The Leadership and Entrepreneurial Acceleration Program (LEAP) provides developmental experience, industry connections, and resources to research teams with the goal of advancing Washington University intellectual property towards commercialization slides. We were awarded $50,000 for one year.
Media coverage -
https://skandalaris.wustl.edu/funding/leap/
https://skandalaris.wustl.edu/2019/06/12/spring-leap-finals/
Smart Cities were given a wider remit in that they were not constrained to just using RAIN RFID technologies. This challenge, which is geared towards addressing real-world problems with regard to future smart cities.
Media coverage -
http://www.ieee-rfid.org/2019/04/16/mega-challenge-participants-given-more-opportunity/
In this new competition, teams are challenged to build venture concepts using existing WashU patents. We represented as "Team Marvelon".
Project - "Metamaterials with enhanced nonlinearity" (Advisor: Prof. J.T. Shen)
Media coverage -
https://eqstl.com/7-teams-compete-washington-university-patent-challenge-showcase-prize/
More pictures in the Gallery.
Therabotics is a project that explores how computer vision can be used to make the control of robotic prosthetic hands easier and more robust.
For more details go to https://www.jesseweisberg.com/therabotics
Project Website - https://sites.google.com/view/therabotics/
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The Young Scientist Program is designed to attract high school students into scientific careers through activities emphasizing hands-on research and individualized contact between young people and active scientists.
Taught robotics to a high school class of size 70 students using LEGO kits.
More pictures in the Gallery.