Past Winners         

$50,000 First Place Winner

Brigham Young University
Venture : KT Tape
Concept : The KT Tape™ team brings a new product category to the consumer mass retail market (kinesiology tape) through pre-existing retailer relationships and a business-to-business distribution model.  KT Tape™ has several process- and product-pending patents, and also enjoys the exclusive endorsement of Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh.
Team: Michelle Quinn and Reed Quinn
Faculty Adviser: Nile Hatch

$10,000 Second Place Winner

Kellogg School of Management
Venture : Gyan
Concept: Gyan is an education microfranchisor delivering English language and vocational training to the rual poor in India.  We provide entrepreneurs with an English franchise starter kit to launch their own businesses and create an end-to-end education to empoyment linkage for their sutdents.  We call this franchising for social good.
Team: Esther Choy, Supina Mapon, Pavan Singh, Ramya Singh, and Tiffany Urrechaga
Faculty Adviser: Mohanbir Sawhney

$5,000 Third Place Winner

University of California, Berkeley
Venture : Integrated Diagnostics
Concept : Integrated Diagnostics is a team of UC Berkely talent developing a novel, easy-to-use, patent-pending, point-of-care platform for early stage and accurate HIV detection and sub-typing.  We've applied Integrated Circuit technology to encapsulate the performace of an immunoassy in the palm of the hand.
Team: Octavian Florescu, Tanner Nevill, Tayson Siegel, Karl Skucha, and Kevan Wang
Faculty Adviser : Bernhard Boser

$2,500 Runner-Up (2)

Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalonkorn University
Venture: Castor & Pollux
Concept: LeptoSpot is a rapid diagnostic kit for leptospirosis, a tropical bacterial disease infecting 10 million people a year with 500 million at risk worldwide.  It uses the nanogold technology and antigen-detecting technique to provide early detection and simplicity of use, requiring neither complicated machines nor highly trained technicians to operate.
Team: Tanaphat Laohavisit, Patcharin Pratheeptham, Sorradithep Supachanya, and Thanan Suthipongmitri
Faculty Adviser: Nick Pisalyaput

Thammasat University 
Venture: Gold Plus
Concept: Jewelry manufcatures are facing serious cost challenges: gold prices rising and retailers downard price pressures.  Using our unique technology, Gold Plus markets reduced density 14k gold to produce jewelry with the same size and qaulity but 20$ less cost.  Our products create a new economic paradigm in this US$6 billion market.
Team: Parujee Chantaharn, Yanin Kasemkosolsri, Nattaya Khuntivongvarn, and Thanawat Malabuppha
Faculty Adviser: Bill Randall

Tektronix - Elevator Pitch Awards

$1,000 First place
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE - necoPlastics

Tektronix - Trade Show Award

$1,000 first place
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE - necoPlastics

Lightning Round Awards

$1,500 track winner (5)

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN - Focal Pop
CORNELL UNIVERSITY - GeneWeave
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - GroundUp Biosolutions
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON - Interactive Fan
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE - necoPlastics

All other teams in the Lightning Round received a $750 runner-up prize

$30,000 First Place Co-Winner

University of Oregon
Venture : TakeShape
Concept : TakeShape plans to license a patented, 3D body scanner to sell to institutional sports teams. Thier scanner will allow coaches and trainers to make initial measurements of their athletes’ progress toward their fitness goals.
Team: Bill Sedlak, Cody Stavig, Andrew Earle, and Peter Vomocil
Faculty Adviser: Don Upson

$30,000 First Place Co-Winner

Brigham Young University
Venture : Klymit
Concept: Klymit™ has developed a patent-pending, revolutionary form of adjustable insulation technology which utilizes inert, noble gases. Klymit™ Technology incorporates a gas canister (about the size of a lipstick case) with a hand-adjustable regulating dial to allow the user to determine the amount of gas (the insulating component) in the user’s product. The technology will initially be introduced through jackets and boots in the snow sports apparel and outdoor markets, and will include numerous future applications.
Team: Nated Alder and Ben Maughan
Faculty Adviser: Nathan Furr

$5,000 Third Place Winner

Thammasat University , Thailand
Venture : ElectriSense
Concept : ElectriSense offers an innovative indoor real time asset tracking solution for the healthcare market to track expensive medical equipment, patients, and key personnel to offer better quality healthcare and reduce operating costs. Their technology’s unique cost structure and the leveraging of this cost structure in our business model, is the key to dominating the $700 million healthcare asset tracking space.
Team: TJ Patel and Erich Stuntebeck
Faculty Adviser : Kathleen Kurre

$2,500 Runner-Up (2)

INSEAD, Singapore
Venture: Comuto
Concept: Comuto is an online platform connecting drivers and passengers willing to carpool. Comuto’s website in France (http://www.covoiturage.fr) has already attracted more than 70,000 active members since its opening in July 2006. Comuto’s service is available from the web and from mobile phones.
Team: Frederic Mazzella
Faculty Adviser: Steve Haslett

Stanford University
Venture: COR Innovations
Concept: COR Innovations is developing solutions to delay or prevent the onset of congestive heart failure in patients suffering from a heart attack, the most common cause of heart failure. As such, it has the potential to radically modify the current treatment paradigm for patients with heart attacks and allow for a significant improvement in the health of a large segment of the population.
Team: Bilal Shafi
Faculty Adviser: Thomas Krummel

Palo Alto Software - Best Written Plan

$1,500 first place
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY - Klymit

Tektronix - Elevator Pitch Awards

$1,000 First place
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA - Boreas Snowboards

Tektronix - Trade Show Award

$1,000 first place
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY - Klymit

IPC - Original Innovation Award

$1,500 first place
HANYANG UNIVERSITY, KOREA - Pickple

Lightning Round Awards

$1,500 track winner (5)

BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY - MotiFleet
HANYANG UNIVERSITY, KOREA - Pickple
THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY, THAILAND - OvaGuard
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, CANADA - Advotech
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA - MadWise

All other teams in the Lightning Round received a $1000 runner-up prize

$50,000 First Place Winner

University of Georgia
Venture : Mullis Enterprieses
Concept : Mullis Enterprises will produce, market and sell environmenally friendly products to control pests and alleviate pollution threats posed by harmful household insecticides in order to create clean homes and a clean environment. Mullis Enterprises has specifically developed a roach bait emulsion which will be sold in retail outlets and to the professional pest control industry.
Team: Jay Mullis, Chad Peterson, and Fred Maidment
Faculty Adviser: Charles Hofer

$10,000 Second Place Winner

University of Manitoba , Canada
Venture : Frontier Sciences
Concept: Frontier Sciences is an early stage medical device development company in the orthopedic industry. Our patented revolutionary new fracture treatment is called the DynaBlast External Fixator. Our value proposition: We heal fractures twice as fast as conventional external fixation methods, with ten times less the risk of infection.
Team: Brent Smith, Crystal Cunard, Kevin Howard, Michael Denton, and Michael Golden
Faculty Adviser: Robert Warren

$5,000 Third Place Winner

Thammasat University , Thailand
Venture : Power Prawns Producer Co.
Concept :Power Prawns Producer Co. (PPP) will be a leading supplier of export quality Freshwater prawns to worldwide markets. We use a proprietary surgical technology to create “neo-female” (transexual)prawns which, when mated, can produce 100% male offspring - compared with the current standard of only 40%. Male prawns capture a market price 3x higher than females, grow faster, and we can achieve 134% higher yields than our competitors. The results are lucrative economic returns to our contract farmers, seafood exporters and to our shareholders.
Team: Nattakorn Thamhatai, Nopparath Ruammek, Janejira Champaiboon, Unyarat Pornprakit, and Nattaporn Santhanawit
Faculty Adviser : Bill Randall

$2,500 Runner-Up (2)

University of New Mexico
Venture: Satyrne Biotechnologies
Concept: Satyrne Biotechnologies has developed new product breakthroughs for CMF and similar types of surgeries that will reduce both complications and surgery time significantly. First, Satyrne is in development of a finite element (FE) software application that will guide CMF surgeons to the correct size and shape implant for each patient by simply entering in patient specific variables. Second, Satyrne’s team is designing and optimizing new standard CMF plate designs through simulation models that mimic the biomechanical functioning of the human mandible.
Team: Ryan Smith and Scott Lovald
Faculty Adviser: Steven Walsh

University of California at Berkeley
Venture: TerraView
Concept: TerraView Corporation will commercialize Mirage’s Three-Dimensional (3D) Underground Detection and Imaging technologies and apply them in the detection and location of a variety of subsurface targets. The company will have exclusive rights to further develop the technology for the markets that it will serve. TerraView will provide underground locating and mapping services and water table detection services to the construction industry and specifically to project owners, engineering firms, developers, and construction companies. It will also deliver near surface water content estimation services to viticulturists as this information is particularly useful for assisting the design of both vineyard layout and efficient irrigation/agrochemical application. Finally, it will provide levee structural integrity detection services to Federal, State, and Local Agencies.
Team: Ilia Florentin
Faculty Adviser: John Danner

Palo Alto Software - Best Written Plan

$2,500 first place
THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY - Power Prawns Producer Co.

Tektronix - Elevator Pitch Awards

$1,000 First place
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO- Optimal Vision Corporation

$500 Runner-up (2)
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - VIVACE (Vortex Induced Vibration Aquatic Clean Energy)
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO - Satyrne Biotechnologies

Tektronix - Trade Show Award

$1,000 first place
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN- VIVACE

IPC - Original Innovation Award

$2,500 first place
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

$500 Runner-Up
Boise State University- ROCAS International

Lightning Round Awards

$1,500 track winner (5)

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON - Armozyme
SASIN GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY - Oceanic Incorporated
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS- MicroTransponder
HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY- LiveSafe
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN- VIVACE

All other teams in the Lightning Round received a $1000 runner-up prize

 

$25,000 First Place Winner

Mahidol University, Thailand
Venture: AquaSiam
Concept: AquaSiam uses a proprietary process to make wastewater treatment profitable to all stakeholders, allowing the company to provide a number of financial and marketing incentives to convince producers to treat waste, not dump it. This protects sources of water for rural villages and farms, while providing a healthy financial return.
Team: Pranpriya Visarutnantha, Pattareeya Chalakornkul, Amarin Ilah, Songpathara Snidvongs
Faculty Adviser: Edward Rubesch

$10,000 Second Place Winner

Stanford University
Venture: Renovus
Concept: Renovus introduces an ostomy-management technology that offers a complete solution for patients who have undergone ostomy surgery.Current standards of care require the ostomy patient to continuouslywear an external pouch adhered to their abdominal skin to collect intestinal waste which drains freely out of their body. This imposes a significant physical and psychological burden as the ostomy patient no longer has control of bowel function. Renovus’ technology aims to improve the quality of life forostomy patients by eliminating the continuous-wear pouch, and restoring control and continence.
Team: Richard Vecchiotti, Sean Scanlan, Leslie Oley
Faculty Adviser:Vera Kallmeyer

$5,000 Third Place Winner

San Diego State University
Venture: EnviroBinz
Concept: EnviroBinz is a socially responsible advertising company with an objective to help communities and cities divert waste from landfills by increasing recycling. Our aesthetically designed recycling receptacles are installed at high pedestrian traffic locations, for high impact, eye level advertising, secured by long term contracts with the cities.
Team: Prabakar Mahalingam, Carolena Enayati, Carolena Enayati
Faculty Adviser: Harvey Goodfriend

$2,500 Runner-Up (2)

University of Manitoba
Venture: NorthAIR
Concept: A drying system consisting of wall panels and an active dehumidification system designed to remove moisture from the surface of walls, rather than it evaporating into the living space air. It provides a long-term solution to mold prevention and improves the air quality in your home, thus eliminating any health risks associated/caused by mold.
Team: Miriam Waldman, Andrew Langtry, Justin Umlah
Faculty Adviser: Robert Warren

Wake Forest University
Venture: AudioFusion Inc.
Concept: AudioFusion Inc. is a startup medical device company developing a new patent-pending device for tinnitus sufferers, those who suffer from chronic ringing in the ears. The device will be used by hearing professionals in Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) which is now emerging as an effective treatment for the 13 million Americans who seek medical attention for tinnitus.
Team: Mark Hendrickson, Josh Schwartz
Faculty Adviser: Charles Iacovou

Palo Alto Software - Best Written Plan

$2,500 first place

MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY (Thailand) - AquaSiam

Tektronix - Elevator Pitch Awards

$1,000 first place
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY- PolyDerm Delivery Systems

Tektronix - Mini-Trade Show Award

$1,000 first place
THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY- Angel

IPC- Original Innovation Award

$1,500 first place
STANFORD UNIVERSITY - Renovus

Lightning Round Awards

$1,250 track winner (5)

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA - MSDx
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - ExpertBee
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - AgROBOTICS
THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY - Angel
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - PolyDerm

All other teams in the Lightning Round received a $750 runner-up prize

 

$ 25,000 first-place winner

THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY - A-Gro Solutions
Concept: A-Gro Solutions is the first Thai company to introduce a new Ultra Low Energy Mist (ULEM) technology for agriculture sprayers that will revolutionize Thai farming practices and the agricultural industry.  Our superior micron sprayer reduces fertilizer/pesticide costs by at least 50% and at the same time boosts crop yield by at least 22% in a given season.  It is easy to use and highly complements bio-organic farming practices.
Team: Anchalee Chaichanavijit, Supishsha Sajjamanochai, Ekachai Wangprapa, Nantakan Chookarnkhar, Atip Kulasiriswad
Faculty Adviser: Bill Randall

$ 10,000 second place winner

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE - Energy Innovations
Concept: Energy Innovations is developing a low cost, natural gas measurement system. This product will enable both domestic and international users of natural gas to more efficiently and accurately monitor the energy content of their gas along with flow, temperature, and pressure at a fraction of the cost of current offerings. Potential customers for this patented product include large end users of natural gas, local distribution companies, pipeline companies, natural gas marketers, and the government.
Team:Jason Case, Anthony Appling, John Anderson, Sean Rice
Faculty Adviser:Van Clouse

$ 5,000 third place winner

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON - Perpetua
Concept: Perpetua’s first product, the Perpetua Harvester, is like a battery that lasts forever. Founded on patent-pending technology that generates electricity using naturally occurring differences in temperature, the Harvester offers an extremely long-life power source solution for small devices. Perpetua is poised to deliver substantial value to markets where the total cost of battery ownership is exceptionally high, such as the wireless sensor market, which will reach 1 billion or more in annual volume by 2010.
Team:Mason Adair, Jon Hofmeister, Jed Cahill, Clayton Jones, and Lars Juel
Faculty Adviser: Don Upson

$2,000 Runner-Up (2)

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - Earthgard, Inc.
Concept: Earthgard is a startup firm specializing in water filtration technologies for the water and wastewater industry. Earthgard’s product is a patented water filtration device that is a more effective and efficient solution for meeting the growing needs in this industry.
Team:Matthew Carroll, Jon Massey, Jeff Denman, and Alicia Owens
Faculty Adviser:John Johnson

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH - Wasatch Microfluidics
Concept: Wasatch Microfluidics is a fluid-based MEMS engineering firm that develops innovative research tools for the biomedical, pharmaceutical and diagnostics industries.
Team:Josh Eckman, Jim Smith, Meghan Jobson
Faculty Adviser:Ralph Little
 
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Elevator Pitch Award

$1,000 first place
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON - Perpetua

$500 Runner-up (2)
BABSON COLLEGE - Modern Menus
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY -  ImmerisTech

Mini-Trade Show Award

Notebook computer
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - ImmerisTech

Palo Alto Software Best Written Plan

$2,500 first place

THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY - A-Gro Solutions
Concept: A-Gro Solutions is the first Thai company to introduce a new Ultra Low Energy Mist (ULEM) technology for agriculture sprayers that will revolutionize Thai farming practices and the agricultural industry.  Our superior micron sprayer reduces fertilizer/pesticide costs by at least 50% and at the same time boosts crop yield by at least 22% in a given season.  It is easy to use and highly complements bio-organic farming practices.
Team: Anchalee Chaichanavijit, Supishsha Sajjamanochai, Ekachai Wangprapa, Nantakan Chookarnkhar, Atip Kulasirisawad
Faculty Adviser: Bill Randall

Lightning Round Awards

$1,000 track winner (5)

University of Arizona - AutonomX, LLC
Universidad Icesci – Psidium Mobile Marketing
University of Texas at Austin -Aspen Granite
University of California - Plunar
Pennsylvania State University - VitalEdge

All other teams in the Lightning Round received a $500 runner-up prize

$ 25,000 first-place winner OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY - Clinical Nanotechnologies Corporation  Team: Bryan Smith, Piyush Sinha, Michael Spritz, and Sumant Kulkarni Faculty Adviser: Mauro Ferrari Concept: Clinical Nanotechnologies Corporation is dedicated to developing and commercializing novel drug and therapeutic delivery systems.  Our initial product utilizes the recent invention of an oral transmucosal drug delivery device to administer analgesic medication that previously could only be administered intravenously. $ 10,000 second place winner UNIVERSITY OF IOWA - Flexon Solutions, LLC Team: Mike Keller and Bryk Lancaster Faculty Adviser: David Hensley Concept: Flexon Solutions, LLC was founded in August 2003 to identify and develop cost-effective road safety solutions including a pavement marking retroreflectometer.  The first wave of products will be delivered in March 2004 with product sales beginning by first quarter of 2005. $ 5,000 third place winner THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY - Khun Sa-ad (Mr. Clean) Team:  Wiwat Hemmodharop, Benjamard Jongmahasanchai, Pornpan Winyupakorn, and Jatuphon Wongsangarunsri Faculty Advisers: Bill Randall and Edward Rubesh Concept: Khun Sa-ad (Mr. Clean) is a new waste management service that organizes the inefficient collection system currently operating in Bangkok.  Khun Sa-ad?s goal is to capture the US$300 million of recyclable waste that Bangkok throws away each year.  $2,000 Runner-Up (2) UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO - Metal Removal Technologies Team: Jon Alegranti, Elias Bachmann, and Kevin Reilly Faculty Adviser: Frank Moyes Concept: Metal Removal Technologies uses its patent-pending technology to reduce the cost of removing heavy metals from industrial wastewater by 35% without sacrificing effectiveness. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS - OrganoDevice Technologies, Inc. Team: Tracy Jiang, Frank Shi, and Matt Vokoun  Faculty Adviser: Mike Sandretto Concept: OrganoDevice Technologies (ODT) leverages upon its proprietary innovations of novel soft metal contacts and three-dimensional nanopatterning technologies.  ODT designed and developed fully inkjet printable and on-chip integrated full-color low-cost organic optoelectronic devices for high-performance applications. Elevator Pitch Awards $1,000 first place UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON - MyStyle $500 Runner-up (2) DREXEL UNIVERSITY - DragonFire UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS at Austin - Nanoforma Mini-Trade Show Award Notebook computer UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA - Filt-Air Technologies   Best Presentation Award Notebook computer PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY - Railway Innovative Technology Lightning Round Awards $1,000 track winner (5) Drexel University - DragonFire San Diego State University ? Vintellect University of Manitoba - Filt-Air Technologies University of Washington - MyStyle Vanderbilt University - Veran Medical Technologies All other teams in the Lightning Round received a $500 runner-up prize

$ 25,000 first-place winner UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, CANADA - PlasiaTEK, Inc. Team: Kevin J. Michaluk, and Dr. Michal Miller Faculty Adviser: Robert Warren, Director, Asper Centre for Entrepreneurship Concept: A medical solutions provider that will develop, patent, and market innovative devices for use in the healthcare industry. PlasiaTEK is currently poised to launch its first product, the ultrasound-based Endvantage™, which will revolutionize the way anesthesiologists and emergency responders perform endotracheal intubation. $ 10,000 second place winner UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA - KidSmart Team: Matthew Ferris, Bruce Black, Doug Ghertner, and Kerry Moher Faculty Adviser: Dr. Charles W. Hofer Concept: Has developed a new, patented device that will dramatically reduce the number of deaths among children in the event of a residential house fire. The KidSmart Vocal Smoke Detector™ allows parents to record a personal message to their children that is replayed in a fire emergency. Also contains unique alarm mechanism. $ 5,000 third place winner UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON - MicroGREEN Polymers, Inc. Team: Krishna Nadella, Greg Branch, William Grous, and Bud Gunter Faculty Adviser: Vipin Kumar, Associate Professor Concept: Will produce a new class of environmentally-friendly food packaging products, offering its customers cost savings up to 50% per package and significantly better functionality than competing products. These products include foam clamshells, plates, trays, and cups made from 100% recycled plastic. $2,000 Runner-Up (2) GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - Advanced Audio Technology Team: Trace Hawkins, Leland Marcus, Sebastien Henry, and Robert DiCecco Faculty Adviser: Pat Dickson, Professor Concept: Will develop, manufacture, and market an innovative optical microphone technology that is significantly more sensitive and yet smaller than existing technologies. Initial customers will be hearing aid manufacturers. UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE - Inkwell Fine Arts Team: Heath Seymour, Jason Henry, Anil Nair, and Jennifer McMahon Faculty Adviser: Dr. Van G.H. Clouse Concept: Sells fine art prints via a database of "customizable" digital images. Our primary market includes art consultants and interior designers who can reduce time spent acquiring artwork by quickly customizing the print’s color, size, substrate, and framing to their client’s requirements. Elevator Pitch Awards $1,000 first place UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA - KidSmart $500 Runner-up (2) UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE - Inkwell Fine Arts GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - Advanced Audio Lightning Round Awards $1,000 track winner (5) San Diego State University – Qrêpers Yale University – Jet Direct, Inc. Case Western Reserve University - Nanostar Indiana University – Battery Management Systems University of Michigan – Metro Pan All other teams in the Lightning Round received a $500 runner-up prize

	$ 25,000 first-place winner UNIVERSITY OF UTAH -TermSeek, Inc. Team: Timothy R. Hunt Faculty Adviser: Leonard Black, Concept: A software and translation services company that has developed software to double the speed of human translation while improving quality without machine translation. $ 10,000 second place winner UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - Xoran Technologies Team: Predrag Sukovic, Alex A. Virgilio, and Mark Wenger Faculty Adviser: Paul Kirsch, Program Manager for Entrepreneurial Studies Concept: An early stage company that has identified an untapped $ 1.5 billion market for small, portable, and inexpensive CAT scanners.   $ 5,000 third place winner UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN - SportsTek Team: Sid Oster, John Szypula, and Rominder Varma Faculty Adviser: Dr. Gary Cadenhead, Senior Lecturer Concept: Has created a revolutionary new golf grip design that significantly reduces the shock and vibration felt from impact with the ball or ground. $ 2,500 fourth place winner THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY - Grade-A-Timber Team: Tanapong Chirapanidchakul, Achawat Charukamnoetkanok, Thaninthorn Chokwatana, and Sutthinee Sattarujawong Faculty Adviser: Bill Randall, Adjunct Professor Concept: A company that introduces patented microwave-scanning technology to look inside lumber for natural flaws. $ 1,500 fifth place winner GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - Cupel Technologies Team: Trip Garner, Dathan Erdahl, John Stewart, and Pranav Anbalagan Faculty Adviser: Pat Dickson, Professor Concept: Designs, develops, and markets inspection systems for use in the manufacture and assembly of printed circuit boards. The Elevator Pitch and consolation Lightning Round were new additions to the competition this year, adding yet another element of learning. Elevator Pitch Award $ 500 University of Texas at Austin - SportsTek Lightning Round First Places $ 1250 University of Colorado,Boulder-PharmOut Manufacturing University of Cincinnati-Physiomics Inc. University of Louisville-Floyd Street Technologies University of Georgia-Aqua Vitae Enterprises Second Places $ 750 University of Arizona-Pyramid Block Technologies Purdue University-Mid IR Sensors University of Portland-EnableMart University of Wisconsin,Madison-Fluent Solutions Runner Ups $ 500 Dartmouth College-Uniboard Corporation San Diego State University-Field Technologies University of California, Los Angeles-Pensa University of San Francisco-Urban Spa University of Manitoba-Image Technologies Inc. University of Oregon-Clouston Tree Shaver OGI School of Science & Engineering at OHSU-Double Eagle Company
	$ 15,000 first-place winner UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, CANADA - LifeLink Ventures Incorporated Team: Tyson Caron, Jonathan Dyck, Tom Harder, Jon Meltzer, and Bram Ramjiawan Adviser: Robert Warren Concept: LifeLink releases a platform technology called AccuScreen TM that dramatically increases early detection rates of colon rectal cancer. AccuScreen fills a gap of accurate testing devices in the bio-diagnostic industry. $ 2,500 second-place winner INDIANIA UNIVERSITY - Bizco Team: Markus Schoeberl, Yamini Sekhri, and Neeraj Chawla Adviser: John Bates Concept: Bizco provides the opportunity to create never-before-seen office centers in India that provide high quality, professional and complete business solutions for document processing under one roof to young adults, students, and self-employed professionals. $ 1,000 third-place winner DUKE UNIVERSITY - NovOculi Team: Daniel Burnett, Loy Chia, and Joseph Walker Adviser: Jim Sheldon Concept: NovOculi offers a patented, incisionless method of laser refractive surgery and the devices necessary to perform this procedure. This noninvasive corneal sculpting is a significant improvement over existing technology. $ 1,000 best written plan UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN - InServIS Team: Roger Conant, and Joe O’Leary Adviser: Gary Cadenhead Concept: InServIS promotes an integrated system to increase the efficiency of the arrest process for small to medium-sized law enforcement agencies thus reducing their costs and generating revenue. $ 1,000 Consulting - Best Digial Strategy PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY - AgePath Team: Bob Mikulak, Glenn Milano, and Lally Narwal Adviser: Andy Gustafson Concept: AgePath offers quality products and services that enable individuals to maintain an independent lifestyle during the later years of the aging process.
	$ 15,000 first-place winner OREGON GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Team: Troy Garrett, Jim Hollcraft, Sharon Jacobson, Ann Parsons, Steven Redman, Mark Rehley Adviser: Alvin H. Tong Concept: ArtCentral provides professional art buyers a vast selection of fine arts in a virtual art gallery on the Internet. $ 2,500 second-place winner SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY Team: Tim Elsbrock, Chuck Gee Adviser: Harvey Goodfriend Concept: F.T.S. (Functional Therapy Solutions) offers a modular and space-saving product for physical and occupational therapists. $ 1,000 third-place winner UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE Team: Omar Ayyash, Victor Garzon, Tim Harper, Nate Kvamme, Brent Wright Adviser: Jeffery Bracker Concept: Freightjungle, an Internet-based reverse auction service, will allow small-to-medium-size companies to save time and money on their freight costs while simultaneously assisting freight carriers in maximizing the use of their freight vehicles. $ 1,000 best written plan UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Team: Gordon Zong Adviser: Gary Cadenhead Concept: Diligen Bioceutics’ primary focus is the development of gene delivery technologies that can be used to deliver a variety of genetic constructs and gene therapy products for a variety of cancers. $ 1,000 best Internet plan UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE Team: Omar Ayyash, Victor Garzon, Tim Harper, Nate Kvamme, Brent Wright Adviser: Jeffery Bracker Concept: Freightjungle, an Internet-based reverse auction service, will allow small-to-medium-size companies to save time and money on their freight costs while simultaneously assisting freight carriers in maximizing the use of their freight vehicles.
	$ 10,000 first-place winner UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Team: Jennifer Brunner, Wayne Gyllenhall, and Scott Klewer Adviser: Mike Arnold Concept: Veritext offers a cost-effective means for medical service providers to ensure compliance with government regulations. $ 2,500 second-place winner UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON Team: Andrew Garni, David Nussbaum, Jessica Peters, Neil Peters, Mark Vanden Busch   Adviser: Phil Greenwood Concept: Eco-Logic is a recycling firm that collects, diassembles, and resells waste electronic equipment. $ 1,000 third-place winner SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY Team: Bruce Behymer, Natasha King, Johann Verheem Adviser: Alex DeNoble, Sanford Erlich Concept: Application Technologies is marketing a new form of packaging called the Appli-K pouch, a unit dose disposable package with a built in applicator. $ 1,000 best written plan UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Team: Andy Lemminger, Bob Rash, Chris Stephan, Andres Zea Adviser: Charles Hofer Concept: Tech Translators provides foreign-language translation of web sites and E-mail for companies engaged in international on-line businesses.
	$ 10,000 first-place winner UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Team: Kurtulus Alic, Adam Braxton, Michael Buchanan, Roger Chandler, and Paul Hammes Adviser: Charles Hofer Concept: MedDynamics is a company that provides products to the health-care industry designed to reduce the cost of care. Their initial product, the Coulter Sterile Shield, reduces the risk of urinary tract infections that are catheter related. $ 2,500 second-place winner PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY Team: Bor-Fuei "Apo" Huang and Qian "Jenny" Wang Adviser: David Wilson Concept: Kids-R-Amazed, Inc., offers the Amazzze. The Amazzze is an educational and recreational product targeted at preschool and elementary school children. $ 1,000 third-place winner OREGON GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Team: Ed Melroy and Elyce Wair Adviser: Alvin Tong Concept: MW2 proposes to develop and market a portable, efficient, and cost effective home hemodialysis system. $ 500 fourth-place winner UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Team: Aruni Gunasegaram Adviser: Gary Cadenhead Concept: Isochron Data LLC is developing wireless, real-time data capture systems that will revolutionize the way managers gather and analyze field information. $ 1,000 best written plan UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Team: Michael Hill and Brad Warezak Adviser: Allen Atkins Concept: CelTech offers an integrated circuit that extends the battery life of cellular and PCS phones. The company has developed a new technology that will also enhance the efficiency of cellular and PCS phones without increasing the cost. $ 1,000 best presentation CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY Team: Ezra Felker and Eric Grelson Adviser: Robert Hisrich Concept: HeartCare, Inc., is based on developing health-care specialty centers that are equipped with cutting edge diagnostic equipment that is able to detect atherosclerotic coronary artery disease.