Innovators Found.
Meet Our Alumni.
Meet our amazing alumni who are truly changing the world, across many different verticals.
David Shaw
Co-Founder and Chief Commercialization Officer
Astrapi Corporation
Spiral Modulation – New ways to optimize spectrum use and enable more information to be transmitted through frequency ranges with less signal power
Johan Mathé
Chief Technology Officer
Atmo
Berkeley, CA
...
Weather Prediction Systems – AI-enabled hardware-software systems that solve weather prediction for any city, state, or country
Greg Yeric
Chief Technology Officer
Cerfe Labs
Austin, TX
...
CeRAM – A unique non-volatile memory based on a new class of patented materials
Jennifer Warrillow
Vice President of Operations
Fathom Science LLC
Raleigh, NC
...
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
Farid Saemi
Co-Founder and
Chief Operations Officer
Harmony Aeronautics LLC
College Station, TX
...
Silent Drive (S-Drive) Integrated Propulsor – An integrated propulsor that quietly operates at peak aerodynamic and electric efficiency
April Jeffries
Director of Business Development
Osazda Energy
...
MetZilla Technology – Materials engineering solutions to improve long-term durability of photovoltaic solar cells for terrestrial, space, and unmanned aerial vehicle applications
Michelle Mahshid Roumi
Vice President of Engineering
Parthian Energy
A highly reliable yet low-cost method to monitor lithium-ion (Li-ion) cells used to power spacecraft
Clive Cook
CEO
Precursor SPC
Seattle, WA
...
Physics-Based Machine Learning for Geospatial Intelligence – Real-time, high-fidelity insights into and actionable information on space weather and earthquakes
Ashley Gordon Schaefer
Head of Cell Development
Ten-Nine Technologies
Tulsa, OK
...
TENIX Cathode Additive – A drop-in additive that enhances cathode performance in both primary and secondary batteries
Rachael Brady
Chief GIS Officer
VegaMX
New York, NY
...
Fusion & Fires – An AI-enabled air, space and ground-based sensor grid for fire forecasting and monitoring
Christine Moon
Co-Founder and President
BlueSpace.ai Inc.
DeLaine Mayer
Project Manager
Full Cycle Bioplastics
San Jose, CA
...
New Technology for Space-Age Packaging
Jack Miller
CEO
Howe Industries LLC
Scottsdale, AZ
...
ThermaSat – a solar thermal propulsion system for SmallSats
Kevin Keith
Co-Founder and
Head of Product
MITO Material Solutions
Stillwater, OK
...
Thermally Conductive and Electrically Insulating Composites (TCEIC)
Gary Wakeford
CEO
OsteoDx Inc.
Athens, OH
...
Cortical Bone Mechanics Testing – a non-invasive and radiation-free way to measure bone strength
Carrie Horazeck
Head of Commercial Development
Parasanti
...
Space Ghost – a data orchestration platform optimized for artificial intelligence and machine intelligence
Sajung Yun
CEO
Predictiv Care Inc.
Pracheeti Shikarkhane
CEO
SkyeLabs / North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Cary, NC
...
EcoGel – an aerogel made from banana fiber cellulose
Evaguel Rhysing
CEO
United Aircraft Technologies Inc.
Troy, NY
...
Sensor Network, AI, and Augmented Reality for Isolating Wiring Faults
Rohit Sharma
Founder and CEO
AI Technologies & Systems
Ram Shanmugam
Founder and CEO
AutonomIQ
San Jose, CA
...
A computer coding solution that leverages modern technologies to generate automation code without human intervention
Alex Ivanenko
Founder and CEO
HyPoint Inc.
Menlo Park, CA
...
A next-generation hydrogen fuel cell system featuring zero carbon dioxide emissions and improved energy performance for the aerospace industry
Corey Linn
CEO
LVX System
Cape Canaveral, FL
...
Visible light communications, also known as Li-Fi, that enables devices to send and receive data by modulating light
Sunil Vedula
Founder and CEO
Nanoprecise Sci Corporation
Edmonton, Canada
...
A next-generation maintenance solution to diagnose issues with rotating machinery and predict the remaining time to failure
Kyul Ko
Founder and
Chief Operating Officer
Ommo Technologies Inc.
...
A permanent magnet-based six-degree-of-freedom motion tracking system that tracks user’s movements with submillimeter precision
Sylvia France
President
OrbitsEdge
Chris Miller
Director of Research and
Ph.D. Candidate in Molecular Sciences and Nanotechnology
organicNANO
Monroe, LA
...
Bioactive therapeutics that use biocompatible and green biomaterials to prevent infection and advance tissue repair and regeneration at the nanoscale
Gerard Criss
Co-Founder and CEO
Rapair Medical Devices
Bagotville, Australia
...
A wound dressing that aims to nano-engineer molecules in damaged skin to rapidly repair cuts and lacerations
Brian Stofiel
CEO
Stofiel Aerospace
St. Louis, MO
...
A technology that uses biologically renewable resources with additive manufacturing processes to speed the construction of complex ceramics
Adam Davis
Founder and Manager
Amalgamated Vision
Crystal Icenhour
CEO
Aperiomics Inc.
Ashburn, VA
...
A technology that could identify every known microorganism, even if you don’t know what you are looking to find
Mike Weimer
Chief Technology Officer
Mojo Vision
Saratoga, CA
...
Augmented reality contact lenses that could overlay images, symbols, and text on the wearer’s natural field of vision without restricting mobility or obstructing their view
Matt Stiner
Director of Government Affairs
NeuroFlow
Philadelphia, PA
...
Automated digital health tools to give employees more efficient access to and engagement with behavioral health resources
Robert Eisses
CEO
Orbitless Drives Inc.
Vancouver, Canada
...
A compact fundamental gearing technology platform offering reduced gear noise and vibration, improved system efficiency, and higher motor input speed
Sam Owen
CEO
Otolith Labs
...
Wearable biotechnology to reduce motion sickness and mitigate vertigo both in space and on Earth
Daniel Greenspan
Chief Technology Officer
Sixdof Space
Derek Harris
Business Operations Manager
Skyrora
Edinburgh, Canada
...
An eco-aviation fuel that could minimize the environmental impact of rocket launches
Jayan Nagendran
Founder
Tevosol
Edmonton, Canada
...
A portable and affordable warm perfusion machine to enable the preservation of naturally functioning organs to improve transplantation
Marc Rippen
Founder and President
Alertgy
Hooman Banaei
Founder
Everix Inc.
Orlando, FL
...
Everix’s patented and scalable approach to production creates optical filters that are 1) 5-20X thinner than the competition, 2) flexible to allow integration with curved surfaces, and 3) shatter-free. Traditional precision optical filters are made in a vacuum chamber and are glass-based, rigid, bulky and expensive even at high-volume.
Luis Morales
Founder
H-Trap One LLC
Las Cruces, NM
...
H-Trap One LLC is developing an elastomeric, hydrogen trapping biopolymer that can be used to protect pipeline infrastructure and provide hydrogen energy storage and transport solutions.
Jan Prochazka
Co-Founder and President
HE3DA USA Inc.
Reno, NV
...
The architecture of HE3DA Li-ion batteries is based on 3D electrodes using nanomaterials. Unlike thin-film technology, HE3DA’s several millimeters thick electrode construction provides high capacity cells with unlimited cell size, establishing a higher level of safety, cheaper manufacturing process, and 99% recyclability.
Zied Tayeb
Co-Founder
MyelinS
Munich, Germany
...
MyelinS is working on an intelligent software layer that will empower space exploration robots with artificial intelligence and autonomy, and provide humanoid robots with a sense of touch – including texture, stiffness and friction.
George Psipsikas
Co-Founder
Nanobionic USA Inc.
...
Nanobionic is a high-tech technology that harnesses and transforms the natural body’s energy into far-infrared rays and reflects them back to the body. It is intended to temporarily promote increased blood flow at the site of application in healthy individuals.
Evan Ruff
Co-Founder and CEO
OXOS Medical Inc.
Manoj Kumar Ram
President
PolyMaterials App LLC
Tampa, FL
...
PolyMaterials App LLC is developing a prototype supercapacitor suitable for consumer electronics, medical devices and more. They are also laying the groundwork for a supercapacitor that’s capable of the higher voltages that hybrid motor vehicles, power grids and others may require. These devices can be recharged in seconds instead of hours and deliver higher power than batteries.
Joshua Letcher
Founder and CEO
Space Industries Pty Ltd.
Perth, Australia
...
Space Industry Pty Ltd.'s Lunar Resource Extraction Vehicle produces resources by using the sun’s energy in a new resource extraction method. It’s environmentally friendly and sustainable with low impact to the lunar surface compared to conventional mining.
Michael Opoku
Co-Founder and CEO
SurgePower Materials Inc.
San Marcos, TX
...
SurgePower Materials Inc. has developed a green sustainable process that uses an abundant plant material (cassava) as input and produces extremely pure graphene with superior physical attributes, which could help combat climate change and be the backbone of many new technologies
Scott Edgar
Co-Founder and
Chief Technology Officer
Aris MD
Semyon Nisenzon
Founder
Cluster Imaging Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA
...
High-resolution depth maps using camera clusters to enable accurate image element isolation and visual space identification for the automotive industry, security and factory automation.
Tomas Kubes
Co-Founder and Business Development Manager
CREAL3D
Saint-Sulice, Switzerland
...
CREAL3D presented future display technology for virtual and mixed reality headsets and smart glasses. CREAL3D’s near-eye light-field projector creates hologram-like images with true optical depth eliminating eyestrain and nausea often caused by current devices, enhancing immersion, extending comfortable usage time and allowing for conflict-less mixing of virtual and real worlds.
Harold Hess
Co-Founder and CEO
Enduralock LLC
Lenexa, KS
...
Patented fastening solutions that are highly vibration resistant, yet reversible and reusable. Enduralock fasteners reduce time and cost of maintenance and labor due to their reversibility and reusability. Fasteners are entirely metal, making them ideal for high vibration, high heat applications.
Michael Rolih
CEO
GoRout
Rochester, MN
...
Revolutionary wearable display and network system including an in-helmet, heads-up-display system that presents football teams interactive, augmented play diagrams for faster execution in practice environments.
Ezgi Ucar
Chief Technology Officer
LOOMIA Technologies Inc.
...
LOOMIA’s Soft Circuit Systems can be used across industries. Their Electronic Layer can add functionalities to expandable spacecraft structures and Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMUs) while maintaining a lightweight and flexible form factor. It can be designed to heat, light, sense, act as data and power busses, or as control surfaces.
Negar Feher
Vice President of Product and Business Development
Momentus Inc.
Mike Lawton
Founder and CEO
Oxford Space Systems
Harwell, United Kingdom
...
Novel deployable membrane surface designed to give rise to a new generation of lightweight deployable antennas for the space environment. The proprietary material, combined with origami engineering techniques, produces a pre-shaped, high stowage efficiency parabolic ‘dish’ antenna. The material is self-supporting meaning that the complexity and mass of typical rib backing structures can be reduced to improve mass, cost, and stowed footprint.
Elliot Haag
Founder and CEO
WISER Systems Inc.
Raleigh, NC
...
Instantaneous location and tracking in a variety of C to include where current and legacy technologies fail to perform. Applications include 3D geofencing for in-space operations; unmanned positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) for planet-side operations in GPS-occluded environments; autonomous inventory and roll call; and perimeter breach detection for secure locations or assets.
Dan Nevius
Co-Founder and
Chief Operating Officer
Analytical Space Inc.
Timothy Morrissey
Co-Founder
Artimus Robotics
Boulder, CO
...
Artimus Robotics is building soft robotic actuators for Earth and space applications. Robots and machines utilizing unique materials for electromechanical actuators will improve productivity and enhance quality of life.
David Zuniga
General Manager
North America
Houston, TX
...
Danish Aerospace Company - North America has created water purification technology that removes biological and chemical activity using a passive membrane.
Irene Brinker
Co-Founder and CEO
Devali Inc.
Cedar Park, TX
...
Devali Inc., has created Oumen+: Advanced Biometric analysis socks with user interfaces to track, monitor and study various body measurements.
Haleh Ardebili
Exostretch
Houston, TX
...
Exostretch has invented completely flexible and stretchable lithium ion batteries based on solid polymer electrolytes, creating a world of possibility for the usage of batteries.
Jacques Zaneveld
Founder and President
Lazarus 3D
...
Currently saving lives here on Earth with their 3D printed materials for doctors, Lazarus 3D is well positioned to provide training and models for space medicine.
Jay Fraser
President and CEO
New Dominion Enterprises Inc.
Russell Leigh
Founder
One Milo Inc.
Miami, FL
...
One Milo Inc., offers revolutionary compact devices that enable rapid diagnostic testing — using samples of blood, urine or saliva — and wirelessly sending results to a smartphone application.
Tim Haynie
Founder
Spectrabotics LLC
Colorado Springs, CO
...
Going beyond computer vision of the light we see, Spectrabotics offers artificial intelligence analysis of multispectral imagery for material detection and environmental assessments.
The material contained in this document is based upon work supported by a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) grant or cooperative agreement. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of NASA.