Results:

First Place and Audience Award: AMP-R -Arti Shala, Jorge Romero

Second Place: T.A.L.E. - Arian Amini, Hamza Abshir

Second Place: SPRINT - Mallory Jones, Varun Kripanandan, Misbah Abdul-Khadir, Ethan Farmer

Third Place: Floral Furs - Jackie Kalinowski

Judges

Karen Livingston, Associate Director for Entrepreneurship Programs, Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Sean Mallon, Associate Vice President for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, George Mason University

Aaron Miller, International Trade Manager for the Virginia Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) at George Mason University.

David L. Powell, ICAP Senior Business Counselor - Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Adjunct Instructor, MSEA (Mason Summer Entrepreneurship Accelerator)

Hadi Rezazad, Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer, Orchid Technologies & Management, an IT solutions provider company established in 1992 in Northern Virginia. He is a member of the Volgenau School of Engineering Advisory Board, and the Chairman of the Alumni Development Board.

Special Thanks

In addition to our sponsors and judges we would like to express our gratitude to:

Michelle Melo, MIX Communications Coordinator, Mason Innovation Exchange

(for the best competition administrator)

MIX@Fenwick (for hosting)

Office of Entrepreneurship & Innovation (for administration)

Department of Information Sciences and Technology, Volgenau School of Engineering (for printing support)

Competition Co-Chairs

Mihai Boicu, Associate Professor in the Information Sciences and Technology Department, and the Co-Director of the Laboratory for IT Entrepreneurship

Karen Livingston, Associate Director for Entrepreneurship Programs, Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Note: All the names are listed in alphabetical order for judges, thank you note and competition co-chairs.