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Innovation Forum features early business ventures
Posted April 24, 2008

Princeton scientists and engineers pitched their early-stage entrepreneurial ventures at the Keller Center’s third annual  Innovation Forum on April 9.

Researchers gave short presentations describing commercially ripe ventures that spring from Princeton's science and engineering laboratories. Among the new technologies: a new treatment for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, a sun-powered fuel cell, a targeted chemotherapy delivery system, and optimization software that has the potential to aid a wide range of industries, from energy to finance.

The event was sponsored by Princeton's Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, the Jumpstart New Jersey Angel Network, the University's Office of Technology Licensing and the law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

At a reception following the event, forum presenters were on hand to answer questions about their ventures and display posters outlining their work. A full list of researchers and their projects, in order of their presentation, appears here.

Princeton’s third annual Innovation Forum
Princeton’s third annual Innovation Forum drew a large audience of potential investors, students, and community members. Photo by Frank Wojciechowski

Claire Gmachl, Kale Franz, and Anthony Hoffman
Kale Franz (center) and Anthony Hoffman, graduate students whose company Primis Technologies builds on their research with mid-infrared lasers, talk with their adviser Claire Gmachl, director of MIRTHE, the NSF-funded center for Mid-Infrared Technologies for Health and the Environment. Photo by Frank Wojciechowski

>Mario Casabona, Bob Monsour, and James Nuckel
Flanking Bob Monsour, associate director of the Keller Center, are Mario Casabona (left), the new chairman of JumpStart New Jersey and president of Casabona Ventures, and James Nuckel, a real estate developer and JumpStart member. Photo by Frank Wojciechowski

Michael F. Smith and Christian Theriault
Michael F. Smith, president and chief executive officer of M.F. Smith LLC, listens to graduate student Christian Theriault discuss research being done by Wole Soboyejo, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering who is developing a targeted delivery system for cancer treatments. Photo by Frank Wojciechowski

Alexandre Mermillod-Blondin describes his research
Graduate student Alexandre Mermillod-Blondin (right) describes a rapidly tunable lens invented in the laboratory of Craig Arnold, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering. Photo by Frank Wojciechowski

Warren Powell explanes his research
Warren Powell, professor of operations research and financial engineering, explains the work being done by his Castle Lab. Photo by Frank Wojciechowski

ABSTRACTS

Gregory Stock

Christian Theriault & Wole Soboyejo

Warren Powell

Scott Howard, Kale Franz and Anthony Hoffman

George Dismukes & Rob Brimblecombe

Lee Swem

Craig Arnold & Alexandre Mermillod-Blondin

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