Companies and organizations working on new technological processes with the assistance of TEC Edmonton have been much in the news this summer, in publications such as the Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Sun, Globe and Mail, CTV Edmonton and social media. Here are brief descriptions and links to the stories.
 
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University of Alberta looks to become leader in helium recycling, By Gordon Kent, The Edmonton Journal, July 15, 2012 (Front-page story in the Monday, July 16, 2012 print edition)
 
 
 
 
TEC Edmonton is working with the University of Alberta to study the feasibility of sending recycled helium from hospitals and research institutions to a new U of A facility  that can purify and liquefy used helium for recycling purposes.

 

 
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Engineering Professor Walied Moussa  is interviewed in this Edmonton Journal feature story on the safety of pipelines in Alberta. He tells reporter Trish Audette about a new nano-chip his team is developing at the U of A, a nano-chip that, built into a pipeline coating, could detect a leak instantaneously and report it wirelessly to a pipeline command centre. Prof. Moussa’s NEMSOR Technologies company is a TEC Edmonton client.
 
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‘Backyard ingenuity’ helps cystic fibrosis sufferers, by Dawn Walton, The Globe and Mail, July 10, 2012
 
 
Marten DeVleiger – with cystic fibrosis himself, is developing a promising prototype for a chest device that could replace traditional manual treatments for cystic fibrosis patients to loosen the mucus clogging their lungs and digestive systems. The company, ChestMaster, is a recent TEC Edmonton client.
 
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Radioactive material not needed to develop vital medical tool, by Gemma Karstens Smith, The Edmonton Journal, June 11, 2012
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Local researchers create alternative to reactor-based isotopes, reported by Linda Hoang, CTV Edmonton, June 11, 2012.
 
 
University of Alberta oncology department chair Dr. Sandy McEwan and his team have successfully created medical isotopes without the use of radioactive materials that will likely replace istopes being produced at the aging Chalk River nuclear facility in Ontario. A cyclotron to increase production of the isotope and for further research is about to be installed at the U of A. As a TEC Edmonton Entrepreneur-In-Residence, Steve Jakeway worked on the cyclotron project and he is now a full-time business consultant on the cyclotron isotope team.
 
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BiottechFocus Video sat down with TEC Edmonton Executive-In-Residence Jason Ding at BioFinance 2012 in Toronto, Canada, to talk about Alberta’s biotech scene, TEC Edmonton itself and what TEC Edmonton was looking for at BioFinance 2012. The interview can be viewed on Youtube.
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Tech industry 3rd most valuable in Alberta, Hicks on Biz business column, Edmonton Sun, June 9, 2012
 

 Information Computing Technology is arguably Alberta’s third largest industry, thanks in part of the “ecosystem” of knowledge-based company assistance from organizations like TEC Edmonton.