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Innovation Transfer Grants
The TomKat Center's Innovation Transfer Program helps Stanford inventors of sustainable energy technology bridge the gap between research and commercialization. Grants are awarded to develop prototypes, to refine business plans, and to conduct customer trials and market research. To learn about the projects, choose a filter below or select "Any" to see the full list of TomKat Center seed grant projects.
| Funding Year | Name | Description | Team Members |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Fall | Aerial Intelligence | Remote sensing with state-of-the-art computing methods to rapidly deliver crop yield forecasts |
Parthsarathi Trivedi (MBA), Adam Heffez (MBA), Omkar Joshi (MS, EE), Derrick Liu (BS, CS) and Prof. David Lobell (ESS) |
| 2015 Fall | Gallop Semiconductor | Fabrication method of GaN crystal wafers that will drastically reduce the cost of high-efficiency LED lighting |
Garrett Hayes (PhD, MSE), Xiaoqing Xu (Stanford Nanofabrication Facility) and Prof. Bruce Clemens (MSE) |
| 2015 Fall | XStream Trucking | Device that covers the gap between the tractor and the trailer of trucks, making trucks more efficient and reducing fuel consumption by 3-5% |
Daniel Burrows (MBA), Annissa Alusi (MBA/MS-EIPER), David Folette, Roger LeMesurier and Prof. Stefan Reichelstein (GSB) |
| 2015 Spr | Cuberg | High-performance solid state electrolytes for the next generation lithium-ion batteries |
Mauro Pasta (Post Doc, MSE), Richard Wang (PhD, MSE) & Prof. Yi Cui (MSE) |
| 2015 Spr | eDROP | Commercial demand response customer segmentation tools |
Siddharth Patel (PhD, CEE), Matt Duesterberg (M.S., ME), Curtis Tongue, & Prof. Ram Rajagopal (CEE) |
| 2015 Spr | Humblade | Miniature ultrasound sensor system for structural monitoring applications |
Alex Guo (Post Doc, PhD, EE), Kevin Zheng (PhD, EE), & Prof. Boris Murmann (EE) |
| 2015 Spr | ClearMetal | Reducing the transportation sector's carbon footprint through predictive demand and optimization of shipping-container logistics |
Adam Compain (MBA, GSB), Will Harvey (BS CS; MS MS&E), Diego Canales (BS CS; MS MS&E), & Prof. Seungjin Whang (GSB) |
| 2015 Spr | Spark Thermionics | A novel thermionic energy converter (TEC) based on a microfabricated architectiure |
Dan Riley (PhD, Phys), Jared Schwede (PhD, Phys), Nandita Bhaskhar (PhD, EE), & Prof. Roger Howe (EE) |
| 2015 Spr | Spectrum | Cloud based architectural analysis software platform for real-time sustainability feedback on building design |
John Basbagill (Post Doc, PhD, CEE) & Prof. Michael Lepech (CEE) |
| 2015 Spr | VISDOM | Stanford Energy Visualization and Insight System for Demand Operations and Management |
June Flora (CEE), Chin-Woo Tan (CEE), Sam Borgeson (CEE), & Prof. Ram Rajagopal (CEE) |
| 2014 Fall | Vorpal | Small, low energy devices for sterilizing liquids using pulsed electric field (PEF) technology |
Luke Raymond (PhD, EE), Wei Liang (PhD, EE), & Prof. Juan Rivas-Davila (EE) |
| 2014 Fall | Opus 12 | Turning CO2 into fuels and chemicals |
Kendra Kuhl (PhD ChemE/SLAC), Etosha Cave (PhD, ME), Nicholas Flanders (MBA/MS E-IPER), & Prof. Tom Jaramillo (ChemE) |
| 2014 Fall | Keewi | Energy management system targeted towards users seeking control over their electric bills |
Rommy Joyce (MS, EE), Jennifer Tsau (MS, CEE), Joe Kendall (MS, Product Design), Andrew Ging, James Ging, & Prof. Ram Rajagopal (CEE) |
| 2014 Fall | Summer Technologies | Transforming agriculture and land management through the mobile cloud based PastureMap platform |
Christine Su (MBA/MS E-IPER), Joel Kek (CS), Dapheny Wono, & Prof. Peter Vitousek (Biology) |
| 2014 Spr | Citrine Informatics | Big Data / Analytics applied to Sustainable Materials Discovery and Development |
Bryce Meredig (MBA, GSB), Greg Mulholland (MBA, GSB) Dr. Kyle Michel and Prof. Jens Norskov (ChemE) |
| 2014 Spr | Ceres Imaging | Remote Spectral Imaging for Sustainable Ranching and Agriculture |
Robbie Bunge (PhD, AA), Ashwin Madgavkar (MBA/MS, GSB/E-IPER), Robert Heilmayr (PhD, E-IPER) and Prof. Peter Vitousek (Biology) |
| 2014 Spr | Glow | Novel heat pumps |
Jake Saper (MBA/MS Environment & Resources), Thomas Hand (MBA), Andreas Zoellner (PhD, ME) and Prof. Gil Masters (CEE) |
| 2014 Spr | NexTint Films | Low cost organic electrochromic windows |
David Abram (PhD, ChemE) and Toby Sachs-Quintana (PhD, MatSci), with Prof. Michael McGehee (MatSci). |
| 2013 Fall | NGEN Technologies | Energy generating waste water treatment system |
Yaniv Scherson (Postdoc, CEE) and Prof. Craig Criddle (CEE) |
| 2013 Fall | Aurora: "Smart Solar Power" | Integrated cloud based PV design software |
Samuel Adeyemo (MBA, MS E-IPER), Chris Hopper (MBA), Al Karim Lalani (BA, MS, MS&E), Meseker Yohannes (MS, CS), Tomas Tinoco du Rubira (PhD, EE), Haley Sims (BS, Engineering) and Prof. Gil Masters (CEE) |
| 2013 Fall | DragonFly Systems | Novel electronics for reducing PV installation cost |
Eric Mansfield (MS, MatSci), Andrew Ponec (BS, MatSci), Daniel Maren (BS, CS), Darren Hau (BS, EE) with Prof. Bill Dally (CS). |
