ADVANCING APPLIED RESEARCH:
ACTIVITIES AND STATUS
ACTIVITIES AND STATUS
Research Dean Appointed: David Brookstein, Sc.D., July 2010
Research Projects
- $22 million in federal and state grants submitted; will continue developing LEHP, PATRIC, ITAPS, as well as private foundations and industry partners
- NIST grant application submitted
- NSF ARI-R2 grant application submitted
- NSF CCLI grant application submitted
- PATRIC & biomedical textile structures lab funding secured
- ITAPS continuing
- LEHP continuing
- Patricia Kind Foundation in progress
- Co-sponsored Nantechnology Forum with Ben Franklin Technology Partners
- Exolation awarded patent
- Pursuing patents for NTC & EDI projects
- Seeking patent for breathable walls
- Urban ecology project with Lafayette in progress
- Funding received from the Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services to acquire new lab analysis equipment
- Opened Biomedical Textile Structures Lab and launched project on cardiac repair tissue.
- Initiated provisional patent application for biomedical textile structures
- In final stages of developing “Generation Five” one- piece, chemical protective garment
- Partnering with Ricochet Manufacturing to create protective clothing for civilian first responders
- Partnering with ICQ-Global to develop U.S. Product Safety Testing Lab off campus.
- Additional collaborative partnerships launched with Academy of Natural Sciences, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, National Institutes of Health
Links / Posts
- http://www.itaps.us/ebook/hongkong/
- http://www.philau.edu/purc/index.htm
- http://www.philau.edu/ebooks/sustainability/
News
- http://www.philau.edu/today/headlines/?p=665
- http://www.philau.edu/today/headlines/?p=639
- http://www.philau.edu/today/headlines/?p=413
- http://www.philau.edu/today/headlines/?p=516
- http://www.montgomerynews.com/articles/2009/10/22/roxborough_review/news/doc4addebc52976c664538610.txt
- http://www.philau.edu/today/inthenews/?p=304
- http://www.philau.edu/today/inthenews/?p=256
- http://www.philau.edu/today/inthenews/?p=250
- $1.25 million state grant for advanced textile center featured in The Review
Philadelphia University’s $1.25 million state grant to establish the Pennsylvania Advanced Textile Research and Innovation Center was featured Oct. 15 in The Review. At an October 10 ceremony, a ceremonial check from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development was presented to the Philadelphia University President and David Brookstein, Dean of the School of Engineering and Textiles and executive director of the new center. - http://www.philau.edu/today/inthenews/?p=195
- http://www.philau.edu/today/inthenews/?p=184
- http://www.philau.edu/today/inthenews/?m=200808
- http://www.philau.edu/today/inthenews/?p=174
- http://www.philau.edu/today/inthenews/?p=163