{"671335":{"#nid":"671335","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Convergence Innovation Competition Names Two Winners","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBoth \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.fadpad.us\/index.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Efadpad\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E and NaloPack won this year\u2019s Georgia Tech Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC) for fall 2023. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe CIC judges felt both teams deserved to be named winners based on their innovative ideas. Sponsored twice every year by Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EInstitute for People and Technology\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;(IPaT), the\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\/cic\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EConvergence Innovation Competition\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E is dedicated to helping students create and showcase innovative, viable products and experiences with the support of campus and industry resources along with guidance.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFadpad is a multilayered add-on that goes directly on top of a menstrual pad to collect a blood sample. The blood sample is then shipped to a lab for testing. The fadpad team has shown that their approach can effectively detect biomarkers present in diseases like HPV, HIV, and other sexually transmitted infections. They recently earned one of the top prizes at the 2023 Collegiate Inventors Competition at the National Inventors Hall of Fame.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe fapad team includes Rhea Prem, who graduated with a bachelor of science in computer engineering; Netra Gandhi, who graduated with a bachelor of science in biomedical engineering; Ethan Damiani, who will graduate with a bachelor of science in biochemistry this fall; and Girish Hari, who will be completing a master of science in computer science this fall.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENaloPak is a design-driven carry sling bag allowing a wearer to quickly access two Naloxone nasal sprays to quickly reverse an opioid overdose. The specially designed bag system also advertisers that the wearer is carrying this lifesaving medicine. Instructions to use Naloxone are also highly visible if the medicine needs to be rapidly deployed to save a life.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENaloPak was envisioned by Rae Bloom who is an industrial design student graduating next spring 2024.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis year\u2019s sole finalist was a product application named \u201cbecalming.\u201d The future vision of her app is to combat bad mental health practices. It\u2019s a product that is still in the early stages of design and development. Becalming is spearheaded by Sai Sanjana Prakash, who is pursuing a bachelor of science in both biomedical engineering and computer science.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis year\u2019s fall 2023 competition judges were:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ERussell Clark\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, Institute for People and Technology at Georgia Tech\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ERahul Saxena\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, CREATE-X at Georgia Tech\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBoth \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.fadpad.us\/index.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Efadpad\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E and NaloPack won this year\u2019s Georgia Tech Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC) for fall 2023. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Both fadpad and NaloPack won this year\u2019s Georgia Tech Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC) for fall 2023. 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