Technologies and jobs
Over the past two decades, more than seventeen spin-off companies have licensed Clemson University technologies, and many of these companies have been established near Clemson. Clemson start-up companies have created more than a hundred jobs in the advanced material, biomedical device, and information technology sectors. Many of these jobs require at least a bachelor’s degree and offer salaries well above the per capita income of South Carolina.
The Clemson University Research Foundation (CURF), through its Office of Technology Transfer, guides the development of start-up ventures and commercializes the university’s intellectual property. Over the past twenty years, Clemson has licensed more than forty-five technologies to start-up companies, generating more than $400,000 in license revenue.
Here are several examples of start-ups that have licensed Clemson technologies:
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Twelve years ago, four Clemson faculty members got together and decided to create some new materials. They didn’t set out to start a business, hire a work force, or establish a brand.
“We thought about the obesity problem,” Muth says. “They have pedometers to track steps. What if we had something to track bites?”
The team’s patented technology builds a background model that adapts to changing light and weather conditions and tracks vehicles over time by comparing their appearance in successive frames.
Over the past two decades, more than seventeen spin-off companies have licensed Clemson University technologies, and many of these companies have been established near Clemson.
