Click on the picture above or the link below to find out more about the 2012 InVenture Prize competition! Relive all the exciting moments by watching the recorded broadcast. Click on each team name to learn more about the competitors and their inventions.

Competing Teams

CourseShark

CourseShark
James Rundquist
Computer Science
Acworth, GA
Greg Cobb
Computer Science
Mountain View, CA
An online system for creating and sharing college class schedules.

"The InVenture Prize is an opportunity to learn about the startup process and take CourseShark to the next level."

DEfT Pad

DEfT Pad
Jarred Vallbracht
Electrical Engineering
Covington, GA
Sarosh Shahbuddin
Electrical Engineering
Rock Hill, SC
Michael Stone
Electrical Engineering
Augusta, GA
Bradley Keller
Electrical Engineering
Gainsville, GA
David Burke
Computer Engineering
Canton, GA
A touchscreen device giving guitarists the functionality of a distortion pedal.

"The InVenture Prize is helping us take a cool course project and turn it into a real product."

Entrepic Wake

Entrepic Wake
Spencer Price
Industrial Design
Salisbury, NC
Graeme Wicks
Polymer Fiber and Textile Engineering
Louisville, KY
A rigid, portable, and customizable obstacle/rail system for extreme water sports.

"Winning The InVenture Prize would mean validation of our idea, as well as putting us to the point of being investor ready."

Re-Hand

Re-Hand
1st Place
Elizabeth LeMar
Biomedical Engineering
Roswell, GA
Kunal MacDonald
Biomedical Engineering
Macon, GA
Daphne Vincent
Biomedical Engineering
McDonough, GA
Alkindi Kibria
Biomedical Engineering
Rockville, MD

A software assisted home-use hand assessment and rehabilitation device.

"Winning The InVenture Prize will help put Rehand in the "hands" of millions to help relearn, regain, and rehabilitate."

Stylii

Stylii
2nd Place
Matthew Stoddard
Industrial Design
Clarksville, TN
Christopher Vollo
Electrical Engineering
Alparetta, GA

An extraordinarily precise and pressure-sensitive capacitive stylus.

"The InVenture Prize is a chance to make something that lasts,to create something that has a benefit to other people. This is an opportunity to test the knowledge that I've gained from the industrial design program at Georgia Tech."

CardiacTech

CardiacTech
People's Choice
Kevin Parsons
Mechanical Engineering
Sugar Hill, GA
Matthew Lee
Biomedical Engineering
Atlanta, GA
Priya Patil
Biomedical Engineering
Atlanta, GA
Benji Hoover
Mechanical Engineering
Flowery Branch, GA
Josh DeVane
Mechanical Engineering
Peachtree City, GA

Chest retractor for bypass surgery.

"InVenture Prize is an opportunity to realize our ideas and make them come to life."