MemPro Receives Research Grant

Akron-based company gets $500,000 from National Science Foundation

MemPro Ceramics Corp. received a $500,000 National Science Foundation grant for research and development of new catalytic filters for pollution control through 2010. MemPro's proprietary technology uses catalysts on nanofibers to convert hazardous gases into harmless components of air, like oxygen and nitrogen. The company previously received a $150,000 STTR grant and a $50,000 NSF grant.

Dr. George R. Newkome, President of the University of Akron Research Foundation, commented, “We are pleased with the progress MemPro has made toward ultimate commercialization of our technology, and we are here to support MemPro as they move into the production phase. The partnership with MemPro is a fine example of our technology transfer goals at The University of Akron.”

Additionally, MemPro won a product innovation award in November 2007 from NorTech – Northeast Ohio’s leading technology economic development organization – for its work on catalyzing filters.

MemPro Ceramics Corporation is a private company founded in 2001 with operations in Copper Mountain and Broomfield, Colorado and in Akron, Ohio and Gladbeck, Germany. The company makes and distributes filtration products for liquids and gases.

The University of Akron Research Foundation (UARF) is a not-for-profit organization that provides a means by which discoveries, inventions, processes and work products of University of Akron faculty, staff and students can be transferred from University laboratories to benefit the public.