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12 NMMU Research and Innovation Report 2011 - Department of Innovation Support and Technology Transfer Department of Innovation Support and Technology Transfer Ms Jacqueline Barnett, Director: Department of Innovation Support and Technology Transfer The Department of Innovation Support and Technology Transfer is responsible for the protection and management of intellectual property owned by the NMMU through the core activities of attracting and assessing invention disclosures as well as patenting and other forms of intellectual property protection. Where appropriate, intellectual property is assigned or licensed to a wholly-owned company of the NMMU that undertakes commercialisation activities such as licensing and spin-out company formation. The Department also facilitates and negotiates external, research-related grants and contracts, with specific emphasis on intellectual property ownership issues. There were a number of innovation success stories in 2011: the NMMU attracted significant funding for large, late-stage development projects, which revolve around some of its patents; some of the older projects that have been commercialised through start-up companies are selling products and are on their way to commercial success; and the NMMU is incubating design students who are starting their own businesses. NMMU is the anchor institution for the Eastern Cape Regional Technology Transfer Office; driving technology transfer at all Eastern Cape higher education institutions. Together with these internal successes, the NMMU also played a role locally, regionally and nationally: the Regional Innovation Forum was successfully launched with twelve local organisations, which recognise that innovation is a key driver for local economic development; the NMMU initiated, and is the anchor institution for, the Eastern Cape Regional Technology Transfer Office, driving technology transfer at all Eastern Cape higher education institutions; and NMMU staff play a major role in the Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association, the national association for research and innovation management leadership. The NMMU continues to support innovation activities both in terms of the provision of expertise and financially. This has seen an increase in disclosures every year as well as a 60% increase in the number of provisional patent applications filed from 2010. These provisional patent applications become part of the suite of over 30 projects managed by the Department to ensure the NMMU continues to make a contribution to the innovation space for the benefit of South African society.
Research Overview NMMU continues to make significant progress in its drive to create an environment that encourages and rewards research excellence, with the aim of improving the University’s research profile. The following 13 themes were formally approved in 2011. Institutional Research Themes THEME DRIVER Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration Prof Graham Kerley Coastal Marine and Shallow Water Ecosystems Dr Derek du Preez Cyber Citizenship Prof Rossouw von Solms Democratisation, Conflict and Poverty Prof Velile Notshulwana Earth Stewardship Science Prof Maarten de Wit Health and Wellbeing Prof Rosa du Randt Humanising Pedagogies Prof Denise Zinn Manufacturing Technology and Engineering Prof Danie Hattingh Nanoscale Characterisation and Development of Strategic Materials Prof Jan Neethling Science, Mathematics and Technology Education for Society Prof Paul Webb Strategic Energy Technologies Prof Ernest van Dyk Sustainable Human Settlements Prof Kobus van Wyk Sustainable Local Economic Development Prof Hendrik Lloyd 13
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Research Theme: Ethics and Governan
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Faculty Researcher of the Year Prof
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Research Activities relating to the
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International Visitors to the Facul
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DOCTOR TECHNOLOGIAE: HUMAN RESOURCE
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