This week, the Industry, Innovation and Translation team in the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation celebrated the second Golden Egg Awards to honor the past year’s achievements by university innovators.
The event recognized members of the UO community who hold copyrights and patents, as well as people who are members of the National Academy of Inventors. New this year, innovators who have received federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding were honored.
The event is designed to help entrepreneurial individuals build community and to highlight the UO’s unique portfolio. Many of the university’s licensing assets—an astonishing 93%—are thanks to innovators in the College of Education, for example.
In fiscal year 2026, the UO had 33 innovation disclosures, $8.1 million in licensing revenue, and 11,023 license and option agreements. It also has 25 active startup companies based on UO intellectual property.
Through their creative works, the people listed below have advanced knowledge, generated real-world impact, and exemplified the entrepreneurial spirit of the university.
Golden Egg Honorees
Copyright Holders
Innovators whose copyright-protected works have found their way into active use in the marketplace, demonstrating the power of UO innovation beyond traditional patents.
Amy Shadell
André LeDuc
Andreas Wenzel
Beth Stormshak
Brook Eastman
Carol Dissen
David Chard
Edward J. Kame’enui
Hank Fien
Jean Louise Smith
Justin White
Ken Kato
Krista Dillon
Lana Edwards Santoro
Lindsey Salfran
Lisa Howard
Molly Kennedy
Nancy Nelson
Patricia Travers
Scott Baker
Susanna Williams
Tracy Bousselot
Patent Holders
Faculty and researchers whose inventions have received U.S. patents representing novel solutions to real-world challenges. These innovations span from breakthrough materials to life-saving medical devices, each protected by intellectual property that enables their journey from lab to marketplace.
Arden Baylink
Gabi Rudd (Lorenzo)
Ievgenii Liashenko
Kaylee Meyers
Keat Ghee Ong
Michael McGeehan
Mike Hahn
Patrick Phillips
Paul Dalton
Robert Guldberg
Salil Karipott
Stephen Banse
Susan Sokolowski
Zachary Stevenson
SBIR/STTR Innovators
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs provide federal grants up to $275,000 in Phase I and $2 million in Phase II for companies developing innovative technologies. The following innovators represent the past seven years of successful SBIR/STTR applications.
Anne Marie Mauricio
Darren Johnson
Jen Doty
Karen Guillemin
Keat Ghee Ong