UConn School of Engineering graduate Trevor Svec and undergraduate student Philip Gitman are designing self-extinguishing candle accessories, a venture they call WickAway. Not only does their product promote safety, but it can be used with any candle and also is aesthetically pleasing, with stylish designs that will complement any home interior. Entrepreneurial lead Svec states […]

The UConn School of Engineering’s Assistant Professor Savas Tasoglu, Ph.D. candidate Reza Amin, and Ph.D. student Stephanie Knowlton, are developing an in-home device with a smartphone-based automated analyzer to measure male fertility. Amin states that QRfertile intends that “users can eventually pick up our product from their local pharmacy, and use it in the comfort […]

Faculty Cindy Tian and undergraduate student Elizabeth Johnson from the UConn College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources are creating a plant-derived antimicrobial treatment for illness in cattle caused by microplasma bovis. Their product, called MycoZap, primarily intends to prevent diseases like pneumonia and mastitis. The MycoZap team participated in Accelerate UConn, and decided to […]

Armin Tahmasbi Rad, UConn School of Engineering Ph.D. candidate, and Leila Daneshmandi, UConn School of Medicine Ph.D. candidate, are engineering a diagnosis device to determine personalized treatment for cancer. The name of their venture is Encapsulate. “Our automated tumor-on-chip system grows patients cancer cells outside the body and tests the efficacy of chemotherapeutic drugs against them […]

Next up in our Summer Fellowship team highlight series is SAVKAR.AI.   The UConn College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Faculty Amit Savkar, graduate student David Nichols, and industry partner William Moschella are creating a predictive analytics platform for student retention in STEM fields, called SAVKAR.AI. In the words of entrepreneurial lead David Nichols, “We […]

UConn School of Engineering graduates Daniel Yasoshima and Tom Cotton and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences student Jeren Koh have developed a multi-lingual tablet application that provides patients with an easier way to communicate with caregivers, called YouCOMM. This app has hands-free and voice recognition capabilities that allow patients with hindered movement to also […]

  The next team to be featured in our highlight series is Dyadic Innovations, composed of Ruth Lucas, UConn School of Nursing faculty, Jimi Francis, University of Texas at Tyler faculty, and Patrick Hocking, UConn School of Engineering undergraduate student. This venture is in the process of designing a breastfeeding diagnostic device that would provide […]

The next Summer Fellowship team highlight is Spore.   Spore is led by College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources graduate Cameron Collins and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences graduate James Polo-Lossius.   Spore is dedicated to providing local options for fresh or processed gourmet and medicinal mushroom products. They aim to broaden the […]