Neah Power Forms Industrial Partnership With the Genetically Engineered Materials Science & Engineering Center
Neah Power Systems, Inc. announced that it has formed an industrial partnership with GEMSEC (Genetically Engineered Materials Science and Engineering Center), located at the University of Washington in Seattle. GEMSEC constitutes an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers who work together to marry science and technology of the two fields, biology and materials sciences and engineering, at the fundamental level. The center focuses on research to adapt and develop molecular biology and genetics protocols to engineer peptides and proteins as a utility to synthesize, assemble, and manufacture functional hierarchical structures for use in various renewable energy and nano-technologies and medicine.
"We are pleased to be involved with the innovative nanomaterials research and development sought at GEMSEC. The expertise, facilities, and caliber of research performed here will, we expect, lead to development of new technologies, and significant cost-reduction and research breakthroughs made available to Neah. We look forward to working on new products together," commented Dr. Tsali Cross, Vice President of Engineering at Neah Power.
Dr. Mehmet Sarikaya, GEMSEC Director, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Washington further noted, "The collaborative research with GEMSEC can lead to biology inspired and bio-enabled renewable energy solutions that build on the differentiated and patent protected technology of Neah Power Systems."
