2019

Host University: NC State

Final Round: Wed, April 17

Celebrity MC’s: Faith Salie and Ashley Mengwasser

Judges:
Ravila Gupta
Bagchi Group, Chief Executive Officer

James Fritz
Collins Aerospace, Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives

Barbara Cook
Undercover Colors, CEO and Board Member

Student Teams

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

    Alexander Singh Rohit Rustagi George Vithoulkas Eric Taleghani

    Minimally Invasive Spinal Technology (MIST), LLC is the creator of ThIRA, a patent-pending disc replacement system which dynamically treats children with scoliosis and is aimed at improving patient quality of life, without the invasiveness, pain, and long recovery time of current procedures.

  • Second Place Winner: Syracuse University - MedUX

    Alec Gillinder Quinn King

    Our product is L-IV (Liberating Intravenous). L-IV is a wearable, more portable solution to IV treatment. It allows the user to abandon the constant reminder of their sickness being the IV Pole using both gravity fed methods and pressure infusion methods.

  • Boston College - Brüzd Foods Inc.

    Mckenna Polich Alex Wong

    Brüzd Foods is a social enterprise with a goal to combat and reduce food waste by rescuing and recovering imperfect, unwanted produce and redistributing it to consumers in an affordable and accessible subscription box.

  • Duke University - Zogo

    Boluni Li Simran Singh

    Zogo is a white-labeled, financial education focused, mobile banking application that helps teenagers become better at money management.

  • Florida State University - InnoHealth Diagnostics

    Nkechi Emetuche Angela Udongwo

    InnoHealth Diagnostics is a social enterprise that empowers communities in Nigeria and beyond to eliminate neglected tropical diseases, starting with schistosomiasis, by using culturally-competent, point-of-care DNA amplification devices to achieve early diagnosis of the infection: increasing the communities’ quality of life and work-life years.

  • Georgia Tech - Ethos Medical

    Lucas Muller Cassidy Wang Dev Mandavia

    Ethos is making spinal taps quicker and safer by providing an intuitive real-time needle guidance system for use right at the patient’s bedside.

  • North Carolina State University - Portal Technologies

    Malay Shah Hartley Leroy David Lovato David Schuler Goutham Subramanian

    Portal is a counter-top retail platform that allows brands to reach their target audiences through the power of computer vision and host curation.

  • University of Louisville - RoadHalo

    Taylor Fatheree Cameron O'nan

    A smart headlight for bicyclist that provides them with greater safety, visibility, and riding time.

  • University of North Carolina - Phyta

    Eliza Harrison Emily Kian

    Phyta has designed innovative strategies for seaweed cultivation to offer a sustainable, alternative ingredient for various consumer products while promoting climate resilience and economic development.

  • University of Notre Dame - DeLive

    Zachary Kousens Nathaniel Hanson Quinn Foley Patrick Fine

    DeLive aspires to increase the survival rates of people in need of time-sensitive medical care through the rapid deployment of emergency medicine via unmanned aerial systems.

  • University of Pittsburgh - Trek

    Emily Siegel Lauren Yocum

    Trek is developing a unique, portable, and chewable teeth cleaning solution for people on the go.

  • Virginia Tech - Redshift Education

    Maria Jernigan Mark Carman Kiran Bagalkotkar Jooyoung Whang Vince DiNardo Taylor Carroll

    Redshift Education builds project-based learning content in virtual reality.

  • Wake Forest University - Decemii

    Brittany Dickinson Veerle Bos

    Our product is the first formaldehyde free, hypoallergenic shin guard on the market.