Technology Transfer at the Lebanese
University
Lebanese University, Doctoral School for science and
technology, Tripoli-Lebanon
by Ahmad Diab
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Outlines
• Industries (society) have needs & researcher has
Knowledge.
• Link between needs and knowledge.
• Transfer center and incubators.
• When publishing & when patenting?
• Startup.
• Applied research at Lebanese University
• Examples.
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Problems and solutions (closed loop)
• Real word has a lot of problems.
• Industries like to make business.
• Should find solutions for world problems.
• Solutions are with universities.
• Solution found by researcher (Professor, PhD students, …).
• Industries sell new products.
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Link between needs and knowledge
• The researcher do research essentially to publish
(mainly theoretical).
• Researcher don’t have any idea about industrial
needs.
• Industrials don’t have any idea about the research
axis in universities and their innovation and results.
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Technology Transfer (Incubators)
• Department of relation with industries.
• Department of relation with research center (Labs).
• Incubations department.
• IP department.
• Sales and commercialization department.
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Publishing OR Patenting?
• Publishing give you:
• Citations.
• High ranking.
• Fill your CV.
No Innovation
• Patenting give you:
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Rights.
New product.
Licenses.
Money.
Jobs.
Startup.
And finally publications!!
Innovation
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Startup
• Patent give you new product.
• You can sell it or sell licenses to industries.
• Licenses let you build your own startup.
• Patent and startup open the door for researcher to
be recruited.
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At the Lebanese University
• We encourage researcher to do applied research.
• We encourage them to get in contact with industries
and the society seeking for their needs.
• We encourage them to patent their results if they were
innovative.
• And finally to build their startup with the help of many
incubator such as (LSTP, Berytech, …).
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Applied Research
• Researcher at LU communicate to many industries :
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Hallab 1888.
Amine Roastery.
Wine.
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• And society:
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Minieh-Danieh Region.
Zgharta Region.
REVIVA Laboratory.
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Applied Research
• Un procédé de fabrication de Kachta éco-efficient, utilisant moins d’eau
moins d’énergie et assurant la stabilité microbiologique du produit
alimentaire
• Miniaturisation d’une antenne directive ultralarge bande pour des
applications à l’intérieure des bâtiments.
• Mise au point d’un biopesticide (LEMONBRELLA) à base d’algues
marines qui contribue à la protection des agrumes contre les
moisissures en post-récolte.
• Les cellules souches adultes gardiennes de la fonction digestive.
• Arabic letter P300 speller.
• Un système pour la lecture et l’interprétation automatique d’un
antibiogramme.
• Une application intelligente pour le suivi de grossesse .
• …
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Applied research
• Three among those research were patented.
• Researcher began their negotiation with industries.
• Many job promise are given for PhD students who
worked on the topic.
• Research began to made their startup pipeline.
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Example
Compact Ultra Wideband Directive Antenna for Indoor Wireless Applications
Lebanese University, Faculty of Engineering, Doctoral School, Tripoli-Lebanon
Ali HARMOUCH, Ahmad SAYED AHMAD, Wissam HARMOUCH
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Project Objectives
Design of antenna for indoor application:
1) Ultra Wideband
( LTE, GSM, UMTS, WiFi, WIMAX )
2) Compact Antenna ( Size < 15cm*15cm*1cm )
3) Directive Antenna ( D > 3 dBi )
4) Linear Polarization (Vertical or Horizontal)
5) Light, cheap and with low profile
6) Easy to mount in indoor environnent
7) Based on antenna printed technology making It easy and
extrimelly inxpensive for mass production
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Comparative Estimation with
KHATHREIN Antenna
The KHATHREIN antenna it is an Indoor Multi-band
Directional antenna.
Frequency range
0.79 – 0.96 GHz / 1.7 – 2.7 GHz
Advantages
Gain
Approx. 7 dB
Wideband Antenna
S11
< -7 dB
Disadvantages
Packing size
36.3cm * 15.2cm *6.2cm
Large Antenna
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Comparative Estimation with
INSA Rennes Antenna
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Proposed Antenna Geometry
Antenna geometry : (a and a'): top layers, (b and b'): bottom layers and (c and c') : both sides (hidden substrate) mm.
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Experimental Results (1/3)
a)
b)
Antenna geometry : (a): top layer, (b): bottom layer.
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Numerical Comparison
Quasi-yagi
Antenna
KATHREIN
Antenna
Proposed Antenna
Frequency
range
[2 – 6]
GHz
[0.79 – 0.96], [1.7 –
2.7] GHz
[0.6-1], [1.4-6]
GHz
Gain
2 dB
7 dB
3 dB
S11
< -7 dB
< -7 dB
< -7 dB
Packing size:
8cm*5.1cm*1cm
36.3cm*15.2cm*6.2c
m
12.2cm*6.3cm*1cm
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Project implementation
Antenna has been:
• Prototyped
• Tested at Insa Rennes (Anechoic chamber)
• Tested at NDU - Lebanon (Anechoic chamber)
• Selected as the 2015 project at LSTP (Technology
transfer).
• Patented at the Lebanese ministry of economics in
2016.
• Considered as best project in many competitions.
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Commercialization & Industrialization
• Datasheet of the product was made.
• Negotiation with Serta technologies in Beirut
Lebanon.
• Negotiation with LAIRD antenna company in the
US. Process is still ongoing…
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CONTACTS
General Inquires: [email protected]
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