Congratulations to the winners of the 2013 Innovation Forum!
The Keller Center would like to thank all who participated in and attended the 8th Annual Innovation Forum on Tuesday, March 12. Despite the rain, the event drew a crowd of more than 125 guests including Princeton faculty, staff, and students, local area entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, as well as former forum participants. Six teams delivered impressive and inspiring research projects in 3-minute "elevator-pitch" style presentations. The presentations were followed by a lively reception and poster session and at the close of the evening, the three top winners were announced. Read the full story here.
(Pictured L-R: Lei Tao, Eric First, and Arvind Ravikumar)
The 2013 Innovation Forum winners are:
First Place
Title: Fingerprinting the air for health and climate with high-performance, portable gas sensors
Presenter: Lei Tao
Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Team Members: Mark Zondlo, Derek Lidow
Second Place
Title: Computational discovery of cost-effective materials for carbon capture and other molecular separations
Presenter: Eric First
Department: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Team Members: M. M. Faruque Hasan, Christodoulos Floudas
Third Place
Title: High performance II-VI infrared detectors
Presenter: Arvind Ravikumar
Department: Electrical Engineering
Team Members: Claire Gmachl, Aidong Shen
The Keller Center would also like to extend its sincere thanks to an outstanding panel of judges for their time and valuable input, as well our co-sponsors Wiss & Company, Drinker Biddle & Reath, and Princeton's Office of Technology Licensing for making this wonderful event possible.