When

Tuesday, April 12, 2022 from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
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Where

Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at UTC 
410 E 8th St
Mapp Building - Room 213
Chattanooga, TN 37403
 

 
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Contact

Jennifer Skjellum 
Commercialization Counselor 
 
jennifer-skjellum@utc.edu 
 

UTC Fly for Researchers Faculty Pitch Competition 2022

Join us for this exciting showcase of faculty research and innovation at UTC. Six faculty and their teams will compete for the opportunity to win significant grant money to advance their research and commercialization efforts. A panel of judges will evaluate the five-minute pitches followed by Q&A  and then select the top three winners. 

Tuesday, April 12, 2022
3:30pm - 5:30pm

The following Faculty Teams will compete:

David Giles, Associate Professor, Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science
Resistance is futile: Developing a ‘Trojan Horse’ strategy for battling bacterial infections

Zibin Guo, Professor, Medical Anthropology
Wheelchair/Adaptive Tai Chi Chuan

Hamdy Ibrahim, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Ahmed Korra, graduate student, Mechanical Engineering
Dissolving and patient-specific fixation implants for broken bones

Farah Kandah Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering & Brennan Huber, PhD student, Computational Science: Computer Science
A System and Method for Trust as a Service in Smart Cities and other Large-Scale IoT Deployments

Erkan Kaplanoglu, Associate Professor,  Engineering Management & Technology Department &  Dr. Ahad Nasab, Professor and Department Head, Engineering Management & Technology Department
Developing Active and Passive Force Controlled Wearable Device for Upper Extremity Essential Tremor

Nagwan Zahry , Assistant Professor, Communication;  Marissa McElrone, Assistant Professor, Health and Human Performance & Chang Phuong, Lecturer, Computer Science and Engineering
FoodConnect App: A User-Centered Healthy Eating App


Sponsored by the Vice President for Research, Outreach and Economic Development UT System Administration Office, and the UTC Vice Chancellor's Office.


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