Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

Inaugural Northeast Indiana Technology Showcase June 20

The first ''Northeast Indiana Technology Showcase'' in which innovations emerging from both of Indiana's major research institutions – Purdue University and Indiana University – will be presented to interested companies, entrepreneurs and investors on Tuesday, June 20, in Fort Wayne.

Journalists are invited to attend the ''Northeast Indiana Technology Showcase,'' which will be held from

10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center located at 3201 Stellhorn Rd.

The invitation-only event is sponsored by the Office of University Engagement, the Northeast Indiana Corporate Council, and the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center. The showcase will feature technologies developed through university research that have high commercialization potential for both new and existing businesses. These technologies include:

• A technology that utilizes a proprietary material and process to aid in the rapid formation of bone growth for unstable bone surfaces that interface with medical and dental implants. (Indiana University).

• A technology that utilizes a proprietary, load-bearing biodegradable carrier to aid in the healing of bones with segmental defects. The use of this carrier eliminates multi-phase surgery to achieve adequate union and load-bearing function for the bones. (Indiana University)

• A next generation, glass-ionomer cement that adds the strength of composite dental restoratives to the cement's known properties of direct tooth adhesion, its ability to release fluoride, its tooth-like thermal expansion characteristics, and its low interface shrinkage. (Indiana University)

• Two polymer coatings that exhibit characteristics (either anti-bacterial properties or adhesion strength) that make them desirable for biomaterial and industrial applications. (Purdue University)

• Innovative designs to decrease automotive fuel consumption and emissions utilizing cost-effective, mechanically simple improvements to electronically actuated CVT (continuously variable transmission) technologies. (Purdue University)

• A ''bike'' that won top prize in the 2005 International Bicycle Design Competition and was featured in Time magazine as one of the ''most amazing inventions of 2005.'' (Purdue University)

Available for on-site interviews will be Kirk Kemmish, president of the Northeast Indiana Corporate Council; Karl LaPan, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center; Sean Ryan, Director of the IPFW-IU-Purdue Office of University Engagement; representatives from the Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation, and representatives from the Purdue Research Foundation's Office of Technology Commercialization.

For more information, call Sean Ryan, Director of University Engagement, IPFW - Purdue University - Indiana University, 260-399-1662, or by e-mail at: ryans@ipfw.edu.