Georgia Tech/Emory

Product

EvIslet

Team Members

D. Scott Anderson (Law), Kamran Salour (Law), Jeff Gross (Biomedical Egnineering), John Stallworth (MBA)

Advisor

Dr. Carolyn Davis

Islet cells regulate blood sugar levels; their improper functioning results in diabetes. EvIslet’s product is a medical device that quantifies the functional quality of isolated human pancreatic islets prior to transplantation.

Imperial College London

Product

Concrete Canvas

Team Members

Peter Brewin and William Crawford (Mechanical Engineering)

Advisor

Dr. Tim Meldrum

Concrete Canvas (CC) is a rapidly-deployable hardened shelter that requires only water and air for construction. It can be deployed by a single untrained person in under 40 minutes and is ready to use in twelve hours. It can be delivered sterile, allowing previously impossible surgical procedures to be performed in situ from day one of a crisis.

Keio University

Product

“Cap-Cut” Machine for PET Bottle Recycling

Team Members

Hiroyasu Ukitsu and Kunihisa Takeishi (Policy Management)

Advisor

Prof. Kanetaka Maki

Our product can remove the PP portion (caps, rings and labels) automatically from PET portion (bottle). It is possible to deal with the different shaped PET bottles. PP portion and PET portion (bottle) are separated automatically. The whole processing time of our product is faster than that of manual work.

National University of Singapore

Product

BioMers

Team Members

Mervyn Fathianathan and Renuga Gopal

Advisor

Dr. Chew Chong Lin and Dr. Seeram Ramakrishna (Peter Kew attending in their place)

Orthodontic patients are often subjected to embarrassment brought about by the unsightly nature of metal braces. BioMers has alleviated this patient concern by developing the first complete and effective aesthetic alternative to unsightly metal braces. BioMers’s braces are translucent, and therefore nearly invisible to others, but still strong enough to straighten teeth effectively.

Penn State

Product

Smart Home Energy Control System

Team Members

Bradley D. Bogolea (Computer Science) and Patrick J. Boyle (Computer Engineering)

Advisor

Dr. Sven G. Bilén

Our product is a SHEC system that enables homeowners to incrementally migrate from the “dumb” home to “smart” home by improving energy efficiency and usage. The system consists of a network of modules installed in homes that facilitates convenient monitoring and control. Through the product’s implementation and technology, users can monitor energy usage and have the system run appliances when electricity is least expensive.

Purdue

Product

Merlin’s Magic Castle

Team Members

Alexei Czeskis (Computer Science) and Amicia Elliott (Genetic Biology)

Advisor

Prof. Kanetaka Maki

Merlin’s Magic Castle™ (MMC) is a supplemental tool that assists children in English literacy and comprehension at the preschool and elementary education levels. By combining the power of technology and the simplicity of everyday toys, MMC contributes to the learning and understanding of fundamental English skills.

RWTH Aachen

Product

Solar water treatment system with multi-stage heat recovery

Team Members

Tessa Flatten (Business), Tim Freistühler (Business), Marc Niem (Mechanical Engineering)

Advisor

Stephan Hungeling and Malte Brettel

Our product is a solar water treatment system with multi-stage heat recovery. Existing water treatment systems waste a lot of energy to produce fresh water. Whether sea or brackish water - with our system purest drinking water can be achieved from nearly any kind of untreated water. The drinking water (distillate), achieved from the untreated water, is always an outstanding drinking water. Furthermore most systems have high acquisition and operating costs. We have a simple construction which is cheaper, has low operating costs, is maintenance-free and easy to use.

Stanford

Product

Adaptive Hearing Solutions

Team Members

Paul Cuff (Electrical Engineering), Will Anderson (Business), Rory McDonald (Business), Jared Archibald (Business)

Advisor

Dr. Bernard Widrow

The greatest problem currently facing hearing aid users is the inability to understand speech in the presence of noise. A typical listener, who is not hearing impaired, can focus on specific sounds even in relatively high noise environments. However, as a person’s hearing deteriorates, he loses this ability. To effectively improve speech intelligibility then, a hearing aid must do more than simply amplify sound; it must interact with sound and send appropriate, intelligible signals to the brain. Adaptive Hearing Solutions (AHS) has designed a revolutionary speech and noise separating filter specifically for this purpose..

Texas A&M University

Product

Cologenomics

Team Members

Saurabh Biswas (Biomedical Engineering)

Advisor

Richard Scruggs

Cologenomics Inc will use genomic alterations in cancerous cells, applying advances in genomics technology developed at Texas A&M, leading to a novel noninvasive diagnostic test – a fast, painless and convenient way to monitor very early signs of colorectal cancer thus providing a 90% chance of survival and complete cure. This novel screening approach is an innovative & practically feasible technology providing enhanced quality and economics of healthcare delivery. The idea has a competitive edge, strong proprietary position, growing global market, simple regulatory path, strong business model, thus having fundamentals of a successful high “return on investment” start up company with long term viability.

Trinity College Dublin

Product

Virtual Graffiti

Team Members

David O’Loghlin and Stephen Knox (Computer Science)

Advisor

Dr. David Lloyd and Audrey Crosbie

Inspired by traditional graffiti, Virtual Graffiti provides a public visual space in which passers-by can express themselves using modern mobile digital technology. Passers-by can use their mobile phones, PDAs or even laptops to populate the space with threaded conversations using SMS messages, graphics, photos and animations. It provides a basis of instant communication to and among an audience, and for interactive communication and feedback.

University of Georgia

Product

Internet Computing Company

Team Members

Bob Cooper and Andrew Maliszewski (MBA)

Advisor

Dr. Charles Hofer

Not available at press time.

University of New Hampshire

Product

Advanced Fluorescence Detection System for Analytical Ultracentrifugation (AUC)

Team Members

Sachin Goel (Computer Science), Andrew Demeusy (MBA), Claudio Quadarella (MBA)

Advisor

Dr. Michael Merenda

Not available at press time.

University of Georgia

Product

Internet Computing Company

Team Members

Bob Cooper and Andrew Maliszewski (MBA)

Advisor

Dr. Charles Hofer

Team UNH is presenting an advanced Fluorescence Detection System for Analytical Ultracentrifugation (AUC) technology, which is a powerful means of characterizing solutions of macromolecules and is an indispensable tool for the quantitative analysis of macromolecular interactions. This new technology will give higher sensitivity and selectivity than the earlier approaches i.e. absorbance and interference optics used in AUC. It facilitates the study of protein characterization, target protein validation, drug screening and drug formulation, which will lead to more advanced research and ultimately more effective treatments for a wide variety of medical conditions, such as cancer and cardiac disease. This new technology is cost effective and has gained increased momentum in the biopharmaceuticals industry and in the area of biochemical research.

The University of Texas at Austin

Product

MicroDynamo

Team Members

Tom Pate (Mechanical Engineering) and Nick Bhavsar (Business)

Advisor

Dr. Raul G. Longoria

The MicroDynamo is an compact human-powered battery recharger, that rapidly uptakes and stores human energy and uses this energy to power or recharge many types of portable electronic devices including: cell phones, digital cameras, PDAs, MP3 players, portable gaming units, laptops, heating elements, and any standard sized rechargeable battery.

Tsinghua University

Product

ENERGY Ultrasonic Products

Team Members

Xu Zhang (Business), Jia Liu (Physics), Shiyan Ding (Business), Renguo Yu (Business)

Advisor

Dr. Wei Zhang

ENERGY GROUP (Energy) has more than 20 Chinese patents of various Ultrasonic Motors (USM) . The technology of ultrasonic motors is a combination of Physics (Acoustics), Mechanics (FEA), Material Science (PZT), Electronics (Circuit), etc.

Selig Fund in Entrepreneurial Studies

Roden Center of Entrepreneurship