Winners of the Competitive Innovation Accelerator, sponsored by WSU Ventures and the Kansas Department of Commerce will be announced at 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 9, in the Marcus Welcome Center at 成人头条.
The public, university community and media are invited to attend the announcement, which will include remarks from Kansas Deputy Secretary of Workforce Services Michael Copeland, WSU President John Bardo, WSU Vice President John Tomblin and WSU Ventures Director Cindy Claycomb. Competition winners will also be available to showcase and discuss their innovations.
鈥淭his competition is a great showcase for the innovative talent developing at our universities, and is an aim of the Innovation Growth Program that supports economic development opportunities at Kansas universities as part of the Governor鈥檚 strategic plan for the state,鈥� said Kansas Commerce Secretary Pat George.
The semifinal 鈥淪hock Tank鈥� round of the competition was held Dec. 19. The 10 semifinalists were given 15 minutes to present and demonstrate their innovation and answer judges鈥� questions.
Seven of the 10 semifinalists were selected to receive between $10,000-$20,000 to fund research, testing and marketing for their innovations. Semifinalists include:
- ABI Chemicals鈥� Peelable Maskant System
- Advance Guard Conservation鈥檚 Reactor
- Birdie Eye鈥檚 Golf Ball Finder/Driving Range Finder
- Ulterius Technologies鈥� Multi-Protocol Development Testing
- GoodFlight鈥檚 Flight-Tracking
- iNOv8v Health Technologies鈥� Non-invasive physiological assessment and biofeedback fitness systems
- WSU Software Usability Lab鈥檚 Usability Evaluation Toolkit for Mobile Devices
- NMotion鈥檚 Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Public Safety Agencies
- Leachrod鈥檚 blade removal tool and
- Pocket Closet mobile application
The goal of the Competitive Innovation Accelerator is to identify and fund technologies that will create and retain jobs in Kansas. Selection criteria includes potential for economic impact, alignment with strategic objectives and student involvement, strength of the partnership, plans for long-term collaboration with WSU and technical merit.
WSU Ventures assists 成人头条 faculty, staff and students in applying and commercializing their collective ideas, intellectual properties, know-how, talents, capabilities, ambitions and energies in ways that benefit the university community, industry and the public. WSU Ventures is part of WSU鈥檚 Office of Research and Technology Transfer. It protects and licenses university inventions and innovations, connects industry partners with WSU researchers, and links entrepreneurs and investors with WSU researchers and technologies.