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Airviz
Airviz is an innovative CMU robotics startup that provides air quality monitoring capabilities using low-cost sensors and AI and big data. Airviz licenses IP and white labels manufactured devices and systems for Fortune 500 manufacturers, retailers, and commercial service providers. Inspired to act on Pittsburgh’s poor air quality, Airviz aims to make the invisible visible for global users by providing sensor technology, smart algorithms, and pollution maps and correlations.
Team Members:
Sara Longo, Entrepreneurial Lead, Guest Staff, SCS/RI
Illah Nourbakhsh, Academic Lead, Faculty, SCS/RI
Domotor Gulyas, Technical Director, Staff, SCS/RI
Christ Bartley, Principal Programmer, Staff, SCS/RI
Aranya Venkatesh, Algorithms Engineer, Staff, SCS/RI
Jill Andersen, Aerosol Researcher, Staff, SCS/RI
Dave Litton, Senior Scientist, Staff, SCS/RI
Steven Ketchpel, Adviser
I-Corps Mentor, Stephan Mueller
Buzzly AI
Meet Buzzly, an intelligent virtual assistant that cultivates an AI powered knowledge base to help your employees share information more efficiently.
Team Members:
Namita Dongre, Entrepreneurial Lead, Undergraduate student, SCS
Arka Roy, Academic Lead, Undergraduate student, CIT
Kit Needham, Business Adviser
Dave Mawhinney, Business Adviser
I-Corps Mentor, Stephan Mueller
Captis Diagnostics
Captis’ non-invasive lab service will enable medical oncologists for actionable treatment management for solid tumor patients, which can significantly increase patient survival by guiding the therapy selection, therapeutic monitoring, earlier recurrence detection.
Team Members:
Hongzhang He, Entrepreneurial Lead, Visiting Scholar, CIT/BME
Siyang Zheng, Academic Lead, Faculty, CIT/BME
I-Corps Mentor, MaryDel Brady
CheerNotes
We are designing a new shopping experience for greeting cards that expands the selection for increased inclusivity and leverages technology to create more meaningful messages.
Team Members:
Asha Banks, Entrepreneurial Lead, MBA Candidate, Tepper
Hannah Poulson, Team Member, MBA Candidate, Tepper
Shana Pradeep, Team Member, MBA Candidate, Tepper
Dave Mawhinney, Academic Lead and Adviser
I-Corps Mentor, Dawn Rucker
FiberWire
FiberWire aims to replace expensive and laborious manual wiring labor in composite products with advanced 3D composite printing. Oftentimes, millions of dollars are spent on wiring many composite structures manufactured in auto and aerospace industries. Our patent-pending process innovation replaces the manual labor & assembly by directly 3D printing wires and sensors into composite structures with advanced materials.
Team Members:
Sai Ganesh Swaminathan, Entrepreneurial Lead, Ph.D. candidiate, SCS/HCII
Scott Hudson, Academic Lead, Faculty, SCS/HCII
Carmel Majidi, Technical Adviser, Faculty, CIT/MechE
I-Corps Mentor, Dawn Rucker
Fibulas
Fibulas builds the "GitHub for Life" -- a version control system for living biospecimens, with core technologies in cryopreservation, bio-imaging and version control.
Team Members:
Xiaotian Ma, Entrepreneurial Lead, Ph.D. candidate, CIT/MechE and SCS/RI
Ying Pan, Chief of Products
I-Corps Mentor, MaryDel Brady
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MagSense
Our sensors include lightweight electronics with smart textiles and rubber for conformable sensing for applications in automation, robotics, and wearables. We plan to provide general prototypes with optional customization and re-licensing for those who want to develop in-house.
Team Members:
Tess Hellebrekers, Entrepreneurial Lead, Ph.D. candidate, SCS/RI
Carmel Majidi, Academic Lead, Faculty, CIT/MechE
I-Corps Mentor, Dawn Rucker
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Organoid Therapeutics
We grow artificial organs as an alternative to transplantation and a lifetime of medical therapy for patients with end organ disease.
Team Members:
Denver Faulk, PhD, Entrepreneurial Lead, Alumnus, CIT/ChemE and BME
Ricardo Londono, Academic Lead/Chief Scientific Officer, University of Pittsburgh
Brad Runyon, COO, Staff, SCS/SEI
Dominique Petach, Product Manager, Undergraduate Student, CIT/MSE and BME
Sogu Sohn, Product Manager, Alumnus, CIT/BME
Beatrice Milnes, Research Assistant, University of Pittsburgh
I-Corps Mentor, MaryDel Brady
Orta Interactive Studio
I would like to create a web-platform, Smarty Dancers, to simplify and improve dance audition submissions for both dancers and theaters.
Team Members:
JaHee Cho, Entrepreneurial Lead, Alumnus, CFA/MET
I-Corps Mentor, Stephan Mueller
Pralent
Traditional recruiting and learning methods are not able to accurately gauge or teach the practical skills needed to enter the workforce. Pralent helps university students build and showcase their technical projects and practical skills to companies to land internships and entry-level jobs.
Team Members:
Samarth Gowda, Entrepreneurial Lead & Founder, Undergraduate student, Dietrich
Chethan Makonahalli, Technical and Business Adviser
Sheetal Marigowda, CTO/Lead Developer
I-Corps Mentor, Stephan Mueller
Purple Squirrel
Purple Squirrel is a two-sided recruitment marketplace that connects hiring employers and third-party agency recruiters. The marketplace provides transparency, price discovery, and ease.
Team Members:
James Peng, Entrepreneurial Lead, MBA candidate, Tepper
Dogay Beyaz, Sales and Marketing, MBA candidate, Tepper
Bowofoluwa Akinlabi-Oladimeji, Product, MBA candidate, Tepper
Shauna Goldman, Sales and Marketing, MBA candidate, Tepper
Jason Zhu, Design, Graduate student, CFA/Design
Motolani Olarinre, Development, Graduate student, SCS/ML
I-Corps Mentor, MaryDel Brady
PWR Technology
Our product fully automates urinalysis into the daily life of the user. The device attaches to a toilet and provides urinalysis results to the users phone.
Team Members:
Ryan Gleeson, Entrepreneurial Lead, Graduate student, CIT/ETIM
Andrew Sugarman, Co-founder, Case Western University
I-Corps Mentor, MaryDel Brady
Savor Robotics
We are making an automated line cook to solve the labor shortage in the food service industry. By focusing on automating a single phase of the backend, we can use market-ready technologies to solve this growing problem today.
Team Members:
Connor W. Colombo, Entrepreneurial Lead & Co-founder, Undergraduate student, SCS/RI
Dr. Cameron Riviere, Academic Lead, Faculty, SCS/RI
Emily Ellis, Co-founder, MBA candidate, Tepper
Tracy Chen, Mechatronics Specialist, Undergraduate student, CIT
Michael Mong, Mechanical Design Specialist, Undergraduate student, CIT
Ben Stern, Fabrication Specialist, Undergraduate student, CIT
Lauren Whittingham, Design and Business Development, Graduate student, SCS/HCII
I-Corps Mentor, Dawn Rucker
Skillrank
Data-driven recruitment platform, which reduces hiring time for IT specialists
Team Members:
Anton Vekhov, Entrepreneurial Lead, MBA candidate, Tepper
Igor Goncharenko, CEO
Maria Nagornykh, Front End Developer
Artem Bolyshev, Data Scientist
I-Corps Mentor, Stephan Mueller
Swaset
Swaset is an everyday clothing rental/sharing app based platform where users who value variety, quality, convenience, and savings can build their closet. This platform provides a two-sided solution: The renter receives an easy, interactive, and affordable alternative to purchasing from store outlets. The lender gets a safe, efficient, and convenient method to make money on items in their closet.
Team Members:
Shadie Ellington, Entrepreneurial Lead, Undergraduate student, CIT/ChemE and BME
Evangeline Mensah-Agyekum, Creative Lead, Undergraduate student, CIT
Anthony Attipoe, Technical Lead, Undergraduate student, CIT
Seth Setse, Mobile App Developer, Undergraduate student, SCS
Adriana Pink, Social Media Lead, NYU
Shernell Smith, Academic Adviser
I-Corps Mentor, MaryDel Brady
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