Texas Tech University

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.




 
 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 1: Nano-liter sample storage and dilution

Team Members: Siva Vanapalli and Deepak Solomon

Mentor: David Harmon

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 2: Non-contact, vital sign detection baby monitor

Team Members: Changzhi Li and Weston Waldo

Mentor: Ryan Reber

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 3: Personalized cancer therapy using algorithm developed at TTU

Team Members: Ranadip Pal and Noah Berlow

Mentor: Christine Burke

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 4: Modules for teaching cybersecurity to small businesses

Team Members: Akbar Namin and Michael Sanders

Mentor: Kelli Frias

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 5: A Cyber Infrastructure Medical Visual Interface Technology

Team Members: Luciano Castillo and Suhas Pol

Mentor: Ron Banister

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 6: Power system analysis software

Team Members: Miao He and Sajjad Abedi

Mentor: David Snow

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 7: On-the-Go Urinalysis Optical Lab

Team Members: Luciano Castillo and Humberto Bocanegra

Mentor: Joe Cordero

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 8: Tissue Kinematics Quantification

Team Members: Suhas Pol, Phil Sizer, and Kinyata Cooper

Mentor: Keven Crawford

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 9: Supercapacitors for Energy Applications

Team Members: Zhaoyang Fan and Nadim Hoque

Mentor: David Miller

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 10: Fluid Collection and Transfer Safety Device

Team Members: Michael Schaffer and Maegen Stires

Mentor: Mike Acosta

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 11: Embryo Weight Estimation Based on Specific Gravity

Team Members: Samuel Prien and Cara Wessels

Mentor: Kimberly Gramm

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 12: Affordable Diagnostic Tool for Eye Diseases Using Smartphone

Team Members: Jowoon Chong and Behnam Askarian

Mentor: Lena Zappia

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 13: Surface coatings to wind turbine manufacturers and aquatic exploration vehicles.

Team Members: Burak Aksak and Humberto Bocanegra

Mentor: David Miller

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 14: Safety radiation detection device

Team Members: Robert Stump and Sarah Fougere

Mentor: Kevin Soules

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 15: Renewable distributed (small-scale) power generation technology

Team Members: Suhas Pol and Ricardo Castillo

Mentor: Carsten Westergaard

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 16: C-Safe

Team Members: Gage Dutkins and Sean Tully

Mentor: Mark Murdock

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 17: Tropical Disease

Team Members: Courtney Queen and Chris Cobos

Mentor: Robert Webb

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 18: Clay Forming

Team Members: Priyantha W. Jayawickrama and Suraj Khadka

Mentor: David Miller

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 19: NemaLife

Team Members: Siva Vanapalli and Mizan Rahman

Mentor: John Butler

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 20: Weightloss

Team Members: Shu Wang and Yujiao Zu

Mentor: Lena Zappia

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 21: CardiacPassword

Team Members: Changzhi Li and Yiran Li & Alvin Kim

Mentor: Anthony Presley

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 22: WakeControl

Team Members: Suhas Pol and Ricardo Castillo

Mentor: Liz Flemming

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 23: Minerals Engineering

Team Members: Weile Yan and Syful Islam

Mentor: Mark Murdock

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 24: Fiber Quality Research

Team Members: Brendan Kelly, Abu Sayeed, and Zach Hines

Mentor: William Wombar

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 25: MHC Solutions

Team Members: Devin Lowe and Manuel Sanchez

Mentor: Nick Bergfeld

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 26: In/Out Capsule

Team Members: Samuel Prien and Melissa Genetti

Mentor: Phil Jones

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 27: AzTech

Team Members: Andy Shin and Ganga Baskar

Mentor: John Butler

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 28: Smart Mirror

Team Members: Julie Chang, JoWoon Chong, and Francine Buress

Mentor: Nick Bergfeld

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 29: ViSNR Image

Team Members: David Weindorf, Tommy Dang, and Vung Pham

Mentor: Mark Nair

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 30: 3D Print

Team Members: Jenny Qiu and Cynthia Sangsak

Mentor: Michael Ryan

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 31: Envirostatus

Team Members: Danny Reible, Alex Smith, and Magdelina Rakowska

Mentor: Thomas Parkerton

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 32: CellMatt

Team Members: Nourddinne Abidi and Yang Hu

Mentor: Nick Bergfeld

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 33: Smart Phone COVID-19 Diagnostic

Team Members: Jowoon Chong and Kamrul Foyal

Mentor: GwonChan Yoon

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 34: COVID-19 Diagnostic Device

Team Members: Gerri Botte and Ashwin Ramanujam

Mentor: Mark Nair

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 35: Defensive Charging

Team Members: Abdul Serwadda and Sraddhanjali Acharya

Mentor: Saranya Shanmugam

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 36: Culturally Informed Pain Diagnosis and Relief (CIPDAR)

Team Members: Shinye Kim and Hannah Yoo

Mentor: Phil Sizer

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 37: PCOS Innovations

Team Members: Jennifer Phy, Jaou Chen Huang, and Ali Chappel

Mentor: Nick Bergfeld

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 38: HRO-ML Health

Team Members: Timothy Matis and Abhishake Kundu

Mentor: Jean Gordon

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 39: Surgic

Team Members: Paul Egan, Catherine Ronagan, and Travis Reiss

Mentor: Phil Sizer

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 40: SmartMate Solutions

Team Members: Debajyoti Pati and Seyedehnastaran Hashemi

Mentor: Ron Banister

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 41: 3 CulinaryMed Docs

Team Members: Shannon Galyean, Allison Childress, and Michelle Alcorn

Mentor: Michael Ryan

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 42: Stop the Bleed

Team Members: Brittany Bankhead-Kendall and Julie Chugh

Mentor: Toby Brooks

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 43: Smart Breathing Window

Team Members: Wei Li and Shakil Shimul

Mentor: Igor Alvarado

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 44: Smart Bike

Team Members: Behnam Askarian and Andrew Boggs

Mentor: Abdollah Orangi

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 45: PhishBash

Team Members: Akbar Namin and Saroj Gopali

Mentor: Anthony Presley

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 46: Intelligent Cardiac Care

Team Members: Dongoing Du, Henry Johnston, and Gabriel Cacao

Mentor: Nandhini Nair

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 47: NanoChit

Team Members: Julia L. Shamshina, Noureddine Abidi, Shaida D. Rumi, and Md Nur Uddin

Mentor: Vivian Qu

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 48: Smart Bioauthentication

Team Members: Jowoon Chong and Bengie Lemuel Ortiz

Mentor: Park

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 49: Burneogel

Team Members: Alan Pang, Jaewon Seong, and Yifan Li

Mentor: Neal Weinstein

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 50: NanoAntibodies

Team Members: Hongjun Liang and George Hana

Mentor: Lena Zappia

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 51: Low Power Memory Chips

Team Members: Hieu Nguyen and Andressa Marangon

Mentor: N/A

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 52: Rahm Health Monitoring

Team Members: Changzhi Li, Christopher Williams, and Arjun Babuji

Mentor: Gary Smith

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 53: MelodiaSync

Team Members: Samudani Dhanasekara, Chanaka Kahathuduwa, and Jessica Blume

Mentor: Kim Walker

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 54: Brain Body Research Innovation

Team Members: Suman Chowdhury, Sudeesh Subramanian, Hossien Bahreinizad, and Md Mehedi Hasan

Mentor: Kaleigh Presgraves

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 55: Moveris

Team Members: Justin Keene, Eric Rasmussen, and Rich Alries

Mentor: Daniel Green

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 56: PillMed

Team Members: Paul Egan, Jeena Poudel, and Frank Muniz

Mentor: John Smothers

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 57: 3DBioXL

Team Members: Changxue Xu and Marielena Molinares

Mentor: Riley Cogdell

 
NSF I-Corps Logo

 

Team 58: ForecastAI

Team Members: Suhas Pol and Siddhant Raj Khand

Mentor: Judy McElroy