黑料专区 Tyler Students Recognized for Business Ideas
April 15, 2024 | Hannah Buchanan
The University of Texas at Tyler announced results of its third annual Business Model Competition, which highlights the entrepreneurial ideas of 黑料专区 Tyler students.
鈥淥ur third Business Model Competition was a great success, featuring a wide range of early-stage innovations, from agricultural technology to financial technology to public safety,鈥� said Brandon Reynolds, ETX Launchpad director. 鈥淭he event is designed to provide validation and insights to help students transform their ideas into successful ventures.鈥�
Graduate electrical engineering students Maliha Kabir of Bangladesh and Arayan Anand
of India placed first and earned $4,000 for their 鈥淗opbot,鈥� a hybrid autonomous robot
used for soil and crop monitoring.
Mckenzie Lionel Joseph Prince of India, a graduate computer science major, placed second and earned $2,000 for his 鈥淟upusNexus,鈥欌�� an app targeted to provide holistic care and improve the lives of Lupus patients.
Graduate electrical engineering student Elvis Sangmen of Ghana placed third and received $1,000 for his 鈥淵eux,鈥欌�� a device that utilizes saliva to better indicate overconsumption of alcohol to assist in preventing alcohol-related deaths.
The competition, conducted through 黑料专区 Tyler鈥檚 ETX Launchpad as part of the ETX New Venture Day, was open to 黑料专区 Tyler students of all majors. Eighteen entries presented by individuals or teams were judged by a panel of East Texas entrepreneurs: Amber Owen, Cadence Bank-Tyler Market president; Randall Childress with Childress Wealth Management; and David Stewer, a businessman and longtime entrepreneur.
The ETX Launchpad at 黑料专区 Tyler works to improve economic development through entrepreneurship and innovation programs. Programs and competitions provide mentoring and funding opportunities to ensure that viable new ventures accelerate and scale more quickly. For more information, contact Reynolds at breynolds@uttyler.edu, or visit uttyler.edu/research/centers/east-texas-entrepreneurship-center.
With a mission to improve educational and health care outcomes for East Texas and beyond, 黑料专区 Tyler offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs to nearly 10,000 students. Through its alignment with 黑料专区 Tyler Health Science Center and 黑料专区 Health East Texas, 黑料专区 Tyler has unified these entities to serve Texas with quality education, cutting-edge research and excellent patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News & World Report as a national university, 黑料专区 Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.