2023 Awardees

The Office of Technology Transfer hosted the Sixth Annual Innovation of the Year Awards on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, in the University Student Center. This year’s celebration recognized Morgan’s innovation journey that continues to lead to noteworthy accolades in intellectual property disclosures, start-up companies, published patent applications, and issued patents.
 
Intellectual Property Innovation Awards
These awards recognize individuals who have created innovations in their respective research fields.
 
Information Science Awardee
Machine Learning Method for Quantitative Cyber Risk Management
Dr. Wondimu Zegeye, Dr. Richard Dean, Dr. Farzad Moazzami
 
Life Science Awardee
Anticancer Rhenium Complexes Against Breast, Colon and Pancreatic Cancers
Dr. Santosh Mandal
 
Physical Science Awardee
Quantum Sensing Device
Dr. Birol Ozturk, Dr. Peker Milas, Sheikh Mahtab
 
Community Innovator Awards
These awards are presented to faculty, staff, and students who have contributed to the innovative landscape here at Morgan.
 
Instructional Innovator of the Year
Dr. Gonzalo Baptista
College of Liberal Arts
Department of World Languages & International Studies
 
Staff Innovator of the Year
Tarin Morgan, II
The Office of Residence Life & Housing
Director of Marketing & Digital Engagement

Student Innovator of the Year
Shelaniece Clash
School of Engineering
Computer & Electrical Engineering
 
Patent Awardees
 
U.S. Patent #11,687,717        
System and Method for Monitoring and Routing of Computer Traffic for Cyber Threat Risk Embedded in Electronic Documents         
Dr. Garfield Jones

U.S. Patent #11,655,446        
Method for Using Bivalve Waste as Media for Micro-Algal Production
Dr. Thomas Ihde, Rebekah Borgert
 
U.S. Patent #11,595,434
Method and System for Intrusion Detection 
Dr. Wondimu Zegeye, Dr. Richard Dean, Dr. Farzad Moazzami
 
U.S. Patent #11,583,470        
Pulmonary Vest for Electro-sonic Stimulation Treatment
Dr. Timothy Akers, Dr. Kofi Nyarko, Dr. Gregory Ramsey, Cassandra Dickerson
 
U.S. Patent #11,565,711        
System and Method for Generating Vehicle Speed Alerts
Dr. Mansoureh Jeihani, Dr. Samira Ahangari, Zohreh Rashidi Moghaddam
 
U.S. Patent #11,543,429        
Nanoscale Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy Electrode Method
Dr. Birol Ozturk, Dr. Alperen Guver, Dr. Peker Milas
 
U.S. Patent #11,538,577        
System and Method for Automated Diagnosis of Skin Cancer Types from Dermoscopic Images
Dr. Md Mahmudur Rahman, Oyebisi Layode, Tasmeer Alam