The fifth annual MSU Innovation Celebration was Thursday, April 23, 2015, 4-6 p.m. in the Huntington Club on the 4th floor of Spartan Stadium.
This networking reception showcases innovative technologies and startups developed in campus labs, classrooms and beyond. We honor MSU researchers who reported an invention, licensed a technology or were awarded patents during the academic year, and recognize the winners of awards for innovation and achievement in technology transfer.
Keynote speaker Dr. Eric Fossum is one of the world’s experts in solid-state image sensors, and a professor at Thayer School of Engineering in Dartmouth College. He invented the CMOS active pixel image sensor used in almost all cellphone cameras, webcams, digital cameras and in medical imaging, among other applications. He worked at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was CEO of two successful tech companies, and is a serial entrepreneur.
The MSU Innovation Center also celebrates the inaugural MSU Chapter members of the National Academy of Inventors.
Showcased technologies include:
- Geo Yields: Precision Agricultural Technology
(TEC2014-0011)
Bruno Basso | NAT SCI/Geological Sciences
Via MSUToday: MSU Lands First Drone - Phenometric Plant Growth Chamber
(TEC2015-0021)
David Kramer | MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, NAT SCI/Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Via MSUToday: MSU Advances Algae’s Viability as a Biofuel - UNRAVEL: A Cognitive Task for Measuring Human Performance
(TEC2014-0122)
Erik Altmann | SOC SCI/Dept of Psychology
Via MSUToday: Brief Interruptions Spawn Errors - Transparent Solar Technology
(TEC2014-0088, TEC2013-0066, TEC2012-0100, TEC2012-0086)
Richard Lunt | EGR/Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Via MSUToday: Solar Energy That Doesn’t Block the View - Carbon Fiber Technology for Graphite & Composite Technology
(TEC2010-0014, TEC2010-0047. TEC2009-0029, TEC2008-0074, and TEC2008-0042)
Larry Drzal | EGR/Composite Materials and Structures Center, EGR/Chemical Engineering & Materials Science - Variable Optical Control for Data Communication
(TEC2014-0085)
Nelson Sepúlveda-Alancastro | EGR/Electrical & Computer Engineering - Purification Membrane for Protein Biotheraputics
(TEC2012-0057)
Merlin Bruening | NAT SCI/Chemistry
Via MSUToday: MSU Invention Could Help Pharmaceutical Industry Save Money - Osteoporosis Technologies
(TEC2013-0086)
Laura McCabe | NAT SCI/Physiology, MSU Radiology, MSU Toxicology
Via MSUToday: Females Fend off Gut Disease - MSU Startup: TreeBorn Products
Brian Polowniak, CEO
Dennis Fulbright, CTO - MSU/Student Startup: TheraB Medical
Ryan Jankovic, CEO - MSU Student Startup: Tech Twurl
Usman Majeed
Patrick Chouinard
Russell Schafer - MSU Student Startup: OneSound
Adam Schoonmaker
Phil Prescher
Ryan Casler
Tanay Salpekar