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Innovation Day at UA

 

Innovation Day at the UA celebrates technology development and commercialization at the University of Arizona through the research achievements of students, staff and faculty. This year, the 5th annual Innovation Day at the UA will be held on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at the University of Arizona Student Union.

 

We are now accepting nominations for the 2008 Technology Innovation Awards and the Student Technology Innovation Award.

 

To download the Technology Innovation Award (faculty) application please click here. For additional information regarding the application process and the award, please contact Raffi Gruener at 626.9759 or by email at rgruener@email.arizona.edu.

 

To download the Student Technology Innovation Award application please click here. For additional information regarding the application process and the award, please contact Molly Gilbert at 626.1269 or by email at mgilbert@email.arizona.edu.

 

 

In 2007, The University of Arizona recognized the following for their contributions and leadership (view the full press release):

 

Innovation Day Videos available for viewing:

 

UA summary videos: short   long

 

Technology Innovation Awards: Nasser  Hurley

 

UA @ The Leading Edge: Denton   Hurley   Ram   Tomasko   Zohar
 

 

UA at the Leading Edge:

 

Dr. Laurence Hurley, Howard Schaeffer Endowed Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences (College of Pharmacy) and associate director of BIO5  

 

Dr. Bonner Denton, professor of chemistry and geosciences

 

Dr. Sudha Ram, McClelland Professor of MIS in the Eller College of Management

 

Dr. Martin Tomasko, research professor at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in the Department of Planetary Sciences

 

Dr. Yitshak Zohar, professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering

 

 

 Technology Innovation Awards:

 

Dr. Laurence Hurley with the College of Pharmacy and Bio5. He is the founder of Cylene Pharmaceuticals

 

Dr. Nasser Peyghambarian in the College of Optical Sciences and the founder of NP Photonics

 

Student Technology Innovation Award:

 

David Stone, a Ph,D. candidate in the Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences. for a concrete like material that uses waste products

 

Lifetime Achievement Award:

 

Dr. John P. Schaefer, President Emeritus, for his work in steering The University of Arizona to become a top research institution in the nation

 

Special Recognition Award

 

Jim Fountain former director for the Arizona Center for Innovation for his work in the creation of Innovation Day at the UA

 

 

Innovation Showcase:

 

Poster Contest:

 

1st Place Tie: OWOMO. Team members include: Josh Swenson, Oscar De Ita, Duoli Zhao, Alex Nomberto and Innovis Technologies. Team members include: Rachana Gollaupdi, Alicia Reeves, Olin Feuerbacher . .

 

2nd Place: WineTronics, LLC. Team members include: August Butterbrodt, Danny Duran, Josh Cohen. 

 

Presentation Contest

 

 OWOMO and Waste2Energy  with team members Melvin Cooper, Justin Cummins, Martin Reed and Andrew Nicholas.

 

 For more information contact Anita Bell at anitab@azinnovation.com or 520.382.3260
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