2019 DEFENSE TECHCONNECT INNOVATION AWARDS
TechConnect is proud to announce the 2019 Defense TechConnect Innovation Awards. TechConnect recognizes the top 15% of submitted technologies as ranked by the Program Committee. Rankings are based on the potential positive impact the submitted technology will have for the warfighter and national security.
Learn more about the awardees here.
| Organization | Technology |
|---|---|
| 14bis Supply Tracking | Systems Interoperability for Physical and Digital Asset Tracking |
| ABB Inc. | Ultra-fast solid state DC circuit breaker for future combatant and commercial ships |
| AccuStrata | Portable optical testing laboratory |
| Adyton PBC | Automated Aviation Operations & Readiness Mobile Prototype |
| Air Force Research Laboratory / 711th Human Performance Wing | Portable Door Locks |
| AlchLight | Femtosecond laser surface treatment for military, energy and civilian applications |
| ALEX – Alternative Experts, LLC | Velocity AI Services |
| Alpine Advanced Materials, LLC. | HX5 High Performance Thermoplastic for Replacement of Aerospace-Grade Aluminum |
| Altamira Technologies Corporation | Minerva – Synthetic Data Generator |
| AntiRadical Therapeutics, LLC | SanFlow |
| Applied Spectra, Inc. | Portable Instrument for Rapid Measurement of Chemical Trace Elements in Aviation and Ground Fuels |
| Articulate Labs | KneeStim – Gait-Synchronous Muscle Stimulation for Mobile, Decentralized Rehab Assistance |
| Atomix Inc | 12 inch wafer scale manufacturing of 2D semiconductors |
| Aventusoft LLC | HEMOTAG |
| Basic Commerce and Industries, Inc. | Man-Portable Doppler Radar (MPDR) |
| Belarc, Inc. | Situational awareness for deployed and tactical IT systems |
| Big Metal Additive, LLC | Industrial Scale Metal 3D Printing |
| Bio1 Systems | Hands-free Clinical Data Capture and Transfer System |
| BioForm Design Group, LLC | SEEDPOD (“sPOD”) |
| Botanisol Analytics, Inc | Rapid Portable Medical Diagnostic System |
| Bounce Imaging | Throwable 360-Degree Tactical Surveillance Cameral (Bounce Explorer) |
| Centerline Biomedical, Inc. | Intra-Operative Positioning System (IOPS) |
| ChemImage Corporation | Reconfigurable Conformal Imaging Sensor (RCIS) |
| Chronic Pain Research Consortium, Duquesne University | Personalized Long Acting Low Dose Pain Nanomedicine |
| Cirrus Materials Science Limited | Technology/Solution Name: Functional Performance Coating – Cirrus Dopant™ |
| Conform-a-Care | Conform-a-Care is an elasticated multilayered wound dressing that contours to the body, providing optimal wound care. |
| Cytophage Technologies Inc. | Synthetic Bacteriophage targeting mutlidrug resistant bacteria |
| Department 13 | AniML: Machine Learning based Signal Analysis for C-UAV |
| DimOnOff Inc | City Sound – Edge sound recognition solution |
| Doclink + Hyperdrive Science | 3D Cubed Mainframe for therapeutic target discovery and rapid, personalised therapies. |
| Easy Aerial Inc. | Smart Aerial Monitoring System (“SAMS”) |
| Eaton | Creating a replicable microgrid model to advance resilience |
| ECMedical | Artificial Pancreas |
| Epiq Solutions | Sidekiq Z4: low Size Weight and Power (SWaP) Multi-Function Software Defined Radio (SDR) Mission Module |
| Exiom, LLC | 3D Printed Casts and Splints produced via an iPad scan |
| Fend Incorporated | Low-cost, Rugged Data Diodes for Equipment Monitoring and Secure Data Transfer |
| Fortifyedge, Inc. | Embedded AI Cybersecurity Software for billions of IoT edge devices |
| GeneCapture, Inc. | CAPTURE Point-of-Care Rapid Infection Detection |
| GeneInfoSec Inc | DNA Encryption |
| Geopipe, Inc. | Rapid, Immersive 3D Models of Real Environments |
| George Washington University | Smart Measurement Units for Online Situational Awareness in Power Grids |
| Georgia Tech Research Corporation | Methods of Recycling and Replacing Lithium Ion Batteries |
| Georgia Tech Research Corporation | High-Precision Microphone for Body-Worn Devices |
| GRID20/20 Inc. | Advanced Transformer Infrastructure (ATI)TM : Leveraging Intra-grid Sensors to Cost-effectively Future Proof Our Increasingly Vulnerable Distribution Grids |
| Helicoid Industries Inc. | Helicoid Architecture for Composite Materials |
| Inergy Solar | Ultra Light Weight and Portable All-in-One Solar Generator System |
| inFocus Networks | Preventing network compromise with a zero-silicon network interconnect |
| Innovator Health, LLC | SURVIVOR A low-bandwidth, ruggedizied telemedicine system for austere environments |
| IR Dynamics | Dynamic control of infrared transmission and solar heat gain using vanadium dioxide (VO2) nanoparticles |
| Leo Aerospace | Rapid Response Launch Technology for Small Satellite Assets |
| McMaster University | Network Segmentation and Architecture for Cybersecurity |
| Metro Aerospace LLC | Microvanes Drag Reduction Technology |
| Microbial Pulse Diagnostics LLC | Phenotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility in Under 2 Hours |
| Microtron Technologies, Inc. | Graphene Supercapacitor-Battery |
| MolyWorks Materials Corp. | Distributed Recycling and Additive Manufacturing |
| Namatad | Firefly: A dynamically deployable situational awareness platform for emergency events |
| Nanoramic Laboratories | Low Temperature Ultracapacitors for Aerospace and Defense Applications |
| Naval Postgraduate School | New Paradigm Supercapacitors |
| Navega Therapeutics | Non-addictive long-term pain relief |
| Neuro Rehab VR | XR Therapy – Immersive virtual reality therapy exercises for cognitive and physical rehabilitation |
| NuShores Biosciences LLC | NuCress™ bone filler scaffold technology |
| Obsidian Advanced Manufactruing | Integrated Multimaterial 3D printing for RF and IoT applications |
| Omnispace | Hybrid Multi-Domain Warfighter/IoT Communications System |
| One Stop Systems, Inc. | AI on the Fly™ Systems |
| PainQx | PainQx Platform |
| Pajarito Powder, LLC | Fuel cell catalyst |
| PDC | Premise |
| PingThings, Inc. | Hierarchical and Massively Scalable Sensor Analytics and AI Platform |
| PROTXX, Inc. | Wearable sensor/machine learning PaaS to enhance management of fatigue, impairment, injury, and disease |
| QESST Solar Power Lab | Thin, flexible high efficiency silicon solar cells |
| REM Surface Engineering | Post-Process Surface Finishing and Optimization of Additively Manufactured Inconel-625 Components |
| Ridgetop Group, Inc. | Multivariate Prognostics System on a Chip (SoC) for Electromechanical Actuators |
| Robust Intelligence | Robust Machine Learning |
| Roccor | Modular and High Energy Density Space Power Systems |
| RTM Vital Signs, LLC | Wearable, wireless Respiratory Monitoring Device for Opioid Overdose Prevention and Prediction of Physical Exhaustion |
| RunSafe Security, Inc | Alkemist Cyberhardening |
| SafeStamp® | Nanotech Anti-Counterfeit Solution |
| Sesame Solar Inc | Mobile Solar Nanogrids that are fast to deploy and easy-to-operate |
| SliceUp, Inc. | Real-time sensor analytics on the edge with real-time data fusion. |
| Solid Power, Inc. | All Solid-State Rechargeable Batteries for Electrified Transportation |
| Sonavi Labs, Inc. | A Digital Stethoscope with Active Noise Cancellation and Lung Sound |
| SPARK Microsystems International Inc. | SPARK Radio |
| Surface Optics Corporation | LightShift Video-Rate Spectral Imagers |
| Syracuse University | Trackable Reasoning and Analysis for Crowdsourcing and Evaluation (TRACE) |
| terraplasma medical GmbH | plasma care® |
| Texas Tech University | Portable device and software for eye disease diagnostics |
| Threat Tec | OE Flex – Collaborative Wargaming and Visualization |
| TRAXyL, Inc. | FiberTRAX: An Economic Optical Fiber Solution to the Last Mile Problem |
| Tricol Biomedical, Inc. | Absorbable Biocompatible Chitosan (ABC) Hemostatic Dressing for Prolonged and Leave-in-Place Hemorrhage Control |
| United Aircraft Technologies | Augmented Reality Monitoring System for Aircraft Wiring |
| University of Otago | Inter-maxillary airway stabilization (IMAS) device for airway and trauma management |
| Vidrovr Inc. | Vidrovr Platform |
| Vivonics, Inc | Non-contact Tissue Viability Assessment (NTVA) |
| Waterfull | A patented revolutionary way to store emergency drinking water |
| Westinghouse Electric Company LLC | eVinci Micro Reactor |
| ZeoVation, Inc. | Highly potent Silver-Nanozeolite Antimicrobials |