chamber using a standard aviation mask, gas reservoir system, and unique software program that adds nitrogen to breathing air...
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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)

NASA-MSFC
Harry F. “Fred” Schramm
Bruce J. Kaiser
Sammy Nabors
Research Triangle Institute
Amy Witsil
Trax International
Paul Hale

Shown (l-r):  Erik Frickey (Deputy Coordinator FLC Southeast Region), Fred Schramm (NASA-MSFC), and Dr. Mark Reeves (Coordinator FLC Southeast Region)

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USDA Agricultural Research Service, South-Atlantic Area

Robert Vander Meer, ARS Center for Medical, Agricultural & Veterinary Entomology
Richard Brenner, ARS Office of Technology Transfer
Anne-Marie Callcott, USDA, APHIS, PPQ, Imported Fire Ant Station
Bastiaan Drees, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University
Robert M. Faust (ret.), ARS National Program Staff
Roberto Pereira, ARS Center for Medical, Agricultural & Veterinary Entomology
Sanford Porter, ARS Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology
Doug Streett, ARS Biological Control of Pests Research Unit
Paul Horton, Sandhills Research Institute, Clemson University
Phil Koehler, Department of Entomology, University of Florida
Curtis Lard, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University
David Oi, ARS Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology
Steven Valles, Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology
David Williams, Department of Entomology, University of Florida
Russell Wright (ret.), Oklahoma State University

Shown (l-r):  Erik Frickey (Deputy Coordinator FLC Southeast Region), Dr. Sanford Porter (ARS), and Dr. Mark Reeves (Coordinator FLC Southeast Region).

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tech Transfer Office

Mark J. Papania, M.D., MPH
Paul Rota, PhD
Raydel Mair
Thomas O’Toole
James Barry, PhD, Creare, Inc.
Mark Bagley, PhD, Creare, Inc.
Darin Knaus, PhD, Creare, Inc.
Elkouh A. Nabil, Creare, Inc.
Matthew Kim, AerovectRx Corporation

Shown (l-r):  Erik Frickey (Deputy Coordinator FLC Southeast Region), Dr. Andrew Watkins (CDC), and Dr. Mark Reeves (Coordinator FLC Southeast Region)

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dr. Budhendra L. Bhaduri
Edward A. Bright, Principal Investigator
Phillip R. Coleman
Amy King
Eddie P. Tinnel
Dr. Ashok Choudhury
Dr. Mark Reeves

Shown (l-r): Erik Frickey (Deputy Coordinator FLC Southeast Region), Amy King (ORNL), Dr. Mark Reeves (Coordinator FLC Southeast Region)

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