Grand Prize Winner ($100,000): Cellulosix, The University of Alabama
Cellulosix is developing a catalog of cellulose-based chemical reagents for use in drug delivery, functional foods, smart clothing, functional bandages, and several other potential markets. The company's advantage is that it can dissolve raw cellulose in more mild conditions than current technology which allows the group to modify it chemically and physically in ways that were previously not possible. Cellulosix will offer a wide range of cellulose materials from conductive cellulose fibers to cellulose based drug delivery systems. The company plans to offer a catalog of these cellulose materials as well as focus on production of custom materials for our customers. See the Cellulosix presentation here.
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Second Place ($50,000): SEA Desalination, The University of Alabama
The Solar Evaporation Array is a sun-powered desalination technology that removes salt from seawater or high mineral concentrations from ground water. It has a low-environmental impact, since it does not eject brine-water, and is made from remanufactured plastic water and soda bottles. The company plans to manufacture and sell this array system in third-world markets and to homeowners and businesses in coastal areas for irrigation and drinking water. See the SEA Desalination presentation here.
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Third Place Winner ($25,000): SSS Optical Technologies, Alabama A&M University
Company has developed a new, patented sensor to detect ammonia in animal feeding operation. The system is easier to install, easier to maintain, and provides long-term cost savings versus current systems. See the SSS Optical Technologies presentation.
Other Finalists:
AT Bioscience (UAH)
AT Bioscience, LLC (ATB) has globally identified lung squamous cancer genes using its novel bio-marker gene discovery technology. Lung cancer is a popular cancer type with a high mortality and difficult early detection. Using these genetic biomarkers, ATB is developing both lung cancer research kits and first blood diagnostic kit for early lung squamous cancer diagnosis. Click here for presentation.
dlservices.net (UA)
dlservices.net is an early stage startup company that solves online knowledge resource integration problems for health libraries, a suite of solutions that enable better access to structured information for health providers at the point of patient care. We market a software as a service (SaaS) platform in various health library contexts, including hospitals, ambulatory clinics, and academic health science centers. Our SaaS platform allows a “single point of service” functionality for libraries to offer to their clients. The resulting integration of a library’s online knowledge resources can be integrated into electronic health record systems through the exploitation of existing industry standard communication protocols, and the data generated from library usage can be warehoused and analyzed across platform clients to support real time user guidance and an advertising service. Click here for presentation.
Intellectrode, LLC (UAB)
Intellectrode is engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of
Neurotechnology, first to the research market for neuroscience and
pharmaceutical R & D and hopes to expand its products into other markets and applications.
The company will first manufacture and sell complete systems (equipment and software) for researchers
which need no FDA approval, but there are many other potential applications of this technology, some of which
do require FDA approval. The fields of knowledge initially include electrophysiology, electronics
and software. Click here for presentation.
Lambert Technologies (UA)
Lambert Technologies, LLC has developed a patented luminescent epoxy coating used for testing material stress levels - Strain Sensitive Skin (S3). When the coating is placed on an object and is then tested under different load conditions, the coating emits a light. This light allows for the formation of a strain map across the object’s surface. The strain map can then be used to predict the object’s failure mode location and more accurately determine its service life. Click here for presentation.
ProVentix (UA)
Our company will offer the more than 44 million family caregivers in the United States access to web-based tools and resources designed to reduce the financial and health related burdens associated with caregiving. Employing a proprietary, patent-pending assessment process, we will create a tailored intervention program that targets the specific circumstances of the caregiver and the patient, and provide the caregiver with access to continually updated information and counsel regarding the caregiving process, information regarding elder care resources in the caregiver’s locality; member recommendations, and mobile access to critical data.
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