Technology Transfer

Technology is the engine of the new economy, and information is its currency.

Let Northeastern University provide the technology that your company needs to gain an advantage in today’s hyper-competitive, information-driven marketplace.

By investing in inventions created at Northeastern, your company brings to market new products that your customers want. Each year, our faculty create approximately 30 new technologies or inventions, including:

•	Biomimetic robots for military and commercial applications
•	Method and apparatus for cultivation of microorganisms
•	Nanomanufacturing tools for fabrication of nanodevices
•	Novel drug delivery techniques
•	Renewable energy systems
•	Bioinformatic software
•	Therapeutics for diseases
•	Sensors for imaging systems

For more information on these and other technologies, see the Technology Transfer Web site.

Corporate Partners

Income from licensing agreements with companies that use Northeastern technology and inventions exceeds $1 million annually. Our corporate partners include:

•	Beckman Coulter
•	Applied Biosystems
•	Caliper Life Sciences
•	Analog Devices

Prime Location

Northeastern is located in the heart of Boston:

•	Fifteen hospitals within 5 miles of campus.
•	More than 260 high-tech companies within 15 miles of campus
•	Thirty-eight biotech companies within 20 miles of campus

Top-Notch Facilities

Our top-notch research facilities include the most sophisticated technology:

•	Egan Engineering Research Center — Houses the Nanomanufacturing Research Institute, Electronic Materials Research Institute, Microfabrication Laboratory and Keck 3-D Fusion Microscope (a one-of-a kind, three-dimensional fusion microscope that uses five types of viewing methods simultaneously)
•	Behrakis Health Sciences Center — Contains state-of-the-art anatomy, neuroanatomy and osteology research laboratories
•	College of Computer and Information Science Building — Opening in fall 2004, this four-story facility will have wireless networking throughout the building

For more information:
Anthony Pirri
Director
Division of Technology Transfer
(617) 373-8810
a.pirri@neu.edu