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Home > Invited Universities

Participating Universities and Ventures

DIVISION I

Plasvacc USA
Bond University, Australia
Plasvacc's technology is a proprietary production process for animal blood plasma production. The technology allows for multiple products based on animal species. 
Louis Young
Mark Goodwin
Ross Wilson
Andrew Macarthur
Faculty Adviser: Noel Lindsay

BioMed
Florida A & M University 
BioMed will develop and market Baby Pulse, a wireless, real-time pulse monitoring system for home health care of infants.
Tracey Renee Carter
Sherman Curry
Davida Martin
Richard Wright
Faculty Adviser: Colin Benjamin

Lion Rock TourIsME
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
TourIsME Company is a Hong Kong based technology company that operates in tourism management and advertisement services.
Chi Wai (Alan) Chan
Kin Fai Ho
Roger Tran
Wing Chuen Yeung
Faculty Adviser: Jerome Yen

HeadStart Central
London Business School
HeadStart Central provides premium after-school educational services targeting ethnic communities within California that place high value on such services. 
Alex Allegos
Andy Zmugg
Benjamin Lee
Faculty Adviser: Keith Willey

CarePoint Professional Employees
University of Georgia
CarePoint Professional Employees operates as a professional employer organization providing tailored services to medical clinics with five to 50 employees.
Kenneth Kaufman
Jeffrey Mullins
Tina Manwiller
Faculty Adviser: Charles Hofer

Ferrate Solutions
Babson College
Ferrate Solutions will manufacture and distribute a new water treatment chemical, potassium ferrate. Ferrate can treat contaminated water two to four times more effectively than current chemicals. 
Rezwan Sharif
Tahsin Alam
Faculty Adviser: Stephen Spinell

DIVISION II

Team Hydrasure
Bond University, South Africa
Team Hydrasure will produce and market hydraulic pump and cylinder test rigs making it simpler for the client to test and repair pumps and cylinders.
Dave Andrews
Roy Taylor
Glen Smith
Fiona Bornman
Faculty Adviser: Michiel Erasmus

Flexible Packaging
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)
Flexible Packaging is a project where foil, plastic or paper is printed and cut for manufacturers of food and pharmaceutical industries needing smaller amounts of high quality packaging materials at a competitive price. 
Lucia Lessan
Faculty Adviser: Ruben Alanis

MineWolf
Wissenschaftliche Hochschule fur Untemehmensfuhrung (WHU)
MineWolf offers a 100% effective mechanical demining service using a mobile, lightweight crawler tractor equipped with a patented toolbox system which ensures low operational costs.
Markus Kurch
Martin Eckert
Martin Schulte
Verena Rode
Faculty Adviser: Volkmar Liebig

Urban Paws
University of Portland
Urban Paws will strive to make busy urban dog owners' lives easier by providing dog daycare and several complementing services in one convenient location.
Julie Feickert
Faculty Adviser: Heidi Sause

BioPharma
Chulalongkorn University 
BioPharma manufactures and markets PerioCure invented by a Thai research team. PerioCure, an affordable, effective alternative to imported antibiotics, is used in the treatment of periodontal disease.
Chongco Sotipalalit
Arisa Kamchokechai
Siremorn Supachanya
Natasorn Boontanorm
Faculty Adviser: Adith Cheosakul

Maroon Biotech
University of Chicago
Maroon Biotech was founded to create and commercialize a new class of drugs to treat cellular damage associated spinal cord injuries, heart attacks and strokes.
Jeremy Graff
Peter Stratil
David Knoepfle
Faculty Adviser: Waverly Deutsch

DIVISION III

ENE-SUN Light Energy Solutions
Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas (ESADE)
ENE-SUN intends to develop, assemble, market and sell portable solar power units to consumers, initially in the California market. 
Alastair Fife
Kirk Shoemaker
Faculty Adviser: Luisa Alvarez

Aqua Essence
University of Oregon
Aqua Essence is a low-cost, easy-to-use and environmentally sound arsenic removal solution that exceeds the regulatory requirement and protects communities from arsenic in drinking water. 
Caroline Palmer
Mark Wall
Joseph Beck
Faculty Adviser: Donald Harkins

International Cash Connections
University of Georgia
International Cash Connections will serve the international remittance needs of Georgia and Florida Hispanic immigrant populations through the sale of its Casalink card.
Frank Marley
Luis Imery
Chris Griggs
Faculty Adviser: Charles Hofer

NetImmune
Carnegie Mellon University 
NetImmune develops and markets software to protect hospital computing infrastructure from cyber attack, preventing unauthorized disclosure of patient health information and quantifying network security liability.
Aron Hall
Faculty Adviser: Thomas Emerson 

PETCO
Fundaçao Getúlio Vargas (FGV)
PETCO's main activity will be the collection of used pet bottles and the subsequent recycling of them, targeting the sale of the end product to the Latin America beverage industry.
Luiz Guilherme Holtz
Eric Enger
Claudio Badin
Richardo Mason
Fabio Dall Acqua
Faculty Adviser: Paulo Goldschmidt

Micro MRI
University of Pennsylvania
Micro MRI licenses a technology that measures bone microstructure non-invasively, using regular MRI scanners. This will revolutionize diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of osteoporosis and bone metabolic disorders.
Onne Ganel
Bryon Gomberg
Faculty Adviser: Steve Sammut

DIVISION IV

eleDerm
San Diego State University
EleDerm is a new business venture that uses innovative proprietary technology for dermatology applications. EleDerm will capitalize on the rapidly growing $4.3 billion market for anti-aging products. 
Chris Andre
Kevin O'Brien
Pam Harris
Kristi Hochuert
Sylvia Jeung
Faculty Adviser: Violetta DeRosa

SoftStitch
University of Western Ontario
SoftStitch software will inspire creativity and enable consumers to design their own needlecraft patterns using a simple, quick and enjoyable software tool.
Husein A. Kirefu
Faculty Adviser: Stewart Thornhill

Latech Co. Ltd.
Thammasat University 
Latech Co. has developed a process that removes harmful allergenic proteins from natural rubber products during manufacturing. Healthcare workers endure chronic dermatitis, asthma and other reactions due to these proteins. 
Sorat Wongphaet
Pirunin Wannawong
Hattaya Ongwararak
Voraporn Supatanakul
Faculty Adviser: Bill Randall

ED Protocols
Rice University
ED Protocols, Inc. has developed a software solution to fully automate Emergency Department based Observation Centers. There are 1,500 such centers in the United States.
Brian Hoogendam
Faculty Adviser: Dennis Murphree

Adventech
University of Oxford
Adventech is commercializing a patented and proven fuel delivery system for combustion engines that increases fuel efficiency by over 30% while decreasing emissions.
Damian Riddoch
Maria de Kleyn
Daniel Bergheim
Kelum Pinnaduwage
Spencer Frasher
Faculty Adviser: Stephan Chambers

Mobius Microsystems
University of Michigan
Mobius technology enables less expensive, smaller, more functional electronic products that consume less power by integrating clocks, in the form of patented intellectual property, directly on to microprocessors.
Michael McCorquodale
Jeff Wilkins
Faculty Adviser: Paul Kirsch

DIVISION V

PlasiaTEK
University of Manitoba
PlasiaTEK is currently poised to launch its first medical device, the ultrasound-based Endvantage, which will revolutionize the way anesthesiologists and emergency responders perform endotracheal intubations. 
Kevin Michaluk
Michal Miller
Faculty Adviser: Robert Warren 

Global Smart Systems
Universidad de los Andes - Uniandes
Global Smart Systems is an in-store marketing research company that has developed information systems on shoppers' behavior in traditional distribution channels.
Liliana Patricia Ortiz 
Andrés Morales Barbosa
William Fox Céspedes
Faculty Adviser: Mauricio Ruiz

Aeris Holdings
Case Western Reserve University
Aeris Holdings will develop the RESystem, a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell based solution that transforms biogas directly into electricity, without pollution, for the global agricultural marketplace.
Michael Walsh
Jason Crusan
Sean Wenger
Faculty Adviser: David Deeds

Selectioneering
University of Arizona
Selectioneering is an Internet based scheduling application targeted at the healthcare industry. Selectioneering's choice-based scheduling approach promotes increased staffing equity over the standard optimization algorithms.
Michael Laatsch
Anand Nevgi
Gagandeep Sethi
Faculty Adviser: Joann Rockwell

Fluorometrics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Fluorometrics will design and manufacture Micro X-ray Fluorescence machines and consumables. These machines and consumables will be marketed and sold initially to medium and large pharmaceutical companies. 
Brad Morie
Bill Hauck
Faculty Adviser: Patrick Vernon

Organic Energy Systems
The University of Texas at Austin
Organic Energy Systems capitalizes on global initiatives for clean energy by making and marketing economical and environmentally-friendly distributed energy systems using next-generation biomass fuel technologies. 
Tamara Young
Andy Rose
Ted Calvin
Faculty Adviser: Gary Cadenhead

 


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