SPIE Startup Challenge 2016 Semi-Finalists Announced
(firmenpresse) - BELLINGHAM, WA -- (Marketwired) -- 01/20/16 -- Semi-finalists seeking support for new photonics-based product proposals have been selected to pitch their ideas to business developers and venture capitalists in the next month in San Francisco, California. The contest is held annually at , sponsored by .
Judges will select six finalists after hearing semi-finalist pitches on 16 February. In the final round on 17 February, judges will announce their picks for the top three pitches. The final round is open to the public with free registration.
Cash prizes, including $10,000 for first, $5,000 for second, and $2,500 for third are funded by Founding Partner . Additional support comes from Lead Sponsors and (NSF), and Supporting Sponsors , , , and . Edmund Optics will award the first-place winner $5,000 in products.
Semi-finalists are:
, Leslie Kimerling, Double Helix LLC
, Fatima Toor, Advanced Silicon Group, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Iowa
, Kyle Miller, Northwestern University Center for Device Development/ Bold Biometrix, LLC
, Eric Strohm, Echofos Medical
Converting movement into electrical power, Timothy Jones, ColorSpritz
, Sean Virgile, Diagnostic anSERS, Inc.
, John Lewandowski, Disease Diagnostic Group
, Michael Cumbo, Eta Diagnostics, Inc.
Extended depth-of-focus contact lens, Juan Rodriguez, UbiFocal
, Zeev Zalevsky, FabriXense
GUAKS wearable virtual reality headset, Carmen Lastres, Limbak
, Paolo Pozzi, Holobe s.r.l.
Enabling high-volume manufacturing of next-generation integrated circuit chips, Supriya Jaiswal, Astrileux Corporation
, Darren Engle, Multicore Photonics, Inc.
, Graham Randall, Noninvasix
, N. P. Lui, OPER Technology Limited
, Renee Carder, PixelEXX Systems, Inc.
, Peiman Hosseini, Bodle Technologies
, Sanna Gaspard, Rubitection
, Roger Diebold, Solchroma Technologies, Inc.
, John Murphy, Stream Technologies, Inc.
, Dan Yanson, TheWhollySee
, Shourjya Sanyal, Think Biosolution
, Pu Wang, Vibronix, Inc.
, Jyh-Chern Chen, Taiwan Biophotonic Corporation.
More information is at .
, an educational not-for-profit organization founded in 1955 to advance light-based science, engineering, and technology. The Society serves nearly 264,000 constituents from approximately 166 countries, offering conferences and their published proceedings, continuing education, books, journals, and the SPIE Digital Library. In 2015, SPIE provided more than $5.2 million in support of education and outreach programs.
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