Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering Research Team Awarded $31,000 for Sustainable Catalyst Innovation

The KU Center for Technology Commercialization (KUCTC) has announced that a Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering research team has been selected for funding through the Rock Chalk Ready Opportunity Development Program. The awarded project is led by Dr. Tommy Poskin, a postdoctoral researcher at the Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering, along with Professors Aaron Scurto and Mark Shiflett. The team will receive $31,000 to advance the development of safer, more sustainable acid catalysts for industrial use.

The Rock Chalk Ready funds will be used to support lab-scale scale-up, performance testing, and potentially early business development activities.

For more information about the Rock Chalk Ready program or to explore commercialization resources, contact KUCTC@ku.edu.

Rock Chalk!