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19 November 2009 / Park City Teams with Energy Dynamics Lab and the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business to Reduce Carbon Footprint
USURF’s Energy Dynamics Laboratory and USU’s Jon M. Huntsman School of Business have teamed with Park City, Utah, to conduct an energy feasibility study that will serve as a guide as Park City works to reach major milestones for environmental sustainability and alternative energy.
13 November 2009 / USURF Taps Holt to Lead SDL, Marshall’s BD Role Expands
The Utah State University Research Foundation has named Niel Holt director of its Space Dynamics Laboratory. The appointment became effective on November 13.
28 August 2009 / USTAR‐supported Energy Dynamics Laboratory Advancing Environmental Quality in Logan
Utah State University and the City of Logan have announced a joint municipal and university team to develop a pilot facility for extracting harmful phosphates from Logan City waste lagoons. The facility will harvest algae that consume nitrogen and phosphorus and convert them into biofuel. Leading the effort is the USU Biofuels team, with the assistance of the Energy Dynamics Laboratory (EDL), the newest business unit of the Utah State University Research Foundation.
27 August 2009 / USU research: Algae may fix Logan’s sewage mess
For the past several years, detergents and agricultural runoff have turned Logan’s five wastewater lagoons into a phosphate‐filled soup, posing a menace to sensitive wildlife habitat downstream and racking up costly clean‐up bills.
24 August 2009 / Energy Dynamics Laboratory, Logan City and Utah State University Receive Ground‐Breaking Energy Funding
Energy Dynamics Laboratory, the newest unit of the Utah State University Research Foundation, Logan City and Utah State University recently received $500,000 in funding from the Utah State Department of Environmental Quality to do environmental remediation while converting algae into renewable energy.
05 December 2008 / Utah State University Research Foundation names two executive vice presidents
The Utah State University Research Foundation, known as USURF, officially announced and filled two new executive vice president positions at its last board of trustees meeting. Dr. Douglas Lemon and Mr. Forrest Fackrell accepted the titles of Executive Vice President and Director of Laboratories and Executive Vice President for Business Operations, respectively.
03 April 2007 / SDL welcomes new USURF board chair, Oren Phillips
Oren B. Phillips, retired vice president of business development for ATK, a leader in aerospace technologies and manufacturing, is starting his responsibilities as newly elected chairman for the USURF Board of Trustees.
05 October 2004 / Utah State Develops Process to Clone Hybrid Seeds
Utah State University recently received a patent for a clonal seed reproduction process that could feed millions of people throughout the world and add billions to the United States agriculture economy.
14 June 2004 / Utah State Professor Invents Technology that Could Change the Airplane Industry
Warren F. Phillips, a professor for 30 years in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department at Utah State and a hang glider pilot, invented a technology called Twisteron to minimize drag on airplanes as they fly.
29 January 2004 / Utah State University Receives Patent for 3-D Camera
A patent received by Utah State University for 3-D Multispectral Imaging could revolutionize the world of reconnaissance, movies, video games, geological surveying, disaster response, homeland security and even the way we view our evening news.
02 September 2003 / New Technology at Utah State's Research Foundation will Revolutionize Power Line Inspections
New technology under development by Aerospect Precision Imaging, a unit of the Utah State University Research Foundation, will use sensors to inspect power lines, a technique that will help prevent major power outages.
06 June 2003 / USU Research Foundation Elects New Board Chair
Utah State University Research Foundation's (USURF) Board of Trustees elected member Garrison Rapmund, M.D., of Bethesda, Maryland, as its new chair today.
06 June 2003 / Space Dynamics Laboratory Appoints New Director
The Utah State University Research Foundation appointed Michael D. Pavich, retired Major General of U.S. Air Force, as the new director of the Space Dynamics Laboratory after Allan Steed announced he would be retiring as director after 40 years of service with SDL.
06 March 2003 / USU Research Foundation Announces New Water Laboratory
Water research at Utah State University has just moved one step closer to providing solutions for the Nation's water resources issues as Utah State's Research Foundation announces the organization of the Water Dynamics Laboratory.