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University of Michigan Innovation Partnerships
University of Michigan Innovation Partnerships

Celebrate Invention 2022 Recap

10/24/2022

Thursday, October 13, 2022  |  1:00pm–6:00pm  | Michigan Union, 2nd Floor

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Program Recap

1:00–3:00pm: Ecosystem Fair

Room 2210 ABC, Michigan Union, 2nd Floor
Attendees were able to meet with commercialization support services that can help advance their research to the market. They could also discover translational research funding opportunities and meet startup investors.

Participating organizations:

Accelerate Blue Fund (ABF)
Innovation Partnerships Startup Incubator (IPSI)
BBC Entrepreneurial Training and Consulting
Center for Entrepreneurship (iCorps)
iCorps (CFE)
Center for Socially Engaged Design
Center for Surgical Innovation (CSI)
Desai Accelerator
Economic Growth Institute’s Small Company Innovation Program
EXCEL Lab at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Fast Forward Medical Innovation (FFMI)
Great Lakes Discovery (GLD)
Coulter
Michigan Rise Fund / Red Cedar Ventures
Michigan Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
Michigan-Pittsburgh-Wyss Regenerative Medicine Resource Center
MINTS
MTRAC Innovation Hub for AgBio at Michigan State University (Advance)
Advance Grant at Michigan State University (MTRAC Ag Bio)
MTRAC Innovation Hub for Advanced Applied Materials at Michigan Tech
MTRAC Innovation Hub for Advanced Computing at Wayne State University
MTRAC Innovation Hub for Advanced Transportation at University of Michigan
MTRAC Innovation Hub for Life Sciences at University of Michigan
optMize
Weil Institute for Critical Care Research and Innovation
Zell Lurie Institute (ZLI)

 


2:00–3:00pm: 2022 Distinguished University Innovator of the Year Award Panel

Pendleton Room, Michigan Union, 2nd Floor
“Harnessing the Power of Michigan to Drive Ann Arbor’s Tech Transformation”

Watch the Recording

 

Panelists

Wei Lu
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2022 Distinguished University Innovator of the Year Award Recipient

 

 

 

Rick Wallace
Chief Executive Officer and President of KLA

 

 

 

 

Mingyan Liu
Peter and Evelyn Fuss Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

 

 

 

Dave Wentzloff
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

 

 

 

 

Eric Michielssen
Louise Ganiard Johnson Professor of Engineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Associate Dean for Research-College of Engineering

 

 

 


3:00–6:00pm: Reception

Rogel Ballroom, Michigan Union, 2nd Floor
Featured startup and project demonstrations and a networking reception to recognize the contributions of our community of innovators.

Inventor List

 

Featuring these U-M startups, technologies and projects:

CRISPR-Cas3
Digital External Ventricular Drain (DEVD) Device
Minutes
Mitovation
MONSTR sense
New Haptics
Plasma Water Purification
PREACT
Ulendo
xBOT