Division
I
CeaseFire Solutions, Inc.
Thammasat
University, Thailand
CeaseFire,
the self-activating extinguishing ball, can be safely thrown into a fire,
dispersing standard extinguishing chemicals without the complications or danger
of standard canister extinguishers.
Anan Jinawong
Kittipong
Potirucht
Wei Liang Yu
Santinee
Krittanont
Nattawan
Promviengchai
Faculty
Adviser:Bill Randall
Xoran
University
of Michigan
Xoran
will satisfy the need for small and inexpensive cat scanners with its innovative
“MiniCat” scanner designed for in-house use in medical specialty practices.
Predrag
Sukovic
Alex
Virgilio
Faculty
Advisor: Paul Kirsch
QGenics BioSciences, Inc.
University of Tennessee
QGenics BioSciences, Inc.
will commercialize a platform lab-on-a-chip technology that miniaturizes an
entire laboratory full of equipment and personnel down onto a single, disposable
microchip.
Chuck
Witkowski
Justin
Treadwell
Faculty
Advisor: Eddie Armbrister
Sub2
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sub2’s
mission is to develop and market technologies and processes that enable the
snack food industry to deliver great tasting low-fat products to the health
conscious consumer.
Daniel
Bowman
Chirag
Nanavati
Faculty
Adviser:Chris Kelly
Silicon-Light
London
Business School, Great Britain
Silicon-Light
develops and commercializes technologies that enable light interconnect in
silicon electronic and optical devices based on research at the University of
Surrey.
Herve-Andre
Durand
Virginia
Rodriguez Perlado
Tyrone
Stodart
Russell
Gwilliam
Faculty
Adviser:Susanna Khavul
Fluent
Solutions
University
of Wisconsin-Madison
Fluent
Solutions develops and markets innovative wireless products for the agriculture
industry including a break through improvement to the process by which anhydrous
ammonia is applied to cropland.
Chad
Sorenson
Jaume
Villanueva
Faculty
Adviser: Brian Pope and James Ebben
Division
II
TermSeek
Inc.
University of
Utah
TermSeek,
Inc. is a translation services company which has developed proprietary software
that cuts the cost of translations in half while providing higher quality.
Timothy Hunt
Novaphage,
Inc.
San Diego
State University
Novaphage,
Inc. utilizes its proprietary technology to improve the gene therapy process by
developing its Resolution One heart disease therapy to treat patients who are
genetically prone to abnormally high levels of cholesterol.
Ernesto Ellis
David Huang
James Moore
Francisco
Solorzano
Faculty
Adviser:Dick Brooks
Pyramid
Block Technologies
University of Arizona
Pyramid Block Technologies introduces the Pyramid
Block solution to
the concrete industy which utilizes a tongue and groove interlocking design,
allowing each block to be laid without the use of mortar.
Jim Butler
Jeff Hursh
Faculty Adviser:Gary Libecap
Outboard
Propulsion Systems
Bond
University, Australia
Outboard
Propulsion Systems has developed and patented a new marine propulsion system
which addresses the inherent problems of systems available to the marine
industry today.
John Alexiou
Marc Sheldon
Sophie Swann
Phillipa
Wright
Faculty
Adviser:Paul Johnson
FairUse
University of Oxford, UK
FairUse
will increase software companies’ profits by offering them online product
activation as a service by which they can reduce unauthorized use of their
products.
Sheldon
White
Stephan
Bisse
Harmen
Thys Nieuwenhuis
Isabel
Pascual Olarte
Adrian
Cybriwsky
Faculty
Adviser: Nir Vulkan
Roving
Planet
University of Colorado at Boulder
Roving Planet designs innovative middleware that allows companies to use
their wireless LANS for everything from customer service to operations.
The CSD engine manages multiple applications running over a wireless LAN.
Kaj Gronholm
Erin Burke
Seth Goldhammer
Faculty Adviser:Frank Moyes
Division
III
Genesica
Universidad
Austral, Argentina
Genesica
is a biotech company. As a business catalyzer, they create value for people,
partners and investors, identifying market opportunities and optimizing R&D
efforts.
Dan
Kaplan
Javier
de la Fuente
Lino
Spatz
Lucas
Pescarmona
Faculty
Advisor: Silvia Torres Carbonell
The
Canadian Clinic
University
of Western Ontario, Canada
The
Canadian Clinic is a private, diagnostic services firm providing cutting-edge
medical imaging interpreted by elite Canadian radiologists, with no wait-list
and 48-hour turnaround time.
Jack
Newton
Adam
Watson
Russell
Starr
Alexander
Barron
Matthew
Sobolewski
William
Plaxton
Faculty
Adviser:Stewart Thornhill
AntiCORO
Grounding
Chinese
University of Hong Kong
AntiCORO
Grounding’s mission is to help power industries increase operational safety
and reduce operating costs by providing the most reliable and cost-effective
anti-corrosion grounding.
Jia
Mi
Virendra
Nath
Faculty
Advisor: Hugh Thomas
MALCOM
Wings
WHU, Germany
MALCOM will
manufacture and sell a “Wing-in-Surface-Effect” craft that travels above
water to achieve the speed and convenience of air travel at the cost of sea
travel.
Martin Ott
Andy Bookas
Nick Rossiter
Faculty
Adviser:Volkmar Liebig
Aqua
Vitae Enterprises
University of Georgia
Aqua Vitae Enterprises will market and distribute a
patented new drug called Aqua Vitae that temporarily boosts the ??systems of
fish, thereby both curing and preventing a wide variety of fish diseases.
Peter M. King
Nicole Kinser
Todd Jordan
Faculty Adviser:Charles
Hofer
Battelle
BioVentures
Babson
College
Battelle
BioVentures will contract manufacturing services to the biopharmaceutical
industry.
Brian Abraham
Richard
McMahon
Faculty
Adviser:Julian Lange
Division
IV
ZORK
Adelaide
University, Australia
Cork taint
costs the global wine industry US$8 billion a year. The solution is ZORK, a
non-tainting closure that seals like a screw cap and pops like a cork.
Conor McKenna
Paul Capper
John Brooks
Remco
Marcelis
Faculty
Adviser:Nick Humphrey
Particle
Separation Systems
Bond
University, South Africa
Particle
Separation Systems is involved in the development of technologically advanced
de-watering equipment.
Brennan
Rutherford
Andrew
Millerd
Deon Van Der
Nist
Charl Marais
Gareth
Robinson
Super
Servicio
University of
Arizona
Super
Servicio is an owner/operator of truck stops, capitalizing on increased NAFTA-generated
Mexican and American truck transport traffic throughout Mexico.
Curtis
Whetten
Layne
Stolworthy
Alp Gurun
Faculty Adviser:John Nighswander
SyncWorld,
Inc.
Carnegie
Mellon University
SyncWorld,
Inc. offers multiplayer interactive games in which players become real-world
heroes or heroines in scenarios such as Mission Impossible using data-enabled
mobile phones.
Nobuhiro Seki
Faculty
Adviser:Thomas Emerson
FollowUpper
Fundacao
Getulio Vargas, Brazil
The
FollowUpper Company trades tools to improve management performance.
The main product is software for everyday use that collects and compiles
information to save management time.
Andre
Marcondes Ghon
Gustavo
Cesario
Norio
Nakashima
Ronald
Lorentziadis
Faculty
Adviser:Paulo Clarindo Goldschmidt
AutoShop
University of
Chicago
The AutoShop
will offer boys aged 7 – 12 a unique retail entertainment experience where
they select, customize and build their own personalized toy cars.
Joel Blumberg
Michael Wilks
Abhinov Singh
Daniel Gott
Ryan
McGlothlin
Faculty Adviser:Waverly Deutsch
Division
V
Sunrise
International Inc.
Clark Atlanta
University
Sunrise
International Inc. supplies books and non-book materials to all types of
libraries. The company’s mission is to serve as a one-stop solution for
library-related needs.
Rhom
Erskine
Russell
Smith
ShaDonte
Dozier
Derek
Brown
Faculty
Adviser:Mohammad Bhuiyan
Huawei
Stone Processing Ltd.
Lingnan
(University) College - Zhongshan University, China
Huawei
Stone Processing is going to set up a stone processing mill in the Guangdong
Province of China to produce high quality, high gloss marble and granite planks.
Tian
Jing
Jian
Zhao
Wu
Danhong
Li
Xi
Hu
Yibing
Lu
Kai
Qing
Cheng
Faculty
Advisor: “David” Shaozhuang Ma
O-ny-ka
Films
E. M. Lyon,
France
O-ny-ka
Films is a high-end TV commercial production house, bridging international
artistic talent such as feature filmmakers and photographers to ad agencies
as a creative alternative to commercial directors.
Michael Cole
Chad
Muserlian
Pedro
Vitorino
Faculty
Adviser:Rickie Moore
Health Assist
University
of Oregon
Health Assist offers medical office managers in
small to medium size practices a customizable interactive software product to
enhance productivity.
Jennifer Knee
Seth Millstein
Liz Bauer
Faculty
Adviser:Randy Swangard
Quickpages
ITESM, Mexico
Quickpages
provides college students with handy, colorful high quality directories of local
businesses, linking buyers and sellers of ordinary goods and services.
Francisco
Rodriguez
Federico
Ramirez
Faculty
Adviser:Ruben Alanis
Private
Concepts
The
University of Texas at Austin
Private
Concepts develops and commercializes home-based healthcare products for women.
The company’s first product is a self-administered cervical cancer screen.
Patrick Pevoto
Andy Campbell
Lynn Wright
Niki Aberle
Tim Wilson
Faculty
Adviser: Gary Cadenhead