[Plsugs] OPPORTUNITY - Tech Launch Arizona

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Inventions, Patents and Commercialization for UA Student Researchers
UA labs are and have been home to impactful, life‐ and society‐changing research. In these environments, UA students
often work closely with UA faculty on sponsored and lab‐funded research, some of which can lead to inventions. Tech
Launch Arizona (TLA) is dedicated to identifying, assessing, protecting and commercializing these important inventions,
all with the goal of getting them out into the world where they can create impact.


Learn About Your Professional Responsibilities & Opportunities
UA student researchers who have (or may have) roles in UA‐derived inventions are encouraged to participate in TLA’s
Commercialization Workshop Series, offered each fall and spring. This is not just important information for you as
researchers ‐ it is useful in helping you understand issues in intellectual property that you will carry forward throughout
your careers.


Get Connected
Aside from workshops and seminars, we offer a number of ways to put our resources to work for you:
• Contact a college‐specific Technology Licensing Manager (LM) for general information or to discuss a specific
technology. LMs are experts in the protection and commercialization of your inventions.
o Biomedical & Life Sciences: Rakhi Gibbons (RakhiG at TLA.arizona.edu<mailto:RakhiG at TLA.arizona.edu>)
o Physical Sciences: John Geikler (JohnG at TLA.arizona.edu<mailto:JohnG at TLA.arizona.edu>)
o College of Optical Sciences & Engineering: Amy Phillips (AmyP at TLA.arizona.edu<mailto:AmyP at TLA.arizona.edu>)
o College of Agriculture & Life Sciences: Tod McCauley (TodM at TLA.arizona.edu<mailto:TodM at TLA.arizona.edu>)
o College of Science: Paul Eynott (PaulE at TLA.arizona.edu<mailto:PaulE at TLA.arizona.edu>)
o Software & IT: Lewis Humphreys (LewisH at TLA.arizona.edu<mailto:LewisH at TLA.arizona.edu>)
o College of Engineering: Robert Sleeper (RobertS at TLA.arizona.edu<mailto:RobertS at TLA.arizona.edu>)
• Contact Student Outreach Coordinator Stephanie Zawada (StephanieZ at TLA.arizona.edu<mailto:StephanieZ at TLA.arizona.edu>) to discuss your unique
networking needs, as well as learning opportunities around issues in inventions, entrepreneurship and startups
• Request a workshop module or one of our engaging TLA experts for your student or lab group meeting to gain
hands‐on knowledge of the commercialization process
• Subscribe to TLA’s monthly newsletter
• Suggest a technology story idea for TLA publications
• Network with leaders in Arizona’s start‐up community


Generate Impact
Tech Launch Arizona creates social and economic impact through bringing the inventions of the UA from the lab to the
world. We do that through providing services to the UA community around idea assessment, technology transfer and
startup development. We promote the commercialization of UA‐generated technologies while collaborating with
business and technology professionals from Southern Arizona and beyond.
Our ultimate goal is to create a thriving community of UA‐educated inventors via outreach initiatives to undergraduate,
graduate, and professional students.
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Learn More
Stephanie Zawada
TLA Student Outreach Coordinator
StephanieZ at TLA.arizona.edu<mailto:StephanieZ at TLA.arizona.edu>
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