{"id":966,"date":"2024-12-30T15:46:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T20:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/aincenter\/?page_id=966"},"modified":"2026-10-07T10:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:25:00","slug":"mark-ain-business-model-competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/aincenter\/mark-ain-business-model-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Ain Business Model Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8442 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/aincenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mark-Ain-BPC1-1-232x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/aincenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mark-Ain-BPC1-1-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/aincenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mark-Ain-BPC1-1-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/aincenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mark-Ain-BPC1-1-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/aincenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mark-Ain-BPC1-1-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/aincenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mark-Ain-BPC1-1.png 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/>The Mark Ain Business Model Competition (Fall Semester)<\/h3>\n<p>The Mark Ain Business Model Competition, established in 2007, provides aspiring student entrepreneurs at the University of Rochester an opportunity to present their business idea (in any industry) and compete for $13,500 in cash prizes. Students who wish to enter the competition must be enrolled in the Ain Foundry Program.<\/p>\n<p>The competition is open to current University of Rochester students at any level of study, and\u00a0is made possible by support from Simon alumnus and entrepreneur Mark S. Ain \u201967S (MBA), founder of Kronos Incorporated, the Chelmsford, Massachusetts-based market leader in the workforce management industry.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Applications must be submitted online.<br \/>\n<strong>Submission Deadline is October 27th at 11:59pm.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mark Ain Business Model Competition (Fall Semester) The Mark Ain Business Model Competition, established in 2007, provides aspiring student entrepreneurs at the University of Rochester an opportunity to present&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-966","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"lead_in":"","display_title":"","subtitle":"","call_to_action":"","hero_image_placement":"no_image","hero_media":"images","hero_pattern_option":"","hero_video":"","hero_image_landing":"","hero_image_landing_two":"","hero_image_landing_three":"","content_modules":[{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion_new","anchor_id":"","classes":"","title":"<h3>The Mark Ain Business Model Competition<\/h3>","description":"","background":"plain","background_color":"#ffffff","style":"row_blank","expand":"no","accordions":[{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"Eligibility, Rules & Prizes","icon":"","row_content":"<h3>Eligibility<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Applications must be submitted online.\r\n<strong>Deadline for Submission: October 27th at 11:59pm.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li>All competition participants must currently be enrolled at the University of Rochester. Only active UR students in good standing are eligible to present in the business model competition and receive prize money. However, companies may include non-UR students on their team. Prize money cannot be given to non-UR students.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Students from both undergraduate and graduate programs are encouraged to participate.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Students who wish to enter the competition must be enrolled in the Ain Foundry Program.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Rules<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Teams may consist of no more than five individuals and it is recommended to have at least two members on each team.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p data-start=\"142\" data-end=\"212\">Submission Deadline for the for the current academic year are listed below:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"539\">\r\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"539\">\r\n \t<li data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"352\">\r\n<p data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"352\"><strong data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"234\">Submission Deadline: Submission Deadline is October 27th at 11:59pm.\u00a0<\/strong>\r\nAn Executive Summary\r\nBusiness Model Canvas\r\nVideo pitch (8 Minutes in Length) with Slide Deck\r\nCustomer Discovery Evidence - Short Summary of Interviews &amp; Surveys<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"353\" data-end=\"442\">\r\n<p data-start=\"355\" data-end=\"442\">Finalists are selected prior to the competition.\r\n<strong>Finalist will be notified November 3rd.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"539\">\r\n<p data-start=\"445\" data-end=\"539\"><strong data-start=\"445\" data-end=\"464\">Finalist will pitch in person on November 7th at 2pm at Wegmans Auditorium in Wegmans Hall.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The business model must be in the idea, development, or start-up stage.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Teams that have previously won first prize in a previous year Ain Business Model Competition may not enter the same competition with the same venture a second time.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Awards<\/h3>\r\nCash prizes have been made possible by the generous donation of Simon alumnus Mark S. Ain \u201967S (MBA), founder of Kronos Incorporated.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>1st Place: $10,000<\/li>\r\n \t<li>2nd Place: $2,500<\/li>\r\n \t<li>3rd Place: $1,000<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nOnly students listed in the Team Member section of the Competition Application will be eligible for any prize money awarded. Prize money will be split evenly among all team members listed in the application. No exceptions.\r\n\r\nIf a competition entry is based on work completed for a class AND if any student(s) who contributed to said work but are not taking part in the competition, they must provide written consent to the Ain Center stating that they consent to use of their work and forfeit any claims to any prize money won.\r\n\r\nCash prizes are\u00a0<strong>not<\/strong>\u00a0tax-exempt. International students may have additional holds; please contact\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iso.rochester.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ISO<\/a>\u00a0with any questions.\r\n\r\n<strong>Video Pitch Important Information: 8-Minute Pitch Video<\/strong>\r\n\r\nSubmit an <strong>8-minute maximum video<\/strong> presenting your business model and opportunity. Your pitch should cover the problem, customer, solution, business model, market opportunity, competitive advantage, and traction or validation.\r\n\r\nVideo Link | Upload your video to YouTube, Google Drive, Vimeo, or another video platform and <strong>submit the shareable link<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nYour video <strong>does not need to be public<\/strong>:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>YouTube:<\/strong> Select <strong>Unlisted<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Google Drive:<\/strong> Select <strong>Anyone with the link \u2192 Viewer<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Make sure judges can view the video <strong>without requesting access or signing into your account<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>Please test your link in an incognito\/private browser before submitting.<\/strong>","accordion_anchor":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"Guidelines","icon":"","row_content":"<h3>Guidelines for Submissions<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p data-start=\"142\" data-end=\"212\">Submission Deadline for the for the current academic year are listed below:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"539\">\r\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"539\">\r\n \t<li data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"352\">\r\n<p data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"352\"><strong data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"234\">Submission Deadline: Submission Deadline is October 27th at 11:59pm.\u00a0<\/strong>\r\nAn Executive Summary\r\nBusiness Model Canvas\r\nVideo pitch (8 Minutes in Length) with Slide Deck\r\nCustomer Discovery Evidence - Short Summary of Interviews &amp; Surveys<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"353\" data-end=\"442\">\r\n<p data-start=\"355\" data-end=\"442\">Finalists are selected prior to the competition. <strong>Finalist will be notified November 3rd.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"539\">\r\n<p data-start=\"445\" data-end=\"539\"><strong data-start=\"445\" data-end=\"464\">Finalist will pitch in person on November 7th at 2pm at Wegmans Auditorium.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Judging<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<p data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"326\">All participating teams must submit an executive summary, a business model canvas, customer discovery evidence - short summary of interviews &amp; surveys, and a video pitch no longer than 8 minutes as part of their application. Based on these submissions, up to five (5) finalist teams will be selected.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"328\" data-end=\"663\">Finalist teams will have the opportunity to practice their presentations with coaches prior to the competition. On <strong data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"489\">November 7th at 2:00 PM<\/strong>, the five (5) finalist teams will present their business models to a judging panel for prize consideration. Winners will be announced at the conclusion of the competition.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","accordion_anchor":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"Past Winners","icon":"","row_content":"<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_bottom-to-top bottom-to-top animated wpb_start_animation\">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n<h3>2025 Winners<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>1st Place:\u00a0<\/strong> <em>Scyntek\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Karthik Ramakrishnan<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>2nd Place:\u00a0<\/strong> <em>VivoFlux <\/em>\u2013 Kaihua (Chloe) Chen, Isabelle Linares, Azmeer Sharipol<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>3rd Place:\u00a0<\/strong> <em>Convort\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Hashem Alomari<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>2024 Winners<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>1st Place:\u00a0<\/strong> <em>VAPGuard\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Aditya Gunturi<\/span>, <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Sudarshan Ramanan<\/span>, <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Aashay Mardikar, Mathew Stephen<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>2nd Place:\u00a0<\/strong> <em>SentienIO, Inc.\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Masum Hasan<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>3rd Place:\u00a0<\/strong> W.E.L.D.<em>\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Judy Monickaraj, Jazmin Phommavanh, Ignacio Rodiguez, Aveisha Maharaj<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>2023 Winners<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"nectar-fancy-ul animated-in\" data-list-icon=\"fa fa-trophy\" data-animation=\"true\" data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-color=\"extra-color-1\" data-spacing=\"default\" data-alignment=\"left\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>1st Place:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Penpal\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Tamuda Chimhanda \u201926 (Computer Science), Samuel Henderson \u201925 (Computer Science), Alessio Simoya \u201922 (Computer Science)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>2nd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Instaboard\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Andy Zhou \u201923 (Applied Mathematics, Finance), Lauren Yu \u201923 (Information Systems, Data Science)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>3rd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Piyata\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Paterne Iradukunda \u201923 (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Isaac Ayeyi Turkson \u201923 (Electrical and Computer Engineering)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Rempay<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Solomon Afotey (MBA, Business Administration), Olayemi Ajibade \u201922 (MBA, Business Administration)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Alpha Collaboration\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Vincent Chen \u201927 (Applied Mathematics), Haotian Gao (Business Analytics), Hao Chen<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_bottom-to-top bottom-to-top animated wpb_start_animation\">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n<h3>2022 Winners<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"nectar-fancy-ul animated-in\" data-list-icon=\"fa fa-trophy\" data-animation=\"true\" data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-color=\"extra-color-1\" data-spacing=\"default\" data-alignment=\"left\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>1st Place:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<em>RHM Innovations Inc.\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Brandon Davis \u201923 (PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), Courtney Burris \u201923 (PhD, Industrial and Systems Engineering)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>2nd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Photonect\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Juniyali Nauriyal \u201923 (PhD, ECE),\r\nSushant Kumar \u201924 (PhD, Optics)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>3rd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Bio-Spire\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Amanda Adams \u201922 (BS, Biomedical Engineering), Maria Schapfel \u201923 (BS, Molecular Genetics), Tiana Saloman \u201922 (BS, Biomedical Engineering), Tracey Moyston \u201922 (BS, Biomedical Engineering), Anca Frasineau \u201922 (BS\/BA, Molecular Genetics and Chemistry)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Bubble Trouble<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Michael Lee \u201922 (MS, Biomedical Engineering), Warish Orko \u201922 (MS, Biomedical Engineering), Samuel C. Marquet \u201922 (MS, Biomedical Engineering), Mark Truskinovsky \u201922 (MS, Biomedical Engineering)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>ScrewIT Kit\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Abbi Miller \u201922 (MS, Biomedical Engineering), Allison Coon \u201922 (MS, Biomedical Engineering), Sylvia Zhong \u201922 (MS, Biomedical Engineering), Haotian Li \u201922 (MS, TEAM)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_bottom-to-top bottom-to-top animated wpb_start_animation\">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n<h3>2021 Winners<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"nectar-fancy-ul animated-in\" data-list-icon=\"fa fa-trophy\" data-animation=\"true\" data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-color=\"extra-color-1\" data-spacing=\"default\" data-alignment=\"left\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>1st Place:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Advanced Growing Resources\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Francis Pellegrino \u201922 (BS, Optical Engineering); Heriniaina Rajaoberison \u201922 (BS, Optical Engineering); Andrew Thankson \u201922 (BS, Computer Science)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>2nd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Neuro 2.0 Technologies\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Matthew Izard \u201920 (BS, Biomedical Engineering), \u201921 (MS, Biomedical Engineering); Julia Schroth \u201921 (MS, Biomedical Engineering); Huaze Xie \u201922 (MS, Optics)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>3rd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Guild Me\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Stephanie Marvin \u201922 (MBA)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>RHM Innovations<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Brandon Davis \u201920 (MS, Biochemistry), \u201923 (PhD, Biochemistry)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Modern Spine\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Jared Ocasio \u201921 (MS, Biomedical Engineering); Charles Patterson \u201920 (BS, Biomedical Engineering), \u201921 (MS, Biomedical Engineering); Nina Stash \u201920 (BS, Biomedical Engineering), \u201921 (MS, Biomedical Engineering)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_bottom-to-top bottom-to-top animated wpb_start_animation\">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n<h3>2019 Winners<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"nectar-fancy-ul animated-in\" data-list-icon=\"fa fa-trophy\" data-animation=\"true\" data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-color=\"extra-color-1\" data-spacing=\"default\" data-alignment=\"left\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>1st Place:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Successful Heart Solutions\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Vinny Costantino \u201919 (MBA); Joe Geiger \u201919 (MBA); Yangyang Shao \u201919 (MS, Technical Entrepreneurship and Management); Jonathan Yakubov \u201919 (MS, Technical Entrepreneurship and Management)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>2nd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>StrongBrain\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Max Sims \u201916 (BA and BS, Business and Neuroscience), \u201919 (MBA)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>3rd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>MyStohos\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Arjun Arora \u201919 (MBA); Steven Chew \u201919 (MBA)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>EZ Water<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Afnan Ahmed \u201921 (BS, Chemical Engineering); Syed Muhammad Miqdad \u201919 (BS, Chemical Engineering); Claude Mulindi \u201922 (BS, Chemical Engineering); Derrick Murekezi \u201919 (BS, Geological Sciences)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>WetWare Systems\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Nicholas Drogo \u201919 (BS, Biomedical Engineering); Andrew Kaseman \u201921 (BS, Biology); Scott McKinney \u201921 (BS, Computer Science); Oliver Ostriker \u201919 (BA, Financial Economics); Bradley Smith \u201920 (BS, Neuroscience)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_bottom-to-top bottom-to-top animated wpb_start_animation\">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n<h3>2018 Winners<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"nectar-fancy-ul animated-in\" data-list-icon=\"fa fa-trophy\" data-animation=\"true\" data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-color=\"extra-color-1\" data-spacing=\"default\" data-alignment=\"left\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>1st Place:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<em>CompreSure Medical\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Alyssa Lopez \u201918 (MS, Biomedical Engineering); Gregory Dadourian \u201918 (MS, Biomedical Engineering); Meghann Meyer \u201918 (MS, Biomedical Engineering); Rachel Zimmer \u201918 (MBA, Business Administration)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>2nd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>ADASI\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Rebecca Amorese \u201918 (MS, Biomedical Engineering); Amanda Smith \u201918 (MS, Biomedical Engineering); Evan Sosnow \u201918 (MS, Biomedical Engineering)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>3rd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Prosthesis for a New Syria\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Ibrahim Mohammad \u201923 (PhD, Mechanical Engineering); Omar Soufan \u201918 (MS, Technical Entrepreneurship and Management)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>GOAT Industries\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Chibueze Onwunaka \u201920 (EdD, K-12 Education Leadership)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>UR Connected\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 Allen Chen \u201919 (BS, Neuroscience); Krista Pipho \u201918 (BS, Biochemistry); Brandon Smart \u201919 (BS, Computer Science and Finance); Hetince Zhao \u201918 (BS, Biomedical Engineering)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_bottom-to-top bottom-to-top animated wpb_start_animation\">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n<h3>2017 Winners<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"nectar-fancy-ul animated-in\" data-list-icon=\"fa fa-trophy\" data-animation=\"true\" data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-color=\"extra-color-1\" data-spacing=\"default\" data-alignment=\"left\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>1st Place (TIE):<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Meliora Homes (Team Meliora)<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Edgar Alaniz \u201917 (BA in Biology and Clinical Psychology); Carlos \u201cYuki\u201d Gonzalez \u201917 (BA in Financial Economics); Ibrahim Mohammad \u201917 (BS in Mechanical Engineering and BA in Mathematics); Omar Soufan \u201917 (BS in Biomedical Engineering)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>1st Place (TIE):<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Proteus Medical<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Connor J. McBride \u201917 (BS in Biomedical Engineering); Edward F. Ruppel \u201917 (BS in Biomedical Engineering); Chandler W. Woo \u201917 (BS in Biomedical Engineering)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>3rd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Chalaza Technologies<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Sean Humesky \u201917 (MS in TEAM); Lei Liao \u201917 (MS in TEAM); Kristopher Page \u201917 (MS in TEAM); Brianna Rockwell \u201917 (MS in TEAM)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Blush Bokonzi<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Mahodo Marthe Avissoudo \u201917 (BS in Mechanical Engineering); Gaella Kabeya \u201918 (BS in Brain and Cognitive Sciences)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Nutrascientia<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Florencia Spinella \u201917 (MS in TEAM); Steven Teng \u201817S (MS in Finance); Xiaoyu Xu \u201817S (MS in Finance)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_bottom-to-top bottom-to-top animated wpb_start_animation\">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n<h3>2016 Winners<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"nectar-fancy-ul animated-in\" data-list-icon=\"fa fa-trophy\" data-animation=\"true\" data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-color=\"extra-color-1\" data-spacing=\"default\" data-alignment=\"left\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>1st Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>0Limits<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Facundo Ciancio \u201916 (MS in TEAM); Ian Lin \u201916 (MS in TEAM); Alvise Pallaro \u201916 (MS in TEAM); David Thomas \u201916 (MS in TEAM)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>2nd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>StimSense<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Martin Gitomer \u201916 (MS in Biomedical Engineering); Alin Ponici \u201914 (BS in Biomedical Engineering), \u201916 (MS in TEAM); Shwe Pyie \u201916 (MS in Biomedical Engineering); Jia Shi \u201916 (MS in TEAM)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>3rd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Endogenesis<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Aaron Allen \u201916 (MS in TEAM); Ryan Dawes (PhD Candidate in Neuroscience); Benjamin Feifke \u201915 (BS in Optics), \u201916 (MS in Data Science); Anchal Sharma \u201915 (MS in Optics)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>InstaCharge<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ninoshka Fernandes \u201914 (MS in Biomedical Engineering), \u201916 (MS in TEAM), (PhD Candidate in Biomedical Engineering); Qi Tang \u201916 (MS in TEAM); Isaac Tung \u201916S (MBA); Shujing (Juno) Yu \u201916 (MS in TEAM)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Stoma, LLC<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Madhu Ashok \u201914 (BS in Optics), \u201916 (MS in TEAM); Christi Fox \u201917 (MS in TEAM); Shubham Jain \u201916 (MS in TEAM); Adalberto Perez \u201915 (BS in Mechanical Engineering), \u201916 (MS in TEAM)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_bottom-to-top bottom-to-top animated wpb_start_animation\">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n<h3>2015 Winners<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"nectar-fancy-ul animated-in\" data-list-icon=\"fa fa-trophy\" data-animation=\"true\" data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-color=\"extra-color-1\" data-spacing=\"default\" data-alignment=\"left\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>1st Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Motion Correct<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Junning Chai \u201915 (MS), Sairam Ramasubramaniam \u201915S (MBA), Nishant Saboo \u201915S (MBA), Wenli Wang \u201911 (MS) and PhD Candidate<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>2nd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Null Space<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Lucian Copeland \u201915, Alexander Matthers \u201915<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>3rd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Fuse-UR<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Elie Farah \u201915S (MBA), Kierstan Ryan \u201915 (MS), Brian Shen \u201915 (MS) and PhD Candidate, Megan Stockdill \u201915 (MS)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong><em>\u00a0C\u03bb<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Seth Reining \u201915 (MS), Anthony Yee \u201915 (MS) and PhD Candidate, Xiangzhi Yu, PhD Candidate, Yang Zhao, PhD Candidate<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Loopality<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Travis Church \u201915S (MBA), Helen Wang \u201915S (MBA)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_bottom-to-top bottom-to-top animated wpb_start_animation\">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n<h3>2014 Winners<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"nectar-fancy-ul animated-in\" data-list-icon=\"fa fa-trophy\" data-animation=\"true\" data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-color=\"extra-color-1\" data-spacing=\"default\" data-alignment=\"left\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>1st Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>SmartDialysis<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Li \u201cAdam\u201d Deng \u201914 (MS),\u00a0Steven Gillmer (PhD Candidate),\u00a0Kenneth Goodfellow \u201914 (MS), (PhD Candidate),\u00a0Aizhong Zhang \u201914\u00a0\u201914 (MS), (PhD Candidate),\u00a0Bowei Zhang \u201914 (MS)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>2nd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Ovlay<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Joungyoon \u201cFelix\u201d Kim \u201914<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>3rd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>ClarElast<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Yonghao \u201cMax\u201d Deng \u201914 (MS),\u00a0Jennifer Fadimba \u201914 (MS),\u00a0Ken Oyeka \u201914 (MS),\u00a0Alexander Partin \u201914\u00a0(MS), (PhD Candidate)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>MelioraTx<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Christopher Henry \u201914S (MBA), Laura Jo Marino \u201915S (MBA), Audrey McNamara \u201914S (MBA), Raul Salinas \u201914S (MBA)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>PROTEA Medical<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ryan DeAngelis \u201914 (MS), Christine Donivan \u201914S (MS), Jess Indyk \u201914 (MS), Stephen Zhang \u201914 (MS)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_bottom-to-top bottom-to-top animated wpb_start_animation\">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n<h3>2013 Winners<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"nectar-fancy-ul animated-in\" data-list-icon=\"fa fa-trophy\" data-animation=\"true\" data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-color=\"extra-color-1\" data-spacing=\"default\" data-alignment=\"left\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>1st Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Health Care Originals<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Sharon Samjitsingh \u201913 (MS),\u00a0Prinson Dsouza \u201913 (MS),\u00a0Ran Gao \u201913 (MS),\u00a0ChenChen Qu \u201913 (MS)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>2nd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>SMP MicroStamps<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Megan DeWitt \u201913 (MS),\u00a0Andrew Durney \u201916 (PhD),\u00a0William Finnie \u201913 (MS),\u00a0Kwaku Owusu \u201914S (MBA)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>3rd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Ovitz<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Joungyoon \u201cFelix\u201d Kim \u201914,\u00a0Gyeonghun Lee \u201913S (MS),\u00a0Hyieop Lim \u201913S (MS)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>SixFold Equity<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Alicia Henn \u201913S (EMBA),\u00a0Martin Birmingham \u201913S (EMBA),\u00a0Anthony Froix \u201913S (EMBA),\u00a0Nancy Sutton \u201913S (EMBA),\u00a0Michael Van Meter \u201913S (EMBA),\u00a0Marcos Rodriguez \u201913S (EMBA)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Formation 3D<\/em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Steven Trambert \u201913,\u00a0Alex Feiszli \u201914,\u00a0Eric Frank \u201913<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_bottom-to-top bottom-to-top animated wpb_start_animation\">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n<h3>2012 Winners<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"nectar-fancy-ul animated-in\" data-list-icon=\"fa fa-trophy\" data-animation=\"true\" data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-color=\"extra-color-1\" data-spacing=\"default\" data-alignment=\"left\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i>\u00a0<strong>1st Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>LighTip<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Cristina Canavesi (PhD), Nebiat Kidane \u201912 (MBA), Cheng Shu \u201912 (MS), Luis Soto \u201912 (MS)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>2nd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Mono-Mano<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Travis Block \u201912 (BS), Sara Hutchinson \u201912 (BS), Dominic Marino \u201912 (BS), David Narrow \u201912 (BS), Martin Szeto \u201912 (BS)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>3rd Place:<\/strong><em>\u00a0TrueSeal<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Shaojie Liu \u201912 (MS), Rachel Rakvica \u201912 (MS), Sijia Sun \u201912 (MS), Ethan Williams \u201912 (MBA)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Kukla Tea Company<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Clarissa Perkins \u201912 (BA)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Poseidon<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Nicole Varble \u201912 (MS), Christopher McLane \u201912 (MBA), Laurana Ryback \u201912 (MS)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_bottom-to-top bottom-to-top animated wpb_start_animation\">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n<h3>2011 Winners<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"nectar-fancy-ul animated-in\" data-list-icon=\"fa fa-trophy\" data-animation=\"true\" data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-color=\"extra-color-1\" data-spacing=\"default\" data-alignment=\"left\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>1st Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Maravilla<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Henry Eshenour \u201911 (MBA), Tim DeGrave \u201911 (MBA), Christopher Larsen \u201911 (MBA)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>2nd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>TaaDoo<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Kevin Beavers \u201911 (EMBA), Chad Carta \u201911 (MBA), Brennan Mulcahey \u201911 (MBA), David Reiner \u201911 (MBA)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>3rd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>OmNeo, LLC<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Benjamin Freedman \u201911 (BS), Johanna Kelly \u201911 (BS)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>MRSA<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Boris Alvarez \u201911 (MS), Daniela Santibanez \u201911 (MS), Sergio Toloza \u201911 (MS)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>VendiCab<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Seth Hauben \u201911 (MBA), Alex Sylvester \u201911 (MBA), Maya Boyd \u201911 (MBA), Deirdre Corbi \u201911 (MBA), Stanley Cheung \u201911 (MBA)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_bottom-to-top bottom-to-top animated wpb_start_animation\">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n<h3>2010 Winners<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"nectar-fancy-ul animated-in\" data-list-icon=\"fa fa-trophy\" data-animation=\"true\" data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-color=\"extra-color-1\" data-spacing=\"default\" data-alignment=\"left\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>1st Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>MediTel Health Solutions<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Benjamin George \u201913 (MD) and Jason Reminick \u201913 (MD and MBA)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>2nd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>QMD Biosystems<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Christophe Dorrer\u201911 (MBA), Soumya Mitra \u201910 (MBA), and Jie Qiao \u201911 (MBA)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>3rd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>I-Squared Materials<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Sriram Atchutuni \u201910 (EMBA), Pankaj Gupta \u201913 (PhD), Nitin Tyagi \u201911 (MS), and Weston Wicks \u201911 (MBA)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Oregano.com<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Byron Barnes \u201910 (MBA), James Hart \u201910 (MD and PhD), Brian Jenssen \u201910 (MD), Jason Morrow \u201910 (MBA), and Alexander Pearson \u201910 (MD and PhD)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Arm EmBrace<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Sara Ripp \u201910 (BS) and Kerry Wang \u201910 (BS)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_bottom-to-top bottom-to-top animated wpb_start_animation\">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n<h3>2009 Winners<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"nectar-fancy-ul animated-in\" data-list-icon=\"fa fa-trophy\" data-animation=\"true\" data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-color=\"extra-color-1\" data-spacing=\"default\" data-alignment=\"left\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>1st Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>CustomEyes<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Melissa Chow, Ying Geng, Rodrigo Mancilla, Abbie Tippie<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>2nd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>MCH Management<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Christopher Czarnecki, Jeffrey Haniff, Brian Mirochnik<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>3rd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Polynet Technology<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Cheryl Blechman, Woojin Han, Alvin Lomibao, Charity Wallace<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Brightwave Solar, Inc.<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Eric Christensen, Xinye Lou, Jonathan Sherwood, Raisa Velthuis<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Target Waveform, Inc.<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Prashant Baveja, Shih-Shuan (Sean) Hsu, Matt Piede, Christy Sheehy<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_bottom-to-top bottom-to-top animated wpb_start_animation\">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n<h3>2008 Winners<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"nectar-fancy-ul animated-in\" data-list-icon=\"fa fa-trophy\" data-animation=\"true\" data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-color=\"extra-color-1\" data-spacing=\"default\" data-alignment=\"left\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>1st Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Thermal Ventures<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Carlin Gettliffe,\u00a0James Cassuto<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>2nd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Handheld Optical Technologies<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Nathan Alves,\u00a0Mitchele Au,\u00a0Justin Goldstein,\u00a0Jonathan Weber<\/li>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>3rd Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>TriAD, LLC<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Amanda Kingston,\u00a0Divya Raman,\u00a0Andrew McGloin<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_bottom-to-top bottom-to-top animated wpb_start_animation\">\r\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n<h3>2007 Winners<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"nectar-fancy-ul animated-in\" data-list-icon=\"fa fa-trophy\" data-animation=\"true\" data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-color=\"extra-color-1\" data-spacing=\"default\" data-alignment=\"left\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><i class=\"icon-default-style fa fa-trophy extra-color-1\"><\/i><strong>1st Place:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Hope Learning Center<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Eric Allen, Howard Reid, Scott Sweeney, Lee Jokl<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>","accordion_anchor":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"Resources","icon":"","row_content":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/aincenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ain-Foundry-Pitch-Deck-Process.pdf\">Ain Foundry - Pitch Deck Process<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/aincenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Foundry-Business-Model-Canvas.pdf\">Foundry Business Model Canvas<\/a>","accordion_anchor":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"Submission Portal Open! 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