Cultivating Innovation: success of technology transfer between universities and companies

In an article entitled "Cultivating Innovation," the January issue of Alaska Airlines Magazine discusses the success of technology transfer between universities and companies.

More universities are now seeking ways to commercialize their academic work, thereby creating new businesses, jobs and revenue streams. Among the many people interviewed and quoted for this article is CSD professor Majid Sarrafzadeh, who is co-director of UCLA's Wireless Health Institute. Majid discusses his current work (e.g., the smart shoe which monitors a patient's balance problems and the smart bedsheet which reduces the risk of bedsores), and his affiliation with the California NanoSystems Institute which is acting as an on-campus incubator to nurture the university's intellectual property and technology transfer programs.