Patents

W.S. Lee College of Engineering recognizes innovation by presenting plaques to new U.S. Patent awardees, commemorating their achievement. 

2024

Inventor: Gloria Elliott
Title: “Methods and Compositions for Biopreservation”
U.S. Patent: 11,849,722

Inventor: Babak Parkhideh
Title: “Systems and Methods to Measure Changing Electric Current:
U.S. Patent: 11,824,344

Inventor: Yong Zhang 
“Hexacoordinate Pincer Complexes and Applications”
Japan Patent: 7,317,380

2023

Inventor: James Amburgey
Title: “Nanomaterials, devices, and methods of water treatment”
U.S. Patent: 11,542,181

2022

Inventor: Dr. Olya Keen
“Devices, Systems, and Methods for Heterogeneous Catalytic Quenching of Hydrogen Peroxide In A Water Source”
U.S. Patent Number: 11,124,439

Inventors: Dr. Olya Keen, Dr. Mei Sun and  Dr. James Amburgey
“Systems and Methods for Bromide Separation and Reuse”
U.S. Patent Number: 11,040,896

Inventor: Dr. James Amburgey
“System and Method For Testing Firearm Operating Characteristics”
U.S. Patent Number: 10,704,855

Inventor: Dr. Shen-En Chen
“Carbon Storage Using Ash, Seawater, and Alkali Activator As A Non-Cement-Based Building Materials”
Patent Number: 11,174,201

Inventors: Dr. Madhav Manjrekar and Dr. Ehab Shoubaki
“Diode-Clamped Solid-State Circuit Breaker without Dynamic Voltage Balancing Issues”
U.S. Patent Number: 11,218,148

Inventors: Dr. Madhav Manjrekar, Dr. Somasundaram Essakiappan and Dr. Ehab Shoubaki
“Apparatuses Including Power Electronics Circuitry and Related Methods of Operation”
U.S. Patent Number: 10,727,669/10,965,124

Inventor: Dr. Ahmed El-Ghannam
“Processing and Bioactivation of a Novel SiC Medical Device”
U.S. Patent Number: 11,285,242

Inventor: Dr. Ahmed El-Ghannam
“Composite Carbide Compositions and Methods of Making the Same”
U.S. Patent Number: 11,292,749

Inventor: Dr. Qiuming Wei
“Heterogeneously Stacked Multi Layered Metallic Structures With Adiabatic Shear Localization Under Uniaxial Dynamic Compression”
U.S. Patent Number: 10,718,597

Inventor: Dr. Babak Parkhideh
“Wideband Contactless Magnetoresistive-Rogowski Current Sensing”
U.S. Patent Number: 10,782,323

Inventors: Dr. Babak Parkhideh and Dr. Robert Cox
“Systems and Methods for Advanced Grid Integration of Distributed Generators and Energy Resources”
U.S. Patent Number: 10,965,128

Inventor: Dr. Yong Zhang
“Light-Effect Transistor (LET)”
U.S. Patent Number: 10,784,650