Companies
Akrivitaa, a woman-owned company, specializes in microcapillary needles for precision microinjection.
Alchemity transforms hydrocarbons into value-added products via ion-conducting ceramics and develops solid oxide fuel cells for power generation.
Faculty Affiliations: Eric Wachsman, director of the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute (MEI2) and a University of Maryland Distinguished University Professor.
AquaLith is developing new battery material chemistries: faster charging, higher energy density, safer, cheaper, and efficient at very low temperatures.
Faculty Affiliation: Aqualith has licensed technologies from the University of Maryland based upon the work of Chunsheng Wang, Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, in collaboration with Kang Xu, Senior Chemist at U.S. Army Research Laboratory.
HadtobeHere is developing an app that helps you see what's happening, signal what kind of connection you're open to, and meet people nearby in the moment.
HOHCells develops advanced cryopreservation and cell-culture technologies designed to dramatically improve cell survival, enabling scalable manufacturing and delivery of next-generation cell therapies.
Faculty Affiliation: Aqualith has licensed technologies from the University of Maryland based upon the work of Chunsheng Wang, Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, in collaboration with Kang Xu, Senior Chemist at U.S. Army Research Laboratory.
Inception Robotics builds robots for handling mundane and overlooked pharmacy tasks.
Faculty Affiliation: Founded by two former UMD engineering graduate students, Utsav Patel and Abhishek Kathpal. Dinesh Manocha, Paul Chrisman Iribe Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Distinguished University Professor, is a company advisor.
Maryland Energy and Sensor Technologies develops functional materials and system integration for energy applications.
Faculty Affiliation: Ichiro Takeuchi, Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Maryland Energy Innovation Institute.
NewCopper develops state-of-art conductive inks from pristine or recycled copper that enable scalable, lean manufacturing of high performance, sustainable electronics.
Faculty Affiliation: Shenqiang Ren, Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland.
UCleaner's mission is to transform personalized oral hygiene routines through innovative bioengineering approaches.
Faculty Affiliation: Robert Choe, Ph.D., Bioengineering, '23, and Graduate Assistant, Fischell Department of Bioengineering.
USPlasma leverages plasmas and ultra-high temperatures to manufacture cost-competitive, high-quality, and novel materials and to minimize, recycle, and treat waste to ensure a clean environment.
Faculty Affiliation: Liangbing Hu, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland.
Whoosh develops state-of-the-art hypersonic simulation software that enables multiphysics flow analysis for hypersonic vehicles.
Faculty Affiliation: Christoph Brehm, associate professor of aerospace engineering; and Johan Larsson, mechanical engineering professor and affiliate of the Department of Aerospace Engineering,
