Innovation Transfer
Innovation Spotlight
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Innovation Transfer Grants
| Funding Year | Name | Description | Team Members |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Fall | IRCool Textiles | IRCool is developing commercially-ready infrared (IR) radiative cooling fabrics based on photonic structure textiles. |
Peter Catrysse (Sr. Research Engineer, EE), Prof. Yi Cui MSE, Prof. Shanhui Fan EE (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 | Safi Analytics | Safigen plans to disrupt the status quo of energy for businesses in emerging markets through a low-cost, simple energy management platform that helps businesses unlock energy savings and connect with the best solution providers. |
Lauren Dunford (BA, MBA), Kennedy Nganga, Weston McBride, Prof. Rebecca Lester 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 Fall | Antora Energy | Antora Energy is an inexpensive, long-duration energy storage solution that combines high-temperature thermal energy storage with novel, high-efficiency thermophotovoltaic energy conversion to support the widespread deployment of renewable energy. |
Justin Briggs (PhD, AP), Andrew Ponec (BS, EE), Prof. Jen Dionne MSE (co-PI), Prof. Bill Dally EE(co-PI) |
| 2017 Spr | ClimateAI | ClimateAI has developed a cloud based enterprise software platform for existing (or planned) energy generation assets (including hydropower plants) which will enable stakeholders to undertake precise evaluations of climate change related impacts. |
Himanshu Gupta (MBA, MS E-IPER), Max Cody Evans (MBA, MS E-IPER), Prof. Hau Lee (GSB) |
| 2017 Spr | OXO | OXO is a fast and reliable matching service that pairs car owners with trustworthy professional drivers, who want to resolve issues of parking and car latency by creating an accountable network of car owners and drivers. |
James Pelly (MBA), Prof. Seungjin Whang (GSB) |
| 2017 Spr | HomeIntel | HomeIntel is a new type of service business that is built on a new pay-for-performance contract being piloted by California utilities. |
Ben Sowers (MBA), Prof. Stefan Reichelstein (GSB) |
| 2017 Spr | HowPower | HowPower is a virtual ‘concierge’ that ushers people around their home to make their own upgrades without requiring a human expert. |
Carrie Armel (Research Associate, PEEC), Prof. James Sweeney (MS&E) |
| 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 | ClearFlame Engines | Diesel-engine-replacement technology that allows for greater efficiency, higher performance, and cleaner emissions |
Julie Blumreiter (PhD, ME), Bernard Johnson (PhD, ME), Prof. Chris Edwards (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 | Gemini Energy Solutions | Energy management technology that devises energy-savings programs marketed to small and medium-sized businesses |
Anthony Kinslow (PhD, CE), Johnny Mazraani, Prof. Martin Fischer (CEE) |
| 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 | SHYFT Power Solutions | 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 | 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 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 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) |
