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Texas Technology                                    The Turning Point
 
TEXAS TECHNOLOGY - NOVEMBER 1992
 
 
New Manufacturing Technologies
UT-Arlington Team Responds to SSC Challenge
 
          Industrial production lines across the state could soon
          be revolutionized by new tools developed at The University
          of Texas at Arlington. Advancements include the ability to
          quickly reconfigure industrial machinery to meet market
          needs and to design manufacturing processes using 3-D
          computer modeling.
 
          The new devices include a dynamically reconfigurable
          assembly system (DRAS). "The ability to dynamically
          reconfigure an assembly system will enable Texas companies
          to adjust their production of a wide variety of products to
          match market demands, and hence, increase their
          competitiveness," states Kenji Nishikawa, vice president for
          manufacturing technology at Tandy Electronics.
 
          Another development is the virtual manufacturing workbench
          (VMW), which utilizes advanced 3-D computer  modeling. "VMW
          can analyze and mimic the robotic assembly to develop
          additional assembly processes," said John J. Mills, of
          UT-Arlington's Automation and Robotics Research Institute
          (ARRI).
 
          Last year UT-Arlington physicists approached ARRI
          about construction of equipment and devices for the
          Superconducting Super Collider project. The physicists were
          looking for efficient construction and testing methods to
          keep costs as low as possible. The resulting
          interdisciplinary team successfully competed against
          prestigious out-of-state institutions for the right to
          develop and design the systems.
 
          "The capabilities of the [UT-Arlington] team, the fact that
          the university's Automation and Robotics Research Institute
          was already in place, the proximity of UT-Arlington to the
          Super Collider, and the strong training components of
          UT-Arlington's programs were all key factors in assigning
          this important task to that university," said Fred Gilman,
          director of physics research for the Superconducting Super
          Collider laboratory.
 
          Initial funding for the Super Collider-related work came
          through a $294,000 grant from the state's Advanced Technology
          Program, administered by the Texas Higher Education
          Coordinating Board.  Additional funds were received from The
          Texas National Research Laboratory Commission ($130,000),
          the National Science Foundation ($150,000), and Tandy
          Electronics ($18,000). Several firms have also expressed
          interest in commercializing the technology.
 
          The project is the latest success for ARRI, located in Fort
          Worth. The institute began operations in 1987 with $6
          million and 18.5 acres of land contributed by 30 corporate
          and private donors and the Texas Legislature. Through
          partnerships with industry, and by providing
          state-of-the-art manufacturing research facilities and
          highly qualified research engineers, ARRI has become a major
          catalyst for increasing manufacturing efficiency throughout
          the state.
 
          Students and educators have also benefited from ARRI's
          work, receiving hands-on experience as they work directly
          with professionals in manufacturing operations.
 
          For more information contact John J. Mills, director,
          Automation and Robotics Research Institute, The University
          of Texas at Arlington, 817/794-5903.
 
 
Help Finding, Using Federal Technologies
 
          Public and private enterprises seeking help in acquiring
          and applying federal technologies can contact the
          Mid-Continent Technology Transfer Center (MCTTC). The MCTTC
          draws on technologies from NASA, federal laboratories, and
          other sources, matching federal laboratory missions with
          private sector interests. The MCTTC staff is experienced in
          providing services required by large and small companies, as
          well as entrepreneurs, in accomplishing both technology
          transfer and commercialization.
 
          MCTTC is a consortium of universities and private
          institutions headquartered at the Texas Engineering
          Experiment Station (TEES), an agency of  The Texas A&M
          University System. The consortium consists of TEES, The
          University of Houston-Clear Lake, Southwest Research
          Institute, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Midwest
          Research Institute, and SaraTech Finance, Inc. MCTTC serves
          a 14-state mid-continent region, and is a NASA Regional
          Technology Transfer Center.
 
          The center provides scientific, engineering, business,
          information and educational services for the region. Six
          Regional Technology Transfer Centers were established in
          1991 to provide an effective, market-oriented way of
          accessing and deploying federal technologies to meet the
          needs of the private sector.
 
          For further information, contact Gary Sera, director,
          409/845-8762 or 800/472-6785, or, in Houston, David Wicks,
          associate director for marketing, 713/283-3040.
 
 
DFW Metroplex Home to New Imaging Center
 
          The Center for Advanced Electronic Imaging (CAEI), an
          independent organization located at The University of Texas
          at Dallas,  has been established to facilitate the transfer
          of imaging-related technology from research laboratories to
          job-creating business applications.
 
          Electronic imaging comprises digital signals,
          high-resolution displays, and real time interactive
          multimedia, and deals with generating, storing, processing
          and transmitting images and pictures. A broad base of
          businesses uses electronic imaging, including medical,
          banking, legal, insurance, publishing, communications,
          computers, and military.
 
          CAEI seeks to strengthen the linkages between researchers,
          users, and producers of electronic imaging technology.
 
          Retired Texas Instruments executive Sam Webster is the new
          center's executive director. Contact CAEI at 214/690-2470
          for more information.
 
 
                            TECH ALERT
 
 
Technology 2002
 
          Technology 2002, the third National Technology Transfer
          Conference and Exhibition, will be held December 1-3 at the
          Baltimore, Maryland Convention Center. The event, sponsored
          by NASA, NASA Tech Briefs magazine, and others,  boasts over
          60,000 square feet of exhibitions, informational sessions,
          hands-on workshops, and over 120 presentations spotlighting
          inventions with commercial promise.
 
          Sessions deal with topics such as advanced materials,
          biotechnology and life sciences, energy and environmental
          technologies, information and communications, manufacturing
          technology, microelectronics/optoelectronics, and artificial
          intelligence.
 
          For more information, contact Wendy Janiel, 800/944-NASA.
 
 
Spanish Companies Seeking U.S. Partners
 
          CDTI, a Spanish technology transfer organization, is
          seeking approximately 60 U.S. "technology brokers" to help
          CDTI locate technologies for its client companies.
 
          Brokers will send CDTI a total of 12  profiles of
          available technologies per year for circulation in Spain
          among participating companies. When a company seeks more
          information regarding a technology, the broker will be
          notified, and will provide CDTI with additional contact
          information. If an agreement between the two companies is
          completed, CDTI will pay the broker $5,000.
 
          CDTI was founded in 1979 with the help of a U.S.-sponsored
          credit of $18 million from the World Bank. The funds are
          earmarked for R&D projects in Spanish companies.
 
          For more information, and a copy of the agreement, fax your
          request to Luis del Pozo, in Spain, at 1-581-55-84.
 
 
NSF Japanese Database Offers Free Update Service
 
          The National Science Foundation (NSF) Japanese Scientific
          and Engineering Database Access Project, NACSIS, is now
          offering "Custom Hot Topics," a free service enabling
          requestors to receive updates on their particular areas of
          interest. Like the existing "Hot Topics" service, each
          package will contain up to 100 current abstract records.
          Updates will be automatically delivered as new records are
          added to the database.
 
          "The NACSIS Hot Topics update service has had intense usage
          since it began last October," says NSF Japan program
          manager, Alexander De Angelis. "The expansion of coverage
          into requestor-defined areas is expected to make the NACSIS
          service even more valuable to the research community."
 
          NSF continues to offer free searches of the NACSIS databases
          as well as the 16 original "Hot Topics" packages.
 
          "No other country besides the United States devotes as much
          energy to R&D nor uses it as effectively as Japan," says De
          Angelis. "It is vital, therefore, that we keep abreast of
          the directions of R&D in Japan. NACSIS is the gateway to an
          important component of Japan's R&D."
 
          Subjects Available:
             AI/Expert Systems
             Applied Biotechnology
             Biomedical Electronics
             CAD/CAM-CIM
             Ceramics
             Database Technology
             Electronic Displays
             Integrated Circuits
             Neural Networks
             NLP/Machine Translation
             Optoelectronics
             Parallel Computing
             Polymers
             Robotics
             Sensors and Sensing
             Telecommunications
 
          Those interested in receiving the update services or in
          having searches of the NACSIS database performed may contact
          the NACSIS search operator at 202/357-7278 (voice, 1:00-4:00
          pm EST), 202/357-0320 (fax), nacsis@nsf.gov (Internet), or
          nacsis@NSF (BITNET).
 
 
New Quality Management Consortium
 
          The Quality Management Consortium, a new program at The
          University of Texas at Austin, offers a combination of
          classroom and on-site application of total quality
          management (TQM) principles. Sponsored by the Manufacturing
          Systems Center at UT, the consortium will consist of 12 to
          15 companies committed to the two-year program, with up to
          three managers from each company taking part.
 
          Participants will learn how to assess their position,
          select specific areas for improvement, and measure progress.
          Methods will include on-site training, application of team
          dynamics, and use of statistical tools. For more
          information, contact the UT Graduate School of Business at
          512/471-5893.
 
 
Toll-Free Technology Assistance from NTTC
 
          The National Technology Transfer Center is offering a new
          toll-free service to help businesses access federal
          technology resources. "This is not another government
          database," Lee W. Rivers, executive director, explains. "The
          individuals calling 1-800-678-NTTC will speak with a person,
          not a machine." After collecting specifics on each caller's
          needs, NTTC personnel will search federal databases, and
          work to facilitate communication between the caller and a
          federal lab expert with potential solutions.
 
          NTTC, located at Wheeling Jesuit College, was funded through
          a five-year agreement with NASA to assist federal agencies in
          commercializing their research results. NTTC services are
          free to U.S.
 
 
Technology Incubator Expands, Adds Tenants
 
          The Texas Research and Technology Foundation (TRTF) is
          expanding its Technology Incubator, located in the Texas
          Research Park in San Antonio, with construction of Research
          Plaza II, a 20,000 square-foot facility. Start-up companies
          BioMedical Enterprises, Inc., and SRC Systems, Inc., have
          recently joined Lipitek, Inc. as tenants in the Incubator.
 
          New Products, New Jobs
 
         "We are pleased to add companies with the potential of
          BioMedical Enterprises and SRC Systems to the Technology
          Incubator," says Jay Campion, TRTF president. "Working with
          these tenants and with other local biomedical companies and
          research institutions is part of TRTF's continuing mission
          to assist in the growth of the biomedical industry in San
          Antonio, especially by supporting technology transfer
          efforts and the creation of new commercial products and
          jobs."
 
          Assistance for Start-ups
 
          The Technology Incubator is designed to provide flexible
          office and lab space for start-up companies involved in the
          biosciences or technology-related areas. TRTF offers a
          complete business assistance program to incubator companies
          at subsidized rates. Services include planning and
          development, financial, legal, accounting, and
          telecommunications. TRTF's for-profit subsidiary, VenTex,
          Inc., works with companies to provide venture capital
          funding and business development services.  For more
          information, contact: Jay Campion, President Texas Research
          and Technology Foundation Texas Research Park 14785 Omicron
          Drive, Bldg. 100 San Antonio, Texas  78245 512/677-6000 Fax:
          512/677-6070
 
Technology Incubator Company Profiles
 
          Biomedical Enterprises, Inc.
 
          Biomedical Enterprises is a research and development
          company marketing specialized biomaterials products used as
          medical implants.  The biomaterials field is one of the
          fastest growing areas of the medical device industry, and
          involves products made of synthetic materials which can be
          used in bone implants, artificial joints, dental implants,
          artificial heart valves, and other applications.
 
          The company's first product, Cancellous Access Port (CAP),
          is a titanium alloy bone implant designed to facilitate
          experimental studies in the area of bone-wound healing and
          bone restoration.
 
          Dr. W. Casey Fox, who heads Biomedical Enterprises, Inc.,
          holds an adjunct assistant professor appointment at The
          University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
          (UTHSCSA).  Before starting his own company in 1990, he was
          a senior research engineer in the Department of Bioscience
          and Bioengineering at Southwest Research Institute for five
          years. Biomedical Enterprises incorporated in 1991.
 
          SRC Systems, Inc.
 
          SRC Systems, Inc., is a software development, training
          and marketing company that provides computer-based
          information management systems to dental offices. Headed by
          Dr. Richard Suddick, professor of community dentistry at
          UTHSCSA, and Ronald E. Cantrell, formerly with IBM for 25
          years, the company's first product was AUTOCHART(TM), a
          stand-alone clinical workstation that utilizes a Touch User
          Interface (TUI). AUTOCHART(TM) automates the creation and
          updating of patient dental charts used in clinical
          examinations.
 
          The workstation can incorporate other automated
          functions, including intra-oral visiography, which produces
          images for digitized records and radiovisiography systems
          that create instant x-rays. This information is used in
          treatment planning and computer-based patient records.
          AUTOCHART(TM) is also compatible with dental accounting and
          record-keeping systems.
 
          Lipitek, Inc.
 
          Lipitek, Inc., which moved into the Incubator last year,
          continues to work with synthetic carbohydrates, lipids, and
          their conjugates to produce high-value, fine chemicals for
          its clients. The company, headed by Dr. Alex L. Weis, also
          plans to develop the capability to manufacture these
          products on a pilot scale for use in subsequent clinical
          testing in joint efforts with biotechnology and
          pharmaceutical companies.
 
          The company was founded in March 1989 to produce
          high-purity, radiolabeled sphingolipids using advanced R&D
          techniques under a three-year contract for the National
          Institutes of Health. Lipitek has expanded its R&D
          activities through a major contract with a leading
          biotechnology company to develop and produce drug
          intermediates and other specialty chemicals. Lipitek
          recently moved into a second laboratory in the Incubator.
 
 
SBIR Shown to Spur Manufacturing Gains
 
          The National Science Foundation (NSF), analyzing its Small
          Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant awards, concluded
          that 40 percent of the awards can be directly linked to
          manufacturing and productivity enhancement.
 
          Of more than 1,600 awards from 1977 through 1991, 44 were
          ranked as "closely related," resulting in the development of
          a process or machine for use on the manufacturing floor.
          Another 214 projects, ranked as "related," involved the
          development of tools, robots, software, and materials
          handling equipment, or sensors for use in manufacturing
          processes. "Supportive" projects totalled 360, and included
          instruments for nondestructive testing, preparation of, or
          growth of, materials for semiconductor manufacturing, or
          computer programs for chip design.  Industrial relevance and
          commercial potential, as well as scientific excellence, are
          the criteria used in making the awards.
 
          The SBIR program, offered through several federal
          agencies, provided over $460 million in 1990 to over 3100
          small businesses. For more information about how Texas
          businesses can access the SBIR program, contact Annette
          Argall, associate director of the Office of Advanced
          Technology, at 512/320-9561.
 
 
AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGIES
 
          The following three technologies were developed with funds
          from the Advanced Research Program/Advanced Technology
          Program, administered by the Texas Higher Educaton
          Coordinating Board.
 
          Hazardous Waste Treatment
 
          Researchers at Lamar University have developed the
          chemical technology for solidifying and stabilizing
          hazardous substances. Their research shows that certain
          additives such as phosphates, sulfates, sulfides, and
          arsenites can greatly enhance the stabilization of toxic
          metals when subjected to repeated batch leaching treatment.
          Their work has successfully stabilized lead and cadmium
          contaminated soils from a Texas Superfund site, a
          Dallas-based munitions manufacturer, a hospital waste
          incinerator, and an abandoned oil well site. For more
          information, contact Dr. J. Dale Ortego, 409/880-8271, or
          Dr. David L. Cocke, 409/845-8372, at Lamar University.
 
          Portable Electronic Notebook
 
          A computer program called the Virtual Notebook System
          developed at Rice University helps coworkers share
          information quickly and function more effectively as a team.
          The system manages a number of electronic notebooks which
          can store images, text, audio, pointers to programs, and
          other files. Data may be interchanged among external
          programs and notebooks with simple copy and paste
          operations. Form more information, contact G. Anthony Gorry,
          Rice University, 713/798-4730.
 
          Digital Dental X-Ray Imaging Platform
 
          A digital x-ray imaging platform for dental radiography has
          been developed at The University of Texas Health Science
          Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA). This platform makes it
          possible to acquire both intraoral and panoramic x-ray
          images. The system is composed of four main hardware
          components: digital image network, image acquisition
          systems, central archive, and clinical radiology
          workstations. Software has been developed to archive and
          retrieve the resulting images, and to perform selected image
          processing as required. For more information, contact Dr. W.
          Doss McDavid at UTHSCSA, 512/567-3348.
 
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          The following four technologies were developed in The Texas
          A&M University System (TAMUS). Licensing is administered
          through theTechnology Licensing Office, Texas Engineering
          Experiment Station.  Contact Deanna Geddie, 409/847-8682.
 
          Locating Physical Objects with Robotics
 
          An innovative system has been developed for collecting
          robot position and orientation data required for the
          calibration and/or kinematic identification of robot
          manipulators. This calibration can be used for off-line
          programming, copying pose data between robots, and reducing
          the reteach labor required after maintenance. This system
          locates a physical object by determining the position of the
          object relative to a sensor, which is attached to a
          manipulator in a noncontact manner. Experimental estimates
          indicate a repeatability of better than 0.001 inch. The tool
          is inexpensive to manufacture and can be used at multiple
          locations in a cluttered manipulator workcell.
 
          Gate Adjusted Resonant Tunnel Diode Device
 
        ce controls the tunneling current in a resonant
       tunnel diode using a self-aligned gate electrode. An
          electrode is placedontrol the tunneling current by an
          electric field effect. The device has a negative
          differential resistance region coupled with a quantum
          tuneing process and can operate in the terahertz range.
          Not only does it modulate the current, but it also regulates
          the number and separation of energy levels in the quantum
          well.
 
          Compared to planar transistors, this device operates at much
          higher speeds, dissipates less power, and can be easily
          manufactured on the nanometer scale. Furthermore, the device
          can effectively replace bipolar and MOS (metal-oxide
         transistors.
 
          Embedding Optical Fibers and Optical Fiber Sensors in Metal
          Parts and Structures
 
          This technique provides a means of embedding optical fibers
          in metal parts and structures during the fabrication
          process. Applications in the pressure feedthrough area
          include vacuum systems, undersea vehicles, steam generation
          plants, and other high-temperature and/or high-pressure
          environments. Other applications can be found in automobile,
          aircraft, ship, and civil engineering structure
          applications. Metal embedded fiber sensors can be utilized,
          for example, to monitor internal strain in load-bearing
          supports and to measure temperature and pressure in internal
          combustion engine blocks.
 
          Miniature High Velocity Jet Catcher
 
          As Abrasive Water Jet (AWJ) cutting systems are being used
          more frequently, the growing need is to cut complex
          three-dimensional shapes, with little clearance for the
          cutting head and catcher.  The new jet catcher controls the
          collection of a water jet and particulate by using a low
          velocity jet stream. The design leads to a more compact
          system, the depth of the catching stream fitting within a
          two-inch clearance.  Other improvements of this catcher are
          non-wearing kinetic energy dissipation, low maintenance,
          less set-up time, and the ability to use a higher
 nsversal speed for greater production.
 
 
Unique Partnership Launches Texas Technology
 
          Five organizations are cooperating to provide timely
          information on business and technology resources and
          opportunities in Texas Technology, a new monthly
          publication. Sponsors, profiled below, are dedicated to
          funding industry-related research, transferring research
          results into commercial applications, and providing
          assistance and information to support technology business
          development.
 
          Office of Advanced Technology
          Texas Department of Commerce
 
          The Texas Department of Commerce Office of Advanced
          Technology coordinates and facilitates technology business
          development in the state with a focus on helping small
          business transfer, develop, or adopt technology in order to
          become internationally competitive. The office has initiated
          the Texas Technology Extension Network (TTEN), created to
          coordinate technology assistance resources in the state. In
          addition, the office helps business acquire technology
          financing and supports technology commercialization
          workshops. For more information, call Mike Klonsinski,
          director, at 512/320-9561.
 
          Texas Engineering Experiment Station
          The Texas A&M University System
 
          The Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), a
          statewide engineering and technology research agency, has
          strong initiatives in technology transfer. For further
          information, call 409/847-8682.
 
          The Technology Licensing Office assists A&M System faculty
          and researchers with the transfer of proprietary
          intellectual property to commercial application for public
          use and benefit. Four licensing opportunities appear in this
          issue's "Available Technologies" section.
 
          The Mid-Continent Technology Transfer Center began
          operations in January, with a mission to transfer technology
          from NASA centers and federal laboratories to commercial
          application.
 
          The EDA University Center, funded by the Economic
          Development Administration, seeks to enhance the economic
          growth of Texas utilizing technology-related university
          resources. The University Center is a joint effort of TEES
          and the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX).
 
          Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
 
          Since 1987, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
          has administered the Advanced Research Program and the
          Advanced Technology Program. These are the largest
          state-funded, peer reviewed competitive grants programs in
          the nation. They have received approximately $60 million in
          state funding in each of the last three legislative sessions.
          Proposals are solicited from engineers and scientists in 24
          different research areas, and special weight is given to
          funding projects that involve industry. Supplemental grants
          are made to researchers who provide minority undergraduate
          students with hands-on research experience. Contact David
          Gardner at 512/483-6150.
 
          Examples of  ATP projects can be found in this
          issue's "Available Technologies" section.
 
          Texas Innovation Network
 
          The Texas Innovation Network (TINS) has been providing a
          wide range of technology, research and business information
          since 1987. Texas businesses, researchers, and state
          agencies benefit from TINS online computer services and
          printed directories of Texas high-tech companies and
          technology development resources.
 
          Located at the INFOMART in Dallas, TINS was chartered by the
          state Legislature to serve as the Texas "gateway" to science
          and technology information. By dialing into the TINS online
          system via modem or Internet, users can send E-Mail,
          discover potential research or joint-venture partners,
          locate new suppliers and customers, find a scientific
          expert, locate a publication on virtually any topic, and
          more. Connect time is 35 cents per minute, with no
          downloading fees. See page 8 on how to take a free online
          tour. For further information, contact TINS at 800/645-TECH.
 
          Texas National Research Laboratory Commission (TNRLC)
 
          The construction and operation of the Superconducting
          Super Collider (SSC) requires the close cooperation of the
          U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Universities Research
          Association, Inc., which manages the SSC laboratory for DOE,
          the state of  Texas, many subcontracting companies, and
          hundreds of scientists, engineers and technicians.
 
          Created by the Texas Legislature in 1985 to prepare SSC
          site proposals, the Commission oversees the state's $1
          billion investment in the SSC. The Commission is responsible
          for land acquisition, site development, research funding, a
          national education program, and other initiatives. Contact
          the Office of Communications at 800/228-3972.
 
 
NOVEMBER EVENTS
 
November 2-5
          Federal Laboratory Consortium Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ.
          Contact: Sharon Dela-Barre, 206/683-1005.
 
November 3-5
          Stabilization of Soils and Other Materials, Metairie, LA.
          Sponsor: EPA, FHWA, USDA et al. Contact: Leticia Jacobo,
          303/236-9847.
 
November 5-6
          Inc. Magazine's Fifth Annual Growing the Company Conference,
          San Antonio, TX. 800/255-1080.
 
November 9-10
          Environmental Tech Transfer '92, Arlington, VA.
          202/662-9728.
 
November 9-13
          Fourth International Symposium on Robotics and
          Manufacturing, Santa Fe, NM. 505/277-5538.
 
November 10-11
          Semicon Southwest '92, Austin, TX. 415/940-6903.
 
November 11-13
          Linked Strategic Regions: Building the Global City, Austin,
          TX. 512/478-4081.
 
November 16-18
          Technology Forecasting for the Telecommunications
          Industry, Phoenix, AZ. 800/835-3887.
 
November 17
          Computer Architecture and Applications Workshop,
          Albuquerque, NM. Sponsor: Sandia National Laboratories.
          Contact: Mark Allen, 505/845-8191.
 
November 17-19
          NSF/DOD National SBIR Conference, Phoenix, AZ,
          407/274-4005. Innovative Hazardous Waste Treatment
          Technologies, San Francisco, CA. 703/308-8798.
 
November 18-19
          ACTS Conference '92 (NASA Advanced Communications
          Technology Satellite Program), Washington, DC. Contact: Jane
          Homan, 216/433-8123.
 
November 20-22
          Sixth Annual Conference of the Institute of American
          Entrepreneurs, Palm Springs, CA. 800/755-AWARD.
 
DECEMBER EVENTS
 
December 1
          National Technology Initiative: Transportation and
          Aerospace, Baltimore, MD. Contact: NIST Public Affairs,
          301/975-2170.
 
December 1-3
          Technology 2002: The Third National Technology Transfer
          Conference and Exposition, Baltimore, MD. Sponsor: NASA,
          NASA Tech Briefs, and the Technology Utilization Foundation.
          Contact: Joe Pramberger, 800/944-NASA.
 
December 2-3
          Southwest University/Industry Technology Transfer
          Conference, Dallas, TX. Sponsor: Technology Transfer
          Conferences, Inc., hosted by Dr. Thomas Tolbert, UTHSCSA.
          Features research and new technologies in life and physical
          sciences from numerous Southwest universities.
          512/567-2025.
 
          Accelerating Drug Development Through Partnerships with
          CROs, Orlando, FL. 212/826-1260.
 
December 3-5
          Entrepreneurial Technology Transfer Conference, Baltimore,
          MD. Sponsor: MIT Enterprise Foru. Contact: Todd Langton,
          617/862-0397.
 
December 9
          Precision Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing
          Workshop, Albuquerqued, NM. Sponsor: Sandia National
          Laboratories. Contact: Mark Allen, 505/845-8191.
 
December 9-10
          National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing Annual
          Conference, Washington, DC. Contact: Leo Reddy, 202/347-0090.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
 
February 14-16
          Annual Meeting, Association of University Technology
          Managers, The Grand Kempinski Hotel, Dallas, TX.
          203/852-7168.
 
February 23-25
          First Annual Wireless Power Transmission Conference (WPT
          '93), San Antonio, TX. 409/845-8768.
 
March 28-31
          From Lab to Market: Commercialization of Public Sector
          Technology, Santa Fe, NM. Sponsor: The Robert O. Anderson
          Schools of Management, The University of New Mexico, Los
          Alamos National Laboratory, Phillips Laboratory, Sandia
          National Laboratories, et al. Conference will examine the
          process by which high-end technologies are transferred from
          Federal/National Laboratories to commercially viable
          products. Contact: Kathleen Manicke, 505/272-7007.
 
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          Texas Texhnology is published monthly by the Texas
          Innovation Network System (TINS) in a cooperative effort to
          promote the development of Texas industry by providing
          timely information on business and technology resources and
          opportunities.
 
          Contributing sponsors include the Office of Advanced
          Technology (Texas Department of Commerce), Texas Engineering
          Experiment Station (Texas A&M University System), Texas
          Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the Texas National
          Research Laboratory Commission.
 
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