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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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University of Louisville - RoadHalo
Taylor Fatheree Cameron O'nan
A smart headlight for bicyclist that provides them with greater safety, visibility, and riding time.
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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.
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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.
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University of Pittsburgh - Trek
Emily Siegel Lauren Yocum
Trek is developing a unique, portable, and chewable teeth cleaning solution for people on the go.
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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.
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Wake Forest University - Decemii
Brittany Dickinson Veerle Bos
Our product is the first formaldehyde free, hypoallergenic shin guard on the market.