The Y-Prize is a contest in which members of the Penn community compete to propose the best applications for an existing new technology. This year’s competition centers around two new technologies from the labs of Chinedum Osuji, and Kostas Daniilidis and George Pappas. The Tech Briefing (online) will take a
The Y-Prize is a contest in which members of the Penn community compete to propose the best applications for an existing new technology. This year’s competition centers around two new technologies from the labs of Chinedum Osuji, and Kostas Daniilidis and George Pappas. Please join us for the virtual Y-Prize
The company, cofounded by Wharton alumni, will use the National Science Foundation award to continue pursuing its innovative glaucoma treatment.…Read More
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
This event is the culmination of Penn’s 8th Annual Y-Prize Competition. Come see the four finalist teams battle it out for $10,000 to use towards commercializing their application for the featured Penn technologies. Each team will make a 10-minute pitch to a panel of leading industry figures and venture capitalists.
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
The Y-Prize is a contest in which members of the Penn community compete to propose the best applications for an existing new technology. This year’s competition centers around two new technologies from the lab of James Pikul.
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
Tanvi Kapur, Ishir Seth, and WenTao Zhang discuss their plan to prevent catheter-associated infections in hospital patients.…Read More
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
This event is the culmination of Penn’s 7th Annual Y-Prize Competition. Come see the four finalist teams battle it out for $10,000 to use towards commercializing their application for the featured Penn technologies. Each team will make a 10-minute pitch to a panel of leading industry figures and venture capitalists.
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
This event will provide tips and guidance for creating your Y-Prize submission from Prof. Jeffrey Babin. Also hear from our head judge, Dean Miller. Food will be included.
The Y-Prize is a contest in which members of the Penn community compete to propose the best applications for an existing technology. Join us as our tech consultants explain the competition’s featured technology in detail! Networking reception to follow.
The team will receive $250K to help them bring their revolutionary glaucoma treatment to market.…Read More
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
This event will provide tips and guidance for creating your Y-Prize submission from Prof. Jeffrey Babin. Also hear from our head judge, Dean Miller. Food will be included. Register at the Y-Prize website.
The Y-Prize is a contest in which members of the Penn community compete to propose the best applications for an existing technology. This year’s competition centers around Novel Materials and technologies from the labs of Rob Carpick and Haim Bau. Join us as our tech consultants explain the competition’s featured
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
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
