technology partners

Chevron Studio is a one-of-a-kind program designed to help entrepreneurs build companies by linking them with world-class, early-stage intellectual property (IP) developed by our technology partner universities and national labs.

Chevron Studio offers universities and national labs with a unique opportunity to get their IP off the shelf and into the hands of selected entrepreneurs who will explore it during the Discovery Phase, build a company around it in the Scale-Up Phase, and commercialize it in the Field Trial Phase.

steps to becoming a technology partner

  1. Meet with the Chevron Studio program manager to learn about the program.
  2. Submit IP that falls into the program’s technology focus areas for consideration in the latest cohort’s application.
  3. Participate in IP educational webinars during the application phase.
  4. If your institution’s IP is chosen by a selected entrepreneur, assist with entrepreneur and inventor introductions and engagement.
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join our list of technology partners

  • Arizona State University
  • Auburn University
  • Boise State University
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Colorado School of Mines
  • Colorado State University
  • Cornell University
  • Dartmouth College
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Indiana University
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Louisiana State University
  • Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Montana State University
  • National Laboratory of the Rockies
  • North Carolina State University
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Ohio State University
  • Oklahoma State University
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Princeton University
  • Rice University
  • Sandia National Laboratories
  • Stanford University
  • Texas A&M University
  • Texas Tech University
  • University of Akron
  • University of Alabama
  • University of California, Santa Barbara
  • University of Cincinnati
  • University of Delaware
  • University of Colorado
  • University of Connecticut
  • University of Florida
  • University of Georgia
  • University of Houston
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Kansas
  • University of Maryland
  • University of Minnesota
  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • University of Nevada, Reno
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • University of North Dakota
  • University of Southern California
  • University of Tennessee Research Foundation
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • University of Texas at Arlington
  • University of Texas at San Antonio
  • University of Virginia
  • University of Wyoming
  • Utah State University
  • Washington State University
  • Wichita State University
  • Yale University
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technology scope guide

Technology partners can use this guide to better determine applicable technologies while reviewing their IP portfolios. Last updated for cohort 6 technology submissions.

artificial intelligence and machine learning

in scope

  • Use of AI/machine learning for asset and/or energy system optimization
    • Steam systems, rotating equipment, etc. – whether at the equipment, facility, or system level
  • Enterprise workflow efficiency
  • Integrated energy management and compute management systems (infrastructure balancing)
  • Characterization of sub-surface and geologic characterization
  • Chemical computation

out of scope

More details coming

carbon capture and utilization

in scope

  • CO2 to methanol
  • CO2 to fuels
  • Direct air capture

out of scope

  • CO2 mineralization
circular economy

in scope

  • Rare earth element extraction
    • Mine tailing, coal ash, wastewater management
  • Lithium extraction methods
  • Novel lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate production processes
  • Plastic upcycling to molecular level
  • Plastic manufacturing for reduction of waste plastic
  • Electronic recycling
  • High-grade (waste) solid carbon materials into useful high value products
    • Graphite, graphene, carbon fiber, industrial material additives, etc.
  • Battery recycling materials

out of scope

  • Mechanical recycling
electrical infrastructure and energy management systems

in scope

  • Wireless energy transfer meeting the following specifications
    • Both onshore and offshore at power levels >1W to >100MW
    • Both onshore and offshore at power levels at distances from >1m to >100km
    • Any electromagnetic frequency
    • Efficiencies >50%
  • Transmitters, receivers, and control systems, particularly ultra-low cost or small size/weight
  • Transmission through or around obstacles
  • Wireless power for remote vehicle systems
    • Underwater vehicles, aerial drones, ships, trains, planes, heavy duty vehicles
  • Unconventional wireless power transmission
    • Magnetic, light-based, quantum, or others
  • Novel material for transmission and distribution (electrical wiring)
    • Superconductive material or smart wires
  • Transformer materials and design

out of scope

More details coming

heat and power management

in scope

  • Solid state batteries
  • Long term energy storage for power and/or heat
  • Large scale energy storage technologies for power and/or heat
  • Battery recycling to base elements
  • Alternate energy structure in areas without infrastructure
    • Both onshore and offshore
  • Battery lifecycle emissions
    • Tracking, assessment and verification
  • Battery safety enhancement and risk mitigation
  • Data center cooling technologies
  • Low carbon, modular process heat and/or steam generation
    • Electric boilers, heat pumps, small solar thermal

out of scope

  • Electric vehicles
  • Energy efficiencies inside data centers
  • New chips
  • Server configurations
  • Alternative wiring
hydrogen and renewable energy

in scope

  • Long distance transportation alternatives
  • More reliable compression for Heavy/Light Duty Vehicles
  • LH2 supply chain for Heavy Duty Vehicles
    • LH2 pumps, boil-off control
  • Novel and lower cost alcohol to fuels and/or lignocellulosic feedstock conversions
  • Membrane development
  • Hydrogen sensors
    • Leak detection and measurement
  • Biosynthetic pathways including microbial and enzymatic

out of scope

  • Photovoltaics
  • Wind turbine
  • Hydrogen production methods
robotics

in scope

  • Manipulation capabilities in robots
    • Onshore and offshore
  • Online equipment inspection without taking out of service
  • Robots certified for hazardous area operation with temperature limits up to 200 F
  • Autonomous capabilities
    • Execute missions and navigate inside tanks and vessels
  • Micro robots – able to reach
  • Computer vision model development
  • Drone base technology
    • Delivery
    • Inspection
    • Improved battery capacity to reach 60 minutes or more
  • Pipeline excavation, inspection, and repairs
  • Machine health sensors
  • Sensing devices for detection of contaminated water

out of scope

More details coming