Semifinalists have been chosen to advance in the competition to join Chain Reaction Innovations’ (CRI’s) Cohort 4. In September and October 2019, a record-breaking 156 applications were submitted in CRI’s annual call for entries. After reviews from staff and the CRI Scientific Review Board to narrow the field, 36 applicants were chosen to participate in semifinals.
Semifinalists will present their technology in a series of 30-minute presentations via webinar, conducted during early January 2020. Approximately 18-20 finalists will pitch at Argonne National Laboratory in the Finals Pitch Competition on February 18, 2020. Finals will be open to the public as well as available to watch via livestream.
Congratulations to Cohort 4 Semifinalists
Matthew Ackerman
High-operating temperature infrared photodetector array for machine vision
Jyoti Agrawal
Quantitative X-ray detector (QDeX)
Caleb Alexander
Fast, flexible, forever Na-ion conducting membrane for high-energy Na-air batteries
Arsheen Allam
Low-cost innovative graphene-based solutions
Eric Anschuetz & Pranav Gokhale
Quantum algorithms for smart grid optimization, molecular simulation, and machine learning
AbdulRaheem Bello
Associated gas power generator
Bhavin Bhayani
Paper mill waste processing to produce high value biopolymers
Stanton Cady
Dynamic distribution automation control
Karin Calvinho
Renewable monoethylene glycol (R-MEG)
Brendan Dooher
Advanced non-delaminating woven 3-dimensional composite
Kamran Forghani
Next generation GaN electronics on synthetic diamond
Thomas Foulkes & Garrett Meyer
Scalable, nanostructured coatings for direct immersion cooling of server electronics
Robert Gustafson
Thin-film tandem solar panels
Folim Halaka
Novel lysis and extraction instruments for biofuel production from algae
Gregory Hutchings
Electrochemical platform for two-step conversion of carbon waste to chemicals
Margaret Kocherga
Materials for single-layer OLEDs
Jonathan Logan
SonicSight: Acoustic leak detection system
Vinod Nair
Solid state sodium ion batteries for grid energy storage
Zarek Newman
Solid state wind generator
Christopher Passolano & Leon Shaw
High energy, high power, long cycle life Si-based rechargeable batteries
Siddique Ali Khateeb Razack
Phase change composite material for heat sink and thermal management applications
Thomas Roberts
Mu*STAR – Carbon-free energy to power the world
Pavlo Rudenko
Anisotropic nanoflakes for smart coatings, composites, catalysts and metamaterials
Carol Scarlett
Chip scale, quantum random number generator
Gilbert Staffend
Convergent refrigeration with fan replacement
Philip Stuckey
Thermoelectrolytic hybrid device operating on low-grade waste heat
Yuriy Tolmachev
Low-cost high-specific-energy flow battery for vehicles and the grid
Harutyun Vardanyan
IML Graphene based Li-ion battery cells of electric vehicles
Cesar Villa
High energy nanocomposite materials for energy storage applications
Daniel Vissers
Safe, affordable, ultra-high-energy density battery
Ashten Vogelsberg & Shun Wan
Advanced additive manufacturing techniques for fabricating lithium-Ion microbatteries
Frank Wang
High-efficiency low-cost proton exchange membrane electrolyzer for hydrogen production
