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Y-Prize

Solution for Removing Alcohol From Beer While Preserving Flavor Wins 2021 Y-Prize

2021 Y-Prize winners lead image

LiberTech proposes that brewers use a Penn technology to cost-effectively filter out ethanol and still preserve quality and taste.…Read More

April 30, 2021   |   Mack Institute News, Y-Prize emerging technology, entrepreneurship, Penn Center for Innovation, Penn Engineering, Y-Prize

Y-Prize Winner Avisi Technologies Receives $1M Grant

Avisi Technologies

The company, cofounded by Wharton alumni, will use the National Science Foundation award to continue pursuing its innovative glaucoma treatment.…Read More

October 15, 2020   |   Events, Mack Institute News, Y-Prize Avisi Technologies, healthcare industry, Y-Prize

Bright Idea: An Eco-Friendly, Affordable Lighting Solution Wins the 2020 Y-Prize

Y-Prize 2020 Winning Team

Four student teams wowed the judges at the 2020 Y-Prize Competition and took home prize money to invest in their ideas about how to repair and harvest energy from metal.…Read More

February 19, 2020   |   Mack Institute News, Y-Prize commercialization, emerging technology, green technology, Y-Prize

2019 Y-Prize Finalists Pitch Ideas to Heal Metal, Harvest Energy in Remote Locales

2019 Y-Prize finalists

The four finalist teams will pitch their ideas live to a panel of judges for the $10,000 grand prize in the Y-Prize Grand Finale on February 3, 2020…Read More

December 9, 2019   |   Mack Institute News, Y-Prize Y-Prize

Y-Prize Winners Avisi Technologies Land $225K Federal Grant for Glaucoma Treatment

Avisi Technologies

The winners of Penn’s 5th annual Y-Prize Competition, Avisi Technologies, have secured a $225,000 National Science Foundation grant to continue developing their eye implant VisiPlate.…Read More

August 16, 2019   |   Mack Institute News, Y-Prize Avisi Technologies, Y-Prize

2019 Y-Prize Winners’ Goal: Reduce Deaths from Hospital-Acquired Infections

2019 Y-Prize Winners

The 2019 Y-Prize winners introduced a plan create a new, improved catheter designed to stop costly  and deadly infections at the source.…Read More

January 29, 2019   |   Events, Mack Institute News, Y-Prize Y-Prize

2018-2019 Y-Prize Finalists Take One Technology in Four Different Directions

Y-Prize Finalists

The finalists in Penn’s seventh annual Y-Prize Competition have collectively proposed one of the most diverse slates of applications in recent memory, spanning infection prevention, saltwater desalination, green energy, and tissue engineering.…Read More

November 21, 2018   |   Mack Institute News, Y-Prize nanotechnology, Y-Prize

2017 Y-Prize Champions Win Penn President’s Innovation Prize

Avisi Team

The team will receive $250K to help them bring their revolutionary glaucoma treatment to market.…Read More

April 28, 2018   |   Mack Institute News, Y-Prize Avisi Technologies, Y-Prize

2018 Y-Prize Winners Reveal Their Secrets to Successful Teamwork

2018 Y-Prize Winners Cellview Sciences

Michael Lee and Henry Zhou of Cellview Sciences share how they balanced their team’s expertise in business and science to win Penn’s 2018 Y-Prize Competition.…Read More

February 15, 2018   |   host: Nicolaj Siggelkow, host: Saikat Chaudhuri, Mack Institute News, Mastering Innovation, Podcasts, Wharton grad, Y-Prize Y-Prize

2017-2018 Y-Prize Finalists Focus on Medical Applications, Aeronautics

Y-Prize Finalists

This year’s Y-Prize finalists pitch their ideas live on January 30.…Read More

November 28, 2017   |   Mack Institute News, Y-Prize

6th Annual Y-Prize Competition Now Open

Y-Prize logo

Since 2012, the Mack Institute has helped host the Y-Prize Competition, a contest in which members of the Penn community compete to propose the best commercial applications for an emerging technology.…Read More

September 5, 2017   |   Mack Institute News, Y-Prize nanotechnology, Y-Prize

2017 Y-Prize Winner VisiPlate Offers Innovative Glaucoma Solution

Penn’s 2017 Y-Prize winner proposed using ultrathin aluminum oxide implants to release eye pressure that leads to irreversible optic nerve damage.…Read More

January 25, 2017   |   Mack Institute News, Y-Prize Avisi Technologies, healthcare industry, Y-Prize

Introducing the 2016-2017 Y-Prize Finalists

Y-Prize logo

The finalists in this year’s Y-Prize Competition have proposed ideas that would improve greenhouses, expedite heat removal in electronics, block sun from cars windows, and even defend against glaucoma.…Read More

December 1, 2016   |   Mack Institute News, Y-Prize Avisi Technologies, nanotechnology, Y-Prize

2016 Y-Prize Winner is Fermento!

The winner of the 2015-2016 Y-Prize competition is Fermento for their idea to use Penn-developed microfluidics technology to improve the production process of beer.…Read More

January 26, 2016   |   Mack Institute News, Y-Prize

Introducing the 2015-2016 Y-Prize Finalists

Y-Prize Competition

The finalists in this year’s Y-Prize Competition have proposed ideas that would bring drug manufacturing right to the patient’s bedside, accelerate the production process of beer, and take the needle out of vaccine delivery.…Read More

December 7, 2015   |   Mack Institute News, Y-Prize

Y-Prize Competitors Making News

Recent Y-Prize winners and finalists have used the competition as a launching pad to pursue even bigger and better opportunities.…Read More

April 30, 2015   |   Mack Institute News, Y-Prize Y-Prize

Announcing the 2014-2015 Y-Prize Winners

Y-Prize Winners

The Mack Institute is thrilled to announce the winners in our third annual Y-Prize Competition.…Read More

January 29, 2015   |   Mack Institute News, Y-Prize Y-Prize

Introducing the 2014-2015 Y-Prize Finalists

Y-Prize Competition

The Y-Prize is a competition in which student teams propose innovative commercial applications for technology invented by University of Pennsylvania researchers.We are thrilled to introduce the finalists in the 2014-2015 Competition.…Read More

December 1, 2014   |   Mack Institute News, Y-Prize Y-Prize

Y-Prize Competitors Throw Their Hats in the Ring

While much of the country was staying up late on the first Tuesday in November to watch election results roll in, for Mack Institute staffers the night after was the real nail-biter. This was the deadline for entries in the Y-Prize, and our anticipation was well rewarded.…Read More

November 7, 2014   |   Mack Institute News, Y-Prize innovation tournaments

Collaborative Energy at the Y-Prize Kick-Off

The Y-Prize Competition asks students to take a fresh approach to the challenge of inventing new applications for Penn research. At last week’s Kick-Off, students from diverse corners of the Penn community gathered in the Singh Center for Nanotechnology.…Read More

September 29, 2014   |   Mack Institute News, Press Coverage, Y-Prize Y-Prize

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