GRADUATE DIVISION
First Place Graduate – $20,000 cash award
Juno
University of Oklahoma
Advisor: Ron Bolen
Team Leader: Dilina Abudurexiti
Team Members: Salyid Isba Maududi, Maria Doutey and Mark Allen
Juno offers a line of biodegradable pregnancy and ovulation tests that aims to reduce the vast volume plastic waste from 20 million at-home tests that are discarded annually.
Second Place Graduate – $10,000 cash award
WhiCount
East Central University
Advisor: Stacey BolinTeam Leader: Casey Black
WhiCount is a biomedical R&D company that is bringing technology to market that allows consumers with low blood counts to monitor their white blood cell levels at home. The WhiCount Monitor will free consumers who must monitor their white blood cell levels from interrupting their lives by having to travel to laboratories at clinics or hospitals for blood draws.
Third Place Graduate – $5,000 cash award
DevCycle
University of Tulsa
Advisor: Claire Cornell
Team Leader: Israyil Alakbarov
Team members: Jamala Talibova
DevCycle is introducing its patent-pending product called Virtuoso, a platform that simplifies the process of developing software embedded in non-PC computing, such as GPS devices, factory robotics, calculators and some smartwatches. Virtuoso uses a low-code interface that allows developers to drag-and-drop elements into embedded software.
UNDERGRADUATE DIVISION
First Place Undergraduate – $20,000 cash award
Novel Neuro
University of Tulsa
Advisor: Chris Wright
Team Leader: Brittanie Whitney
Team Members: Faith Nichols, Sophia Zehetner, and Lena Schmenn
Novel Neuro developed a patent-pending cognitive assessment platform that provides health care professionals, personal injury attorneys and insurers the ability to more accurately identify falsified claims of brain injuries. Novel Neuro’s technology provides confidence in cognitive assessment tests, which allow professionals to know when patients are purposely skewing the test results to obtain a desired outcome.
Second Place Undergraduate – $10,000 cash award
Cadenzo
University of Oklahoma
Advisor: Marcus Wolfe
Team Leader: Marc LaManque
Team Members: Troy Smith and Andres Gonzalez
Cadenzo has reimagined the world of event ticket selling through technology that uses Blockchain and Near-Field Communications to limit third-party ticket reselling. Cadenzo’s technology allows venues to take complete control over the resale of their tickets, which prevents mass purchasing and ensuring more equitable distribution of tickets.
Third Place Undergraduate – $5,000 cash award
Whisk
Oklahoma State University
Advisor: David Thomison
Team Leader: Henry Cannon
Whisk is deploying an online dating platform that uses observable and verifiable data to create authentic dating profiles for users. The Whisk platform uses Twitter profiles, tweets, retweets and likes to create a profile that is analyzed by an algorithm that calculates the probability of relationship success between any two users.
SMALL BUSINESS DIVISION
First Place Small Business – $10,000 cash award
Argus
Oklahoma Christian University
Advisor: Seth Reiter
Team Leader: Sydni Leh
Team Members: Vinicius Alves, Derrick Karake and Caleb Davis
Argus uses motion capture technology to provide analysis about the movement and physical health of employees of its clients to reduce the likelihood of injury and prevent claims. Prior to any injury, Argus creates 3D models with detailed information about range of motion and any areas of pain to build an assessment baseline of each employee.
Second Place Small Business – $8,000 cash award
Tough Cookie: Building Mentally Tough Kids
University of Central Oklahoma
Advisor: Amy Johnson
Team Leader: Kate Pitzer
Team Members: Morgan Vogt and Marissa Perez
Tough Cookie created a series of kits containing a variety of challenges for 3rd and 4th grade students that help build innovation, determination, diligence and flexibility. Designed for use in public or private schools, the challenges target development of specific skills and characteristics each day through challenges like building a bridge with toothpicks or mastering cup stacking.
Third Place Small Business- $4,000 cash award
Crop Cut
East Central University
Advisor: Stacey Bolin
Team Leader: Christopher McMahan
Crop Cut provides a turnkey seed-to-sale hemp cultivation program for small rural farmers in Oklahoma and beyond. Using sustainable agricultural practices, Crop Cut provides passive income for landowners with its three-step application process and small-scale cultivation of hemp on otherwise unused land.
Paulsen Award Scholarships sponsored by Oklahoma Business Roundtable
Each student receives $5,000 for tuition for the fall semester.
Small Business – Cullen Edens, East Central University
High Growth Undergraduate – Rachel Brown – Oklahoma State University
High Growth Graduate: Dilina Abudurexiti – University of Oklahoma
Cox Communications Pitch Award Winners
Each student receives $1,000 cash award
Small Business – Tanner Jack East Central University
High Growth Undergraduate – Christian Coleman, University of Central Oklahoma
High Growth Graduate – Casey Black, East Central University
Greg Main Distinguished Scholar Award
Recipient receives $5,000 for tuition for the fall semester.
Jacob Wallace, NEO A&M College