UC Graduate Students Place in Top Three at Global Competition
UC graduate entrepreneurship students took second runner up honorsand $3,000at the 2012 Global Venture Labs Investment Competition May 2-5, 2012 at the University of Texas at Austin.
New venture team Ischiban Neural Engineering Systemscomprised of graduate students Pooja Kadambi, BME 11 MSE 12; Ron Meyers, MBA 10, MS-MKTG 11, MS-ACCT 12; Joe Lovelace, CEAS 11; and Aaron Kurosu, DAAP 11pitched a business plan on a neural based system for electrical technology applications in medical (stroke detection), military, and commercial entertainment industries.
Team Ischibans neural engineering products, Neuro-SensorTM and its accompanying Neuro-ControllerTM, are focused on the nexus of software and hardware needed to significantly shorten the time needed to detect strokes. The team also took home the award for Outstanding Market in their division.
Deemed the Super Bowl of world business competitions and the countrys oldest for student entrepreneurs, the 29th annual competition pitted 40 teams from around the world to share in $135,000 start-up funding.
Team Ischiban made it to the top three of 40 teams from around the world.
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