Category: Awards

On Friday (Nov. 11), four Huskies representing three teams pitched their business ideas at Michigan State University during the Michigan Collegiate Startup Challenge (MCSC). MCSC is Michigan’s university-level business model competition specifically designed for student entrepreneurs across Michigan. MCSC fosters entrepreneurship by encouraging students to commercialize their ideas. MCSC is hosted by Michigan State and sponsored by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC).

The 20 semifinalists participating in Friday’s event included the following Michigan Tech teams:

• Jordan Craven, Tall and Small Designs
• Anastasia (Asia) Motta and Zane Smalley, The Droplet
• Rourke Sylvain, Integrated Molecular Innovations (MS Student, Biomedical Engineering)

During the event, 20 college students representing nine schools from across Michigan pitched their ideas.

Congratulations go out to Jordan Craven and Rourke Sylvain. Craven took first place, winning $5,000, and Sylvain took fourth place, winning $1,000. In addition, Asia Motta, first-place winner of the Husky Innovate Idea Pitch, and Zane Smalley represented Michigan Tech well during their pitch. We are excited for the future and look forward to the next steps on their innovation journeys!

Read more at the Pavlis Honors College Blog, by Jessie Stapleton.

From an applicant pool of 600 students, Rourke Sylvain, president of Michigan Tech’s chapter of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization (CEO), is among the 100 participants selected to compete in the 39th Annual Global Pitch Competition hosted by the University of Tampa. Over the next month, Rourke, who is a graduate student pursuing biomedical engineering, will create a four-phase online investor pitch deck—the problem, the solution, a business model, and a video pitch.

Read more at the Michigan Tech College of Business Newsblog, by Shannon Rinkinen.

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The Health Research Institute (HRI) at Michigan Tech is pleased to announce Fall Fellowship awardees for 2022. Congratulations to all recipients.

HRI Fall Fellowship awardees are:

• Priyanka Kadav, Chemistry
• Brennan Vogl, Biomedical Engineering
• Isaac Wedig, Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology
• Chen Zhao, Applied Computing

HRI Student Fellowships are awarded three times a year. More information can be found on the HRI website.

By the Health Research Institute.

Four Michigan Tech teams pitched their idea during the virtual New Venture qualifying rounds and made it to the finals! These Michigan Tech innovators will took their pitch on the road to compete in person at Central Michigan University in the New Venture Challenge (NVC), held from 2-8 p.m. Friday (April 22).

This is the 12th year Michigan Tech has collaborated with CMU to offer our students the opportunity to compete at the New Venture Challenge in Mount Pleasant. Students were allow to compete in either the two-minute elevator pitch competition or the seven-minute business model competition, as well as a gallery competition.

Qualifying in the Two-Minute Pitch competition:

• Jakob Christiansen with ProBoard, an e-commerce platform to solve issues in the construction material supply chain.

Qualifying in the Seven-Minute Pitch competition:

• Bayle Golden with SafeRow, an innovative wearable device designed to keep children safe when every second counts.
• Rourke Sylvain with imi (integrated molecular innovations), an electrochemical biosensor for T4 detection. BME MS student Rourke Sylvain and BS student Ali Dabas traveled to CMU last Friday and won 2nd place.
• Jordan Craven with Tall and Small Designs, a technology company that provides software as a service to retailers who sell clothes online.

The competitions offer over $60,000 in prizes and in-kind services. The awards ceremony began at 7 p.m. and was livestreamed.

PhD student Nikhil Mittal is among the awardees of the Fall Fellowship from the Health Research Institute (HRI) at Michigan Tech.

Mittal’s research interests include mechanobiology, cell adhesion, traction force sensing of living cells, and microfabrication.

HRI Graduate Fellowships were created to assist with the cost of graduate studies.

See BME Student Awards 2021

Graduate Students

1. Ellen Meiling Lindquist
2. Alexander Ray Fetner
3. Pegah Kord Forooshani
4. Ellen Meiling Lindquist
5. Kevin William Sunderland
6. Karl Lawrence Schneider

Undergraduates

1. Will O. Ark
2. Michael S. Bachman
3. Kaitlyn M. Beesley
4. Hannah E. Bekkala
5. Cem B. Cedetas
6. Gina R. Chamberlain
7. Lukas J. Cherney
8. Danielle M. DeVine
9. Hunter P. Dercks
10. Jacob C. Evans
11. Madeline G. Fike
12. Katelynn L. Flom
13. Samuel R. Fuhrman
14. Dairion N. Hartshorn
15. Madison J. Hicks
16. Malary F. Hiney
17. Lynnsey S. Hooker
18. Jesse M. Jacobusse
19. Lidia T. Johnson
20. Clare R. Lalonde
21. Zonghan Lyu
22. Nathan D. Marus
23. Kaylee M. Meyers
24. Elisabeth N. Miller
25. Lea M. Morath
26. Quinn T. Murphy
27. Molly E. Niska
28. Ethan G. Odriscoll
29. Elizabeth S. Park
30. Keanan M. Peterson-Rucker
31. Kyle J. Pike
32. Skylar E. Pond
33. Braeden A. Rai
34. Maxwell C. Reaume
35. Joshua R. Robles
36. Shaina P. Royer
37. Lindsay L. Sandell
38. Erican J. Santiago
39. McKenzie M. Schulist
40. Christiana T. Strong
41. Joseph A. Stuck
42. Marina L. Visser
43. Samuel R. Wade
44. Kathryn M. Waineo
45. Jeremy P. Wales
46. Austin T. Yakes
47. Alana N. Young

See BME Student Awards 2020

Graduate Students

1. Bule, Stephanie
2. Chandurkar, Mohanish (Graduated w/MS continuing PhD)
3. Jia, Wenkai
4. Kord Forooshani, Pegah
5. Langfoss, Claire S.
6. Nagam Hanumantharao, Samerender
7. Pinnaratip, Rattapol
8. Polega, Elizabeth A.
9. Que, Carolynn A.
10. Sandy, Lauren A.
11. Sunderland, Kevin William
12. Tyo, Ariana G. (Graduated w/MS continuing PhD)

Undergraduate Students

1. Al Dulaim, Ahmed H.
2. Atkin, David T.
3. Bartkowiak, Sarah J.
4. Biolchini, Clare F.
5. Black, Sarah L.
6. Brandmire, Adam M.
7. Caspers, Kiaya M.
8. Chica Toro, Juan Felipe F.
9. Colaianne, Matthew B.
10. Creamer, Olivia A.
11. Daniels, Becky S.
12. Demaree, Olivia A.
13. Dertinger, Samantha C.
14. Fetner, Alex R.
15. Fournier, Tristan N.
16. Geschke, Josh E.
17. Golden, Nick R.
18. Ha, Tony
19. Halanski, Nathan
20. Hill, McKenzie P.
21. Jackels, Mariah J.
22. Johnson, Colin M.
23. Kautzer, Amanda R.
24. Kostenko, Evan M.
25. Kugler, Lydia C.
26. Lasky, Taylor M.
27. Leithauser, North O.
28. Lemay, Kelsey F.
29. Lindquist, Ellen M.
30. Lohrenz, Gabrielle X.
31. Marche, Marie
32. Mills, Ian R.
33. Ping, Rachel C.
34. Piotrowski, Ryann E.
35. Roland, James D.
36. Schneider, Karl L.
37. Steupert, Juergen C.
38. Thomas, Melanie M.
39. Tuomi, Jacob M.
40. Turowski, Nicholas A.
41. Vogl, Brennan J.
42. Wang, Katherine
43. Weaver, Jeremy M.