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The ºÚÁÏÉçÇø has ranked among the top 10 in the nation for patent production, taking another step in securing its status as a top research university (Tampa Bay Business Journal).

June 2, 2020Honors and Awards, Innovation

The ºÚÁÏÉçÇø has invested over $680,000 with its latest commitment to funding coronavirus research projects. The university announced it is investing nearly $350,000 into 14 research projects focused on detecting and stopping infections, and innovations in personal protective equipment (Tampa Bay Business Journal).

June 1, 2020Health, Innovation

A team of ºÚÁÏÉçÇøscientists is working to create a technology that can sterilize and electrostatically recharge N95 respiratory masks (WTSP-TV).

May 29, 2020Health, Research

ºÚÁÏÉçÇøCOVID-19 Rapid Response Research Effort Delivers Funding in Second Round of Pandemic Projects

Fourteen new projects will address global issues from infection detection to public perception of virus danger (USFRI Newsroom).

May 29, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

ºÚÁÏÉçÇøengineer and biologist unite to fight coronavirus with corona discharge

An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the ºÚÁÏÉçÇø has advanced efforts to establish a novel technology that can rapidly sterilize and electrostatically recharge N95 respiratory masks to restore their original filtration efficiency (ºÚÁÏÉçÇøNewsroom).

May 26, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

Largo-based Kaligia Biosciences is partnering with University South Florida, Tampa General Hospital and AdventHealth to conduct clinical trials for a saliva test that can detect COVID-19 in three minutes (Tampa Bay Times) (paywall).

May 22, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

The ºÚÁÏÉçÇøHealth-designed 3D printed nasal swab that broke into national news in late March is now being used by several hundred hospitals and academic medical centers around the country (Florida Trend).

May 22, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

The National Science Foundation awarded the ºÚÁÏÉçÇø College of Engineering $200,000 to build a digital tool that will allow health professionals, researchers and government agencies to delve further in the coronavirus pandemic (Tampa Bay Business Journal).

May 21, 2020Health, Research

ºÚÁÏÉçÇøengineers create ‘ear savers,’ providing relief to health professionals treating coronavirus patients

Medical professionals are required to wear face masks, often continuously during 14-hour shifts. The elastic bands can be painful, and cause sores and headaches. In order to improve their comfort, engineers at the ºÚÁÏÉçÇøCollege of Engineering have manufactured a special plastic strip that’s lined with hooks, making the straps adjustable (ºÚÁÏÉçÇøNewsroom).

May 18, 2020Health, Innovation, Research

The ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Libraries received a $25,000 grant from Truist Financial Corp. to establish the ºÚÁÏÉçÇøLibraries COVID-19 Research and Information Fund (ºÚÁÏÉçÇøFoundation).

May 15, 2020Health, Research

The ºÚÁÏÉçÇø may have steered its students away during the coronavirus pandemic, but innovation is still happening on and off campus (Tampa Bay Business Journal) (paywall).

May 13, 2020Innovation, Research

In collaboration with USF, Notre Dame researchers have initially modeled impacts in the Tampa Bay area. The researchers showed how the area could be affected if government officials relaxed various restrictions, including when a second wave and peak of the COVID-19 pandemic would occur (Notre Dame News).

May 12, 2020Health, Innovation, Research