Award winners from Demo Day 2019.
Several companies and research projects were honored with more than $46,000 in cash prizes April 23 at Demo Day, Colorado State University’s annual celebration of entrepreneurship.
Hosted by CSU Ventures, Demo Day drew more than 450 people and showcased the work of eight colleges and 31 departments, the Colorado School of Public Health and CSU Pueblo. Attendees browsed 106 research posters, as well as posters and displays for 30 CSU-affiliated startup companies.
Awards
Company Showcase ($9,000 total to CSU affiliated start-up companies)
People’s Choice Award ($3,000)
Access Sensor Technologies, represented by Kai Fuller, John Wydallis, Mollie Phillips, Thomas Reilly and Mark Schleiger
Customer Discovery Travel Awards ($6,000)
DashStrap, represented by Company Principal Karthik Palusa
SurgiReal, represented by Company Principal Andrew Hendrickson
Sponsored by CSU Ventures, LAUNCHPAD and the Energy Institute as part of the ICorps Sites Customer Discovery program. The Customer Discovery Prize supports a startup or technology working to understand its target market. The prize provides up to $3,000 travel funds for two companies.
Poster Showcase ($37,800 total to students/faculty)
Innovation in Augmented or Virtual Reality ($3,000), sponsored by Office of the Vice President for Research
A Collaborative, Immersive Environment: Expanding the Value of Virtual Reality
Jordan Nelson, Tod Clapp
Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Innovation in Software ($3,000)
Real-Time Sensor-Based Groundwater Monitoring
Kayvan Karimi Askarani, Thomas Sale
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering
Innovation in Programmatic or Educational Outreach ($3,000)
Smart bandage capable of rapid identification and monitoring of bacterial wound infection
Abhishek Bhattacharjee, Yan Vivian Li
Department of Design and Merchandising, College of Health and Human Sciences
Excellence in Interdisciplinary Human-Centered Design Thinking ($3,000)
Presented in honor of the grand opening of the Nancy Richardson Design Center
Chronic Rotator Cuff Model Generation: A Pathway To Regenerative Therapies
James Johnson, Kirk McGilvray
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering
Excellence in Energy, sponsored by the Energy Institute
First Place ($750)
The Cyan Project – Delivering Low Carbon Building Solutions in Emerging Markets
Darrell Suer, Maren Meyers, Hellen Castro, and Dillon O’Hare
Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA program, College of Business
Second Place ($300)
Quantifying the Environmental Impact of Colorado’s Cannabis Industry
Hailey Summers, Jason Quinn
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering
College Innovation Awards
The Institute for Entrepreneurship Game Changer Award ($3,000), sponsored by the College of Business
In Line Analysis of Beer Production Using NIR Spectroscopy with Artificial Intelligence-based closed loop control system
Harish Monoharan, Meagha Chilakalapudi, Ramana Kumar
Institute for Entrepreneurship, College of Business
Innovation in Natural Resources ($3,000), co-sponsored by the Warner College of Natural Resources
A Separation of Soil Organic Matter that is Meaningful, Measurable, Modeled, and Mass-Producible
Michelle Haddix, M. Francesca Cotrufo
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Warner College of Natural Resources
Innovation in Liberal Arts ($3,000), co-sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts
The Days after Colorado’s Darkest Day: Historic Archaeology, Digital Humanities, and Heritage Tourism’s Role in Saving Rural America
Raymond Sumner, Jason LaBelle
Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts
Innovation in Health & Human Sciences ($3,000), co-sponsored by the College of Health and Human Sciences
Dressing for Success: It’s in the Details
Haleigh Chwirka, Matthew Malcolm
Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Health and Human Sciences
Innovation in Natural Sciences, sponsored by the College of Natural Sciences
Bacteria Detection Made Simple: The Next Revolution in Food Safety
Cody Carrell, Chuck Henry
Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences
Innovation in Engineering ($3,000), co-sponsored by the Walter Scott, Jr., College of Engineering
Predicting Bone Fracture Healing with bioMEMS Sensors
Jake Wolynski, Kirk McGilvray, Christian Puttlitz
School of Biomedical Engineering, Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering
Innovation in Agricultural Sciences ($3,000), co-sponsored by the College of Agricultural Sciences
Building Environmental Assessment Metric (BEAM)
Peter Means, Keith Paustian
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, College of Agricultural Sciences
Innovation in Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences ($3,000), co-sponsored by the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
Enabling Diagnoses for Undiagnosed Diseases: Novel Genomic Screen for Structural Variation
Jared Luxton, Susan Bailey
Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
People’s Choice Awards ($750 total)
First Place ($500)
Eye of Horus (EoH): A Real-Time Automated Surveillance System to Protect Citizens
Mihir Pakhale, Mahdi Nikdast
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering
Second Place ($250)
WASTEd: The Spirit of Fort Collins
Chris Castells, Susan Golicic
Mitch Shanahan, Elisha Nguyen, Stephanie Lachman
Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA program, College of Business
