Technology Transfer

in 2019

The IFAE KTT unit contributes to the valorisaton of part of the IFAE research results to transform them into innovative new technologies for medical applications, space communications or for the food industry.
The high capabilities in design, prototyping and commissioning of scientific instrumentation, added to the offer of singular facilities such as a Microelectronics Lab a Mechanical Workshop or a Data Center, makes IFAE an innovative R&D Institute, inventing turn-key engineering solutions to contribute not only to the advance of science but also to solve current societal challenges.
IFAE perform attractive collaborative research projects with the industry and provides patent licenses mainly based on novel radiation detection technologies for enforcing the market positioning.

2019 TECH. TRANSFER OUTPUT AT IFAE

369k€

COMPETITIVE FUNDS FROM COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION ACTIONS WITH PRIVATE SECTOR

51k€

NON COMPETITIVE FUNDS COMING FROM INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS AND SERVICES OFFERED TO EXTERNAL ENTITIES

352k€

COMPETITIVE FUNDS FOR THE VALORISATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND INVENTIONS WITH HIGH MARKET POTENTIAL

PCT ENTRY INTO NATIONAL PHASES

NEW SPIN-OFF CREATED

Introduction

Along 2019 the IFAE’s KTT unit provided research support activities to 7 IFAE basic and applied research lines, with the aim to get the research results on high energy physics, astrophysics, cosmology and medical physics closer to the society. About 100 actions were performed related to knowledge and technology transfer, giving support to 33 IFAE projects, mainly in the fileds of mechanics, electronics & microelectronics, communications, computing and machine learning, 12 of them generating a total of 773K€ in revenues coming from public and private sectors, with an average KTT unit support contribution of about 4 actions per funded project.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

ATTRACT call (CERN/ESADE) - ECOTAGS project granted for an event detector development using IoT technology and paper based battery. In collaboration with CNM-CSIC and Fuelium S.L.
ATTRACT call (CERN/ESADE) - PHIL project funded for R&D on a photonic system for liquid biopsy applications. In collaboration with LEITAT.
La Caixa Health call (Fundació Bancaria La Caixa) – I-Vision project granted for the design and prototyping of a retinal implant. In collaboration with ICN2, ICFO and Barraquer.
Agrupacions en Tecnologies Emergents call (AGAUR, Generalitat de Catalunya) – Graphcat Community approved for development of graphene-based technologies for addressing societal challenges. In collaboration with ICN2, IREC, ICFO, UAB, IDIBAPS, CNM-CSIC, IMIM, BIST and EURECAT.
IGNITE call (BIST) – BIOSPAD project granted for laser devices innovation applied to patients neuro-monitoring. In collaboration with ICFO.

CONTRACT RESEARCH & SERVICES

5 Technical Services executed (computing, microelectronics, mechanics engineering).
2 R&D ASIC design projects performed for external entities.
11 CDA Agreements signed with companies and R&D centers.
6 Customers (2 new).

PROTECTION, VALORIZATION & LICENSING

3 Disclosures of Inventions evaluated.
Dissemination of the IFAE portfolio of technologies in 3 international congresses (Advanced Factories, IoT WC, Smart Cities WC).
1 PCT application entry in national phases (EU, CN, US, JP). Systems and methods for monitoring metabolic activity and detectors for detecting photons.
1 EU patent granted. Device for detecting highly energetic photons.
1 CN patent granted. Photon counting device for x-ray detection.
1 Know-how license on quantum computing engineering.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Co-organization of the 4th Entrepreneurship course for researchers, “From Science to Business” (ESADE - BIST).
Due diligence of the IFAE photon counting technology performed by PONTI.
The Collider Program Award granted (MWCapital Foundation) for the entrepreneurship project based on LINDA x-ray detector for NDT quality control applications.
Phenomena + entrepreneurship project based on a HEP digital twin solution among the 30 finalists of The Collider Program.
1 spin-off created. Qilimanjaro, a company participated by IFAE, UB and BSC dedicated to quantum computing services.