First Place: $10,000
VisuALS
Oklahoma Christian University
Advisor: Russ McGuire
Team Leader: Joshua Bilello
Team Members: Aubrey Gonzalez, Preston Kemp, Kevin McGuire, Jevon Seaman and Tyler Sriver
VisuALS provides affordable communications solutions to people with motor control and communication difficulties, restoring their independence, dignity, and hope.
Second Place: $8,000
StoPanic
East Central University
Advisor: Stacey Bolin
Team Leader: Srijita Ghosh
StoPanic is a device resembling a hearing aid that is designed to help people to overcome panic attacks by playing calming music when it detects certain physiological changes.
Third Place: $5,000
The Social Niche
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
Advisor: Calvin Becker
Team Leader: Travis Hins
Team Members: James Bowman, Mike Ferry and Hannah Stephens
The Social Niche is a unique dining experience in Miami, OK, that combines social sharing and live interactive feeds that create individual entertainment for diners.
First Place: $20,000
VisionaRX
Oklahoma State University
Advisor: David Thomison
Team Leader: Jacquelyn Lane
Team Members: Rachel Davis and Chance Imhoff
VisionaRX is developing a noninvasive ocular drug delivery platform technology composed of a membrane embedded with drug-loaded nanoparticles to be mounted on a blank contact lens and worn by a patient for a number of days.
Second Place: $10,000
Toucan
University of Central Oklahoma
Advisor: Maurice Haff
Team Leader: Yusuf Shurbaji
Team Members: Dillon Koense and Nasir Malik
Toucan is a payment card issuer developing a solution to enable multiple parties to authorize and split payments in real time using multiple payment sources.
Third Place: $5,000
BLOOM
University of Oklahoma
Advisor: Douglas Woodward
Team Leader: Ryan Capps
Team Member: Carey Flack
BLOOM is a language-learning application that empowers communities and descendants to learn or relearn their indigenous language.
First place: $20,000
Composite Damage Solutions
University of Tulsa
Advisor: Michael Keller
Team Leader: Matthew Faeth
Team Members: Troy Berman and Travis McClanahan
Composite Damage Solutions is developing a two part-solution that is injected into composite material to detect damage or cracking.
Second Place: $10,000
ObturaTech
University of Oklahoma
Advisor: Ron Bolen
Team Leader: Mark Oblander
Team Member: Parker Randell
ObturaTech is developing a device that will help ensure a quality exam and if needed, quality treatment, for every patient undergoing a colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy procedure.
Third Place, $5,000
Turning Systems, LLC
University of Central Oklahoma
Advisor: Maurice Haff
Team Leader: Jordan Powers
Team Members: Fang Li, Caroline Njaramba, Robert Simon and Blake Toves
Turning Systems, LLC provides technology designed to reduce pressure injuries in a clinical care setting, which cost the healthcare industry over $11 billion annually.
The 2017 Interview Winners
OCAST IT/Communications: 3DMe, University of Oklahoma
Greater Oklahoma City Chamber Healthcare: Redcedar Products, Olahoma State University
i2E, Inc. Student Generated: 60Days Studios, University of Oklahoma
OG&E Positive Energy and Environmental: Omnibus V2G Technologies , Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma Business Roundtable Material Sciences and Transportation: Reactiv, University of Oklahoma
2017 Paulsen Award Scholarship Winners
Small Business Division: Miranda McNabb, East Central University
High Growth Undergraduate Division: Yusuf Shurbaji, University of Central Oklahoma
High Growth Graduate Division: Gerred Edwards, Oklahoma City University
2017 Pitch Winners
High Growth Undergraduate Division: Jacquelyn Lane, Oklahoma State University
High Growth Graduate Division: Troy McClanahan, University of Tulsa
Small Business Division: Srijita Ghosh, East Central University
First Place: $10,000
AIR-EZ
East Central University
Team Leader: Larisa Bolin; Team Members: Breanna Ragan and Caleb Large
Faculty Advisor: Stacey Bolin
Concept: Air-Ez is an easily attachable electronic system that turns a typical airline seat into a safe and comfortable seat for handicapped and mobility impaired individuals.
Second Place: $8,000
Back Seat Hero
East Central University
Team Leader: James Brown
Faculty Advisor: Stacey Bolin
Concept: Back Seat Hero is a pressure-sensitive mat with indicator lights that signal the driver to a passenger’s presence in the back seat.
Third Place: $5,000
PÜRE GOLF
St. Gregory’s University
Team Leader: Brett Kennedy; Team Members: Bobby Stone, Smaida Mara Rizzotto and Taylor Greteman
Faculty Advisor: Mayda Shorney
Concept: Püre Golf is a “mobile” golf facility that will arrive at your venue and provide professional club fitting, video swing analysis, high performance training and event planning for corporations and companies looking to entertain clients and employees.
First Place: $20,000
Project Pediatrics
University of Oklahoma
Team Leader: Krishna Manohar; Team Member: John Dastague, Nikita Hussain, Harrison Morrow and Eli Weathers
Faculty Advisor: Alyssa Boutelle
Concept: Project Pediatrics’ Mobi is a mobile vital signs monitor designed for pediatric patients that integrates seamlessly with hospital technology via wifi.
Second Place: $10,000
Heart Optic
University of Central Oklahoma
Team Leader: Yusuf Shurbaji; Team members: Claye Hammock
Faculty Advisor: Maurice Haff
Concept: Heart Optic LLC produces the Heart Bar™, a medical device that enables continuous CPR during image-guided procedures and ends caregiver exposure to x-ray radiation.
Third Place: $5,000
KegSafe
Oral Roberts University
Team Leader: Jonathan Cregor; Team Members: Derrick McCoy
Faculty Advisor: Bruno Teles
Concept: KegSafe is a beer inventory system for restaurants and bars to prevent inventory theft.
First place: $20,000
MITO Material Solutions
Oklahoma State University
Team Leader: Haley Kurtz; Team Members: Kevin Keith
Faculty Advisor: Richard Gajan
Concept: MITO has developed a cost-effective nano-filler additive that can toughen fiber-reinforced composite structures using an organic polymer formula.
Second Place: $10,000
Nutripeutics
University of Oklahoma
Team Leader: Amanda Curtis; Team Members: Chuck Burkardt, Corey Walker and Daniel Ward
Faculty Advisor: Ronald Bolen
Concept: Nutripeutics develops immune boosting feed additives as an antibiotic-alternative to disease control and prevention for livestock animals.
Third Place, $5,000
WoodPro
Oklahoma State University
Team Leader: Gabriel Bahr; Team Members: Sourabh Biswas and Samyukta Koteeswaran
Faculty Advisor: Richard Gajan
Concept: WoodPro develops a sustainable, durable and long-lasting new wood composite, using red cedar sawdust and epoxy resin, which outlasts current market concepts.
The Interview Winners
AT&T IT/Communications: KegSafe, Oral Roberts University
Greater Oklahoma City Chamber Healthcare: Heart Optic, LLC, University of Central Oklahoma
i2E, Inc. Student Generated: ARdecor, University of Oklahoma
OG&E Positive Energy and Environmental: Cubby Connect, University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Business Roundtable Material Sciences and Transportation: MITO Material Solutions, Oklahoma State University
2015 Paulsen Award Scholarship Winners
Small Business Division: Larisa Bolin, East Central University
High Growth Undergraduate: Roberto Gallegos Castillo, Oral Roberts University
High Growth Graduate: Amanda Curtis, University of Oklahoma
2015 Pitch Winners
Small Business Division: Austin McRay, Oklahoma Christian University
High Growth Undergraduate: Morgan Timmons, Univerity of Central Oklahoma
High Growth Graduate: Anthony Purinton, University of Central Oklahoma
First Place: $10,000
Suite Seat
East Central University
Team Leader: Miles Mitchell
Faculty Advisor: Stacey Bolin
Concept: SuiteSeat is a mobile application that lets sports teams offer retail shopping for food, apparel and souvenir directly from their seat without missing any game action.
Second Place: $8,000
Gourmet Grub
East Central University
Team Leader: Stanford Mahlatini
Faculty Advisor: Stacey Bolin
Concept: Gourmet Club is a quick-service restaurant that will be located in Ada, Oklahoma; the restaurant will provide a brick-and-motar location, as well as offer vending and catering operations for consumers.
Third Place: $4,000
Back-Spin
East Central University
Team Leader: Miranda McNabb; Team Member: Matthew Butler
Faculty Advisor: Stacey Bolin
Concept: Back-Spin is a baseball training device that holds a baseball from the top, allowing a batter to focus on the bottom half of the ball a create back spin when hitting the middle or lower part of the ball.
First Place: $20,000
Raw
University of Oklahoma
Team Leader: Ali Davis; Team Members: Lauren Abston, Quincy Tresemer, Cici Zhou and Caitlin Zuerker
Faculty Advisor: Lowell Busenitz
Concept: Raw delivers four to five toxin-fee sample cosmetics to the doorsteps of consumers, allowing users to try out tested and approved cosmetics that improve beauty without compromising the health of users or committing to buy a full version before they know whether or not they actually will like and use the product.
Second Place: $10,000
SPUR
University of Oklahoma
Team Leader: Maggie Barton; Team Members: Jeff Bissinger, Cooper Cadle, Shannon Sherman, and Shelby Vanhooser
Faculty Advisor: Doug Woodward
Concept: SPUR is a crowdsourcing platform with a mission of aligning the needs of potential college student for capital, education and opportunity with people who seek to support aspiring, innovative students and follow their progress via an incremental crowdfunding campaign. Each campaign is designed to follow the “lean” startup method through a multi-staged campaign approach to ensure investor confidence and student success.
Third Place: $5,000
Pulse, LLC
University of Central Oklahoma
Team Leader: Carissa Jetto; Team Members: Dakota Derryberry and Stevie Simpson
Faculty Advisor: Maurice Haff
Concept: Pulse replaces traditional dairy yogurts with alternative yogurts that provide dietary fiber, protein, folate and iron while eliminating preservatives; it is attractive to health enthusiasts and those who suffer milk and other food allergies. Pulse, LLC, uses a patent-pending process to make non-dairy yogurt from a variety of food products and sold in specialty food stores.
First place: $20,000
AerOcean
University of Tulsa
Team Leader: Philip McCoy; Team Members: Josh Donaldson, Jared Starkweather, and Gann Swan
Faculty Advisor: Todd Otanicar
Concept: AerOcean substantially reduces watering and irrigation costs to the agriculture industry by using condensation of moisture already present in the atmosphere. Developed at the University of Tulsa, AerOcean has the exclusive license to manufacture, market and sells the AerOcean Rainmaker technology.
Second Place: $10,000
ParaNano LLC
University of Central Oklahoma
Team Leader: Chelsea Larsen; Team Members: Hitesh Munishamappa Prakash, Jordan Powers, Shreyas Shivaprakash, and Paul Snow
Faculty Advisor: Maurice Haff
Concept: ParaNano provides users in the bio-medical, textile, filtration and energy industries technology that correctly aligns single-strand, electro-spun nano fibers in a patent-pending process. The cutting edge, patent pending device solve a major problem in nanofiber production and use, which is the alignment of continuous, single-strand, electro-spun nanfiibers on a substrate.
Third Place, $5,000
CMR Innovations, LLC
St. Gregory’s University
Team Leader: Melanie Rinehart
Faculty Advisor: Angela James
Concept: CMR Innovations is delivering audio to any Web enabled device from any source, such as multiple television in a bar setting. The ChooseHear system allows customers to pick and choose audio feed from any of the TVs available in the establishment.
The Interview Winners
AT&T IT/Communications: CMR Innovations, LLC, St. Gregory’s University
Greater Oklahoma City Chamber Healthcare: Raw, University of Oklahoma
i2E Student Generated: Pulse, LLC, University of Central Oklahoma
OG&E Positive Energy and Environmental: AerOcean, The University of Tulsa
Oklahoma Business Roundtable Material Sciences and Transportation: XtremeMarine, University of Oklahoma
2015 Paulsen Award Scholarship Winners
Small Business Division: Miranda McNabb, East Central University
High Growth Undergraduate: Austin Evans, University of Tulsa
High Growth Graduate: Joshua Donaldson, University of Tulsa
2015 Pitch Winners
Small Business Division: Miles Mitchell, East Central University
High Growth Undergraduate: Ali Davis, University of Oklahoma
High Growth Graduate: Chelsea Larsen, University of Central Oklahoma
First Place: $10,000
X-Pert Shot
Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City
Team Leader: Shane Barlow; Team Members: Jennifer Bradley, Amanda Sandoval, Mayra Tello and Mario Young
Advisor: Amber Hefner
Concept:X-Pert Shot is an outdoor shooting sports and training facility that will offer membership services to shooting sports enthusiasts and skilled professionals.
Second Place: $8,000
LockWall
East Central University
Team Leader: Brandon Holt; Team Members: Sara Folsom, Cameron King and Chase Sheffield
Advisor: Stacey Bolin
Concept: Lockwall is a unique composite panel system designed with strength and versatility, providing superior lateral support that is ideal for multilevel facilities.
Third Place: $4,000
NEO 2014
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Team Leader: Kyla Guinn; Team Members: David Stephens and Kongmeng Xiong
Advisor: Brenda Lucas
Concept: NEO 2014 is bringing back an historic hamburger restaurant called Dairy Ranch 66 with an all new “green” solar facility on Route 66 near the Buffalo Ranch.
First Place: $20,000
Owlpal Healthcare
University of Tulsa
Team Leader: Jordy Albert; Team Member: MacKenzie Ward
Faculty Advisor: Claire Cornell
Concept: Owlpal is a proactive mobile health solution for diagnosing and monitoring asthma in children at night. The Owlpal product is a mobile application that uses the internal acoustic capabilities and internal computing power of an Android or iOS device to monitor wheezing and coughing rates within children as they sleep.
Second Place: $10,000
Valoshade
University of Tulsa
Team Leader: John Lestina; Team members: Eric Kuxhausen, Alexander Lach and Kimberly Poff
Faculty Advisor: John Hale
Concept: Valoshade has developed a self-adhesive electronic film that is applied to windows to control the amount of transmitted light. The innovative technology uses a smartphone app to allow users to control the amount of natural lighting allowed through a window.
Third Place: $5,000
RoadWatch
University of Oklahoma
Team Leader: Ryan Phillips; Team Members: Andrew Tierney, Nick Ortiz, Drew Knox and Robert Byrd
Faculty Advisor: Susan Moring
Concept: RoadWatch analyses and presents weather information for the trucking industry to reduce the risks of weather-related accidents. The RoadWatch technology uses a proprietary algorithm to determine the precise severity and risk of weather conditions displayed in real time on computer monitors of dispatchers.
First place: $20,000
AeroHead
University of Tulsa
Team Leader: Philip McCoy; Team Members: Se Yeon Kim, Bryan Kinzer, Kristina Merkle, Gann Swan and Yang Zhao
Faculty Advisor: Steven Tipton
Concept: AeroHead has exclusive rights to manufacture and market special cartridges for an innovative golf putter that produces overspin on the ball, which increases the putting accuracy for recreational golfers.
Second Place: $10,000
Driven Analytics
University of Oklahoma
Team Leader: Stephen Soroosh; Team Members: Jake Elliott, Mitchell Walser and Rachel Webb
Faculty Advisor: Ron Bolen
Concept: Driven Analytics has developed a vehicle monitoring system that provides car owners with real-time data such as diagnostic information and maintenance reminders, along with relevant advertisements from area dealership service centers, automotive repair shops and parts retailers.
Third Place, $5,000
Aerofusion
Oklahoma State University
Team Leader: Lee Easton; Team Members: Trevor Hermosillo and Jacob Stockton
Faculty Advisor: Richard Gajan
Concept: Aerofusion uses unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and sensor technology to make the collection of data more cost effective for the agriculture, oil and gas and power distribution industries.
The Interview Winners
AT&T IT/Communications: Driven Analytics, University of Oklahoma
Greater Oklahoma City Chamber Healthcare: Get People Moving, University of Central Oklahoma
i2E Student Generated: Aerofusion, Oklahoma State University
OG&E Positive Energy and Environmental: WellBot, Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma Business Roundtable Material Sciences and Transportation: AeroHead, University of Tulsa
2014 Paulsen Award Scholarship Winners
Samantha Slater, Rogers State University
MacKenzie Ward, University of Tulsa
Mitchell Walser, University of Oklahoma
2014 Pitch Winners
Small Business Division: Chase Sheffield, LockWall, East Central University
High Growth Graduate Division: Philip McCoy, AeroHead, University of Tulsa
High Growth Undergraduate Division: Zach VanMeter, Inspire Ink, University of Oklahoma
First Place: $10,000
RxOmni
Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City
Team leader: Kris Monier; Team Members: Angela Davis, Angela Estavez, Herbert Foncham, Lori Hasty and Mayra Tello
Advisor: Amber Hefner
Concept: RxOmni has developed software that alerts pharmacists to possible adverse drug reactions from different medications prescribed to patients. Pharmacists are prompted by the app to ask patients questions about current medications to ensure new prescriptions don’t present a health risk because of conflicting medications.
Second Place: $8,000
J-Paxers
Rogers State University
Team Leader: Kasey Ng; Team Members: Whitney Duncan, Loren LeForce, Bryce Hall, Dil Patel and Samantha Slater
Advisor: Charles D. Atkins
Concept: J-Paxers has developed the patent-pending J-Pax backpack that eliminates the need for shoulder straps. The J-Pax provides users the ability to carry more items or weight without strain or injury.
Third Place: $4,000
Revolutionary Transportation
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Team Leader: Stephanie Asher; Team Members: Belinda Hunt, Karlee Gibson and Robert Woods
Advisor: Scott Donaldson
Concept: Revolutionary Transportation offers scheduled bus service in the northeast Oklahoma region with initial plans to operate between Miami and Joplin, Mo., with expansion into both Kansas and Arkansas. The company operates an environmentally friendly fleet of vehicles powered solely by compressed natural gas (CNG).
First Place: $20,000
Code Sooq
University of Tulsa
Team Leader: Ahmed El-Kishky; Team Members: Stephen Macke, Marla Blum, Mark Denhoed
Advisor: David Greer
Concept Summary: Code Sooq has created a Web-based service that connects software programmers with potential customers.
Second Place: $10,000
FieldFocus
University of Oklahoma
Team Leader: Susan Moring; Team Members: Parker Dooly, Jeffrey Rhea, Caroline Trump, Mubeen Shakir
Advisor: Robert Free
Concept Summary: FieldFocus provides innovative software for the oil and gas drilling industry that includes asset and personnel tracking tools, plus job management and big tracking.
Third Place: $5,000
Animal Analytics
University of Oklahoma
Team Leader: Erin K. Dowdy; Team Members: Robert Cowlishaw, Joseph Fallin, Charles Carter
Advisor: Lowell Busenitz
Concept Summary: Animal Analytics provides comprehensive medical records for the equine industry through a “HorseFacts” report using a database and implantable RFID chip updated by certified veterinarians.
First place: $20,000
EchoCharge
The University of Tulsa
Team Leader: Katherine Sind; Team Members: Bingjie Ji, Martin Green, Reid Johnston
Advisor: Claire Cornell
Concept Summary: EchoCharge has developed nano-wire technology that will extend cell phone battery life by harnessing energy from the voice of the phone user and surrounding noise vibrations.
Second Place: $10,000
R2R Technologies
Oklahoma State University
Team Leader: Aravind Seshadri; Team Members: Pedro Velasco, Carlo Branca
Advisor: Prabhakar Pagilla
Concept Summary: R2R Technologies is using a patented fiber optic sensor that will reduce waste and cost by keeping material properly aligned during the manufacturing process to prevent wrinkling, creasing and breakage.
Third Place, $5,000
Turtle One
The University of Tulsa
Team Leader: Phoebe Hardwicke; Team Members: Nick Wood
Advisor: Claire Cornell
Concept Summary: Turtle One developed a database search technique that retrieves information and produces results five times than current methods used to search databases.
The Interview Winners
AT&T IT/Communications: Animal Analytics, University of Oklahoma
Greater Oklahoma City Chamber Healthcare: Medishine, Oklahoma State University
i2E Student Generated: Code Sooq, University of Tulsa
OG&E Positive Energy and Environmental: Kick Grass, Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma Business Roundtable Material Sciences and Transportation: Infinite Composites, Oklahoma State University-Tulsa
2013 Paulsen Award Scholarship Winners
Andrea McKinney, East Central University
Jerry Powers, Oklahoma State University
Timothy Whitley, Oklahoma State University
2013 Pitch Winners
Small Business Division: Bryce Hall, Rogers State University
High Growth Undergraduate Division: Susan Moring, University of Oklahoma
High Growth Graduate Division: Fash Fadaei, Oklahoma State University
First Place: $20,000
Moleculera Labs
Oklahoma City University
Team Leader: Jacob Lamb; Team Members: Bethany Layman, Luke Reese and Emily Sanders
Advisor: Craig Shimasaki
Concept Summary: Moleculera Labs is a clinical testing laboratory that performs tests for auto-immune diseases that cause psychiatric disorders.
Second Place: $10,000
Bright Sanitation
University of Oklahoma
Team Leader: Steve Brachtenbach; Team Members: Garett Pearce,Tom Spurgat and Megan Walsh
Advisor: Lowell Busenitz
Concept Summary: Bright Sanitation is developing low-cost public toilets that can be used in extremely dense urban areas lacking proper sewage, disposing of waste through a bio-digester that converts it into compost for fertilizer, biogas and water than can safely be released into lakes and streams.
Third Place: $5,000
SoLoKnow
University of Tulsa
Team Leader: Ahmed El-Kishky; Team Members: Phoebe Hardwicke, Eric Kuxhausen and Jack Lestina
Advisor: John Hale
Concept Summary: SoLoKnow plans to create online social communities for universities that provide clearly defined audiences and essential Web-based education and networking services. The company aims to develop a large user base while attracting partnerships with universities.
First place: $20,000
Spectrum FX
The University of Tulsa
Team Leader: Amethyst Cavallaro; Team Members: Jessica Casper, John Galbraith and Kathryn Junk
Advisor: Claire Cornell
Concept Summary: Spectrum FX is licensed to sell Firebane, a fire suppression liquid that extinguishes all spectrums of fires, to the aviation industry. The nontoxic, biodegradable formula will be used in aircraft cargo compartments to protect against cargo fires that can cause loss of aircraft, crew and cargo.
Second Place: $10,000
PsychSavvy
The University of Tulsa
Team Leader: Robyn Undieme; Team Members: Kathryn Packell and Cary Taylor
Advisor: Claire Cornell
Concept Summary: PsychSavvy provides a customizable, online mental health resource formatted with short video clips and educational articles that serve as a Web-based information source for mental health professionals, college educators, students and clients.
Third Place, $5,000
Precision HealthTech
Oklahoma City University
Team Leader: Brian Mullins; Team Members: Talia Berning, Anthony Moorehead and Christina Truong
Advisor: Craig Shimasaki
Concept Summary: Precision HealthTech is a healthcare medical device start-up company developing an interactive physical therapy workstation that will incorporate a dynamic software system. The software will be integrated into the workstation to capture the strength and range of motion of patients, and transmit the data electronically.
The Interview Winners
AT&T IT/Communications: PERK, Rogers State University
Greater Oklahoma City Chamber Healthcare: PristineCal, Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma State University; i2E Student Generated: MaxQ, Oklahoma State University
OG&E Positive Energy and Environmental: Organic Energy, University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Business Roundtable Material Sciences and Transportation: SpectrumFX, University of Tulsa
2012 Paulsen Award Scholarship Winners
Rocky Chavez, University of Oklahoma
Jay Omanson, Oklahoma State University
2012 i2E Fellows
Rupesh Agrawal, MBA student at Oklahoma State University, Precision Health Technologies
Carol Curtis, Post-doctorial Fellow at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, i2E, Inc and OMRF
Corey Gingrich, MBA student at the University of Oklahoma, Altheus Therapeutics
Mary Hestilow, senior Economics major at the University of Oklahoma, i2E, Inc
Alvin Ly, Senior Finance major at Oklahoma City University, i2E, Inc.
Marybeth Murphy, Senior Entrepreneurship and Venture Management major at the University of Oklahoma, Mintiva.
Roger Satur, MBA Student at the University of Oklahoma, WeGoLook.com.
Ekaterina Shernstneva, MBA student at the University of Tulsa, DermaMedics.
First Place: $20,000
LumiDX
University of Oklahoma
Team Leader: Amy Henderson; Team Members: Ashley Zumwalt, Mimi Nguyen, Kaelyn Lu
Faculty Advisor: Jim Wheeler
Concept Summary: LumiDX is an influenza diagnostics company that offers ChemLight, a fast, highly accurate tool that harnesses chemiluminescent technology to offer a cutting edge innovation in the point-of-care diagnostic market. LumiDX aims to be first to market with diagnostic tests that are simple, accurate and fast enough to provide results at the point-of-care.
Second Place: $10,000
Vita Rhythm
University of Oklahoma
Team Leader: Jessica Wills; Team Members: Brett Gudgel, Brittany Myers, Erikka Roberts
Faculty Advisor: Blake Gudgel
Concept Summary: Vita-Rhythm has developed a medical device to treat heart failure. The AdvaHeart is a left ventricular assist device that helps eject blood from the left ventricle of a weakened heart. It is smaller and more easily and safely implanted in patients.
Third Place: $5,000
Dreamcatcher Services, LLC
Oklahoma City University
Team Leader: Michael Roselle; Team Members: Feng Dong, David Scott, Patrick Kennedye
Faculty Advisor: Robert Greve
Concept Summary: Dreamcatcher Services, LLC has created technology to apply video-EEG monitoring capabilities to the medical diagnostic area of epilepsy. The company has at its disposal a critical mass of talent and individuals necessary for the efficient, speedy and profitable application of video-EEG technologies in the target market.
First place: $20,000
CerebroGen Pharmaceuticals
University of Oklahoma
Team Leader: Benjamin West; Team Members: Chase Roberts,Tobi Olusola, Majed Gharfeh
Faculty Advisor: Elaine Hamm
Concept Summary: CerebroGen is developing an antibody-based drug therapy to treat epilepsy. Building on more than a decade of research, the company’s drug removes a recently discovered cause of epilepsy unaddressed by existing treatments. With a regulatory approval strategy focused on reaching the market quickly through orphan status, CerebroGen is committed to bringing a much-needed therapeutic to Juvenile Epileptics, followed by a product indicated for the broader market.
Second Place: $10,000
IASO
University of Tulsa
Team Leader: Stephen Fain; Team Members: Ryan Eslicker, Nathan Garrett
Faculty Advisor: Michelle Witt
Concept Summary: IASO has developed “SPI Gel,” an environmentally friendly, silica-based enhanced oil recovery system that seals off inefficient reservoir zones, allowing more trapped oil to be recovered. Well operators that use SPI Gel can expect up to a 50 percent increase in daily oil recovery and decreased expenses. IASO’s mission is to provide oil recovery systems that allow operators to conveniently “get more oil” while being safe for personnel and the environment.
Third Place, $5,000
TerraCoda Software
Oklahoma City University
Team Leader: Adele Rehm; Team Members: Alexis Caron, Bridget Poputa-Clean
Faculty Advisor: Kewei Sha
Concept Summary: TerraCoda provides real time enterprise land management, geo-spatial analysis tools, and report generation and mapping solutions for the land, energy, realty, right-of-way procurement, and municipal markets. TerraCoda’s Landman 360 software will provide full end-to-end visibility into the leasing process by providing effective tools that manage the leasing lifecycle. User-friendly technology combines communication, reporting, and cost management tools within TerraCoda’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution, which will reduce errors and increase efficiency through real time reporting and management tools that allow users to deliver a project on time and on budget.
OG&E Positive Energy Award
Simtra Tools
University of Oklahoma
Team Leader: Brandon Mikael; Team Member: Matthew Huber
Faculty Advisor: Lowell Busenitz
Concept Summary: Simtra Tools is commercializing a technology called TrueTight that gives linemen for electric utilities the ability to tighten power‐lines to the correct tension without additional cumbersome and costly equipment. The technology eliminates the need for linemen to carry additional bulky and heavy equipment to tighten and gauge the tension on power lines.
Al Tuttle Business Incubation Award winner
Terra Coda Software, Oklahoma City University
2011 Paulsen Award Scholarship winners
Ashley Zumwalt, University of Oklahoma
Faith Garlington, Oklahoma State University
2011 i2E Fellows
Orgil Batsaikhan, MBA and Master of Finance candidate at University of Tulsa, Consolidated Networks
Alexis Caron, MBA candidate at Oklahoma City University, Consolidated Networks
Arun Kumar, MBA candidate at Oklahoma City University, WeGoLook.com
Laura Medcalf, senior Computer Science major at East Central University, Mintiva
Audrey Metzler, MBA candidate at Oklahoma City University, Otologic Pharmaceutics
Anthony Moorehead, MBA candidate, Oklahoma City University, i2E Inc
Lucas Rice, junior industrial engineering major, University of Oklahoma
