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HeartMapp Project Gets Additional Funding, Heads for Pilot Study
October 30, 2018
Four years into developing a mobile application to help heart patients manage their health, USF nurse researchers and engineers with the HeartMapp project are about to begin a pilot study testing a prototype of the app with a small group of patients.
The project, led by College of Nursing Associate Professor Ponrathi Athilingam, PhD, ACNP, MCH, FAANP, FHFSA, and College of Engineering Professor Miguel Labrador, PhD, recently received a $225,000 grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research that will help complete Phase 1 of the project. Dr. Athinlingam and Dr. Labrador were the co-Principle Investigators for a 2016 national NSF I-Corps team.
Using father's tools as youngster sparked Justin Nussbaum's interests
October 29, 2018
The Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ascend Manufacturing told us that his father had a lot of tools that were available to the young son as he grew-up in Clearwater, FL.
That curiosity led him to the University of South Florida where, as a volunteer at the school's Micro-Integration Lab, Nussbaum was exposed to 3D printing. Ascend Manufacturing is developing an additive manufacturing system, called Large Area Projection Sintering (LAPS), that offers many advantages over new and traditional technologies. Justin Nussbaum, Ph.D. was an Entrepreneurial Lead (EL) for a 2017 National I-Corps team.
USF Associate Vice President for I-Corps Presents at Congressional Hearing
September 6, 2018
USF associate vice president for I-Corps Dr. Sudeep Sarkar presented at a congressional hearing: NSF I-Corps: Accelerating Innovations to Market. The panel discussed how amazing technological and scientific innovations make their way from the research lab into new products, and provided perspectives from Congress, NSF, an investment fund, university faculty and small business founders.
Student Spotlight: Aleksandar Popovic, International Student/Entrepreneur
April 5, 2018
Aleksandar Popovic, student in the USF Muma College of Business, participated in the NSF I-Corps program on the USF Tampa campus in Spring 2018.
Popovic is developing a product called the MEDIband, which assists medical professionals with monitoring patients who have deep-vein thrombosis. He conceived of the idea while enrolled in the Creativity and Innovation in Entrepreneurship class. The motivation: his dad, who lives with DVT. Popovic — the student — already has a provisional patent and a prototype for the product, which he hopes will transform the way patients with DVT are cared for, while they are under treatment.
NEWgenerator Bringing Clean Water And Energy to South Africa
March 2, 2018
The NEWgenerator waste water recycling machine, developed by Dr. Daniel Yeh, USF Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, will be sent to Durban South Africa with a group of 4-5 USF students for installation and further field testing. The team is aiming to eventually commercialize the technology and has set up a start-up company at the Tampa Bay Technology Incubator.
Dr. Yeh was the Principal Investigator (PI) for a 2015 national NSF I-Corps team and a Spring 2016 USF I-Corps team.