Innovation Hub
Our National I-Corps Teams
The NSF National I-Corps program, run by the National Science Foundation, helps researchers turn discoveries into real-world products. It provides training and mentorship focused on customer discovery to test market potential and reduce commercialization risk.

Team 1: Nano-liter sample storage and dilution
Team Members: Siva Vanapalli and Deepak Solomon
Mentor: David Harmon

Team 2: Non-contact, vital sign detection baby monitor
Team Members: Changzhi Li and Weston Waldo
Mentor: Ryan Reber

Team 3: Personalized cancer therapy using algorithm developed at TTU
Team Members: Ranadip Pal and Noah Berlow
Mentor: Christine Burke

Team 4: Modules for teaching cybersecurity to small businesses
Team Members: Akbar Namin and Michael Sanders
Mentor: Kelli Frias

Team 5: A Cyber Infrastructure Medical Visual Interface Technology
Team Members: Luciano Castillo and Suhas Pol
Mentor: Ron Banister

Team 7: On-the-Go Urinalysis Optical Lab
Team Members: Luciano Castillo and Humberto Bocanegra
Mentor: Joe Cordero

Team 8: Tissue Kinematics Quantification
Team Members: Suhas Pol, Phil Sizer, and Kinyata Cooper
Mentor: Keven Crawford

Team 9: Supercapacitors for Energy Applications
Team Members: Zhaoyang Fan and Nadim Hoque
Mentor: David Miller

Team 10: Fluid Collection and Transfer Safety Device
Team Members: Michael Schaffer and Maegen Stires
Mentor: Mike Acosta

Team 11: Embryo Weight Estimation Based on Specific Gravity
Team Members: Samuel Prien and Cara Wessels
Mentor: Kimberly Gramm

Team 12: Affordable Diagnostic Tool for Eye Diseases Using Smartphone
Team Members: Jowoon Chong and Behnam Askarian
Mentor: Lena Zappia

Team 13: Surface coatings to wind turbine manufacturers and aquatic exploration vehicles.
Team Members: Burak Aksak and Humberto Bocanegra
Mentor: David Miller

Team 14: Safety radiation detection device
Team Members: Robert Stump and Sarah Fougere
Mentor: Kevin Soules

Team 15: Renewable distributed (small-scale) power generation technology
Team Members: Suhas Pol and Ricardo Castillo
Mentor: Carsten Westergaard

Team 24: Fiber Quality Research
Team Members: Brendan Kelly, Abu Sayeed, and Zach Hines
Mentor: William Wombar

Team 28: Smart Mirror
Team Members: Julie Chang, JoWoon Chong, and Francine Buress
Mentor: Nick Bergfeld

Team 31: Envirostatus
Team Members: Danny Reible, Alex Smith, and Magdelina Rakowska
Mentor: Thomas Parkerton

Team 33: Smart Phone COVID-19 Diagnostic
Team Members: Jowoon Chong and Kamrul Foyal
Mentor: GwonChan Yoon

Team 34: COVID-19 Diagnostic Device
Team Members: Gerri Botte and Ashwin Ramanujam
Mentor: Mark Nair

Team 35: Defensive Charging
Team Members: Abdul Serwadda and Sraddhanjali Acharya
Mentor: Saranya Shanmugam

Team 36: Culturally Informed Pain Diagnosis and Relief (CIPDAR)
Team Members: Shinye Kim and Hannah Yoo
Mentor: Phil Sizer

Team 37: PCOS Innovations
Team Members: Jennifer Phy, Jaou Chen Huang, and Ali Chappel
Mentor: Nick Bergfeld

Team 40: SmartMate Solutions
Team Members: Debajyoti Pati and Seyedehnastaran Hashemi
Mentor: Ron Banister

Team 41: 3 CulinaryMed Docs
Team Members: Shannon Galyean, Allison Childress, and Michelle Alcorn
Mentor: Michael Ryan

Team 46: Intelligent Cardiac Care
Team Members: Dongoing Du, Henry Johnston, and Gabriel Cacao
Mentor: Nandhini Nair

Team 47: NanoChit
Team Members: Julia L. Shamshina, Noureddine Abidi, Shaida D. Rumi, and Md Nur Uddin
Mentor: Vivian Qu

Team 52: Rahm Health Monitoring
Team Members: Changzhi Li, Christopher Williams, and Arjun Babuji
Mentor: Gary Smith

Team 53: MelodiaSync
Team Members: Samudani Dhanasekara, Chanaka Kahathuduwa, and Jessica Blume
Mentor: Kim Walker

Team 54: Brain Body Research Innovation
Team Members: Suman Chowdhury, Sudeesh Subramanian, Hossien Bahreinizad, and Md Mehedi Hasan
Mentor: Kaleigh Presgraves
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