Ecodyst Selected As Finalist For NC IDEA Foundation Grant
Ecodyst has been selected as one of the Eleven Finalists for the NC IDEA Foundation Seed Grant, below is a press release by NC IDEA Foundation announcing the finalists.
Ecodyst Grants Q&A Session with Startup TechWire
CARY, N.C. — Ecodyst has been making news lately, having been selected to advance to the semi-finals of the NC IDEA grant application process and receiving the 2016 American Chemical Society Southeastern Regional Industrial Innovation Award. The following is a Q&A with George Adjabeng, who co-founded the company in 2014.
Ecodyst as Part of Semi-finalists for NC IDEA Grant Application
Ecodyst has been selected to advance to the semi-finals of the NC IDEA Grant application. This brings us much pleasure because out of the hundreds of companies that applied, we were part of the selected few. An excerpt from the email sent to notify us of our semi-finalist status can be seen below:
Ecodyst Receives the 2016 SERMACS Industrial Innovation Award
Today, Ecodyst is excited to announce that Ecodyst is the 2016 recipient of the American Chemical Society Southeastern Regional Industrial Innovation Award. This nationally recognized award is further evidence that Ecodyst’s creative innovation is beginning to impact the local, regional and national economy.
Brock University Student using the EcoChyll donated by Ecodyst
A 2nd year undergraduate student, Robin, using the EcoChyll that Ecodyst donated to Brock University (Canada).
Ecodyst- Designed by Scientists for Scientists
CED Tech Venture profile: Ecodyst, targeting manufacturing with ‘disruptive’ self-cooling technology
CARY, N.C. — One of the “coolest” companies presenting at CED Tech Venture is Ecodyst, a two-year-old Cary startup with patented self-cooling technology that it says is “disruptive.”
- Video: Watch an overview of Ecodyst technology at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkjyrsMpsiI
Ecodyst Selected For CED Tech Venture Conference 2016
Ecodyst has been selected to present in this year’s CED Venture Conference as a Lightning Round presenter on the main stage. With over 115 worldwide applicants from a very competitive pool, the Steering Committee, Ecodyst’s submission was deemed among the best!
New this year for the themed #TheNext event is a “lightning round” during which 13 startups have the opportunity to make brief pitches to investors.
The CED says it added the feature due in part to a record number of applications from across the state.
How New Generation Rotary Evaporators Work
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Rotary evaporators (“rotavaps”) have for decades been staples in labs and industries performing chemistry, including labs in the chemical, environmental, materials, life science, and forensics industries. Key applications include sample concentration, solvent recycling, extractions, and separation of solvent mixtures. Rotavaps consist of a heating fluid bath, rotating motor, evaporating flask, condenser, collection flask, and vacuum source. Solvent distills from the sample under the combined effects of heat and vacuum, and collects in the collection flask after condensation by the condenser.1
Brock University Graduate returning “home” to give back
George Adjabeng was born in Ghana and lives in the United States. But, he still considers Brock University his home. While he completed his Master’s in Chemistry at Brock, Adjabeng says he learned effective researching and the value of collaboration.
“The education I received at Brock really prepared me for what I’ve been able to accomplish,” he says. “It gave me the ability to be innovative and creative.”
Making Rotary Evaporators Cool Again
Rotary evaporators, which chemists fondly refer to as rotovaps, are used to swirl a sample in a round-bottom flask like a wine connoisseur swirls an expensive glass of Bordeaux. But instead of trying to draw out the bouquet and taste as a connoisseur would for wine, chemists use rotovaps to remove solvents from a completed organic reaction, leaving the desired product behind.
Commercialized in 1957 by the Swiss company Büchi, the vacuum-assisted devices turn sample flasks in heated baths to draw out solvent vapors through a series of tubes. The condensed solvents can be disposed of or reused, and the samples left behind go on for further analysis.
Ecodyst® is the innovative leader and creator of the next generation of rotary evaporators used by chemists and researchers in laboratories and commercial settings.
