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VRAC Spinoff Featured in Des Moines Register

Visual Medical Solutions, LLC, maker of the BodyViz software that helps surgeons visualize MRI and CT scans in 3D, has been featured in the business section of the Des Moines Register. The technology was first developed at IPRT's Virtual Reality Applications Center. Company founders include Jim Oliver, VRAC director, and Eliot Winer, VRAC associate director. See Des Moines Register article -- July 6, 2009


Iowa Company Markets New Kind of Hand Sanitizer with Help from IPRT Company Assistance

Prefense LLC of Muscatine, Iowa, is marketing a new kind of hand sanitizer said to last longer than traditional alcohol-based products. Called “PrefenzBotanicals Hand Sanitizer,” the product got a key boost from assistance by Iowa State University and IPRT’s Company Assistance group. See news release -- June 15, 2009

 

IPRT Researchers Develop Clean Energy Technologies

IPRT researchers are part of an Iowa State University team working to produce clean, renewable energy by developing a low-emissions burner and a new catalyst for ethanol production. The team includes scientists from the Center for Catalysis and the Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies as well as industrial partners. The project is supported by a grant from the Iowa Power Fund. See Iowa State release -- Mar. 6, 2009

 

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