CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
2022 FACULTY | STAFF INNOVATION COMPETITION WINNERS
Alabama Power Foundation – Innovative Technology Prize
$15,000 – Carbon Admixture
Jialai Wang – Professor, College of Engineering
Culverhouse College of Business – Entrepreneurial Growth Business Award
$10,000 – BobaMania
Lingyan Kong – Assistant Professor, College of Human Environmental Sciences
Office of Research and Economic Development Awards – $10,00 Total
First Prize
$5,000 – Rapid and Layer-Specific Annealing for Manufacturing of
Perovskite Solar Modules
Dawen Li – Associate Professor, College of Engineering
Second Prize
$3,000 – Miniaturized Reflector Antenna
Nathan Jeong – Assistant Professor, College of Engineering
Third Prize
$2,000 – Dental Appliance Treatment Assessment
James Geyer – Medical Director, College of Community Health Sciences
Division of Finance and Operations: Staff Innovation Pitch Awards – $10,000 Total
First Prize
$5,000 – e-Flood IIoT Interoperable Intelligent Systems
Silvana Croope – Associate Research Personnel, Transportation Policy Research Center
Second Prize
$3,000 – College Not Chaos
Genna Jones – Tartan Brand Manager/Events Coordinator, Dean’s Office, College of Human Environmental Sciences
Third Prize
$2,000 – Delighted Digital LLC, DBA Fast Fruit
Andrea Foster – Receptionist, Capstone College of Nursing
Thanks to all Competitors, Judges, Facilitators, and the Support Team
Facilitator
- Ying Qin – Manager, EDGE Labs – The University of Alabama (UA)
Judges
- Danielle Kimbrough-Community Relations Manager, Alabama Power
- Katherine Zobre–Director of Training, Innovation Depot
- Nghia Chiem-Director, Office for Innovation & Commercialization(UA)
- James Cochran-Associate Dean for Research, Culverhouse (UA)
- Rob Morgan-Director, STEM Path to the MBA (UA
Support Team
- Dan Blakley – Associate Vice President for Economic and Business Engagement (ORED – UA)
- Dr. Theresa Welbourne – Executive Director, Alabama Entrepreneurship Institute (UA)
All Competitors
- Andrea Foster – Receptionist, Capstone College of Nursing
- Armen Amirkhanian -Assistant Professor, College of Engineering
- Chandra Clark – Instructor, College of Communication & Information Sciences
- Dawen Li – Associate Professor, College of Engineering
- Genna Jones – Tartan Brand Manager/ Events Coordinator, Dean’s Office, College of Human Environmental Sciences
- James Geyer – Medical Director, College of Community Health Sciences
- James Harris – Assistant Professor, College of Engineering
- Janet Brown – Assistant Professor, Capstone College of Nursing
- Jared George – Lecturer/Director of Creative Services, Advertising and Public Relations
- Jialai Wang – Assistant Professor, College of Engineering
- Lingyan Kong – Assistant Professor, College of Human Environmental Sciences
- Nathan Jeong – Assistant Professor, College of Engineering
- Peter Brummund – Associate Professor, Culverhouse College of Business
- Robin McWilliam – Professor, Director, Executive Director, College of Education
- Silvana Croope- Associate Research Personnel, Transportation Policy Research Center