The University of New Hampshire has a number of exciting technologies and innovations that are currently available for license. Select a category to view more information on related innovations.
Aerospace
Field-Deployable Neutron Camera
A compact new system for detecting, imaging and measuring neutrons and gamma rays. Inventors: Mark McConnell, Ph.D. & Jason Legere.
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Tri-Material Dual-Species Imaging Spectrometer
A unique instrument design which facilitates remote measuring of neutron and gamma sources. Inventors: James Ryan.
Tech ID: 10_011
Agriculture
Assay for the Detection Enumeration, and Identification of Human Pathogenic Vibrio (VP) in Seafood
Targeted Molecular Detection of Invasive Vibrio Parahaemolyticus. An inexpensive and reliable method for rapid pathogenic Vibrio detection in seafood. Inventors: Cheryl A. Whistler, Ph.D.
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Use of Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors to Combat Nematode Infestation
An inexpensive, scalable and environmentally sound method for combating nematode infestations with PDE inhibitor compounds. Inventors: Rick Cote, Ph.D.
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Communication
GPSonFLOW: Geographic positioning of data storage for efficient data flow across communication networks
. A way for transmitting big data by finding and using big bandwidth on public networks. Inventors: Elizabeth Varki.
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Technique for Internet Transmission of Big Data
A way for transmitting big data by finding and using big bandwidth on public networks. Inventors: Elizabeth Varki & Adam H. Villa
Tech ID: 12_039
Computer
Chemical for Data Destruction
A chemical formulation that manipulates storage media platters and renders the s unusable if deployed on the storage media. Inventor: Ihab Farag
Tech ID: 04_011
Technique for Internet Transmission of Big Data
A way for transmitting big data by finding and using big bandwidth on public networks. Inventors: Elizabeth Varki & Adam H. Villa
Tech ID: 12_039
Sheepdog, the Data Center Watchdog
A software which facilitates automated and orderly shutdown of data center hardware based on real time environmental conditions.
Inventors: Robert E. Anderson
Tech ID: 12_033
GPSonFLOW: Geographic positioning of data storage for efficient data flow across communication networks
. A way for transmitting big data by finding and using big bandwidth on public networks. Inventors: Elizabeth Varki.
Sheepdog, the Data Center Watchdog
A software which facilitates automated and orderly shutdown of data center hardware based on real time environmental conditions.
Inventors: Robert E. Anderson
Tech ID: 12_033
Contracts
Software for management of contracts, approvals and invoices electronically. Inventors: Marcus Del Greco.
Tech ID: 18_030
Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA)
A web-based data visualization platform that collects, manipulates, analyzes, and displays diverse and specially references data in real time. Inventors: Patrick Messer, Phillip Collins, & Robert St. Lawrence
Tech ID: 12_002
Palinka
A computer application for managing repair workflow, including quote requests, pickup, delivery, invoicing, reporting, and more. Inventors: Marcus Del Greco, Monika Fekete, & Suzanne Vogt
UNHCHEMS®
University of New Hampshire Chemical Environmental Management System is a tool for chemical safety & compliance tailored to educational institutions. Inventors: Patrick Messer
Tech ID: 08-014; 02_027
Systems and Methods for Chaotic Entanglement Using Cupolets
The invention is an alternative to quantum computing; it drives interacting chaotic systems into bound or entangled states which are stable and sustained without external intervention. Inventors: Kevin M. Short & Matt Morena
Energy
Converging Plasma Piston Magnetic Confinement System
A cost-effective magnetic confinement system with practical applications in neutron production, particle acceleration and thermonuclear fusion. The converging plasma piston concept is based on the way space plasmas behave in the Heliosphere. Innovator: Dr. James Connell.
Engineering
High-Efficiency, Low Noise Power Supply Adaptable to a Variety of Applications
A fully resonant power supply for use in applications ranging from low to high voltage (>10kV) while being both high efficiency and low noise. Compared to conventional approaches, the power supply requires substantially less current while also permitting an extended dynamic signal range. Inventor: Christopher M. Bancroft
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Improved Opto-Coupler Design with Enhanced Performance
A novel Opto-Coupler design that increases current transfer ratio and has high reverse breakdown voltage and isolation potential. The design is an overall improvement in the operating characteristics of opto-couplers intended for use in space. Inventors: Brian King, Mark Granoff, Jonathan Googins, & Phillip Demaine
Viscoelastic Liquid Drop Generator
A patented method of creating discrete droplets of a desired size from viscoelastic materials, eliminating waste caused by the beads-on-string effect, which is a common problem when dispensing viscoelastic materials. Innovators: Dr. Brian Zukas & Nivedita Gupta, Ph.D. (Tech ID: 13_034)
Novel Chiral Cellular Structures with Tailorable Auxetic Effects Under Large Deformation
A novel process for creating highly deformable chiral structures with different core cell configurations that can withstand large deformation forces without buckling and collapsing. Inventor: Yaning Li, Ph.D.
Pressurized Diffused Aeration System to Remove Trihalomethanes in a Water Distribution System
A pressurized diffused aeration system for resolving THM violations by treating the water further out in the distribution system. The system allows for the treatment of a small water volume at the point of violation. This is a cheaper alternative to treating a large volume to a higher standard at the water treatment plant. Inventors: Robin Collins, John Zwerneman, & Ethan Brooke
Tech ID: 11_015
Non-Linear Filtering for Digital Twins Without Load or Feedthrough Data
This advanced non-linear filtering technology enables highly accurate digital twins for structural systems, even without input load data or feedthrough matrices. Ideal for infrastructure like bridges, buildings, and wind turbines, it estimates system behavior and unknown forces using only sensor data, including low-cost, non-contact methods like computer vision. This innovation enhances structural health monitoring and diagnostics across civil, aerospace, and mechanical engineering applications. Innovator: Yashar Saeed Eftekhar Azam.
Tech ID: 2025-005
Bridge Health Assessment Using Drive-By Sensing and Machine Learning
This AI-powered bridge monitoring technology uses drive-by sensing and 1D Convolutional Neural Networks to assess structural health with high accuracy and minimal cost. By equipping standard vehicles with simple sensors, it transforms everyday traffic into a scalable, non-intrusive tool for detecting early-stage bridge damage. Ideal for infrastructure management, this innovation enables continuous, automated monitoring without disrupting traffic flow. Innovator: Yashar Saeed Eftekhar Azam.
Tech ID: 2025-006
Environment
Pressurized Diffused Aeration System to Remove Trihalomethanes in a Water Distribution System
A pressurized diffused aeration system for resolving THM violations by treating the water further out in the distribution system. The system allows for the treatment of a small water volume at the point of violation. This is a cheaper alternative to treating a large volume to a higher standard at the water treatment plant. Inventors: Robin Collins, John Zwerneman, & Ethan Brooke
Tech ID: 11_015
Image Licensing
Lotte Jacobi Photography Collection
Lotte Jacobi captured images between 1908 and 1986. She is famous for her black and white theater and dance images, and portraits of prominent 20th century figures. She bequeathed 47,000 negatives, several hundred study and exhibition prints, three portfolios, letters, catalogues, documents, and other printed material to UNH. These materials are housed in Special Collections and Archives at UNH’s Dimond Library.
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Instrumentation
High-Efficiency, Low Noise Power Supply Adaptable to a Variety of Applications
A fully resonant power supply for use in applications ranging from low to high voltage (>10kV) while being both high efficiency and low noise. Compared to conventional approaches, the power supply requires substantially less current while also permitting an extended dynamic signal range. Inventor: Christopher M. Bancroft
Learn more and view the nonconfidential brief
Field-Deployable Neutron Camera
A compact new system for detecting, imaging and measuring neutrons and gamma rays. Inventors: Mark McConnell, Ph.D. & Jason Legere.
Materials & Chemicals
Chemical for Data Destruction
A chemical formulation that manipulates storage media platters and renders the s unusable if deployed on the storage media. Inventor: Ihab Farag
Tech ID: 04_011
Synthesis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
This patented one-step synthesis method enables efficient, high-yield production of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) for use in electronics, solar panels, and advanced materials. By simplifying traditional multi-step processes, it reduces costs and enhances scalability for industrial applications. Ideal for manufacturers and researchers, this innovation supports the growing demand for high-performance organic materials in tech-driven industries. Innovator: Dr. Richard Johnson
Nanoparticle-Based Flux with Nonevaporable Solvent
A titanium oxide-based nanoparticle flux in nonevaporable solvent for use in tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding of thick plates, this flux offers penetrative depth of up to 14mm on a single pass. Innovators: Dr. Sebastian Balos and Marko Knezevic, Ph.D.
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Novel Treatment of Anodized Aluminum Component
A novel treatment for anodized aluminum products delivering abrasion, corrosion, and chemical-resistant coating that is suitable for use at high-temperatures. Inventor: Dale Barkey
A New Class of Soluable, Photooxidatively Resistant Acene Derivatives
The new class of organic semi-conducting pentacene-derived compounds which have exceptional photo-oxidative resistance and thin-field effect mobilities. Inventors: Glen P. Miller & Irvinder Kaur
Tech ID: 09_008
Soluble, Persistent Nonacene Derivatives
Soluble nonacene derivatives that possess improved oxidative resistance and can be cast into thin-film organic semiconductor materials for use in electronic applications such as field-effect transistors and organic photovoltaics. Inventors: Glen P. Miller & Irvinder Kaur
Tech ID: 10_003
TPO (5,6,7-Trihiapentacene-13 one) and its derivatives: A New Class of Thermally Stable, Photooxidatively Resistant Organic Semiconductors
The inventors have discovered the molecular composition of TTPO and its ability to behave as an organic semiconductor with properties such as thermal stability up to 450 ° C, propensity to crystalize in a head-to-tail π−π stacking configuration, solubility in organic solvent, and increasing charge carrier mobilities with increase in temperature. Inventors: Glen P. Miller & Jeremy Kintigh
Tech ID: 12_012
Novel Chiral Cellular Structures with Tailorable Auxetic Effects Under Large Deformation
A novel process for creating highly deformable chiral structures with different core cell configurations that can withstand large deformation forces without buckling and collapsing. Inventor: Yaning Li, Ph.D.
One-Step Method of Synthesizing Rylenes for Organic Electronics and Photovoltaic
The method relates to the synthesis of polycyclic aromatic compounds. It can be used to produce high yields of compounds such as terrylene or quaterrylene by reaction of naphthalene or perylene via Scholl-type coupling in the presence of a superacid and an oxidant in an inert solvent. Inventors: Richard Peter Johnson, & Rajesh Thamatam
Tech ID: 13_023
UNHCEMS ®
University of New Hampshire Chemical Environmental Management System is a tool for chemical safety & compliance tailored to educational institutions. Inventors: Patrick Messer
Medical
Type II Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor and Gonadtropin-Releasing Hormone - III from Lamprey
Inventors at UNH have cloned GnRH-III and type II GnRH Receptor from Lamprey, an eel-like organism. Because Lamprey GnRH-III stimulates the release of FSH, but not LH, it is a useful tool for studying and developing novel GnRH analogs. Inventors: Stacia Sower, Nathaniel V. Nucci, & Matthew R. Silver
Method and Apparatus for Imaging through 3-Dimensional Tracking of Protons
A scintillating fiber tracking detector with time tagging and particle identification capabilities. It is useful for three-dimensional spectroscopic imaging of ionizing radiation, as well as an omnidirectional telescope/spectrometer. Inventors: John Macri, James Ryan, & Mark McConnell
Tech ID: 99_002
Auto-Calibrated Smart Insole for Long-Term Measurement of Ground Force Reaction
A wearable force-sensing insole with embedded pressure sensors for real-time monitoring of lifted load weight and lifting frequency and duration. Inventor: Diliang Chen
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Tech ID: 2023-006
Unobtrusive Wearable System for Long-Term Assessment of Exposure to Lifting Hazards in the Workplace
An unobtrusive, wearable sensing system to automate exposure assessments with sensor integration into everyday insoles and gloves. Auto-calibrated for accurate and reliable monitoring, eliminating the need for frequent manual calibration and/or measurement. Inventor: Diliang Chen
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Tech ID: 2023-150
Security & Defense
Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA)
A web-based data visualization platform that collects, manipulates, analyzes, and displays diverse and specially references data in real time. Inventors: Patrick Messer, Phillip Collins, & Robert St. Lawrence
Tech ID: 12_002
Field-Deployable Neutron Camera
A compact new system for detecting, imaging and measuring neutrons and gamma rays. Inventors: Mark McConnell, Ph.D. & Jason Legere.
Semiconductors
A New Class of Soluble, Photooxidatively Resistant Acene Derivatives
The new class of organic semi-conducting pentacene-derived compounds which have exceptional photo-oxidative resistance and thin-field effect mobilities. Inventors: Glen P. Miller & Irvinder Kaur
Tech ID: 09_008
Soluble, Persistent Nonacene Derivatives
Soluble nonacene derivatives that possess improved oxidative resistance and can be cast into thin-film organic semiconductor materials for use in electronic applications such as field-effect transistors and organic photovoltaics. Inventors: Glen P. Miller & Irvinder Kaur
Tech ID: 10_003
TTPO (5,6,7-Trihiapentacene-13 one) and its derivatives: A New Class of Thermally Stable, Photooxidatively Resistant Organic Semiconductors
The inventors have discovered the molecular composition of TTPO and its ability to behave as an organic semiconductor with properties such as thermal stability up to 450 ° C, propensity to crystalize in a head-to-tail π−π stacking configuration, solubility in organic solvent, and increasing charge carrier mobilities with increase in temperature. Inventors: Glen P. Miller & Jeremy Kintigh
Tech ID: 12_012
Sensors & Instrumentation
A New Class of Soluble, Photooxidatively Resistant Acene Derivatives
The new class of organic semi-conducting pentacene-derived compounds which have exceptional photo-oxidative resistance and thin-field effect mobilities. Inventors: Glen P. Miller & Irvinder Kaur
Tech ID: 09_008
Soluble, Persistent Nonacene Derivatives
Soluble nonacene derivatives that possess improved oxidative resistance and can be cast into thin-film organic semiconductor materials for use in electronic applications such as field-effect transistors and organic photovoltaics. Inventors: Glen P. Miller & Irvinder Kaur
Tech ID: 10_003
TTPO (5,6,7-Trihiapentacene-13 one) and its derivatives: A New Class of Thermally Stable, Photooxidatively Resistant Organic Semiconductors
The inventors have discovered the molecular composition of TTPO and its ability to behave as an organic semiconductor with properties such as thermal stability up to 450 ° C, propensity to crystalize in a head-to-tail π−π stacking configuration, solubility in organic solvent, and increasing charge carrier mobilities with increase in temperature. Inventors: Glen P. Miller & Jeremy Kintigh
Tech ID: 12_012
Bridge Health Assessment Using Drive-By Sensing and Machine Learning
This AI-powered bridge monitoring technology uses drive-by sensing and 1D Convolutional Neural Networks to assess structural health with high accuracy and minimal cost. By equipping standard vehicles with simple sensors, it transforms everyday traffic into a scalable, non-intrusive tool for detecting early-stage bridge damage. Ideal for infrastructure management, this innovation enables continuous, automated monitoring without disrupting traffic flow. Innovator: Yashar Saeed Eftekhar Azam.
Tech ID: 2025-006
Special Collections
Betty and Barney Hill Collection
Betty and Barney Hill were NH residents who are famous for making the first well-documented and widely reported UFO abduction report in the United States. In 2004, University of New Hampshire received artifacts related to their abduction and subsequent research documents. The collection is now housed at the Dimond Library.
View the Betty & Barney Hill Collection
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Tools & Training Programs
IncludeU®
IncludeU® is an interactive bystander intervention program developed by faculty for faculty using research-backed methods for how best to intervene when a bias incident occurs. The program is web-based and self-paced and can be completed anytime, any place, and on any device.
Animated Scenarios depict realistic examples of bias incidents that occur on a daily basis when faculty get together casually or at meetings where they deliberate hiring and promotion and tenure decisions. Innovators: Christine Shea and Kate Siler
Visit the IncludeU® website to learn more about the program or visit Elucid to purchase a non-exclusive license.
RIFC 50 INDEX ™ Tracking the Market Pulse of U.S. Franchising A Strategic Financial Benchmark for Licensing and Analytics
The RIFC 50 Index™ is the first and only stock index tracking the market performance of the U.S. franchising sector, developed by the Rosenberg International Franchise Center at the University of New Hampshire. Covering 50 top franchising companies across industries like food, retail, and business services, it offers a strategic financial benchmark for investors, analysts, and fintech platforms. This data-driven tool supports licensing opportunities for market analytics, investment insights, and franchise sector research. Innovator: Dr. E Hachemi Aliouche
Please send all technology licensing inquiries to unh.innovation@unh.edu
Please send all image licensing inquiries to image.licensing@unh.edu
UNHInnovation offers designs, software, curricula, select patents, and images available for self-checkout via our online licensing portal, E-Lucid. Visit the portal to quickly and easily obtain a non-exclusive license of select intellectual property.
