Entrepreneurism Thrives on Campus

Fiscal year 2005 marked a prolific year for moving Jacobs School innovations into the private sector. Twenty-four technology transfer agreements were executed with 17 businesses, including nine start-ups based on engineering faculty innovations, reflecting the entrepreneurial activity encouraged by the school's von Liebig Center and UCSD Technology Transfer & IP Services (TechTIPS). Several recent licensees are beginning to see sales of products based on Jacobs School inventions, with others expecting first sales this year.

In addition to moving discoveries into the marketplace, a real value in this commercialization activity is building valuable relationships between UCSD and the business community. “We are excited by the quality and durability of the licensing relationships we are building,” says David Gibbons, senior licensing officer at TechTIPS. “Several of the Jacobs School licensees have returned to fund research, hire students, license additional technologies, and make philanthropic gifts.”

To learn more about technologies available for licensing, contact Gibbons at (858)534-0175, dgibbons@ucsd.edu.