2018

Host University: Georgia Tech

Final Round: Friday, April 6

Celebrity MC’s: Faith Salie and Ashley Mengwasser

Judges:
Kim Seals
The JumpFund, General Partner

Chris Clark
Georgia Chamber of Commerce, President & CEO

Sri Divakaruni
United Technologies Corporation, Vice President of Innovation Business Development, Rhizome Network

Student Teams

  • First Place Winner, People's Choice Award: University of Virginia - InMEDBio

    Ashwinraj Karthikeyan, Aerospace Engineering

    InMEDBio, LLC is the creator of Phoenix-Aid, a five-layer wound dressing that meshes the ABCs of chronic wound care: Accelerating Healing, Blocking Infections, and Comforting the Wound, into one cost-effective product that is ideal for treating patients in emerging markets.

  • Second Place Winner: University of Pittsburgh - Four Growers

    Brandon Contino, Electrical Engineering Dan Chi, Mechanical Engineering Daniel Garcia, Neuroscience

    Four Growers is utilizing emerging technology and advancements in robotics to create a robot that autonomously harvests greenhouse crops, enabling greenhouse farmers to expand their operations, reduce their production costs, and increase their yields.

  • Boston College - Trackster

    Emmett Scully, Computer Science Jack Sexton, Business Administration

    Trackster is a running app created to help teams log and celebrate their training. At the core the app has a stopwatch which uses the volume buttons so workout and race times are saved automatically. Athletes can also use Trackster to log all of their general training with routes, images, partners & much more.

  • Duke University - MiResource

    Mackenzie Drazan, Political Science Gabriela Asturias, Neuroscience Nina Bidikov, Neuroscience Emily Berkowitz, Neuroscience Robert Rappleye, Statistics

    MiResource is an online platform designed to help match patients to the right mental health care for their individualized needs.

  • Florida State University - DiaTech

    Nicholas Cooper, Biomedical Engineering Luis E. Blanco, Biomedical Engineering John Wilcox, Biology JC Gray, Biomedical Engineering

    DiaTech is creating a device that alerts a person with diabetes if their insulin pump is malfunctioning and not successfully delivering the desired insulin injection necessary to regulate their blood glucose levels.

  • Georgia Tech - Ultraview

    Kolby Hanley, Materials Science & Engr

    A first of its kind aiming device for competitive archery.

  • North Carolina State University - Chemios

    Kobi Felton, Chemical and Biomolecular Eng Casey Hillenburg, Mechanical Engineering Shraddha Rathod, Computer Engineering Chandler Gonzales, Computer Science

    Chemios is a revolutionary cloud laboratory that makes chemistry research more efficient, accessible, and affordable.

  • Syracuse University - In-Spire

    Kayla Simon, Aerospace Engineering. Elizabeth Tarangelo, Biomedical Engineering

    In-Spire is a sleek, wearable, refillable asthma inhaler bracelet that is an effective new medication delivery method.

  • University of Miami - Wander Without Worry

    Cody Sklar, Business Administration

    Wander Without Worry is a health-conscious, allergy-friendly meal preparation service that delivers peace of mind directly to your doorstep.

  • University of Louisville - Pascal Tags

    Haley C. Pfeiffer, Business Administration Brandon T. Young, Electrical Engineering Taylor Fatheree, Economics Tim Burton, Computer Information System

    Our invention is a smart, passive, battery-free inventory tag that allows location tracking of company assets for ten-fold the price of current systems.

  • University of North Carolina - Watchdog Medical

    Taylor Lynn Williams, Biomedical Engineering Logan Frederick, Biomedical Engineering Megan Anderson, Biomedical Engineering Andrew Conley, Biomedical Engineering Dhruv Shankar, Biomedical Engineering

    Watchdog Medical is developing a device for early detection of necrotizing enterocolitis in premature infants in the NICU.

  • University of Notre Dame - Lumen

    Luke Maillie, Physics Andrew Raymond Munch, Physics

    Lumen uses an array of sensors and calibrated algorithms to record accurate UV readings in order to provide people with personalized UV exposure data to help them monitor their skin cancer risk.

  • Virginia Tech - ThermaSENSE

    Ali Roghani, Mechanical Engineering Mohsen Roghani, Materials Science & Engr Jordan Erisman, Business Administration

    AccuTemp by ThermaSENSE is a wearable sensor that measures athlete core temperature in real-time and prevents heat exhaustion and stroke.

  • Wake Forest University - NORI

    Lauren Connors, Literature, Media, and Communication. Annabel Love, Literature, Media, and Communication Claire O'Brien, Literature, Media, and Communication Alexis Schmittlein, Literature, Media, and Communication Courtney Toll, Literature, Media, and Communication

    NORI is an elongated flat iron for clothes featuring fabric-specific heat settings that removes wrinkles with ease.