Innovation Transfer
Innovation Spotlight
Stanford grads envision the transformative potential of high-voltage power.
Innovation Transfer Grants
| Funding Year | Name | Description | Team Members |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Spr | PeroPure | PeroPure has developed a portable, electrochemical hydrogen peroxide generating water purification device with the goal of deploying it in the developing world as a reliable and scalable solution for low-cost, clean energy water purification. |
Zhihua Chen (PhD Chemistry), Shucheng Chen (PhD Chem E), Fan Yang (PhD AA, University of Illinois), Prof. Tom Jaramillo (Chem E, PI) |
| 2019 Spr | ReSource | ReSource’s goal is to produce economically competitive commodity plastics using CO2 as the carbon source. The team has invented a chemical technology to produce FDCA from waste biomass and CO2 that enables drastic cost and GHG reduction. |
Aanindeeta Banerjee (PhD, Post doc, Chemistry), Amy Frankhouser (PhD, Chemistry), Prof. Matthew Kanan (Chemistry, PI) |
| 2019 Spr | Suryodaya | Suryodaya developed and are deploying a new high-performance and affordable solar drying system for chili farmers in India. Their goal is to pilot a drying-as-a-service busines |
Michael Machala (PhD MSE, Post Doc ERE), Andrey Poletayev (PhD MSE), Frederick Tan (BS ME), Rushil Prakash (MBA GSB, MS E-IPER), Prof. Sally Benson (ERE, PI) |
| 2019 Spr | LaderaTech | LaderaTech's goal is to adapt, optimize and deploy biomimetic and environmentally-benign fire retardant mobilization agent(s), enabling preventative treatments on landscapes at high risk fire areas. |
Anthony C. Yu (PhD MSE). Jesse Acosta, Prof. Eric Appel (MSE/PI) |
| 2019 Spr | Nitricity | Nitricity is developing a device that produces carbon-free, low-cost ammonia using a novel metal-cycling process. |
Joshua McEnaney (Post Doc, Chem E), Nico Pinkowski (PhD, ME), Brian Rohr (PhD Chem E), Prof. Thomas Jaramillo (Chem E/PI) |
| 2019 Spr | WindBorne | WindBorne is developing balloons which fly 60 times longer than usual and fill gaps underserved by existing atmospheric data tech. |
Paige Brown (BS MSE), Kai Marshland (MS MS&E) John Dean (MS EE), and Andrey Sushko, Prof. John Pauly (EE) |
| 2019 Spr | 12 Tides | 12 Tides aim to develop high-value consumer product applications for seaweed that will help drive the industry forward. |
Team: Pat Schnettler (MBA), Prof. Harikesh Nair (GSB) |
| 2019 Spr | HighTide | HighTide quantifies the financial and socioeconomic impacts of climate-driven natural disasters to generate actionable information on asset climate risk. |
Arnav Mariwala, (BS Phys, MS GeoPhys) Ian Bick (MS CEE), and Adrian Santiago Tate (PhD GeoPhys), Professor Jenny Suckale (GeoPhys) |
| 2019 Spr | ReGen Partners | ReGen proposes to collect seed from the remaining wild groves of the Moringa peregrina tree, start a domestication program in Baja, Mexico, and be the first to produce it at commercial scale in 1400 years. |
Neal Spackman(MSx), Prof. Hau Lee (GSB) |
| 2018 Fall | Frost.d | The Frost.d unit provides ice sellers with a reliable, energy efficient way to store ice. |
Maya Ambady (BA Hum Bio), Kaitlyn Olah, (BS Product Design, MS ME), Quint Underwood (MS EE), Ganesh Ramakrishnan (MBA GSB), Prof. Jim Patell, GSB (PI) |
| 2017 Fall | FullMoon | FullMoon has built a chemical sensor that is selective to chemicals of interest (especially methane), capable of detecting different gases, while simultaneously being inexpensive and not requiring a lot of energy to power. |
Dr. Pierre-Alexandre Gross (postdoc, BioE), Dr. Ehsan Sadeghipour (postdoc, BioE), Prof. Tom Kenny, ME (PI) and Prof. Tom Jaramillo, ChemE (co-PI) |
| 2017 Fall | Kukua Incubator | Kukua is an at-home chicken egg incubator that is energy-efficient enough to run on solar power and is designed to interface directly with Off-Grid Electric’s existing home-solar systems in Tanzania. |
Amy King (BS Earth Systems, MS CEE ), Nick Azpiroz (BS Science, Technology, and Society, MS ME), Eric Reynolds Brubaker (MS/PhD ME), Prof. Jim Patell, GSB (PI) |
| 2017 Fall | ScrapWorks | ScrapWorks is a service that can dramatically reduce the food waste from industrial kitchens caused by faulty or non-existent demand forecasting. |
Sonia Baltodano (PhD, ME), Prof. David Beach, ME (PI) |
| 2017 Spr | SalCell | SalCell proposes a scale-up and commercialization of the mixing entropy battery (MEB) to be used as an electrical generator run by saltwater. |
Jianqiao Xu (Eng, CEE), Kristian Dubrawski (PostDoc, CEE), Prof. Yi Cui (MSE), Prof. Craig Criddle (CEE) |
| 2016 Fall | Indrio Technologies | Laser sensor for monitoring chemicals at high temperatures and pressures in order to enhance engine performance and reduce emissions |
Ritobrata Sur (PostDoc, PhD, ME), Shengkai Wang (PhD, ME), Prof. Ronald K. Hanson (ME) |
| 2016 Fall | Airity Technologies | Airity Technologies develop novel and proprietary circuit topologies that allow for extremely small and power dense high voltage sources. |
Luke Raymond (PhD EE), Wei Liang (PhD EE), Johan Andreasson (Post Doc BioTechnology, PhD Physics) and Prof. Juan Rivas-Davila (EE) |
| 2016 Fall | Mendo | A pocket-sized, battery-powered device used in the detection of microorganisms causing food spoilage |
Nate Cira (PhD, Bioengineering), Morgan Paull (PhD, Bioengineering), Jason Khoo (BS, Human Biology), Dr. Adam White, Prof. Steve Quake (Bioengineering) |
| 2015 Fall | Aerial Intelligence | Remote sensing with state-of-the-art computing methods to rapidly deliver crop yield forecasts |
Parthsarathi Trivedi (MBA), Adam Heffez (MBA), Omkar Joshi (MS, EE), Derrick Liu (BS, CS) and Prof. David Lobell (ESS) |
| 2015 Fall | Healyx | Solar/battery powered portable therapeutic device |
Cameron Hutton (MS, ME), Madeline Sides (MS, ME), Matias Rivera (MBA), Cassie Ludwig (School of Medicine), Tiffany Kung (School of Medicine) and Prof. David Beach (ME) |
| 2015 Spr | ClearMetal | Reducing the transportation sector's carbon footprint through predictive demand and optimization of shipping-container logistics |
Adam Compain (MBA, GSB), Will Harvey (BS CS; MS MS&E), Diego Canales (BS CS; MS MS&E), and Prof. Seungjin Whang (GSB) |
| 2014 Fall | Opus 12 | Turning CO2 into fuels and chemicals |
Kendra Kuhl (PhD ChemE/SLAC), Etosha Cave (PhD, ME), Nicholas Flanders (MBA/MS E-IPER), and Prof. Tom Jaramillo (ChemE) |
| 2014 Fall | PastureMap | Transforming agriculture and land management through the mobile cloud based PastureMap platform |
Christine Su (MBA/MS E-IPER), Joel Kek (CS), Dapheny Wono, and Prof. Peter Vitousek (Biology) |
| 2014 Fall | Vorpal | Small, low energy devices for sterilizing liquids using pulsed electric field (PEF) technology |
Luke Raymond (PhD, EE), Wei Liang (PhD, EE), and Prof. Juan Rivas-Davila (EE) |
| 2014 Spr | Ceres Imaging | Remote Spectral Imaging for Sustainable Ranching and Agriculture |
Robbie Bunge (PhD, AA), Ashwin Madgavkar (MBA/MS, GSB/E-IPER), Robert Heilmayr (PhD, E-IPER) and Prof. Peter Vitousek (Biology) |
| 2013 Fall | NGEN Technologies | Energy generating waste water treatment system |
Yaniv Scherson (Postdoc, CEE) and Prof. Craig Criddle (CEE) |
