USTAR Teams at USU

Applied Nutrition Research:  The human gastrointestinal tract hosts an impressive array of microorganisms that perform critical nutritional and physiological functions. The Applied Nutrition Research team at USU is exploring ways to enhance human/bacterial interactions in order to promote optimal health and wellness.

BioEnergy: Research at the BioEnergy Center at USU focuses on algal strain selection, nutrient optimization and management and biodiesel production by focusing specifically on the needs and resources on the Intermountain West.

Institute for Intuitive Buildings: Researchers at USU’s Research Foundation in the USTAR-funded Institute for Intuitive Buildings have developed accurate intelligence sensing technology.

Space Weather Center: Researchers are developing innovative applications for mitigating space weather in technical systems. Of the space environment domains affected by space weather the ionosphere is a key region that affects communication and navigation systems.

STORM: (Sounding & Tracking Observatory for Regional Meteorology) Utah State University and the Space Dynamics Laboratory have teamed with GeoMetWatch, a privately held company, to dramatically improve the accuracy and timeliness of severe weather forecasting, enabling the preservation of lives and property, at a fraction of the cost of current methods. 

Synthetic Bio-Manufacturing Center: Embedded within the Colleges of Science and Engineering at USU, the Center brings together university researchers and USTAR faculty to create new manufacturing processes using biological cells as factories solving some of the world’s most pressing health, agricultural and energy problems.

Wireless Power Transfer: The Wireless Power Transfer team in USU’s Energy Dynamics Laboratory develops new solutions in wireless power transfer by creating innovative, high-power electronics. WPT technology has been licensed to USU spin-out company WAVE, Inc. WPT technology will be used to electrify a roadway through the University of Utah campus used for mass transit.

Veterinary Diagnostics and Infectious Diseases: VDID conducts interdisciplinary research leading to commercial opportunities in the areas of infectious disease and diagnostics. VDID draws on the strengths of USU’s College of Agriculture to tackle a $1 billion a year market in the United States for animal disease screening and diagnostics.

Utah Collaborative Arrhythmia Project: The UCAP multidisciplinary team will study Atrial Fibrillation (AF)—the most common clinical cardiac arrhythmia affecting millions of Americans. UCAP scientists will use animal models with specific genetic alterations to better understand complications that lead to Atrial fibrillation. The UCAP project has the ultimate goal of improving “A-fib” patient care.