# Source: Lassonde — Wasatch Microfluidics Profile

**Type:** source
**Status:** Useful
**Confidence:** Medium
**Source Type:** reference
**URL:** https://lassonde.utah.edu/wasatch-microfluidics-from-the-lassonde-institute-to-pfizer-research-offices/
**Archive:** https://web.archive.org/web/20260517032530/https://lassonde.utah.edu/wasatch-microfluidics-from-the-lassonde-institute-to-pfizer-research-offices/
**Archived:** 2026-05-17
**Publisher:** Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, University of Utah
**Raw:** raw/lassonde-wasatch-microfluidics-profile/2026-08-11-7fead9fa0d61.txt
**Retrieved:** 2026-08-12
**Updated:** 2026-08-11

## Summary

University of Utah Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute profile (2014) of Wasatch Microfluidics, describing its formation on the U campus from mechanical-engineering research and its commercialization through Lassonde programs.

## Useful Claims

- The profile states Wasatch Microfluidics formed on the University of Utah campus in 2004 with founder Josh Eckman and mechanical-engineering professor Bruce Gale.
- Bruce Gale, a professor of mechanical engineering, is quoted as having originally developed Wasatch Microfluidics; Eckman developed the company with Gale in the Lassonde New Venture Development Center.
- The profile does not use the name Carterra; this capture does not mention any later rename.

## Verbatim

> "After forming on the University of Utah campus in 2004, Josh Eckman, business administration graduate and mechanical engineering masters graduate, made pharmaceutical research technology to a million-dollar company."
> — Opening paragraph

> "Their technology began with an idea in 2004. Bruce Gale, a professor of mechanical engineering, originally developed Wasatch Microfluidics."
> — Body

> "Eckman began developing the company with advisor Gale in the Lassonde New Venture Development Center."
> — Body

## Reliability Notes

Institutional profile, not a corporate registry record. Useful for the Utah spinout relationship independent of the company's marketing, but the article is dated 2014 and uses the Wasatch Microfluidics name throughout.

## Related Pages

- [Carterra](carterra.md)