The university community is invited to attend the fourth annual Wichita State University Innovation Awards at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, in the Beggs Ballroom on the third floor of WSU's Rhatigan Student Center.
The Innovation Awards, hosted by WSU Ventures and WSU Strategic Initiatives, recognize students, faculty, staff and partners who execute programs and initiatives that greatly impact achievement of the university mission and vision.
The event is free and open to the public. RSVP to attend.
Recipients of the 2018 WSU Ventures Innovation Awards include:
- Ambassador Karen Davis
- Community Partner Envision
- Creative Works Gerardo Olivares
- First Dollar Billy Martin
- Innovation Partner Spirit AeroSystems
- Patents Gerardo Olivares, Hyuck Kwon, Jie Yang, Khanh Pham, Vis Madhavan, John Tomblin, Brian Brown, Lamia Salah, Jibo He, Barbara Chaparro, Matthew Hannon, Zhiquan Ren, Ramazan Asmatulu, Heath Misak, Shang-You Yang, Paul Wooley, Vamsidhar Patlolla, Chandana K. K. Jayasooriya, Yang-Ki Hong, Ryan Syslo
- Philanthropy WSU Foundation
- Pioneer Vinod Namboodiri
- President’s Innovation Award Jeremy Patterson, Masters of Innovation Design program and students
- SBIR Brandon Hunt
- Shocker Innovation Corps Breakout Heidi Bell
- Shocker Innovation Corps Fellows Wei Wei, James Steck, Ernie Condon, Joel White, Nicole Stahl, Matt Goertz, Heidi Bell, David Hunsicker, Rui Ni, Bhisham Sharma, Li Yao, Scott Miller, Sergio Salinas, Ali Eslami, Vinod Namboodiri, Darren DeFrain
- Shocker Innovation Corps Guru Gaylen Chandler, Chris Broberg
Trailblazer David Hunsicker - Visionary WSU Tech
- Bright Future Tyler Levesque, Kyle Kopecky, Holli Steiner, Ryan Becker, Seyed Ali Cheraghi, Amy Lightfoot, Dany Diaz-Sustaita, Jared Goering and Alejandro Arias-Esparza
The mission of Wichita State University is to be an essential educational, cultural and economic driver for Kansas and the greater public good. Wichita State is a doctoral research university enrolling nearly 15,000 students and offering 59 undergraduate degree programs in more than 150 areas of study in seven undergraduate colleges. The Graduate School offers 45 master's and 12 doctoral degrees that offer study in more than 100 areas. Wichita State's Innovation Campus is an interconnected community of partnership buildings, laboratories and mixed-use areas where students, faculty, staff, entrepreneurs and businesses have access to the university's vast resources and technology. For more information, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/wichitastate and Facebook at www.facebook.com/wichita.state.