UTech, Jamaica 2015-16 Annual Report

Page 41 University of Technology, Jamaica ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 and find collaborators. Staff publication output for the period 2007-2015 is shown in the Figure below. Footnotes: BBC-Books/Book Chapters; PRJP- Peer-reviewed Journal Papers; CAAP- Conference Abstracts/Presentations/Proceedings; P-Periodicals; E-Exhibitions INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Three patents were granted to UTech Staff Members in AY 2015-2016: • Multi-node system network with optical switches: USPTO #: 8977124; Granted: March 10, 2015; Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (IBM); Inventors: Maurice McGlashan- Powell (UTech, Jamaica, Research Fellow) and Valentine Salapura (IBM). • Multi-node system networks with optical switches: USPTO #: 9143259; Granted: September 22, 2015; Inventors: Maurice McGlashan-Powell (UTech, Jamaica, Research Fellow). • Carbon nanotube mediated membrane extraction: USPTO #: 9169579; Granted: October 27, 2015; Inventors: Kamilah Hylton (Associate Professor & Dean, FOSS, UTech, Jamaica) and Somenath Mitra (New Jersey Institute of Technology). ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT Between April 2015 and March 2016 the Project Management Desk handled 17 new projects at various stages from expressions of interest to the oversight of contracted projects. A number of the consultancy projects secured and executed, or being executed, were of high public policy significance either domestically or regionally. The Office of Curriculum Development and Evaluation (OCDE) conducted for the Ministry Collaborative partners from UTech, Jamaica, European Union ACP Caribbean and Pacific Research Programme for Sustainable Development and from Brunel University, pose with the modified hydrogen gas stove and hydrogen gas cylinder being used for research at UTech, Jamaica’s Hydrogen Research Lab. Footnotes : BBC -Books/Book Chapters; PRJP -Peer-reviewed Journal Papers; CAAP - Conference Abstracts/Presentations/Proceedings; P -Periodicals; E -Exhibitions INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Three patents were granted to UTech Staff Members in AY 2015-2016: ‐ Multi-node system network with optical switches: USPTO #: 8977124; Granted: March 10, 2015; Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (IBM); Inventors: Maurice McGlashan-Powell (UTech, Jamaica, Research Fellow) and Valentine Salapura (IBM). ‐ Multi-node system networks with optical switches: USPTO #: 9143259; Granted: September 22, 2015; Inventors: Maurice McGlashan-Powell (UTech, Jamaica, Research Fellow).