open minds 2014

Showcasing NCIIA’s best student E-teams

[minds] NCIIA National Collegiate Inventor s & Innovator s Alliance

March 22, 2014

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WELCOME 02 / Letter from NCIIA President and CEO Phil Weilerstein

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TEAMS 03 / AWAIR: Wyshbone 03 / BetaVersity 04 / ChallTech 04 / CheckMate 05 / Disease Diagnostic Group 05 / HMSolution 06 / Hole Patch 06 / Hummingbill 07 / Innoblative Designs 07 / JustMilk 08 / Kohana 08 / MegaMatter 09 / PEURegen 09 / PharmaCheck

ABOUT 12 / NCIIA, The Lemelson Foundation, and The Tech Museum of Innovation

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Showcasing NCIIA’s best student E-teams

[minds] March 22, 2014 We thank our sponsors:

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w e l c o me t o open [ m i n d s ] 2 0 1 4 The National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) is proud to present Open Minds 2014, a showcase of outstanding student E-Teams and their emerging startups. These teams of innovators are working to bring inventive new technologies to impact through commercialization. As you visit the teams you’ll see prototypes of inventions and innovations with the potential to improve lives and create a more sustainable world, many of which are being revealed to the public for the first time. The exhibiting team members are here to showcase and demonstrate their ideas. Your questions are encouraged!

NCIIA is grateful to our principal sponsor The Lemelson Foundation, whose generous support of invention, technology innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education enables these inventors to realize their vision.

We are honored to be here at The Tech Museum and appreciate their hosting Open Minds 2014—we hope that you’ll enjoy the many exhibits as you meet the innovators and mingle with your colleagues!

Enjoy this exciting opportunity to discover innovative ideas and glimpse the future at Open Minds 2014!

Phil Weilerstein President and CEO NCIIA

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BetaVersity North Carolina State University University of California at Davis Washington University at St. Louis BetaVersity was created with the purpose of transforming the physical spaces and related culture on college campuses to effectively align students' desire for entrepreneurial creativity and the university's need for innovation.

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AWAIR: Wyshbone Stanford University A device that reduces the pain and discomfort of an endotracheal tube by applying local anesthetic (lidocaine) directly to the airway.

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CheckMate University of Wisconsin at Madison A color-changing, disposable sticker that lets medical personnel know when a commonly used device—IVs, wound dressings, catheters—needs to be replaced.

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ChallTech Lehigh University A device for competitive rowers that captures workout data on a mobile device, synchronizes it with a website, and provides an online team management system.

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HMSolution Brown University A water filtration system for the residential market that reduces arsenic and heavy metals concentrations to safe levels and requires little to no maintenance for 10+ years.

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Disease Diagnostic Group Case Western Reserve University A handheld malaria diagnosis device that provides a diagnosis in one minute with one drop of blood from a fingertip.

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Hummingbill Rochester Institute of Technology Hummingbill helps businesses in Africa and India, from schools to water service providers, succeed by automating their recurring bill calculation and delivery using SMS or email.

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Hole Patch Case Western Reserve University A non-toxic solution for cold-weather pothole repair that is faster, simpler, and cheaper than current practices.

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JustMilk University of California at Berkeley A means of administering drugs and nutrients to breastfeeding infants in developing countries via disintegrating tablets.

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Innoblative Designs Northwestern University A radiofrequency ablation probe designed for the unique challenges of breast cancer.

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MegaMatter California Polytechnic Institute The first non-toxic, non-halogenated flame retardant alternative to current products, MegaMatter exceeds increasingly stringent health and safety regulations for flame retardants without compromising the price or quality of treated foam.

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Kohana Johns Hopkins University A hands-free, concealable and quiet breast pump which fits into an undergarment and can be used discreetly in the presence of others.

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PharmaCheck Boston University A device to quickly and accurately screen medicines in the developing world to find out whether or not they're counterfeit.

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PEURegen Vanderbilt University A synthetic, biodegradable structure designed to aid healing of chronic foot ulcers caused by diabetes.

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reNature Arizona State University A novel modular design for a continuous flow aerobic bio-digester that can process organic food waste into concentrated and high value natural fertilizers and soil amendments.

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Rehabtics Johns Hopkins University A software system for physical rehabilitation using Microsoft's Kinect cameras to track users' motions in real time in an accessible and engaging form of rehabilitation that encourages use and improves patient recovery.

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Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto, CA NCIIA is proud to include a Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam in Open Minds 2014, and to provide the opportunity for this high school team to exhibit along with collegiate E-Teams. This team is developing a solar-powered egg incubator to combat malnutrition and enable economic opportunities in developing countries.

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Northwestern University An advanced anode technology that increases the energy density (5–7 times) and reduces the charging time of lithium-ion batteries up to a factor of 10.

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ABOUT

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The Lemelson Foundation

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The Lemelson Foundation uses the power of invention to improve lives by inspiring and enabling the next generation of inventors and invention-based enterprises in order to build a stronger US economy and create social and economic change for the poor in developing countries.

Founded in the 1990’s by prolific independent US inventor Jerome Lemelson and his wife Dorothy, the Foundation works to ensure a robust pipeline of inventors, inventions and invention-based enterprises. Additionally the Foundation works to strengthen the ecosystem that cultivates inventors while also helping them to translate their ideas into inventions with impact.

Within the geographies of their work, the US and developing countries, the Foundation supports programs that inspire youth to become inventors, stimulate and provide invention and entrepreneurship education, and support the launch, earliest incubation and mentoring of invention-based enterprises. For more information, please visit lemelson.org.

The NCIIA supports technology innovation and entrepreneurship at universities and colleges to create experiential learning opportunities for students and researchers and successful, socially beneficial businesses. The NCIIA provides grants, entrepreneurship and venture training labs, mentoring, investment advice and other resources to catalyze experiential learning environments to train faculty and student innovators. With a membership of nearly 200 colleges and universities from across the United States, the NCIIA engages more than 5,000 students each year, leveraging their respective campuses as working laboratories and incubators, ultimately helping them bring their scientific and technical inventions to commercialization.

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National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance

The Tech Museum of Innovation The Tech Museum of Innovation is a hands-on technology and science museum for people of all ages and backgrounds. The museum, located in the Capital of Silicon Valley, is a non-profit learning resource established to inspire the innovator in everyone. Through programs such as The Tech Challenge, our annual team design competition for youth, and internationally renowned programs such as The Tech Awards, The Tech celebrates the present and encourages the development of innovative technology for a more promising future.

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