{"id":53160,"date":"2013-09-24T13:23:08","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T17:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=53160"},"modified":"2019-06-27T16:18:24","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T20:18:24","slug":"ucf-license-deal-puts-student-led-spin-out-on-fast-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-license-deal-puts-student-led-spin-out-on-fast-track\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF License Deal Puts Student-Led Spin-Out on Fast Track"},"content":{"rendered":"
The 海角直播 (UCF) has signed a license agreement with an award-winning student-led spin-out company that is looking to expand the market for its spray-on battery coatings.<\/p>\n
Mesdi Systems specializes in the production and implementation of advanced spray equipment used to manufacture nano-materials and ultra-thin coatings.<\/p>\n
The agreement gives Mesdi the tools it needs to scale-up its proprietary equipment that is currently being implemented to manufacture next-generation lithium-ion batteries.<\/p>\n
\u201cMesdi is a clear example of the benefits of helping our student entrepreneurs enter the marketplace,\u201d said Svetlana Shtrom, director of technology commercialization at UCF<\/a>.<\/p>\n The company is now in position to dominate the world market in the production of large-area electrospray coating equipment that can be used to lower the manufacturing cost of high-technology products such as lithium-ion batteries, solar panels, fuel cells, and energy efficient glass. The spray technology can also improve the quality of medical products such as pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n Mesdi\u2019s Chief Technology Officer, Brandon Lojewski, co-developed the idea for Mesdi while working on the spray technology as a research assistant in Weiwei Deng\u2019s Droplet and Energy Lab. Lojewski realized the great potential for this technology in large-scale industrial applications and formed Mesdi by winning a $10,000 award in the inaugural Department of Energy (DOE) sponsored Megawatt Ventures competition.<\/p>\n Lojewski explained, \u201cI am very fortunate to have the resources provided by UCF’s Office of Research and Commercialization<\/a> and Venture Lab<\/a>. Being a UCF student and an entrepreneur allowed me to leverage assistance with company formation, venture pitch coaching, document preparation, and introductions to a network of professional start-up mentors. The relationships with these mentors led to building the Mesdi executive team and has moved the company forward in many aspects.\u201d<\/p>\n Mesdi went on to win $100,000 in the DOE National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition last year and has recently opened a manufacturing center in Brevard County.<\/p>\n Since the license was signed, Mesdi initiated a strategic partnership with a key player in the field of energy storage. It is Mesdi’s goal to manufacture key materials and components in next-generation energy storage devices such as lithium-ion batteries and super-capacitors. Future plans for Mesdi are to implement advanced spray processes for nanotechnology and advanced materials in a wide variety of medical, industrial and energy applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 海角直播 (UCF) has signed a license agreement with an award-winning student-led spin-out company that is looking to expand the market for its spray-on battery coatings. Mesdi Systems specializes in the production and implementation of advanced spray equipment used to manufacture nano-materials and ultra-thin coatings. The agreement gives Mesdi the tools it needs to scale-up its proprietary…","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":53161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[7596,3488,5048],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-53160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-brandon-lojewski","tag-office-of-technology-transfer","tag-venture-lab"],"yoast_head":"\n