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2017 Accelerator

3.0 Deliverable: Concourse D

Concourse D is a project development studio to be located in UD’s Roesch Library for students, faculty, and university affiliates to connect and collaborate.

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3.0 Deliverable: Plena

Plena is a holistic growth re-store concept that utilizes wireless power and sensor technology to gauge individual health needs and create a personalized, adaptable shopping experience for every customer.

2017 Challenges

Air Force Research Laboratories (3 seats)
We’ve lost our connection to food. How do we find it again in the modern era?
Assuming technical issues can be overcome, how does one commercialize wireless power?
We are ONE AFRL; how do we create ONE AFRL Maker Hub, even when geographically separated?

UD Research Institute (2 seats)
How do hi-tech companies market/brand themselves most effectively to clients and potential employees?
How might we use our discoveries/ideas to spin off new companies/products/etc?

Emerson Helix Innovation Center
How might we enable a shopper in the fresh food and cold storage aisles to allocate the right amount of attention to the right things in order to enhance their shopping experience?

Ascend Innovations, Inc.
How do we take advantage of sensors in the healthcare space to give people a better life, all the way from infancy to advanced age?

University Libraries
What is a library without books?

Busy Being (alumni seat, made possible by support from School of Engineering, School of Education, Human Rights Studies Program, Crotty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Career Services and Amy McEntee)
How might we get K-12 schools and educators to "buy into" a mindfulness program?

 

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