ATLANTA – Texas A&M University Ph.D. students Brandon Sweeney and Blake Teipel were selected as winners of the Student Entrepreneurial Pitch Competition on Monday, the second day of the 2015 Southeastern Conference Symposium at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta.
Sweeney and Teipel are both Ph.D. candidates in Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M. Resting on breakthrough technologies within the field of materials science and engineering, they have created an innovative and accessible solution to the problem of high-cost and unreliable, high-mobility prosthetic devices by using smart nanotechnology and next-generation materials for Additive Manufacturing (3D printing).
“This competition was a first for the SEC Symposium, and given the incredibly positive feedback we received from the students, judges and attendees, it proved to be a special aspect of this year’s event,” said Torie Johnson, Executive Director of SECU, the SEC’s Academic Initiative. “All 14 teams should be commended for their achievements, and we look forward to seeing what the future holds for each of them.”
Sweeney and Teipel are both Ph.D. candidates in Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M. Resting on breakthrough technologies within the field of materials science and engineering, they have created an innovative and accessible solution to the problem of high-cost and unreliable, high-mobility prosthetic devices by using smart nanotechnology and next-generation materials for Additive Manufacturing (3D printing).
“This competition was a first for the SEC Symposium, and given the incredibly positive feedback we received from the students, judges and attendees, it proved to be a special aspect of this year’s event,” said Torie Johnson, Executive Director of SECU, the SEC’s Academic Initiative. “All 14 teams should be commended for their achievements, and we look forward to seeing what the future holds for each of them.”
