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Innovation Days, Feb. 9-10, 2012

 

 

Competition Schedule

DAY 1: February 9, 2012

MORNING
7:45 Building open for setup
8:00 Breakfast available
9:00 Opening remarks by Dean Paul S. Peercy and Alicia Jackson
9:15-9:30 Sean Kelly, “Letzgo”
9:35-9:50 Michael Starr, “Mobile Phone Payment System”
9:55-10:10 Tom Gerold and Marc Egeland, “The DualX Fracture Fixation System”
10:15-10:30 Prototype Judging Round 1 (Kelly, Start, Gerold/Egeland)
10:40-10:55 Michael Szewczyk, “TapTop Double Tablet Laptop”
11:00-11:15 Kevin Ripley and Brandon Kryger “Rotoar Handle”
11:20-11:35 Scott Johanek, “NoVo Luggage”
11:40-11:55 Prototype Judging Round 2 (Szewczyk, Ripley/Kryger, Johanek)
AFTERNOON
12:00-12:45 Lunch
1:00-1:15 John McGuire, “Liico Brand Collapsible Mug”
1:20-1:35 Stefan Jedlicka, “Liquid Cooled Replaceable LED Light Bulb”
1:40-1:55 Scott Hatfield, “Passive Interrupted RFID”
2:00-2:15 Justin Vannieuwenhoven, “Clean Coal”
2:30-2:50 Prototype Judging Round 3 (McGuire, Jedlicka, Hatfield, Vannieuwenhoven)
2:50-3:00 Break
3:05-3:30 Prototype Judging Round 4 (Kirk, Ronning, Wang, Boland/Gilberts)
3:30 Conclude for the day

DAY 2: February 10, 2012

MORNING
7:45 Building open for setup
8:00 Breakfast available
9:00 Brief re-opening remarks from the competition director
9:05-9:20 Matthew Kirk, “Javi”
9:25-9:40 Eric Ronning, “Manu Print”
9:45-10:00 Junzhe Wang, “Library Counting and Study Friend Finding System”
10:05-10:20 John (Jack) Boland and Joshua Gilberts, “PureWater Trike Converter”
10:20 Break for judges' deliberation (from 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.)
AFTERNOON
1:30 Resume for awards ceremony/door prizes
2:30 Competition ends

This student invention competition is open to all UW-Madison undergraduate students. Please join us! Find out how to develop your devices or processes and create a prototype. You can also learn about intellectual property rights to protect your ideas.

September 2012 IdeaFests

Attend one of these IdeaFest information sessions. Pizza and sodas will served.

  • Thursday, September 6, 2012, 5:30-7:30 p.m., location to be announced
  • Thursday, September 13, 2012, 5:30-7:30 p.m., location to be announced
  • Thursday, September 20, 2012, 5:30-7:30 p.m., location to be announced

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