FINALISTS ANNOUNCED!
04/07/2008

The University of Maryland is pleased to announce the finalist teams for the 2008 University of Maryland $50K Business Plan Competition. Finals are held on May 9.

Faculty/Graduate Student Category

• Intelligent Packaging Systems
  • Daniel Janiak, graduate student, department of materials science and engineering
  • Dr. Peter Kofinas, professor, Fischell Deparment of Bioengineering
• Traffax
  • Dr. Stanley E. Young, Center for Advanced Transportation Technology, associate research faculty, department of civil and environmental engineering
  • Philip J. Tarnoff, director, Center for Advanced Transportation Technology, department of civil and environmental engineering
  • Nicholas Ganig, student, department of electrical and computer engineering
• ViruSense
  • Angela L. Fu, graduate student, Fischell Department of Bioengineering
  • Dr. Peter Kofinas, professor, Fischell Deparment of Bioengineering

Alumni Category

• Cerene Biomedics
  • John Stroncek, alumnus, department of mechanical engineering, 2005
  • Heidi Koschwanez, graduate student, biomedical engineering, Duke University
  • Christina Li, graduate student, biomedical engineering, Duke University
  • Carolyn Nohejl, graduate student, biomedical engineering, Duke University
  • Vivek Sasikumar, MBA student, Duke University
• Resensys
  • Dr. Mehdi Kalantari, alumnus, department of electrical and computer engineering, 2005

Undergraduate Student Category

• Eye-Baby
  • Jamesha Bazemore, american studies, May 2009
  • Uma Bharadwaj, information systems, May 2009
  • Wade Cassamajor, accounting, May 2009
  • Laurene Dampare, neurobiology and physiology, December 2009
  • Stephanie Hinton, elementary education, May 2009
  • ShaVon Holland, american studies, May 2009
  • Ivana Mejias, accounting, December 2009
  • David Molinet, american studies, December 2009
  • Michael Sesay, american studies, December 2009
  • Shauntia White, family science, May 2009
• LDTech
  • Anthony Ajayi, accounting / information systems
  • Randolph Ballard, elecrtical engineering
  • Elliot Dixon, finance
  • Erwin Garcia, civil Engineering
  • Robert Garrison, accounting / finance
  • Shirley Haden, american studies
  • Andy Han, information systems
  • Willie T. Montgomery Jr., american studies
  • Stanley Ohaka, computer science
  • Tyler Sines, mechanical engineering, 2008
  • Trevor Young, economics / public policy
• SymViva Technologies
  • Keran Lu, department of chemical and biochemical engineering, 2009
  • Dr. Nam Sun Wang, professor, department of chemical and biochemical engineering

Conducted by the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute, A. James Clark School of Engineering. Copyright © 2007 University of Maryland.