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Title: From a PI’s perspective: How we made a T2 success

Author
item Szogi, Ariel
item Vanotti, Matias
item HUNT, PATRICK - Retired ARS Employee

Submitted to: Electronic Publication
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/29/2016
Publication Date: 3/29/2016
Citation: Szogi, A.A., Vanotti, M.B., Hunt, P.G. 2016. From a PI’s perspective: How we made a T2 success. Electronic Publication. https://www.federallabs.org/From-a-PIs-Perspective-How-We-Made-a-T2-Success.

Interpretive Summary: A team of scientists (Drs. Ariel A. Szogi, Matias B. Vanotti, and Patrick G. Hunt) from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) - Coastal Plains, Soil, Water & Plant Research Center in Florence, S.C., invented a new treatment process, called “quick wash,” to extract and recover phosphorus from poultry litter and animal manure solids. This invention led us down the path to an award-winning technology transfer process. As part of this process, a new and unexpected use for the technology emerged that was different from what we had imagined—to the extent that it helped build a new business model for our commercial partner. The purpose of this paper is to describe and illuminate, from the perspective of a principal investigator, what made the process successful and the lessons we learned along the way.

Technical Abstract: A team of scientists (Drs. Ariel A. Szogi, Matias B. Vanotti, and Patrick G. Hunt) from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) - Coastal Plains, Soil, Water & Plant Research Center in Florence, S.C., invented a new treatment process, called “quick wash,” to extract and recover phosphorus from poultry litter and animal manure solids. This invention led us down the path to an award-winning technology transfer process. As part of this process, a new and unexpected use for the technology emerged that was different from what we had imagined—to the extent that it helped build a new business model for our commercial partner. The purpose of this paper is to describe and illuminate, from the perspective of a principal investigator, what made the process successful and the lessons we learned along the way.