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A team led by Jeffrey Stansbury, senior associate dean for research, vice chair of craniofacial biology at the School of Dental Medicine professor of chemical and biological engineering at CU-Boulder, has received a patent for a photopolymerization process that extends polymer formation beyond the temporal and spatial reach of the curing light. Stansbury said this technique may enable better dental restorative materials, bone cements, adhesives and coatings. The patent, U.S. 8,883,948 “Methods for Extensive Dark Curing based on Visible-Light Initiated, Controlled Radical Polymerization,” was issued on Nov. 11, 2014, and has been in process since July 2008. Former postdoc researcher Dongkwan Kim is also an inventor on this patent. … Christine G. H. Franck, planning director of Contemporary Traditional Architecture Initiatives in the CU Denver College of Architecture and Planning, recently delivered a lecture entitled “The Art of Craft Today” to the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art Tennessee Chapter. She examined the role and nature of craft in the building arts with a particular focus on those related to contemporary classical and traditional architecture. Franck’s lecture looked at various aspects of the building crafts today, including the important role of craft traditions in enhancing the character of a place, contributing to robust local economies, and preserving and advancing knowledge of best practices. She also discussed the need for a greater focus on building crafts in architectural education, an issue the Contemporary Traditional Architecture Initiatives includes in its mission. … Robert McLeod, associate professor of electrical, computer and Energy Engineering at CU-Boulder, has been awarded a patent for improved optical packaging and circuit fabrication systems. The patented technology provides fully automatic, compact, mechanically robust, and inexpensive manufacturing of optical assemblies, including consumer equipment like scanners, printers, and CD/DVD/Blu-ray devices, and optical fiber communications circuits. U.S. patent 8,895,233 (“Three-dimensional direct-write lithography”) was issued Nov. 25, 2014, and is the second patent to emerge from McLeod’s work in hybrid integrated photonics. This is his fifth patent for research done at the university.