WSU Ventures assists Wichita State University faculty, staff and students in applying and commercializing their collective ideas, intellectual properties, know-how, talents, capabilities, ambitions and energies in ways that benefit the university community, industry and the public. 

Students Linh Vu, Travis Vo and Brandon Bartlett, shown here during the Shocker New Venture Competition,were awarded $600 through the WSU Ventures Innovation Fund Award for their Wearable Remote Health Monitoring technology.

 

WSU Ventures has awarded seed funding for three university projects through a new Innovation Fund established with the WSU Foundation. Awards were given to:

• Brian Brown: $2,000 for Advanced alternative industrial robot manipulation
• Jeremy Sendall: $1,000 for My Green Thumb
• Linh Vu, Travis Vo and Brandon Bartlett: $600 for Wearable Remote Health Monitoring. Read more...

Left to right:  John Tomblin, WSU Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer; Debbie Franklin, WSU Director of Strategic University Initiatives; Matt Erskine, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development and Chief Operating Officer for the Economic Development Administration; Justin Fazzari, EDA Economic Development Specialist; Mark Werthmann, EDA Economic Development Representative

Representatives from the U.S. Economic Development Association visited Wichita State University laboratories on July 8 to view progress on the Multi-Robotic Additive Manufacturing Lab and Innovation Campus and provide updates on the Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership. Matt Erskine, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development and Chief Operating Officer for the Economic Development Administration, announced a $1 million grant that will provide funding for Innovation Campus infrastructure. President Bardo and Mayor Jeff Longwell were in attendance along with local business leaders.