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USF Professor and NSF I-Corps Alumna Selected for Inaugural National Innovation Showcase
November 13, 2017
The Hemolix team (YouTube video), led by Dr. Anna Pyayt, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, was selected to participate in the inaugural University Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) Showcase on Capitol Hill, presented by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and the Association of American Universities (AAU), in partnership with the National Academy of Inventors and VentureWell.
Hemolix LLC was one of 22 startups selected from almost 100 highly competitive applications from over 40 institutions across the country featured in the I&E Showcase. Hemolix is designing low-cost mobile technology for early detection of pregnancy complications.
Dr. Pyayt was the Principal Investigator (PI) for a 2016 NSF I-Corps national grant for this technology.
USF Researcher Wins Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant to Further Develop Wastewater Recycling Machine
October 16, 2017
Dr. Daniel Yeh, USF Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, received a 2-year $1.14M grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to further the development of the NEWgenerator waste water recycling machine and conduct a field test in Durban, South Africa.
Leading the project on the USF side is Dr. Robert Bair, post-doctoral research associate, who was instrumental in developing the NEWgenerator technology. The USF team will be working with the Pollution Research Group of the University of KwaZulu-Natal and other local partners who will provide in-country logistical support for the engineering field testing. For more information on the NEWgenerator, including media coverage and videos, please visit http://NEWgenerator.tumblr.com.
Dr. Yeh was the Principal Investigator (PI) for a 2015 national NSF I-Corps team.
USF I-Corps Fellows Complete First Summer Bootcamp
August 17, 2017
The first-ever Summer Session Bootcamp for the USF I-Corps program concluded on Thursday, August 17.
Eight teams and 21 participants completed the intensive course and earned the designation USF I-Corps Fellows. The teams included members from USF’s Muma College of Business, College of Engineering, Patel College for Global Sustainability, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, and College of Public Health. The ideas included an app to assist freight transportation logistics, a new type of career search and placement company, a food waste reduction program, an app for innovative ride sharing for seniors, using nanotechnology for the formulation and development of nutraceuticals to treat hyperglycemia, and electro-chromic windows, among others.
New Innovation Pilot Program from the U.S. Department of Defense Seeks Applicants
July 3, 2017
The I-Corps @ DoD is a pilot program modeled on the successful NSF Innovation Corps program, designed to be a bootcamp for training entrepreneurs in the research community to transition DoD basic research.
Teams generally consist of a technical lead (usually a university PI), an entrepreneurial lead, and a mentor. The team goes through a year of intensive instruction and interviews with potential customers, with the goal of a go or no go decision on a specific potential product and a commercialization plan. The I Corps @ DoD program is designed to support the acceleration of innovation by providing Principal Investigators (PIs) with training and mentorship in customer discovery and commercialization. The goals of this program are to spur the transition of fundamental research, to encourage collaboration between academia and industry, and to train students to understand innovation and entrepreneurship.
USF I-Corps Fellows – Spring 2017
April 13, 2017
Six USF I-Corps Teams completed the Spring 2017 "I-Corps Bootcamp" to earn the honor of becoming USF I-Corps Fellows.
They were recognized in a Certificate Presentation Ceremony held on April 13 at The Galleria in USF CONNECT, part of the USF Research Park. The teams included members from USF’s Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Public Health, Education, Engineering, Morsani College of Medicine, and USF World. The ideas included a global engagement mapping app for smart phones, software for automatic analysis of biological tissue, a new type of triage system, suspended animation, and help for breastfeeding at home. To see photos from the event, please visit our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/USFResearch/
See the full list of teams and their projects.
USF Researchers Develop a Mobile App for Heart Failure Patients
February 21, 2017
Ponrathi Athilingam, PhD, assistant professor at the USF College of Nursing, and Miguel Labrador, PhD, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the USF College of Engineering, created HeartMapp, an Android-based application to help older adults with congestive heart failure (CHF) improve their self-care and reduce costly hospital readmissions.
USF I-Corps Now Accepting Applications for the Spring 2017 Program
January 20, 2017
If you've ever thought about being an entrepreneur, this course will put you on the fast track to achieving your dreams.
Work with a personal mentor from the business community, a faculty expert, and tap into the national innovation network to learn real-world business start-up skills from the best. Find out what makes a good idea into a great product or company. This short 6-week program is free and open to the entire USF System community. Accepted teams will receive a mini-grant up to $2,500. The course will be held on Thursdays, March 2, 9, 23, 30; April 6 and 13, from 9 AM to Noon. Applications are being accepted now through March 1, 2017.
Applications for the Spring 2017 course now closed.