Oxymem wins Knowledge Transfer Ireland Impact Awards 2015

University College Dublin scoops two of four major awards at Knowledge Transfer Ireland 2015 Impact Awards.

Professor Eoin Casey and Dr Eoin Syron, co-founders ofOxyMem, a spin-out company from the UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, University College Dublin, were presented with the Spin-Out Company Impact Award 2015.

The award recognises a spin-out company from an Irish publicly-funded RPO that has achieved a significant event in the previous year. OxyMem’s achievements include securing several rounds of investment, successfully delivering field trials of its membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) wastewater treatment technology, creating over 25 full-time jobs at its Athlone facility and securing early orders.