The Dietrich W. Botstiber Endowed Fellowship for Inventors and Entrepreneurs generously supports an annual competition for senior design students in the College of Engineering and the School of Biomedical Engineering. This competition is run by the Close School of Entrepreneurship in coordination with the College of Engineering. The purpose of the competition is to educate students on certain principles of entrepreneurship as well as provide student teams with funding to enhance their design project development. In addition, the competition is used to identify design projects that may have commercial potential and then work with students to discuss incubation options should they choose to pursue commercialization efforts during their senior year and potentially after graduation.
On February 11, teams made their presentations to judges Ken Tomlinson (Next Fab), Tracey Welson-Rossman (Chariot Solutions) and Kade Anthony (EFE Labs). The judges awarded 11 teams as opposed to the usual ten as because of a tie for the last slot.
The winners are:
- Biomedical Engineering
Deep Tissue Injury (DTI) Detection Device
- Mechanical Engineering
Advance Aquaponics Systems
- Mechanical Engineering BS/MS
UAV Mission Extension Platform (UMEP)
- Mechanical Engineering
GALEN: The Retrieve-o-bot
- Mechanical Engineering (BS.ME)
COLD-R Analyser -- (Categorisation of Lunar Deposits -- Regolith)
- Mechanical Engineering
Automated Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle Entrance System
- Mechanical Engineering
SafeSense
- Biomedical Engineering
Color Detection Device for Blind and Visually Impaired STEM Students
- Mechanical Engineering
COLD-R Telescoping Drill (Collection Of Lunar Deposits-Regolith)
- Engineering Technology
Turbojet Engine Test Unit
- Mechanical Engineering
Delphragm
Winning teams are eligible to receive up to $2,000 in funding for their senior design project.
View 30-second "elevator pitches" for some of the projects.