The following is an excerpt from a Feb. 4 story in The Sunflower, Wichita State University's student-run news source.
Wichita State doctoral student Georg Schirmer has always grown up around flying.
Last month, Schirmer was one of a handful of entrepreneurs and developers awarded in Wichita State's Ventures program for his smartphone flight application called "CFItrack."
The competition was part of WSU’s Office of Research and Technology Transfer. This is the first year for the competition, which was designed to assist students and staff in commercializing their ideas to benefit the WSU community, the public and industry.
Overall, the competition awarded seven innovators with more than $100,000 to help them progress their projects. Schirmer was awarded $14,600.