Purdue student teams accepted for Rice Business Plan Competition
PathVis, a graduate student team from the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, and Tri-D Dynamics LLC, a startup founded by two graduate students from the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, will compete in the three-day contest beginning April 6.
Both teams are among only 42 from around the world accepted to this year’s competition. Teams compete for more than $1.5 million in cash and prizes.
PathVis was accepted after submitting a one-minute video pitch. They are developing a smartphone technology that will monitor and track pathogen outbreaks. The technology aims to provide real-time data on disease detection so that health care resources can be more efficiently targeted to areas of need.
Tri-D Dynamics co-founders Alex Finch and Deepak Atyam were behind the first 3-D-printed and tested rocket engine from a university group in the world. The Purdue students want to establish their engines as a less costly alternative than traditional methods to small satellite companies.
Tri-D Dynamics includes three other Aeronautics and Astronautics students: Pablo Podesta, Eric Schweitzer and Eric Thurston.
PathVis is made up of graduate students Katherine Clayton (Mechanical Engineering) and Taylor Moehling (Biomedical Engineering). Undergraduates include a mechanical engineering student, Jay Donghoon Lee, and three biomedical engineering students: Andrew Witten, Axel Masquelin and Ryan Preston.
Source: Purdue Newsroom