Texas Tech Professor Invents Game-Changing Ultra Rapid Covid-19 Sensor
University’s Innovation Hub leads to Covid testing breakthrough.
A professor at Texas Tech University invented a potentially game-changing technology to help the world navigate through the next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Dr. Gerardine Gerri Botte, a professor of chemical engineering at Texas Tech University’s Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering, announced UFC-19, an ultra-fast Covid-19 detection sensor. This test can detect the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in saliva in 100 milliseconds.
The product developed results from a partnership between Texas Tech faculty research and the university’s entrepreneurial program accessible through Texas Tech’s Innovation Hub at Research Park.
The Innovation Hub is a resource within Texas Tech designed to nurture budding entrepreneurs. Students and faculty can tap the available resources for funding and mentorship. The 40,000 square-foot Innovation Hub helps entrepreneurs form new technology startup companies.
