Materials science

Anovion Technologies Appoints Energy Pioneer Vikram Rao as Inaugural CTO and Advisory Board Member

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023
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Anovion Technologies (Anovion), the climate tech-driven advanced materials company, today announced the appointment of Vikram Rao as a member of its Advisory Board, acting as Anovion’s first Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

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  • Anovion Technologies (Anovion), the climate tech-driven advanced materials company, today announced the appointment of Vikram Rao as a member of its Advisory Board, acting as Anovion’s first Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
  • Dr. Rao remains Executive Director at the Research Triangle Energy Consortium (RTEC), which he has led since retiring as its Chief Technology Officer after 34 years at Halliburton.
  • His technology leadership at Halliburton was important in enabling U.S. energy independence, insulating it from the recent energy shocks faced by Europe.
  • Mr. Dunn added, “Anovion may be an anode-grade synthetic graphite company today, but the future of Anovion Technologies is to be a world-class climate tech-driven advanced materials company.”

FluidForm Presents Data Demonstrating Performance of its Cardiac Drug Discovery Platform

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Heart, Human, BioRxiv, Engineering, 3D, Physiology, Disease, Cell, Merck & Co., Biomedical engineering, Biomedicine, Carnegie Mellon University, Isoprenaline, Biomedical Engineering Society, Drug discovery, Toxicology, Materials science, Merck, Pharmacology, CDDP, Pharmaceutical industry, MD

SUDBURY, Mass., March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --FluidForm, a leader in manufacturing human tissue for drug discovery, announced the presentation of data from its Cardiac Drug Discovery Platform (CDDP) last Thursday at the Biomedical Engineering Society Advanced BioManufacturing meeting in Hyattsville, MD. In his keynote presentation, FluidForm's CTO, Professor Adam Feinberg, shared data that demonstrates the hallmarks of engineered human cardiac tissue, including highly aligned cells at true physiologic density, with reproducible calcium transients and fast conduction velocity. When subjected to the β-adrenergic receptor agonist isoproterenol, tissue showed native-like positive chronotropic and inotropic responses, a combination of responses that is not typically observed in 2D monolayer models or standard 3D engineered heart tissue approaches. The study, FRESH™ 3D bioprinted cardiac tissue, a bioengineered platform for in-vitro toxicology and pharmacology, was conducted by scientists at FluidForm and Merck & Co., and published to the preprint server bioRxiv.

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  • SUDBURY, Mass., March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --FluidForm, a leader in manufacturing human tissue for drug discovery, announced the presentation of data from its Cardiac Drug Discovery Platform (CDDP) last Thursday at the Biomedical Engineering Society Advanced BioManufacturing meeting in Hyattsville, MD.
  • The study, FRESH™ 3D bioprinted cardiac tissue, a bioengineered platform for in-vitro toxicology and pharmacology , was conducted by scientists at FluidForm and Merck & Co., and published to the preprint server bioRxiv.
  • "Cardiac drug discovery has been a particular challenge for many years," said Feinberg, FluidForm's CTO and Professor in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.
  • FluidForm's CDDP provides its pharmaceutical partners with data predictive of how a drug will affect cardiac tissue long before a drug is ever studied in humans.

Essentium Unveils Breakthrough Duratem Material, Shattering Barriers in High-Performance Additive Manufacturing

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023
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AUSTIN, Texas, March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Essentium, Inc., a worldwide leader in industrial additive manufacturing (AM), today launched Duratem, the AM industry's first high-impact and high-temperature thermoplastic material. The high-performance material enables new AM applications for aerospace, automotive, and railway industries, enabling manufacturers to rapidly produce end parts that meet industry standards for reliability, repeatability, and performance. 

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  • Duratem offers impact resistance five times that of PEI 9085 while being comparable in price.
  • Essentium used a multi-layered filament technology and worked with its partners in an open ecosystem to develop the material.
  • Our focus on open materials reflects our dedication to providing customers with breakthrough materials and technologies that allow them to explore new possibilities in additive manufacturing."
  • Duratem is available now, and Essentium is accepting orders from customers worldwide.

Hilco Performance Solutions Names Former Ford Motor Company Business Leader Frederic Vanlinthout Automotive Industry Practice Leader

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
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DETROIT, March 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hilco Performance Solutions (HPS) , a management advisory firm that consists of operational and financial experts in the areas of Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sales & Customer Experience, Organizational Design, and M&A has named Frederic Vanlinthout Automotive Industry Practice Leader.

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  • DETROIT, March 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hilco Performance Solutions (HPS) , a management advisory firm that consists of operational and financial experts in the areas of Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sales & Customer Experience, Organizational Design, and M&A has named Frederic Vanlinthout Automotive Industry Practice Leader.
  • An operating company of Hilco Global, HPS helps clients simplify and streamline business processes and improve operational efficiencies.
  • Prior to Ford he was a Senior Management Consultant at American International Group and a Global Business Development Manager at Société Générale de Surveillance.
  • Along with his Automotive Industry Lead position, Frederic will continue to support his manufacturing client base.

Arlington Capital Partners Announces Formation of Eqlipse Technologies

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
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Arlington Capital Partners today announced the formation of Eqlipse Technologies (“Eqlipse” or the “Company”), which is expected to be effective as of the end of the first quarter, 2023.

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  • Arlington Capital Partners today announced the formation of Eqlipse Technologies (“Eqlipse” or the “Company”), which is expected to be effective as of the end of the first quarter, 2023.
  • “We are excited to announce the formation of Eqlipse, which is purpose-built to provide our essential national security agencies with the innovation they need as their missions evolve,” said David Wodlinger, a Managing Partner at Arlington Capital Partners.
  • Building on this distinguished R&D history, Eqlipse continues to mature the most promising research innovations into proprietary technologies with direct mission impact.
  • “The name Eqlipse communicates the total alignment of the Company’s innovative culture with the mission needs of our customers,” said Henry Albers, a Vice President at Arlington Capital Partners.

NTHU Signs Memorandum of Understanding With the University of Illinois System

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Thursday, March 16, 2023
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View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230316005049/en/

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230316005049/en/
    NTHU president W. John Kao (right) and University of Illinois System president Timothy L. Killeen (left) signed Memorandum of Understanding.
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    The University of Illinois System includes 3 universities in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, and Springfield.
  • NTHU first signed a memorandum of cooperation with the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 2020 and 2021, respectively, and will soon extend this collaboration agreement to include the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS).
  • The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by NTHU president W. John Kao and University of Illinois System president Timothy L. Killeen.

SEEQC Unveils First Fully Digital Chips for Full-Stack Quantum Computers, Taking Major Leap Towards Scaling Commercial Quantum Systems

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
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The chips are also fully integrated with qubits — a critical milestone in building scalable error-corrected quantum computers and data centers.

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  • The chips are also fully integrated with qubits — a critical milestone in building scalable error-corrected quantum computers and data centers.
  • Multi-chip module architecture, low power and ability to operate at very high speed enables the implementation of hardware-efficient digital control, readout, and fast-processing qubit data necessary for fast, low latency, scalable quantum error-corrected quantum systems.
  • By locating all functional elements on ultra-fast digital SFQ classical chips integrated with qubit chips in multi-chip modules, data processing latency and transfer rates between chips are drastically reduced.
  • SEEQC also manufactures superconductive chips for the DOE, NASA and DOD as well as numerous commercial and academic teams.

Westwater Resources Expands Executive Management Team

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Monday, March 13, 2023
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Westwater Resources, Inc. (NYSE American: WWR), an energy technology and battery-grade natural graphite development company, today announced that Jon Jacobs has been hired as the Company’s Chief Commercial Officer effective March 6, 2023.

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  • Westwater Resources, Inc. (NYSE American: WWR), an energy technology and battery-grade natural graphite development company, today announced that Jon Jacobs has been hired as the Company’s Chief Commercial Officer effective March 6, 2023.
  • Mr. Jacobs is an accomplished executive with over 20 years of technical sales and strategic commercial experience.
  • Frank Bakker, Westwater President & Chief Executive Officer, stated, “Jon is an experienced executive with a proven track record in the sale of battery materials for electric vehicles.
  • He will be an excellent addition to our management team.

Hilco Performance Solutions Expands its Advisory Practice with the Addition of Two Associate Directors, Steve Savoy, and Frederic Vanlinthout

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023
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In announcing the additions, Steven Tanzi, President of Hilco Performance Solutions said, "We are very excited to add these two outstanding individuals to HPS. They are the ideal combination of advisory experts and industry practitioners to be hands-on client partners. Steve is focused on operations and procurement and Frederic on finance and strategy.  Both-- together with our existing HPS team—will provide problem-solving, issue resolution, process improvement, help our clients execute more quickly and develop new skills in their organization, and improve financial results."

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  • An operating company of Hilco Global, HPS helps clients simplify and streamline business processes and improve operational efficiencies.
  • In announcing the additions, Steven Tanzi, President of Hilco Performance Solutions said, "We are very excited to add these two outstanding individuals to HPS.
  • They are the ideal combination of advisory experts and industry practitioners to be hands-on client partners.
  • Steve is focused on operations and procurement and Frederic on finance and strategy.

Vector Laboratories Acquires Click Chemistry Tools and Fluoroprobes to Expand Manufacturing Capabilities

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Thursday, March 2, 2023
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Vector Laboratories , the pioneer of innovative proteomic and glycomic research solutions, today announced the acquisitions of Click Chemistry Tools , a manufacturer of click chemistry linkers and labeling reagents, and Fluoroprobes, a leader in fluorescent probes and dyes.

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  • Vector Laboratories , the pioneer of innovative proteomic and glycomic research solutions, today announced the acquisitions of Click Chemistry Tools , a manufacturer of click chemistry linkers and labeling reagents, and Fluoroprobes, a leader in fluorescent probes and dyes.
  • These acquisitions will expand Vector Laboratories’ manufacturing and bioconjugation capabilities to better serve partners across biopharma and the life sciences.
  • Scottsdale, AZ-based Click Chemistry Tools was founded a decade ago to create novel cross-linking and labeling reagents using the most up-to-date research.
  • “These acquisitions represent an investment by Vector Laboratories to expand our expertise into click chemistry and its many applications to better serve our partners.