Blum faculty Ashok Gadgil and Berkeley Lab research scientist Vi Rapp (Ph.D.’11 ME) won a “Patents for Humanity” award for their Warming Indicator, a phase-change material temperature indicator that improves the Infant Warmer’s functionality and safety, received a 2020 Patents for Humanity award. The Infant Warmer is a low-cost, convenient, re-usable, and non-electric wrap-around pad that maintains a temperature of 37 degrees Celsius/98.6 degrees Fahrenheit for approximately six hours for a newborn infant.
Read more here: https://eta.lbl.gov/award/honorable-mention-2020-patents-humanity
Blum Center Well Represented at 2011 Clinton Global Initiative University
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: President Clinton addresses CGIU delegates. – Lisa Veliz, 2010 UC Berkeley | March 29, 2011 – The Blum Center for Developing Economies