Fall 2018 Cohort

• Dr. Xiuling Lu, Sterling Glass, Derek Hargrove & Andre Beringhs (Faculty, Ph.D. Students, Graduate Student), Doxorubicin Nanoparticles for Leukemic Stem Cell Inhibition, School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Science
• Dr. Dasha Frias Landa, Ardita Hinkle & Dr. Flavio Uribe (PostDoc, Research Assistant, Faculty), Triangle Retainers: Prevent the relapse of open bite, UConn Health, Orthodontics
• Dr. Jason Henderson & Matthew Deluca (Faculty, Undergraduate Students), Turfgrass Weedbine, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, Department of Plant Grass Science and Landscape Architecture
• Michael Martin, Nick Myers, & Dr. Thomas Villalon (Graduate Student, Industry partners), iFrit: Using waste generated through production to develop a sustainable disposal process, School of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Department & Institute of Material Sciences
• Dr. Linda Pescatello, Yin Wu, Burak Cilhoroz & Robert Maybruch (Faculty, Ph.D. Students, Graduate Student, Industry partner), Team Optimize: Decision support system for a guided approach to ExRx, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, Department of Kinesiology
• Dr. Islam Mosa, Esraa Elsanadidy, & Dr. James Rusling (Post Doc, Graduate Student, Faculty), BioCap-Harvest: New power course or implantable pacemaker, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Chemistry
• Dr. Simona Augyte & Daniel Koval (Post Doc, Industry Partner), Kelp Development and processing: Locally and sustainable grown sea vegetables, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department
• Dr. Erik Wallace, Faith Sporbert, Thomas Crosby, Augusto Iversen, & John Bochicchio (Faculty, Undergraduate Students), Mystika: Software designed for improve safety and speed of all secure communication, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics
• Dr. Krystyna Gielo-Perczak & Alexandros Mathioudakis (Faculty, Ph.D. Student), Jointless Lower Extremity Exoskeleton, School of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Department
• Peter Goggins & Patrick Hockings (Undergraduate Students), Next Generation Multi-Trophic Aquaculture, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Environmental Science Department & School of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Department

Spring 2018 Cohort

• Dr. Xiuchun Tian & Elizabeth Johnson (Faculty & Graduate Student), MycoZap: Plant-derived natural compounds to effectively prevent and treat diseases by Mycoplasma bovis. College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, Department of Animal Science
• Dr. Leslie Shor, Grant Bouchillon, Chris Hawxhurst & Wallis Boyd (Faculty, Graduate Students & Undergraduate Student), Living Fertilizer, School of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering & Department of Environmental Engineering
• Dr. Robert Aseltine, Dr. Riddhi Doshi, Wenjie Wang & Cal Collins (Faculty, PostDoc, Graduate Student & Industry), WellTech: Improving the collection of patient information using mobile health technologies, UConn Health, Division of Behavioral Sciences and Community Health, Center for Public Health and Health Policy
• Dr. Bradley Wright, Elisabeth McClure, Lindsey Fecko, Samantha Tracey & Kendall Comstock (Faculty & Undergraduate Students), Ackme Research: Testing well-being interventions, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department Sociology and Department of Communication
• Dr. Arash Esmali Zaghi & Alexandra Hain (Faculty & Graduate Student), Arax Engineering: Hybrid building columns, School of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Ernesto Ortega-Hernandez, Shemona Singh & Nicole Gauer (Undergraduate Students), Mesa: Bridging the disconnect of social interactions through food sharing, School of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Department of Computer Science & School of Business, Finance Department
• Dr. Ruth Lucas, Patrick Hocking & Amy Robinson (Faculty & Undergraduate Students- UConn), Dyadic Innovations: Breastfeeding diagnostic device, School of Nursing, School of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering & Department of Electrical Engineering, Dr. Jimi Francis, Sarah Cowan & Shambhavi Adhikari (Faculty & Graduate Students- University of Texas at Tyler), College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Department of Health and Kinesiology
• Dr. Amit Savkar, William Moshella & Matthew Dermody (Faculty, Industry & Graduate Students), SAVKAR.AI: Predictive analytics platform for student retention in STEM fields, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics & School of Business, Masters in Business Administration
• Dr. Mu-Ping Nieh, Armin Tahmasbi Rad & Leila Daneshmandi (Faculty & Graduate Students), Encapsulate: A tumor-on-a-chip device for individualized treatment, School of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering
• Dr. Christine Finck, Dr. Liisa Kuhn & Todd Jensen (Faculty & Researcher), Esophadex: A new esophageal device to treat esophageal injuries and strictures, UConn Health, School of Medicine & School of Dental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics & Department of Reconstructive Sciences

Fall 2017 Cohort

• Dr. Abhishek Dutta & Alexei Sondergeld (Faculty & Graduate Student), Drought Water Generator, School of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Dr. Guoan Zheng, Aparna Nambiar & Yutong Jiang (Faculty & Graduate Students), Rapid autofocusing module, School of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering
• Dr. Diane Burgess & Dr. Antonio Costa (Faculty & Researcher), Continuous manufacturing of liposomal drug products, School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Dr. Linda Pescatello, Burak Cilhoroz & Yin Wu (Faculty & Graduate Students), Targeted genomic precision approach to exercise prescription for hypertension, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, Department of Kinesiology
• Daniel Yasoshima, Paige Murphy & Thomas Cotton (Graduate Students), Vision assistive communication device for motor impairment, School of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering
• Dr. Sina Shahbazmohamadi & Dr. Pouya Tavousi (Faculty & PostDoc), Hybrid tool for rational structure-based drug design, School of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering and School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Dr. Joanne Conover, Samuel Schick & Frank Amaefuna (Faculty, Alumni & Undergraduate Student), Connecticut Concussion Tracker, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
• Dr. Xiuchun (Cindy) Tian, Linkai Zhu & Kay Wilcox (Faculty, Graduate Student & Undergraduate Student), Efficient sperm-sorting and sexing, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, Department of Animal Science and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Individualized major

Spring 2017 Cohort

• Dermatat, Faizan Khan, Ishita Banerjee & Natalie Miccile (Undergraduate & Graduate Students), Schools of Medicine & Business, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Departments of Mathematics, Physics, Immunology and MBA Program
• Drought Water Generator, Dr. Abhishek Dutta, Ashwini Srishyla (Faculty & Graduate Students), School of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• High Rate BioGas Conditioning, Dong Yu & Susan Jacob (Graduate Students), School of Business, MBA Program
• Novel Underarm Scrub, Katie Boyle (Faculty), Center for Public Health & Health Policy
• Polymer Genome Project, Dr. Rampi Ramprasad, Dr. Huan Tran, Chiho Kim & Arun Mannodi Kanakkithodi (Faculty, Postdoctoral Fellows & Graduate Student), Institute of Materials Science
• Project Mobo, Caseem Ward (Undergraduate Student), School of Business
• Small Molecule Inhibitors, Dr. Sandra Weller, Dr. Dennis Wright & Dr. Lorry Grady (Faculty & Postdoctoral Fellow), Schools of Medicine & Pharmacy, Departments of Molecular Biology & Biophysics and Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Therapeutic Antibodies for Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Dr. David Han, Dr. Poornima Hegde & Veneta Qendro (Faculty & Graduate Student), School of Medicine, Departments of Cell Biology and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
• WBV Rheometer Project, Dr. George Lykotrafitis & Kostyantyn Partola (Faculty & Graduate Student)  School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Fall 2016 Cohort

• GlowDots, Quantum dots for the world of biology: Melissa Limbacher, Challa Kumar, & Matthew Takvorian, Student - Faculty, CLAS
• Health eSense, Sensor optimization & prototype: Claire Leonardi, Radenka Maric, Faculty, Engineering
• Novel, Long-acting topical anesthetic agent for pain: Sarah Goldstein, Rajesh Lalla, Based Gayed, Rose Lance, Student-Faculty, Molecular & Cell Biology, Dental
• Prevention Preventable: Guanwei Tao, Graduate Student, School of Business
• Raman Spectroscopy, Approach for middle ear disease diagnosis: Rishikesh Pandey, Tulio Valdez, Faculty, UCHC
• Verge Finance: Neil Howard, Kimberly Butler, Robert Stone, Student, School of Business  

Spring 2016 Cohort

• Autobeacon, Dan Dvoskin, Student, School of Business
• Biotherapeutic – Rheumatoid Arthritis, Caroline Dealy, Faculty, School of Dental Medicine
• Cervical Cerclage, Courtney Townsel & Dr. Winston Campbell, Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellow
• Endemic Grasses, Julia Kuzovkina & John Campanelli, Student-Faculty, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
• Energy Recovery from Food Waste, Baikun Li & Yan Li, Faculty, School of Engineering
• EVA-Passive water sampling, Penny Vlahos, Faculty, Marine Sciences
• Fluorescent Dyes, Leslie Loew & Dr. Corey Acker, Faculty, CCAM
• Innovative Diffusion, Benjamin Williams, Student, School of Business
• Magnetic Levitation for Urinalysis, Savas Tasoglu & Stephanie Knowlton, Student-Faculty, School of Engineering
• Pediatric Leukemia, Amy Anderson & Michael Lombardo, Faculty, School of Pharmacy
• ShrimpBright, Lily Louis & Anthony Patelunas, Student-Faculty, Molecular and Cell Biology

Fall 2015 Cohort

• 3D Array Technology: Yanbing Guo, Pu-Xian Gao, Wen Fu, Faculty, School of Engineering
• Carbon Nanotube: Ibrahim Awad, Leila Ladani, Mark Adams, Faculty-Alumni, School of Engineering, School of Business
• Clean Light: Stephan Maric, Andrew Radlbeck, Eric Szilagy, Hadi Bozorgmanesh, Don Balducci, Student - Faculty, School of Engineering
• Flame Retardant: Luyi Sun, Michael Loder, Byron Anderson, Steven Sopneski, Kenneth Miller, Tie Lan, Student-Faculty, School of Engineering, School of Business
• Oral Fluid Dynamics: Gopinath Rajadinakaran, J. Robert Kelly, Henry Rauter, Faculty, UConn Health
• Parrot MD: Steven Graf, Charles Fayal, Student, School of Engineering
• PentaVac: Hakimeh Nik, Mazhar Khan, Reza Nemati-Josheghani, M.R. Bassami, Faculty, CAHNR, CLAS
• Preventech: Daniel Rosenberg, Matthew Hanley, Bijan Almassian, Faculty, UConn Health
• Slide Imaging: Kaikai Guo, Goan Zheng, Zichao Bian, Robert Schmalzigaug, Faculty, School of Engineering
• Teeny Wrinkle Cream: Diane Burgess, Jim LaFrance, Faculty, Pharmacy