Presentations (Missouri Technology Expo 2010)
https://hdl.handle.net/10355/9623
These are the presentations from the Missouri Technology Expo 2010.2024-03-28T12:15:10ZAccurate and affordable allergen quantification for the seed biotech industry
https://hdl.handle.net/10355/9624
Accurate and affordable allergen quantification for the seed biotech industry
Thelen, Jay J.; Stevenson, Severin E.
Plant seeds provide a significant portion of the protein present in the human diet, but are also the major contributors of allergenic proteins that cause a majority of the reported cases of food-induced anaphylaxis in the U.S. It is estimated that as many as 12 million Americans have food allergies, and there is a need for better methods for analytical screening of foods, or protein phenotyping, particularly for the seed industry. The current invention developed by researchers at the University of Missouri is a high-throughput, inexpensive workflow for quantifying prominent plant seed proteins. This was done by developing a mass spectrometry-based workflow beginning with intact, whole plant seed. The method does not require gel electrophoresis, antibodies, chemical labeling or a priori information about the seed to be analyzed.
This presentation was made as part of the Life Science Elevator Pitch session.
2010-10-01T00:00:00ZAdsorbed natural gas (ANG) technology
https://hdl.handle.net/10355/9765
Adsorbed natural gas (ANG) technology
Pfeifer, Peter; Suppes, Galen J.; Shah, Parag S.; Burress, Jacob W., 1983-; Pobst, Jeff
This invention teaches a method of manufacturing carbon so that it adsorbs large amounts of gas at low pressures due to the high surface area and associated nanopores. For example, a full tank of this carbon can hold more than three times (3x) the amount of natural gas at 500 psig than an otherwise empty tank at the same pressure. The high surface area adsorbs gas molecules by the nature of surface attraction forces. This invention has multiple viable applications. The largest market is in motor vehicles, and this research team at the University of Missouri was the first and only to reach the Department of Energy's target of holding 150x storage capacity at 500 psig (this team actually achieved 180x). This invention also covers high pressure storage, where adsorption is slightly better than ordinary compression. Because other gases adsorb onto activated carbon, this invention likely has many other applications in gaseous storage and it is made from an abundant and inexpensive source, corn cobs. Potential Areas of Applications: * Natural gas or hydrogen powered vehicles * Upstream oil operations or natural gas collection and shipping * Miscellaneous smaller markets such as oxygen tanks and other gas tanks Patent Status: Non provisional patent application on file Inventor(s): Peter Pfeifer, Galen Suppes, Parag Shah, Jacob Burress, Jeffrey Pobst Contact Info: Dr. Wayne McDaniel, Ph.D. ; McDanielWC@missouri.edu ; 573-884-3302
2010-10-01T00:00:00ZAdvanced spectroscopic technologies
https://hdl.handle.net/10355/9797
Advanced spectroscopic technologies
Advanced Spectroscopic Technologies
Advanced Spectroscopic Technologies of St. Louis, Missouri presented a corporate overview, technology and developments within the company and opportunities for investors.
2010-10-01T00:00:00ZAn affordable automotive hybrid transmission
https://hdl.handle.net/10355/9693
An affordable automotive hybrid transmission
Manring, Noah; Cho, Junhee
It is estimated that there are more than 70 automobile models on the road today that use hybrid transmission technology for improving the efficiency of automobile transportation. Most of these transmissions are of the electric hybrid type and are expensive to purchase, and costly to maintain. The original purchase price for a vehicle with an electric hybrid transmission is approximately $8k more than a comparable vehicle without a hybrid transmission and the replacement cost for electric batteries is about $3k every five to ten years with an associated disposal problem for the batteries themselves. This situation has resulted in hybrid vehicle technology being accessible to the few who are able to afford the vehicles and who normally consider themselves to be "energy buffs". By and large, hybrid vehicle technology has not been made accessible to the common automobile owner. This technology is aimed at developing a hybrid vehicle transmission that: 1) reduces the first time buying cost of the vehicle by thousands of dollars, and 2) eliminates the need for replacing expensive and environmentally dangerous batteries thus reducing maintenance costs. It so happens that this technology also eliminates conventional disc brakes that wear out and need replacement. Furthermore, this technology eliminates the reverse gear in the mechanical transmission path thus reducing the cost associated with designing and building this part of the mechanical transmission. This technology will rapidly expand the use of energy-efficient automotives as an affordable hybrid-transmission will be made available for every consumer. With over 60 million vehicles produced every year worldwide this idea will have a tremendous impact on worldwide energy consumption and the environment.
2010-10-01T00:00:00Z