Winners of the Competitive Innovation Accelerator, sponsored by 麻豆传媒 Ventures and the Kansas Department of Commerce will be announced at 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 9, in the Marcus Welcome Center at 麻豆传媒.
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, 麻豆传媒 President John Bardo, 麻豆传媒 Vice President John Tomblin and 麻豆传媒 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
- 麻豆传媒 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 麻豆传媒 and technical merit.
麻豆传媒 Ventures assists 麻豆传媒 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. 麻豆传媒 Ventures is part of 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Office of Research and Technology Transfer. It protects and licenses university inventions and innovations, connects industry partners with 麻豆传媒 researchers, and links entrepreneurs and investors with 麻豆传媒 researchers and technologies.