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The project will investigate and will also start a photo-

identification catalogue for dolphins in Jamaica.

Funding was obtained from the Research Development

Fund at UTech, Jamaica, the Society for Marine

Mammalogy and the United States Marine Mammal

Commission.

Integrated Optics and Photonics Laboratory

(Mr

Maurice McGlashan-Powell–Principal Investigator)

The Integrated Optics and Photonics Laboratory was

established in June 2010 at the main faculty buildings

at 235 Old Hope Road. This laboratory is aimed at

strengthening the research and teaching capabilities

at the university in integrated optics, photonics and

experimental physics. However, the building out of the

lab remains a work in progress.

Mr McGlashan-Powell produced three patents during

the review period.

1. Multi-node system network with optical switches;

US patent number 8977124; Type: Grant; Filed:

May 10, 2012; Issued: March 10, 2015; Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation;

Inventors: McGlashan-Powell, Valentine Salapura

2. Curvilinear Heat spreader/lid with improved heat

dissipation; US patent number 8877566; Type:

Grant; Filed: August 15, 2012; Issued: November 4,

2014; Assignee: International Business Machines

Corporation; Inventors: Michael A. Gaynes,

Maurice McGlashan-Powell, Soojae Park, Edward J.

Yarmchuk

3. Magneto-Optical Logic Devices And Computation;

Application number: 20140169790; Type:

Application; Filed: July 2, 2013; Issued: June 19,

2014; Inventor: Maurice McGlashan-Powell

Natural Products Research Laboratory

(Dr Andrew

Lamm – Principal Investigator)

The Natural Products Laboratory was established

in the School of Natural and Applied Sciences with

funding obtained from the UNDP Global Environment

Facility-Small Grants Programme (GEF-SGP) and

the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica between

July 2010 and March 2012. The lab supports

undergraduate student research projects from FOSS,

COHS and FENC as well as several faculty research

projects. The recent expansion of the NPRL which was

led by Dr Andrew Lamm, has seen the lab space triple

in size. Dr Lamm and the NPRL are a crucial part of

the Cannabis Collaboration Group at UTech, Jamaica,

charged with managing all aspects of the University’s

marijuana research licenses, its internal and external

collaborations along with revenue generation and

outreach.

INVOCAB Project

(Dr Andrew Lamm, Senior Expert)

The European Union (EU) African, Caribbean, Pacific

Science and Technology (ACP SandT II) funded project,

titled “INVOCAB - Improving Innovation Capacities

in the Caribbean” is a collaboration between the

Scientific Research Council (SRC); National Institute of

Higher Education, Science and Technology (NIHERST);

Mico University College; Ministry of Education and

UTech, Jamaica. This project was created to improve

innovation in selected schools in the Caribbean through

a targeted 16 primary and secondary schools, eight (8)

each in Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica.

Public Lecture

The Environmental Sciences Division presented a panel

discussion on October 16, 2014 titled “Family Farming:

Feeding the world, caring for the earth” which featured

Dr Jerome Thomas from the UN Food and Agriculture

Organization, Ms Nicola Shirley Phillips from the Source

Farm Foundation and Messrs Ceretsie Campbell and

Raymond Martin from UTech, Jamaica.

4th Annual Sports Conference

The 4th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sport

Science was held on Friday April 11, 2014 at the

Jamaica Pegasus Hotel under the theme under

“Promoting Sustainable Development in Sport through

Science and Research”. The keynote speaker for the

conference was Dr Richard Godfrey, Sport Scientist

of Brunel University in London, who has conducted

extensive research in the field of human performance

and coaching education.

Scientific Conference

The Faculty’s 3rd International Scientific Conference

was held June 25 – 27, 2014 under the theme “Climate

Change and Environmental Responsibility: What is

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