CCTEC hosted its fifth annual Cornell Technology Venture Forum™ (CTVF) on October 20, 2011. Emerging technologies and Cornell startups will be presented and showcased throughout the full day event. Ample networking and poster viewing breaks allowed attendees to mingle and form useful business relationships. Ten Cornell inventors presented their emerging technologies including an online wizard for bird identification, evanescent wave photonic bioreactor, device for measuring water in status in plants, detecting deceptive online reviews, self-calibrating viscosity sensor, gaining insight into networks through better instrumentation, method for compensation of temperature dependence of quartz crystal oscillators, identification of mechanisms of drug action and resistance, technologies for biofuels and green chemistry, and new method for prevention and treatment of type-2 diabetes. Four Cornell startups, including NOHMs Technologies, Inc., SafetyStratus, Inc., Boa-Bag LLC, and iCareDx, pitched their businesses and products to investors and other attendees.

Posters on renewable energy, bioinformatics, cancer diagnosis, sensors, research tools, photonics, and plant varieties, filled the East Hill Office Building Atrium. Attendees and inventors discussed potential partnerships and opportunities during poster viewing breaks. Click on the titles below to view the posters and presentations.

Cornell Startups

• Boa-Bag LLC

Michael Nelson, Founder & Managing Member

• iCareDx

Francis Barany, Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College

• NOHMs Technologies, Inc.

Nathan Ball , CEO

• SafetyStratus, Inc.

Jerry Gordon, Environmental Health & Safety

Emerging Technologies

• All-Angle LAtchable Reflector (ALAR) Tiles

Amit Lal, Electrical & Computer Engineering

• Antibodies to Treat Inflammation
• AutoBuoy

Christopher Clark, Laboratory of Ornithology

• Blood Biomarkers for Diagnosis of Folate-Related Pathologies

Patrick Stover, Nutritional Science

• Business Model for Infrastructure Maintenance and Expansion Using Public Private Partnership

Rick Geddes, Policy Analysis & Management

• CO2 Capture Technologies

Emmanuel Giannelis, Materials Science & Engineering

• CHESS Compact Undulator

Alexander Temnykh, Physics

• Continuous Production of Medium-Chain Carboxylates from Lignocellulose and Ethanol

Largus Angenent, Biological & Environmental Engineering

• Detecting Deceptive Online Reviews

Myle Ott, Computer Science

• Device for Measuring Soil Moisture in Plants

Alan Lakso, Horticultural Sciences

Vinay Pagay, Horticulture

• Diagnostic/Prognostic Indictors of Melanoma

David Lyden, Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College

• Evanescent Wave Photonic Bioreactor

Erica Jung, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

• 'Farmer's Daughter' Honeydew Melon

Michael Mazourek, Plant Breeding & Genetics

• Gaining Insight into Networks through Better Instrumentation

Daniel Freedman, Computer Science

• GoSlow iPhone App

Gilly Leshed, Communication

• Hybrid Organic Corn

Margaret Smith, Plant Breeding & Genetics

• Hydrocolloid Stabilized Freeze Dried Vegetable Foam

Mark Nisbet, Food Science

• Identification of Mechanisms of Drug Action & Resistance

Olivier Elemento, Physiology, Weill Cornell Medical College

• Improvements to Shape Memory Polymers

Lynden Archer, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

• Instrument for Rapid Monitoring of Blood Function

Amit Lal, Electrical & Computer Engineering

• Integrated Nano/Microfluidic Device for DNA Extraction and Single Molecule Analysis

Harold Craighead, Applied & Engineering Physics

• Low Power Display Technology

David Erickson, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

• Merlin - Online Wizard for Bird Identification

Jessie Barry, Laboratory of Ornithology

• Method for Compensation of Temperature Dependence of Quartz Crystal Oscillators

Harold Cheyne, Laboratory of Ornithology

• Method to Early Distinguish the Gender of Date Palm Plants

Joel Malek, Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar

• New Frequency Divider for Use in Telecommunications

Ehsan Afshari, Electrical & Computer Engineering

• New Method for Prevention and Treatment of Type-2 Diabetes

Ling Qi, Nutritional Science

• New Nanoparticle Ionic Materials (NIMS) Platform

Emmanuel Giannelis, Materials Science & Engineering

• New Red Raspberry

Courtney Weber, Horticultural Sciences

• Non-Invasive Test for Predicting Status of Transplanted Kidney

Manikkam Suthanthiran, Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College

• Non-Numbing, Non-Paralyzing Chronic Pain Management

Huai-hu Chuang, Biomedical Sciences

• Non-Toxic Hydrogel Formation

C.C. Chu, Fiber Science & Apparel Design

• Obesity and Insulin Sensitivity Control

Sunghee Cho, Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College

• Ocean Wave Energy Harvesting Device

Angel Martinez, Civil & Environmental Engineering

• Semiconductor-based Ultrafast Optical Oscilloscope

Alexander Gaeta, Applied & Engineering Physics

• Technologies for Biofuels and Green Chemistry

Larry Walker, Biological & Environmental Engineering

• YardMap

Janis Dickinson

To view the event program, click here.

To view the event photo gallery, click here.

Save the Date! The next Cornell Technology Venture Forum™ will be held on October 25, 2012.