Commercialisation Portfolio

Research Commercialisation Portfolio

Technology/Inventor Applications IP Status Current Status
1. High Speed Optical Interconnect: For ultrafast data processing Prof. Kamal Alameh & Yong Tak Lee, WA Centre for Excellence for Micro Photonic Systems (COMPS) & GIST, Winner, 2007 WA Inventor of the Year (Early stage category). High-performance computers, high-speed communication links, high-speed signal processing, Square Kilometre Array project. 2 PCT patents and 1 Provisional patent filed. IP owned jointly by ECU and GIST. High speed interconnects for very short distance communications links. A proof of concept demonstrator has been successfully completed. The manufacture and optimisation of a multi-channel demonstrator is currently underway. The next technical milestone is the development of a pre-production prototype. A spin-out company is planned to exploit this business opportunity, and is expected to be investment ready in 2009.
2. Magnetic photonic crystals for integrated optics devices Prof. Kamal Alameh, WA Centre for Excellence for Micro Photonic Systems (COMPS). Modulation and control of light wave propagation, polarisation-dependent devices, multi-parameter optical sensors for ICT, health, environmental, security, agriculture, and energy. Patent filed by Panorama Labs with Prof Kamal Alameh being as co-inventor. Test layers and structures have successfully been fabricated and characterised. Proof-of-concept photonic crystals are being engineered. Specialised software suite developed for the design, characterisation and optimisation of photonic nanostructures.
3. Automated sensor for real time plant discrimination and weed control (Photonic Detection Systems, Pty Ltd) Prof. Kamal Alameh, WA Centre for Excellence for Micro Photonic Systems (COMPS). Precision agriculture, particularly Sugar and Cotton Industries, mining, road quality monitoring, railways, and security. PCT filed by PDS Pty Ltd with Prof Kamal Alameh being the sole inventor. Bench-top prototype developed, which demonstrated limited green-from-green plant discrimination in laboratory environment. Awarded an ARC Linkage Grant.
4. MicroPhotonics-based Smart Antenna beamformer Prof. Kamal Alameh, WA Centre for Excellence for Micro Photonic Systems (COMPS). Broadband wireless communication networks , Anti-jamming Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) systems, Wireless capsule endoscopy, Square Kilometre Array (SKA), Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Car navigation systems, Indoor multimedia transmission systems. Provisional patent was filed in 2003, but not renewed. Several papers on the architecture have been published. Simulation has been conducted. The beamformer is designed to operate at centre frequency of 5.6 GHz with 1 GHz bandwidth. Proof-of-concept system demonstration is being carried out.
5. Adaptive Optics for Retinal Imaging Prof. Kamal Alameh, WA Centre for Excellence for Micro Photonic Systems (COMPS). Ophthalmology, Vision science, Medical research, and disease diagnosis (eg. Alzheimer’s). No patent filed. Evaluating wavefront generation performance of spatial light modulators and also in the process of performing fast closed-loop adaptive wavefront compensation.
6. Motionless wide angle laser scanning for obstacle detection Prof. Kamal Alameh, WA Centre for Excellence for Micro Photonic Systems (COMPS). Static coarse laser scanning for a variety of applications such as intruder detection, aerospace, explosives detection and more. No patent filed. Propagation of scanning beams has been theoretically modelled and verified experimentally, so the trajectory of every beam can be calculated. Currently in the process of implementing a range finding method to find the distance to each projected laser spot.
7. In-Car Security Box Prof. Kamal Alameh, WA Centre for Excellence for Micro Photonic Systems (COMPS). All vehicles necessitating security monitoring. IP owned by Commercial partner, Omiron Corporation Pty Ltd. Developed through collaboration between COMPS and Omiron. With the design phase now complete, the team is working on a prototype of the system and intends to move to car installation trials in the near future.
8. LiveLens Prof. Kamal Alameh, WA Centre for Excellence for Micro Photonic Systems (COMPS). Winner, 2007 WA Inventor of the Year (Early stage category). Professional Video Cameras Spatial aperturing for unprecedented creative control in photography. IP owned by Commercial partner, Live Technologies. Live Technologies Ltd has contracted COMPS to provide the expertise necessary to develop the patented electro-optical technology. ECU has provided a key role in development of LiveLens working prototypes and is continuing development through to commercial ready stage.
9. An Optical Connection System Prof. Kamal Alameh, WA Centre for Excellence for Micro Photonic Systems (COMPS) & Prof. Yong Tak Lee, GIST. Board-to-board high-speed bidirectional optical interconnects for PC, electronic systems, and instrumentation. Provisional patent filed. IP is based on lensed VCSELs and an Australian company is interested in licensing the technology after the development of a 5 Gb/s bidirectional system. The development of a demonstrator is underway.
10. Novel Integrated Broadband Digital Photonic Link for RF-to-Digital Conversion and Data Transport) Prof. Kamal Alameh, Budi Juswardy (PhD student), and Yong Tak Lee, WA Centre for Excellence for Micro Photonic Systems (COMPS) & GIST Finalist 2008 WA Inventor of the Year Competition (Early Stage Category). Broadband wireless communication networks, Square Kilometre Array (SKA), Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Car navigation systems, Indoor multimedia transmission systems. Provisional Patent Filed IP owned jointly by ECU and GIST. A narrow band discrete RF to digital converter has been developed and design of a broadband RF-digital Chip is underway. The next step will be to develop a prototype device based on this design for use in demonstrating the technology’s capabilities to potential customers and licensees.
11. In-Situ Real-Time Optoelectronic Process Control System Prof. Kamal Alameh, WA Centre for Excellence for Micro Photonic Systems (COMPS). Essential an enabling technology for multilayer thin film and photonic crystal manufacturing processes. It uses a laser source in conjunction with optical power meters to monitor films and structures as they are formed. The invention is capable of replacing complex and expensive commercial products and can be applied in a variety of manufacturing situations. Provisional Patent to be Filed. A pre-production prototype is currently in development and the inventors hope to attract the interest of PVD equipment manufacturers while pursuing the market for retrofitting of this system to existing PVD equipment.
12. Automated Photonic Heat Transfer Fabric for Human Body Temperature Control (Cool Clothing) Dr Paul Laursen Computing, Health and Science, School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Sciences Prof. Kamal Alameh, WA Centre for Excellence for Micro Photonic Systems (COMPS). Industrial workers, Resource Industry, Firefighters, athletes, the military and others susceptible to uncompensatable heat stress such as the elderly. Provisional patent filed. A bench-top prototype has been completed and the research team is now working towards creation of a complete garment that meets hazardous occupation requirements.
13. Weed Control Systems Prof. Kamal Alameh, WA Centre for Excellence for Micro Photonic Systems (COMPS) Semi-Finalist 2008 Inventor of the Year (Development Category). Farming and Agriculture Industries. IP owned by Photonic Detection Systems Pty Ltd (PDS). In collaboration with PDS researchers at COMPS have developed a High Speed Weed Identification system to achieve Precision Spot Spraying of weeds. The IP has been generated by Professor Kamal Alameh and exclusively licensed to PDS providing the rights to the patent in return for an upfront licensing fee and royalty payments from commercialisation of the product. PDS and ECU are currently working with industry partners in WA and Queensland to trial the systems and commercialise the technology via existing agricultural machinery leasing channels.
14. Wireless Token Network (WTN) Communications Research Group (PhD student Justin Wyatt) Prof. Daryoush HABIBI. Voice over Wireless LAN phones. Laptop computer users that are connected to the enterprise LAN via wireless link, and use with time sensitive applications such as soft-phones eg Skype. Provisional US patent filed. Due diligence conducted on the technology, IP and the market and competing products. Completed a technical benchmarking of the technology. In the process of conducting a market analysis.
15.Dynamic Interaction TRAKKA: An RFID Interaction Recording System A/Prof Craig Valli School of Computer & Information Science Entry 2007 and 2008 Inventor of the Year (Development Category). Wildlife research, livestock monitoring, tracking personnel and equipment in areas where GPS is ineffective such as inside buildings, in heavily wooded areas and in underground mining operations. Provisional Patent filed. A working prototype has been developed and product testing is currently being undertaken to prepare the product for commercial launch or licensing to existing RFID tag providers.
16.RFID Disaster Victim ID System (RFID DVIS) A/Prof Craig Valli School of Computer & Information Science. Emergency Services worldwide as it replaces the current manual system for recording and organising disaster recovery events such as natural disasters: Tsunami, Earthquake and Fire and Man Made: Major Collision – aircraft, train, bus; Terrorist incident – explosion, biological attack; Massacre/High Body Count and Major Spillage. Provisional Patent to be prepared. A prototype is currently being developed.
17. SiMPLE A/Prof. Craig Valli School of Computer & Information Science. Police, security, military and commercial governance. No patent filed. An initial response tool, to quickly and easily find, view and export any relevant files stored on a computer, establishing if further expert investigation of that computer is warranted. When fully developed, the tool will allow investigators unprecedented real time, on site access to electronic evidence whilst maintaining complete forensic soundness. This tool is customer focused and should provide an efficient, effective and reliable response to electronic crime.
18. Liar A/Prof. Craig Valli School of Computer & Information Science. Police, security, military and commercial governance. No patent filed. LIARS (Laptop Inspection And Recovery System) is a bootable CD to inspect suspect laptops for data that will verify or refute ownership.
19. Global Eye Pattern Matcher A/Prof. Craig Valli School of Computer & Information Science. Police, security, military and commercial governance. No patent filed. Global Eye Pattern Matcher is a comparative algorithm for ballistics recognition via pattern matching.
20. Diagnostic assay for Melanoma A/Prof. Melanie Ziman School of Exercise, Biomedical & Health Sciences. Pharmaceutical Industry. In the process of filing a provisional patent. A non-invasive blood test for melanoma that reliably detects early stage tumour spread and thus has the potential to improve diagnosis, staging, progression and treatment monitoring. A full market analysis is underway to develop the commercialisation strategy.
21. Alzheimer’s Naltrexone Prof Ralph Martins Centre of Excellence for Alzheimers Disease Research and Care. Pharmaceutical Industry. Provisional patent filed. Potential treatment via hormone modulation of beta amyloid production Preliminary data shows a trend towards a reduction in Aβ levels in patients following Naltrexone treatment. Reseach has identified another feature of Naltrexone in that it can reduce Aβ mediated toxicity in neuronal cell culture, suggesting that it can prevent Aβ-induced neuronal death.
22. Combination Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease Prof Ralph Martin Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Care. Pharmaceutical Industry. Provisional Patent Filed IP owned jointly by ECU and Lawley Pharmaceuticals. Combinatory effects of testosterone, DHA and Vitamin E In collaboration with Lawley Pharmaceutical Ltd researchers have found that testosterone replacement therapy lowers the levels of the Aβ in an animal model and in a human pilot study.
23. Combination Nutraceutical for the prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease Prof Ralph Martins Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Care. Pharmaceutical Industry. No patent has been filed. DHA, polyphenols and plant extracts to provide a synergistic protective effect for the prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease The efficacy of purified supplements of DHA, green tea polyphenols, and other nutraceuticals are currently being assessed in a transgenic mouse model for Alzheimer’s disease. Favourable outcomes in these in vivo studies will allow for the commencement of clinical trials assessing the efficacy of these purified supplements in the prevention of AD.
24. Superior drug screening in Alzheimer’s Disease Prof Ralph Martin Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Care. Pharmaceutical Industry. No patent has been filed. Transgenic zebrafish model for rapid, low-cost, high throughput screening of therapeutic agents for Alzheimer’s Disease Researchers are currently validating an assay for beta amyloid toxicity using non-transgenic zebrafish to establish baseline controls and in parallel are developing the transgenic zebrafish model for AD. This in-vivo assay would be suitable for rapidly screening potential therapeutic agents that neutralise beta amyloid toxicity.
25. Beta Secretase Inhibition as a means to treat Alzheimer’s disease Prof Ralph Martins Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Care. Pharmaceutical Industry. No patent has been filed. Addressing the underlying cause of Alzheimer’s disease by developing agents to attenuate the enzyme responsible for beta amyloid production.
26. Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnostic Imaging Agent Prof Ralph Martins Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Care. Pharmaceutical Industry. No patent has been filed. PET / SPECT imaging of beta amyloid for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease. This project is being carried out under contract on behalf of Alzhyme Pty Ltd The resulting kit will be commercialised by Alzhyme.
27. Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnostic Blood Test Prof Ralph Martins Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Care. Pharmaceutical Industry. No patent has been filed. Detection of beta amyloid in blood serum for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease This project is being carried out under contract on behalf of Alzhyme Pty Ltd The resulting kit will be commercialised by Alzhyme.
28.Effects of Dynamic Transdermal Stimulation (DTS) on Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness Associate Professor Ken Nosaka Computing, Health and Science, School of Exercise, Biomedical and Health Sciences. Pharmacists, health and fitness clubs, and physiotherapy. VibraQ has filed a US patent on its DTS Portable device. Contract Research with VibraQ. The purpose of the study is to examine whether a DTS portable device is effective for treatment of muscle soreness induced by exercise. Early results are positive.
29.Friendly Schools & Families Bullying intervention program for schools. Prof. Donna Cross Child Health Promotion Research Centre. All education authorities and schools worldwide. Australian & UK trademarks Applying for USA & Canadian trademarks. The Program helps school communities enhance their skills, knowledge and capacity to implement an evidence based whole-school approach to the reduction of bullying. The Australian Council for Educational Research has been granted an exclusive worldwide licence, excluding USA & Canada, to distribute the product. Currently working on Licensing to USA and Canada.
30. Take a walk in my shoes DVD Prof. Donna Cross Child Health Promotion Research Centre. All educational authorities and schools worldwide. Copyright with Film Victoria. Early childhood pedestrian injury prevention movie. Product licensed to ECU by Film Victoria, extensively modified by CHPRC. Carried out due diligence, secured agreement from fund providers to commercialise the film and are currently looking to sub-licence.
31. Cyber Bullying Prof. Donna Cross Child Health Promotion Research Centre<./td> All educational authorities and schools worldwide. ECU owns the IP. CHPRC has been awarded $400,000 by the WA Government to conduct the world's first study into how to combat the effects of cyber bullying.
32. Bystanders On Prof. Donna Cross Child Health Promotion Research Centre and an Australian Animation Company. All educational authorities and schools worldwide. Background Research IP owned by ECU. ECU research and an Australian Company’s technology and animation are being combined to create online educational interactive animated programs dealing with the subject of bullying.
33. Supportive Schools Prof. Donna Cross Child Health Promotion Research Centre. All educational authorities and schools worldwide. ECU owns the IP. A bullying reduction program designed to intervene during a student’s transition from primary to secondary school and reduce the negative impacts that result from bullying. A three year randomised trial between 2005 and 2007 tested the Supportive Schools material and the final product is now being finalised. A 2009 launch for the Supportive Schools Program is envisaged.
34. Aboriginal Bullying Prof. Donna Cross Child Health Promotion Research Centre. All educational authorities and schools worldwide. ECU owns the IP. Aim is to reduce the effects of bullying among Aboriginal school children living in rural areas. The program is currently under development and will be trialled during 2009.
35. Childhood Aggression Prevention Prof. Donna Cross Child Health Promotion Research Centre. All educational authorities and schools worldwide. ECU owns the IP. Addressing early childhood aggressive behaviour to combat later stage health ramifications. The intervention to limit social and psychological problems associated with aggression is currently being tested through a randomised control trial in 24 government schools in the Metropolitan Perth region.
36. Covert Bullying Prof. Donna Cross Child Health Promotion Research Centre. All education authorities and schools worldwide. ECU owns the IP. Intervention programs to combat the rapidly growing trend of cyber-bullying in school aged children This material will be trialled throughout a number of schools over the next few years with an aim to refining the materials for a final cyber bullying intervention program.
37. Optimising School Nurse Involvement in Youth-Based Tobacco Control Programs Prof. Donna Cross Child Health Promotion Research Centre All education authorities and schools worldwide ECU owns the IP Aims to examine, prioritise and empirically test promising areas of research and intervention success in youth tobacco control including harm minimisation strategies targeting 11-17 year olds, involving teachers, parents and in particular, school nurses.
38. Parental Smoking Cessation and Children’s Smoking Attitudes and Behaviours Prof. Donna Cross Child Health Promotion Research Centre. All education authorities and schools worldwide. ECU owns the IP. Aims to determine the most effective strategies and messages for use with parents of young children to help them quit smoking and communicate more effectively with their children about smoking.
39. State Model Diagrams A/Paul Maj School of Computer & Information Science. A novel pedagogical model for network technology education which is substantially independent of the language of instruction, has the potential to define international best practices in innovative curriculum design and hence assist teachers and students on a global scale. Not patented. A detailed analysis of the CISCO curriculum found problems and proposed a new way of modelling network devices that would solve these problems.
40. ECUSIS (ECU Space Information System) Mr Justin Conceicao Facilities & Services Centre. All organizations with space planning issues ECU retains all IP in the software. Developed by ECU this space information system is an easily accessible, searchable wealth of information that enables the user to find just what he or she is looking for. By specifying search criteria, the user can find the room that has just the right resources to support his/her teaching needs. Search criteria include information such as the type and number of televisions, VCRs, and DVD players available, the number of desks and chairs and their arrangement within the room and the type of floor, such as level, slanted, wood or tile. Once the user has a located a room that fits his/her search criteria, the user can view photos of the room and obtain a map that highlights the room's location. The user can then book the room online, to ensure that you get the support you need. Due diligence conducted on the technology. Licensed to IFM.
41. Course Management System(CMS)Redbell Technology Pty Ltd. All Universities, colleges and schools. Redbell own the IP. ECU receives a commission from Redbell on sales of the CMS.
42. High capacity multi-coloured composite symbolic set Dr Alfred Tan School of Computer & Information Science & Dr. Douglas Chai School of Engineering. Mobile computer and telephone users. Provisional Patent being prepared. High capacity Mobile Multi-Coloured Composite (MMCC™) 2D-barcode for mobile phone applications A prototype has been developed and a full market analysis is underway to develop the commercialisation strategy.
43. Fetal Heart Rate and Activity Monitoring via Smart Phones Dr Alfred Tan School of Computer & Information Science & Dr. Douglas Chai School of Engineering. Rural communities worldwide. Provisional patent being prepared. Dr Alfred Tan has been awarded US$100,000 from Microsoft to research how to extend telemedicine technologies to remote and rural Indigenous populations. In Australia antenatal care is only available at metropolitan and regional hospitals and health centres, mostly situated hundreds of kilometres from remote and rural Indigenous populations. Such communities are, however often connected to the outside world through modern communication technologies, such as satellite phones. Hence, through the deployment of telemedicine technologies, it is possible to extend some parts of such quality antenatal care to these remote and rural communities.
44. Data Acquisition & Processing System Jawed Tarin Former student supported by A/Prof Habibi, HOS Engineering & Mathematics Hospitals Worldwide. Provisional Patent taken out in the name of the inventor, Jawed Tarin, and refilled in November 2006 IP to be assigned to ECU. Research, carried out and piloted at Royal Perth Hospital described as a virtual laboratory that allows the consultant to monitor a patient from anywhere with the aid of a laptop. Only system that links into all diagnostic systems thus creating a virtual laboratory A successful pilot program has been conducted at Royal Perth Hospital and the IP from this project is being assigned to ECU for commercialisation.
45. Electronic marking tool to support the Comparative Pairs (Rasch Modeling) method of assessment A/Prof Paul Newhouse The Centre for Schooling and Learning Technologies School of Education. Examining bodies worldwide such as the Curriculum Council, Pearson and EdExcel. Copyright. A database and electronic marking tool used to assess students’ work in a range of media quickly and efficiently A working prototype has been developed and was successfully piloted in 2007. The research team is now working on a commercialisation strategy for the software program