Review Article

Conceptual and Empirical Themes regarding the Design of Technology Transfer Programs: A Review of Wood Utilization Research in the United States

Table 1

Technology transfer entities at universities with wood science and technology programs in the United States, by university and number of staff. 2010.

UniversityTechnology transfer-commercialization office

Auburn UniversityOffice of Technology Transfer (9)
Clemson UniversityOffice of Technology Transfer and Business Innovation (4)
Iowa State UniversityOffice of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer (15)
Louisiana State UniversityOffice of Intellectual Property, Commercialization and Development (NA)
Michigan State UniversityMSU Technologies (18)
Michigan Technological UniversityTechnology and Economic Development (8)
Mississippi State UniversityOffice of Technology Commercialization (5)
North Carolina State UniversityOffice of Technology Transfer (14)
Oregon State UniversityOffice of Technology Transfer (five)
Pennsylvania State UniversityIntellectual Property Office (12)
Purdue UniversityOffice of Technology Commercialization (8)
Southern Illinois UniversityTechnology Transfer Program (2)
State University of New York at SyracuseOffice of Technology Transfer (6)
University of GeorgiaTechnology Commercialization Office (10)
University of IdahoOffice of Technology Transfer (5)
University of KentuckyOffice of Commercialization and Economic Development (28)
University of MaineOffice of Research and Economic Development (6)
University of MassachusettsOffice of Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property (6)
University of MinnesotaOffice of Technology Commercialization (36)
University of TennesseeUT Research Foundation (9)
University of WashingtonCenter for Commercialization (47)
University of Wisconsin – MadisonWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Inc. (NA)
University of Wisconsin - Stevens PointWiSystem Technology Foundation, Inc. (5)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State UniversityVA Tech Intellectual Property (8)
Washington State UniversityWSU Research Foundation (9)
West Virginia UniversityOffice of Technology Transfer (7)

Note: number in parentheses is number of staff persons in a technology transfer unit.
Source: Reference [21], and individual university web sites.