One of the goals of TRECC is to meet technology needs of the Federal sponsoring agencies using SBIR/STTR, competitive research grants, Broad Agency Announcements (BAA) Request for Proposal (RFP), and other contractural mechanisms and other government/industry/academic partnership methods to provide substantial infusion of federal resources to US entrepreneurs and small businesses. This includes both on-campus and off-campus entrepreneurs and small businesses developing leading edge technologies that may be of high benefit to the federal agencies.

As we undertake this work we will be pursuing three tasks:

• To focus on university-developed technology and to accelerate its movement from basic research through development, tested application and into the marketplace.
• To determine the value of training courses in the acceleration of technology. In other words, to find out whether it is beneficial to entrepreneurs and technology developers to have training that instructs them in the many aspects of starting and running a small business, such as protecting intellectual property, financing, marketing, legal, and human resources issues, plus many other topics.
• To evaluate the accelerated technology transfer process in comparison to the traditional technology transfer process.

TRECC has already established a database of federal opportunities that is available to any entrepreneur and small business. This too allows TRECC to provide information to potential clients concerning opportunities to work with DOD on technology transfer and commercialization activities. It also provides clients with information about the federal programs and provides instruction for accessing those programs.

In cooperation with the University of Illinois Office of Technology Management we have identified three candidate technologies that both have commercial potential and have applications that fulfill a navy technology requirement.

Outcome Prediction in Finite Systems
This research will demonstrate how a tree-of-outcomes approach, based in evolutionary biological studies, could be a useful model in predicting a broad spectrum of outcomes in the domain of human interaction.

Smart Skin and Flow Sensor Skin Technologies
This research focuses on developing the polymer microfabrication technology needed for producing artificial sensitive skins--large area, flexible surfaces with integrated, distributed sensors and semiconductor, signal-processing electronics.

Thin-Film Liquid Conductivity Sensor
The object of this research is to develop the next generation of thin-film conductivity sensors for science and industry.