Funding Year | Name | Description | Team Members |
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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) |
2016 Spr | donut | Optimization model that integrates clean energy technologies in the design of microgrids |
Brock Taute (MS, CEE), Dan Sambor (MS, CEE), Miles Evans (MS, CEE), Prof. Gil Masters (CEE) |
2016 Spr | Solstice | Software platform that provides data-driven design of residential grid-assisted energy systems |
Cole Stites-Clayton (MS, CEE), Ugwem Eneyo (PhD, CEE), Prof. Gil Masters (CEE) |
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 | Gallop Semiconductor | Developing low-cost high-quality semiconductor devices |
Garrett Hayes (PhD, MSE), Xiaoqing Xu (Stanford Nanofabrication Facility) and Prof. Bruce Clemens (MSE) |
2015 Fall | XStream Trucking | Device that covers the gap between the tractor and the trailer of trucks, making trucks more efficient and reducing fuel consumption by 3-5% |
Daniel Burrows (MBA), Annissa Alusi (MBA/MS-EIPER), David Folette, Roger LeMesurier, and Prof. Stefan Reichelstein (GSB) |
2015 Fall | SkyCool | Passively reject heat to outer space from residential and commercial buildings to reduce energy consumed for cooling |
Aaswath Raman (Research Associate, EE), Eli Goldstein (Postdoc, EE) and Prof. Shanhui Fan (EE) |
2015 Fall | Tandem PV | Mechanically-stacked perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells |
Colin Bailie (PhD, MSE), William Nguyen (PhD, Chemistry) and Prof. Michael McGehee (MSE) |
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 | Spark Thermionics | A novel thermionic energy converter (TEC) based on a microfabricated architecture |
Dan Riley (PhD, Phys), Jared Schwede (PhD, Phys), Nandita Bhaskhar (PhD, EE), and Prof. Roger Howe (EE) |
2015 Spr | Spectrum | Cloud based architectural analysis software platform for real-time sustainability feedback on building design |
John Basbagill (Post Doc, PhD, CEE), and Prof. Michael Lepech (CEE) |
2015 Spr | VISDOM | Stanford Energy Visualization and Insight System for Demand Operations and Management |
June Flora (CEE), Chin-Woo Tan (CEE), Sam Borgeson (CEE), and Prof. Ram Rajagopal (CEE) |
2015 Spr | Cuberg | High-performance solid state electrolytes for the next generation lithium-ion batteries |
Mauro Pasta (Post Doc, MSE), Richard Wang (PhD, MSE) and Prof. Yi Cui (MSE) |
2015 Spr | eDROP (OhmConnect) | Commercial demand response customer segmentation tools |
Siddharth Patel (PhD, CEE), Matt Duesterberg (MS, ME), Curtis Tongue, and Prof. Ram Rajagopal (CEE) |
2015 Spr | Humblade | Miniature ultrasound sensor system for structural monitoring applications |
Alex Guo (Post Doc, PhD, EE), Kevin Zheng (PhD, EE), and Prof. Boris Murmann (EE) |
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 | Keewi | Energy management system targeted towards users seeking control over their electric bills |
Jennifer Tsau (MS, CEE), Hedi Razavi (PhD, BioEng), Rommy Joyce (MS, EE), Joe Kendall (MS, Product Design), Andrew Ging, James Ging, and Prof. Ram Rajagopal (CEE) |
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 | Citrine Informatics | Big Data / Analytics applied to Sustainable Materials Discovery and Development |
Bryce Meredig (MBA, GSB), Greg Mulholland (MBA, GSB) Dr. Kyle Michel and Prof. Jens Norskov (ChemE) |
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) |
2014 Spr | Glow | Novel heat pumps |
Jake Saper (MBA/MS Environment & Resources), Thomas Hand (MBA), Andreas Zoellner (PhD, ME) and Prof. Gil Masters (CEE) |
2014 Spr | NexTint Films | Low cost organic electrochromic windows |
David Abram (PhD, ChemE) and Toby Sachs-Quintana (PhD, MatSci), with Prof. Michael McGehee (MatSci). |
2013 Fall | NGEN Technologies | Energy generating waste water treatment system |
Yaniv Scherson (Postdoc, CEE) and Prof. Craig Criddle (CEE) |