ABOUT ASTeCC
The Advanced Science and Technology Commercialization Center, better known as ASTeCC, is the University of Kentucky's showplace for multidisciplinary research, technology transfer, and new business startups. ASTeCC is a combination faculty research facility and commercialization center.
The ASTeCC building, located in the heart of the UK campus (see map), features two types of lab space -- faculty labs and labs for business startups that have a connection to UK faculty or staff, or that have licensed UK intellectual property. Faculty with labs in ASTeCC represent colleges throughout the university, and faculty all across campus use ASTeCC as a hub for tech-transfer activities. ASTeCC also houses a number of shared research and support resources for the entire UK community.
The $17 million, 80,000-square-foot ASTeCC building opened its doors in 1994. The project was funded by the U.S. Economic Development Administration and the Small Business Administration.
ASTeCC has two principal objectives. One is to combine the experience of scientists and engineers from various disciplines to encourage high-quality, collaborative research of intellectual and commercial value. At ASTeCC interdisciplinary research is taking place in five focal areas:
- Biotechnology: health and agricultural
- Medical devices and instruments
- Advanced materials
- Nanotechnology applications
- Drug discovery and delivery systems.
These areas represent research programs of considerable strength at the University of Kentucky -- programs that are in line with the national interest in building competitive research because of its industrial value. Both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as postdoctoral associates and research support staff, are part of the faculty-led research groups. In addition to the academic benefits to the many students in the building, ASTeCC also provides employment opportunities in the labs.
A second objective is the commercial development of the discoveries made by UK's research faculty, staff and students. The intellectual property is reviewed by the university, patented when appropriate, and often licensed to business & industry.
ASTeCC
Shared Research & Support Resources
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Business Development
Dean Harvey
859.257.1930
ASTeCC Leasing & Operations
Tanya Floyd
859.218.6563
A152 ASTeCC Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0286