TANMS 2017 Perfect Pitch Competition
Post date: Sep 26, 2017 11:39:34 PM
Our TANMS Perfect Pitch competition was fantastic!
A big thank you to all of the students who participated and effectively articulated their respective pitches both in person and online. It was refreshing to see and hear 15 pitches addressing a mix of application areas using TANMS technology.
Congratulations to the winners!
1st place: "Wireless Lab on a Microchip: A Continuous Clinical Grade Health Monitoring Implant" by Stephen Sasaki, UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
2nd place: "Revolutionary Nanoscale Motor for use in Drug Delivery Vehicle" by Auni Kundu, UCLA Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
3rd place:"Micro-RFID for Grocery Stores" by Ty Karaba, UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
(Pictured - Stephen Sasaki & Tom Normand, TANMS Industry Liaison Officer)
Also, a big thank you to our judges as well! We appreciated their time and constructive comments:
Schaffer Grimm - Business Strategist, Institute for Technology Advancement
Audrey Pool O'Neal - Director, Women in Engineering
Bill Goodin - Industry Relations Coordinator, Electrical Engineering
David Blancha - Assistant Director, Graduate Student Career Services
Jane Chang - Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Pilar O'Cadiz - Education Director, TANMS Engineering Research Center
We are looking forward to the national competition on November 1st in Washington, DC at the ERC Biennial Meeting.