Transcript CSE Senior Project Topics - August 31, 2009 Ky Good Nate Penrod

CSE Senior Project Topics - August 31, 2009
Who are we?
Ky Good
Founding Partner, iN3 Partners
Tel: 775-287-3484
[email protected]
Nate Penrod
Sr Software Engr, Eye-Com
Tel:
[email protected]
Lived/worked throughout US and Asia.
UNR Grad 2008
Founder: Fuelcell Startup, Sold in 2008
Software Developer
Founder: Armor/camou startup,
Acting CEO: Biosensor Controller
Managing Director: C4CUBE Investment Fund
Partner: CENTER - Business Incubator
Partner: CTI Venture Fund (planned)
These ALL started with an idea!
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CSE Senior Project Topics - August 31, 2009
Why are we here?
Objectives for Today:
Provide possible Topics for consideration for:
• developing CSE teams for 2010 Governor’s Cup,
• developing support for Senior Projects, Selecting a Topic will
depend upon what
• identify intern opportunities, and
you want to do.
• identify new startup opportunities.
Brief view of what is needed after you select your Topic.
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CSE Senior Project Topics - August 31, 2009
Potential Topics
UNR Technologies: (Available technologies to License)
Renewable Energy:
Coffee Biofuel
Life Sciences:
Male Bovine Fertility SNP
Physical Sciences:
Magnetic Encryption for Security
DRI Technologies: (Available technologies to License)
Physical Sciences:
Mixed-Phase Cloud Simulation
Physical Sciences:
FracMAP Aggregate Simulation
Industry Startups:
3D Armor Systems:
Eye-Com Corp.:
Others:
Dynamic Camouflage
MEPS for Biosensor Positioning
If nothing motivates you…..
Create your own:
Be entrepreneurial and create your own idea.
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Success is more than …..
…. just writing a great Business Plan!
Elevator Pitch
(the “bait”)
Business Plan “brief”
(setting the hook)
Your business starts
with an idea……………
…..your topic!
Business Plan
(landing the fish)
Live Presentation
(skinning & filleting)
Term Sheet
(frying & eating)
Due Diligence
Achieve Objective$$$!
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“Economic Recovery: Entrepreneurs Lead the Way” –
Bootcamp C4CUBE:001
Bootcamp Seminars:
Angel Investing Seminar:
Bootcamp Investor Day:
Registration:
Student with valid ID
General Admission
September 12 – at C4CUBE
September 19 – at UNR
September 25 – at TMCC
September 25 – at TMCC
September 26 – at Sierra Nevada College
$ 55.00
$175.00
See http://www.c4cube.com/c4cube-bootcamp
Entrepreneur: “Someone who creates and builds a new way of
doing business with an unreasonable expectation of success.”
Bootcamp: How to take a TOPIC and create a business.
Boot Camp
2009
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Coffee Biofuel
UNR ID #: UNR08-002
Title: Methods, Systems, and Apparatus for Obtaining Biofuel from Coffee and Fuels
Produced Therefrom
Dr. Manoranjan Misra
Patent Pending
Spent coffee grounds are converted into biodiesel yielding 10-15% oil that can
be used to make a high quality biodiesel. Coffee biodiesel is stable and burns
more quickly than vegetable oil based biodiesel. The two-step extraction
process is simple and more economical compared to standard processes. This
provides a low-cost, renewable source of biofuel helping to reduce the carbon
footprint without borrowing from food stock. It is estimated that 340 million
gallons of biodiesel could be produced from coffee ground waste worldwide
using 2008 data. The fuel stock is growing as well. World coffee production is
estimated to increase 2 billion pounds in 2009 to 18.3 billion pounds, up from
roughly 16.3 billion pounds. After oil is extracted, coffee grounds and byproducts have additional market uses. The coffee grounds can be formed into
fuel pellets or remain an effective composting agent. In addition, glycerin byproducts can be used in the manufacture of soap products.
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Male Bovine Fertility SNP
UNR ID #: UNR07-012
Title: Sire Early Selection for Male Fertility Using Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
(SNPs) of the DAZL Gene
Dr. Wansheng Liu
Patent Pending
This technology surrounds a test detecting improved fertility of male bovine and
can be used for both dairy and ranch cattle. Dairy cattle fertility declined steadily
for both cows and sires from 1959 to 1995 and only started slowing in the late
1990s. With this, much attention has been focused on improving the Sire
Conception Rate which documents confirmed pregnancies. Improving the 21-day
pregnancy rate by even 1% has been shown to have the economic equivalence of
improving milk yield by roughly 200 pounds per cow/year. Dr. Liu has discovered
Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) genetic markers from Y-chromosomerelated genes that allow animal breeders/producers to haplotype high fertility, low
fertility and sub-/in-fertility bulls. This DNA-based technology will significantly
improve the design of new marker-assisted selection (MAS) strategies using Y
haplotypes as an aid in selecting sires at an earlier age prior to entering a breeding
program and eliminate potential genetic defects associated with reduced fertility.
This, in turn, has the potential to significantly reduce maintenance costs, prior to
breeding either as yearlings or mature bulls.
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Magnetic Encryption for Security Documents and Smart Cards
UNR ID #: UNR07-004
Title: Devices and Methods for Storing Data
Dr. Jim Henson
Patent Pending
This technology provides a means of producing secure, encoded, tamper-proof,
non-erasable media. In addition, it uses higher resolution, uses less space and
has a greater life span than current media options. Potential markets include
the secure card data and currency encryption/encoding markets. The secure
card market alone is estimated at over $10 billion. The key feature includes the
ability to orient magnetized, directional particles which will store highly
encrypted data on various mediums, including: currency, paper tickets, financial
cards, security cards and identification documents (passports, drivers’ license,
social security card, etc.). Particles can be oriented in three dimensions offering
much higher encryption as compared with current magnetic encryption
standards and the data can be read using an industry standard MR (Magnetic
Resistive) sensor.
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Mixed-Phase Cloud Simulation
DRI ID#: DRI08-004
Title: Mixed-Phase Generator And Use Thereof
Dr. John Hallett
Patent Pending
The mixed-phase cloud simulation technology covers a method for a
creating and controlling a mixed-phase cloud environment. These
mixed-phase clouds include both super-cooled water and ice particles
that have been implicated in a higher incidence of lightening and
aviation icing. Understanding of mixed-phase clouds provides
quantifiable data concerning the combined ice crystal and water droplet
content in the atmosphere allowing for a deeper understanding of
atmospheric conditions. Applications include atmospheric research and
aviation design and safety.
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CSE Senior Project Topics - August 31, 2009
FracMAP Aggregate Simulation
DRI ID #: DRI08-011
Title: Simulation and Orientation-Specific Morphology Analysis of Solid NanoAgglomerates
Dr. Rajan K. Chakrabarty; Dr. Hans Moosmüller; Mr. Mark A. Garro; Dr. Chris Herald
Patent Pending
Analysis of electron micrographs involves extraction of three dimensional (3-d)
structural and geometrical properties of nanoparticles, which are commonly
unknown, from their two dimensional (2-d) projected images. Studies so far
have tried to formulate generalized recipes to help infer 3-d properties from the
particle’s 2-d projected properties. These empirical findings, however, did not
take into account the orientation effects of the particles collected on a filter
medium for electron microscopy. Additionally, a FracMAP software package has
been developed which numerically simulates the aggregation of primary
monomers into monodispersive nanoparticles in 3-d space using the Monte
Carlo method. Making use of a highly efficient algorithm, the code generates all
the possible projections (similar to that of electron-microscopy) of the 3-d
nanoparticle onto a 2-d plane by restricting them to stable orientations.
Resulting 2-d images are analyzed for their projected morphological properties.
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Dynamic Camouflage
3D Armor Systems
David Orgill, Jason Heikenfeld, Lee Good ([email protected])
Patent Pending
Electrowetting displays provide a high white state reflectance of >50% and have attracted
substantial world-wide interest, yet are primarily an industrially led effort with few details
on preferred materials and fabrication processes. The description includes materials
selection, purification and all fabrication steps from substrate selection to sealing.
Challenging materials and fabrication processes include dielectric optimization,
fluoropolymer selection, hydrophilic grid patterning, liquid dosing, dye purification and
liquid ionic content. The process described herein has produced pixel arrays that were
switched at <15 V on active-matrix backplanes, and which have individual sub-pixel areas
of <50 × 150 μm2. The majority of fabrication processes can conform to liquid-crystal
style manufacturing equipment, and therefore can be readily adopted by many display
practitioners. Also presented are additional tips and techniques, such as controlling the
onset of oil film break-up in an electrowetting display. This paper should enable anyone
skilled in displays or micro-fabrication to quickly and successfully set up research and
fabrication of electrowetting displays. Application is to determine and the integrate
algorithms to dynamically implement this technology into soldier eye goggles.
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MEPS
Eye-Com Corporation
Nathan Penrod ([email protected]) , Jason Heffernan, Ian Caballero
Patent Pending
In order to find more optimal hardware configurations for future product designs EyeCom Corp plans to develop a modular, adjustable test platform called the MEPS.
The goal of this project is to determine how the performance of the eye-com technology
will be effected by variations in facial features and for determining strategies for coping
with these variations. MEPS will also be used for optimizing component selection.
In addition to the MEPS device, eye-com corp. would like to develop a software test
simulator that could evaluate potential designs against a virtual head database.
The simulation would be used to test and generate new designs prior to hardware testing,
or to verify the results of preliminary hardware testing against a broader population of
test subjects. In addition to testing hardware configurations the simulation would contain
tools for transforming positions of individual components into instructions for positioning
the MEPS device for real world verification of simulated results.
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Thank you!
Questions?
Now it is up to you.
Selecting your topic is the beginning.
If we can help, please contact us.
Ky Good
Founding Partner, iN3 Partners
Tel: 775-287-3484
[email protected]
www.C4CUBE.com
Nate Penrod
Sr Software Engr, Eye-Com
Tel:
[email protected]
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