College’s Patent Luncheon Celebrates Inventive Engineers

At the second annual Patent Medallion Luncheon in early March, the College of Engineering and Tech

Launch Arizona recognized the ingenuity of 20 inventors. The engineers received medallions to commemorate 24 patented inventions.

Doug Hockstad, assistant vice president of Tech

Launch Arizona, thanked the inventors for their part in bringing the university to its second year as No. 28 in the world among universities granted U.S. utility patents. Of all university patents in the most recent fiscal year, 20% were issued to College of Engineering faculty and their collaborators.

“The College of Engineering’s engagement with TLA and its commitment to creating impact from research and innovation is a model for the university,” Hockstad said.

The following faculty members, graduate students and alumni received medallions:

Siyang Cao, Chaohan Cui (graduate student), Pierre Deymier, Wolfgang Fink, Carissa Grijalva (graduate student), Linan Jiang, Minkyu Kim, Peiwen Li, Min Liang (alum), Douglas Loy, Gregory Ogden, Kimberly Ogden, Marek Romanowski, Marvin Slepian, Tsu-Te Judith Su, Jekan Thanga, Hao Xin, Jinhong Zhang.