{"id":173324,"date":"2023-02-28T10:42:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T20:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=173324"},"modified":"2023-02-28T10:56:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T20:56:44","slug":"hitide-cohort-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/02\/28\/hitide-cohort-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Space exploration, AI<\/abbr> engineering among selected UH<\/abbr> startups"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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HITIDE<\/abbr> cohort 2 members with other UH<\/abbr> faculty and staff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Five University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>-affiliated technology startups have been selected for a UH<\/abbr> innovation incubator, Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Technology Innovation Development Ecosystem<\/a> (HITIDE<\/abbr>). This novel 24-month entrepreneurial program offers up to $50,000 in seed funding, customized education, mentorship and resources tailored to the unique needs of academic entrepreneurs to help them translate and advance UH<\/abbr>-developed, impact-driven technologies and solve real-world problems.<\/p>\n

“We are extremely pleased to support this diverse group of startups that offer an exciting range and depth of innovative technologies developed through UH<\/abbr> research,” said Vassilis L. Syrmos<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> vice president for research and innovation. “These technologies have the potential to significantly improve health care and training, space exploration and engineering design—and are prime examples of why it is so important that we support our researchers and create more entrepreneurial opportunities for them through novel programs like HITIDE<\/abbr>.”<\/p>\n

HITIDE<\/abbr>\u2019s cohort 2<\/h2>\n

Generative Design Software is an emerging, computer-aided artificial intelligence engineering technology and advanced algorithm developed by Marcelo Kobayashi<\/strong>, a mechanical engineering professor at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s College of Engineering<\/a>. With the capacity to intelligently pull various forms of data to improve engineering design, this technology can significantly reduce cost and the number of development cycles to prototyping in aerospace, automotive and building industries.<\/p>\n

HI-Spectral is a groundbreaking snapshot hyperspectral imaging technology developed by Astronomer Haosheng Lin<\/strong> and Mechanical Engineer Morgan Bonnet<\/strong> at UH<\/abbr>\u2019s Institute for Astronomy<\/a>. The technology has been used in astronomical observations and offers advanced characterization and identification of different substances in other applications including health, agriculture, Earth and environmental science.<\/p>\n

Interstel Technologies offers a fully responsive mission operations system for robust, coordinated operation of satellites, UAV<\/abbr>s and other vehicles in dynamic environments. Its iCOSMOS<\/abbr> software was developed by the UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Space Flight Laboratory<\/a> (HSFL<\/abbr>) Specialist and Project Manager Trevor Sorensen<\/strong> and his team: HSFL<\/abbr> Lead Software Engineer Eric Pilger<\/strong>; HSFL<\/abbr> Deputy Director and Systems Engineer Miguel Nunes<\/strong>; and Junior Software Engineer Lynzee Hoegger<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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CubeSat kit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mahina Aerospace includes a team from HSFL<\/abbr>: Avionics Engineer and Program Manager Amber Imai-Hong<\/strong>; Assistant Researcher Frankie Zhu<\/strong>; Software Engineer Luke Clements<\/strong>; and Systems Integrator Chris Amendola<\/strong>. Their technology is a low-cost spaceflight-ready, educational, small 1U cube satellite. Paired with a collection of STEM<\/abbr> curricula, the Artemis CubeSat has the potential to significantly advance aerospace education and provides a low-cost option for industries to send integrated payloads to space.<\/p>\n

XRCore was developed by a team from the John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa: Professor Scott Lozanoff<\/strong>; Technical Director of Anatomical Imaging Jesse Thompson<\/strong>; and Clinical Assistant Professor Thomas Noh<\/strong>. The company offers advanced image processing and 3D<\/abbr> printing using artificial intelligence segmentation to enhance pre-surgical planning and clinical training for current and future clinicians.<\/p>\n

“The majority of our cohort members and program candidates have full-time jobs and limited entrepreneurial experience, and they approach things from an academic versus business lens,” said George Yarbrough<\/strong>, HITIDE<\/abbr> program lead and associate director, entrepreneurship programs for the UH<\/abbr> Office of Innovation and Commercialization<\/a>. “We are looking at the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> innovation pipeline and identifying how to strengthen the ecosystem by supporting academic entrepreneurs with developing their technologies into products and businesses that benefit our community and beyond. We hope that most of these early stage startups will go on and be accepted into other growth accelerators such as Elemental Excelerator.”<\/p>\n

Virtual entrepreneurship program<\/h2>\n

Cohort members are currently participating in the regional National Science Foundation (NSF<\/abbr>) I-Corps<\/a>, a virtual entrepreneurship program that provides immersive and experiential training in how to test the market through customer discovery and create a business strategy to maximize innovation impact.<\/p>\n

Following NSF<\/abbr> I-Corps, cohort members will receive customized curriculum and training to: determine their technology\u2019s product market fit; develop their startup business model and strategy; and pursue business development opportunities including fundraising, federal grants and customers.<\/p>\n

Visit the HITIDE<\/abbr> website<\/a> for more information. UH<\/abbr> will begin recruiting for cohort 3 starting this summer. Additional updates will be released on the HITIDE<\/abbr> website, or email hitide@hawaii.edu with questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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