North Carolina State University*
Innovators
Listed in alphabetical order
Astrapi Corporation
Spiral Modulation
New ways to optimize spectrum use and enable more information to be transmitted through frequency ranges with less signal power
Atmo
Weather Prediction Systems
AI-enabled hardware-software systems that solve weather prediction for any city, state, or country
Fathom Science LLC
Metocean Intelligence
AI-augmented digital twins that provide ocean environment intelligence, analytics, and forecasting to support operations and decision-making for a variety of maritime industries
Harmony Aeronautics LLC
Silent Drive (S-Drive) Integrated Propulsor
An integrated propulsor that quietly operates at peak aerodynamic and electric efficiency
Osazda Energy
MetZilla Technology
Materials engineering solutions to improve long-term durability of photovoltaic solar cells for terrestrial, space, and unmanned aerial vehicle applications
Parthian Energy
Parthian Electromagnetic [Battery] Sensor (PES)
A highly reliable yet low-cost method to monitor lithium-ion (Li-ion) cells used to power spacecraft
Precursor SPC
Physics-Based Machine Learning for Geospatial Intelligence
Real-time, high-fidelity insights into and actionable information on space weather and earthquakes
Ten-Nine Technologies
TENIX Cathode Additive
A drop-in additive that enhances cathode performance in both primary and secondary batteries
VegaMX
Fusion & Fires
An AI-enabled air, space and ground-based sensor grid for fire forecasting and monitoring
Meet the Subject Matter Experts:
Lawrence Friedl
Director, NASA’s Applied Sciences Program
NASA Headquarters
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Ralph Jansen
Aeronautics Mission Office
NASA's Glenn Research Center
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Nikunj Oza
Leader, Data Sciences Group
NASA's Ames Research Center
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Harry Partridge
NASA Center Chief Technologist
NASA's Ames Research Center
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Misty Snopkowski
Program Executive, Commercial LEO Development
NASA Headquarters
Focus Areas
Wade Fulghum, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Commercialization for NC State, leads an extremely talented team whose mission is to facilitate the commercialization of cutting-edge research discoveries addressing humanity's most imperative challenges. His team propels this mission forward by creating and overseeing programs aimed at discovering, validating, and strengthening the societal impact of research from NC State.
Dr. Alyson Wilson is the Associate Vice Chancellor for National Security and Special Research Initiatives at North Carolina State University. In this role, she works to expand collaboration between the university and its partners across a range of areas, including defense and national security, data science, and quantum computing. She is also a professor in the Department of Statistics and Principal Investigator for the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences.
Prior to joining NC State, Dr. Wilson was a research staff member at the IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute (2011-2013); an associate professor in the Department of Statistics at Iowa State University (2008-2011); a project leader and technical lead for Department of Defense Programs in the Statistical Sciences Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory (1999-2008); and a senior statistician and operations research analyst with Cowboy Programming Resources (1995-1999). She is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a winner of the Army Wilks Memorial Award. In addition to numerous publications, Dr. Wilson has co-authored a book, "Bayesian Reliability," and has co-edited two other books, "Statistical Methods in Counterterrorism: Game Theory, Modeling, Syndromic Surveillance," and "Biometric Authentication and Modern Statistical and Mathematical Methods in Reliability." Dr. Wilson received her Ph.D. in Statistics from Duke University, her M.S. in Statistics from Carnegie-Mellon University, and her B.A. in Mathematical Sciences from Rice University.
Meet the Judges:
Zach Ellis
Managing Director
HTX Impact Fund
Principal and Corporate Strategy
Boeing
Deputy, Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) Mission Integration Office (AMIO)
NASA Headquarters
Center Chief Technologist
NASA's Ames Research Center
Center Chief Technologist
NASA's Glenn Research Center
Founder and Managing Director
Radius Capital
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David Voracek
Center Chief Technologist
NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center
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Mark Walker
Managing Director
Weild & Co.
Managing Partner
Academy Investor Network
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Julie Williams-Byrd
Deputy Chief Technologist
NASA's Langley Research Center
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