Research & Development Statistics 

 Virginia Tech Research Expenditures

 Patents

 Small Business Innovative Research Awards

Virginia Tech Research Expenditures

Virginia Tech Sponsered Research Expenditures, by College, 2009

College

Expenditure

 1yr Growth

 5yr Growth

Agriculture & Life Sciences

$36,435,102

11.26%

10.07%

Architecture & Urban Studies

$2,792,073

29.57%

-5.21%

College of Business

$3,083,500

-18.12%

36.10%

College of Engineering

$73,874,208

4.94%

7.33%

College of Science

$23,661,171

13.87%

4.92%

College of Veterinary Medicine

$4,240,145

5.14%

1.18%

Liberal Arts and Human Sciences

$8,029,402

-12.06%

4.39%

Natural Resources

$12,225,525

0.69%

9.49%

Other Senior Management Units

$16,078,977

-6.56%

1.41%

Unspecified Total

$1,172,257

-17.59%

5.11%

Virginia Bioinformatics Institute

$17,066,845

18.77%

18.64%

Virginia Tech Transportation Insitute

$12,860,378

11.94%

16.79%

Total

$211,519,580

5.95%

7.89%

Source: Virginia Tech

 

College of Engineering Research Expenditures, Virginia Tech, 2009 

College

Expenditures

 1yr Growth

 5yr Growth

Aerospace and Ocean Engineering

$5,144,707

12.96%

10.91%

Biomedical Engineering

$2,064,800

11.55

*

Chemical Engineering

$1,760,378

-18.77

-5.57

Civil & Enviornmental Engineering

$11,902,511

8.87

7.83

Computer Science

$4,978,161

4.91

12.80

Electrical and Computer Engineering

$19,224,432

1.77

2.23

Engineering Science & Mechanics

$3,371,452

-14.71

2.86

Industrial and Systems Engineering

$3,096,563

25.54

-0.94

Materials Science & Engineering

 $3,399,000

 40.98

 21.40

Mechanical Engineering

$11,406,318

17.76

17.39

Mining and Minerals Engineering

$3,899,000

13.94

10.62

Power Electronics Systems

$450,913

14.87

-3.96

Software Technologies Laboratory

$795,323

0.05

-6.97

Vibration & Acoustics Laboratories

 $29,792

 -78.66

 14.49

Source: Virginia Tech

Patents

Patents by Business or Organization, Montgomery County, VA. 2003 to 2007 

Business/Organization

 Patents

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.

42

Rohm & Haas Electronic Materials, LLC. (formerly Shipley Company Inc.)

21

MOOG Components Group, Inc. (formerly Litton Systems Inc.)

 10

Adaptive Technologies, Inc.

7

Hubbell Inc.

7

Tetra Holding, Inc.

6

Wireless Valley Communications, Inc.

6

LUNA Innovations, Inc.

5

New River Pharmaceuticals Inc.

4

Techlab, Inc.

3

 Alliant Techsystems, Inc.

2

 Motorola, Inc.***

2

 Wessex, Inc.

2

 United States of America, Navy***

2

 Akiba Electronics Institute, LLC

1

 Beacons, LLC

1

 Fujitsu Limited***

1

 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research***

1

 Intransa, Inc.

1

 International Rectifier Corporation***

1

 Total

 125

*** Patent resulting from a collaboration with Virginia Tech
Source:  U.S. Patent Office via Harvard University, Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness

Small Business Innovation Research Awards (SBIR)

SBIR Awards, Montgomery County, VA.  2000 to 2009

Year

Awards

 Amounts

2000

33

 $5,549,123

2001

44

 $7,660,310

2002

50

 $11,491,533

2003

56

 $13,318,499

2004

66

 $12,785,737

2005

76

 $19,109,425

2006

72

 $21,499,262

2007

39

 $14,274,156

2008

34

 $14,023,343

Total

470

 $120,630,717

Source: SBIR TechNet Database

Companies with over $1M in SBIR Awards, Montgomery County, VA.  2000 to 2008

Company

Amount

LUNA Innovations, Inc.

$54,958,503

Adaptive Technologies, Inc.

$11,394,533

Harmonia, Inc.

$9,039,968

Nanosonic, Inc

$6,160,850

Technology in Blacksburg, Inc

$5,987,423

Techlab, Inc.

$5,852,192

Lambda Instruments, Inc.

$3,610,540

Prime Research, LC

$3,523,640

Phoenix Integration

$2,478,131

Aeroprobe Corp.

$2,240,193

Avid LLC

$2,167,118

Aerosoft, Inc.

$1,738,163

Electrical Distribution Design

$1,317,003

Source:  SBIR TechNet Database

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