Thank You to all the exhibitors, judges, volunteers, faculty and visitors who came to the Neat Ideas Fair 2009!

Congratulations to the winners... and watch out for next NIF on December 2nd, 2010!

 

The Neat Ideas Fair is an annual forum to celebrate creativity among our students and promote innovation and entrepreneurship at SJSU by highlighting "NEAT" business ideas.

Sign up for this year's Neat Ideas Fair to be held on December 2, 2009.

SVNIF 2009 Winners

 

Executive Summary Challenge
	Entry Name	Member Name	Department/Major
1st	Reabl Baby Crane	Todd Gardner, Ed Leslie	EE, Graduate Student
2nd	A Hybrid Hemodialysis Device	Ricardo Duque	Biomedical Devices Engineering
3rd	Motor Pack Seat	Jian Wei Loh, Justin Ruiz & Raquel Iraheta	Mechanical Engineering

 

People's Choice Award
	Entry Name	Member Name	Department/Major
1st	Project Enable	John Duong, Perry Brown	Engineering
2nd	High Life, Inc	Mark Turner, John Flannery & Qais Lodin	Mechanical Engineering

 

Elevator Pitch Contest
	Entry Name	Member Name	Department/Major
1st	Pendularm	Ian Knight	Industrial Design
2nd	Ocean5	Brandon Espinossa, Divya Amaranath, Pranati Dalvi, Suhas Gandhi & Minju Kalathil	College of Science/Master of Biotechnology
3rd	EventWire	Suzanne Yada, Nathan Anderson, Michelle Hennessy	Journalism

 

Social Innovation Award
	Entry Name	Member Name	Department/Major
1st	Reabl Baby Crane	Todd Gardner, Ed Leslie	EE, Graduate Student
2nd	Project Enable	John Duong, Perry Brown	Engineering
3rd	Immigrant Project	Yumi Kimura, Alonzo Espinoza, Sheena Xjong, Khalida Nasiri, Diana Lee	Business

 

NIF Best Exhibit Award
	Entry Name	Member Name	Department/Major
1st	Sever - Magnetic Cutting Board	Atul, Lall	Industrial Design
1st	Ocean5	Brandon Espinossa, Divya Amaranath, Pranati Dalvi, Suhas Gandhi & Minju Kalathil	College of Science/Master of Biotechnology
Runners UP	C.O.S. (Carry-on-Scooter)	Nojan Sadri	Industrial Design
Honorable Mention	E-Lab	Malini Vangipuram, Erica Anderson, Cristine, Quiason & Prachi Gujar	MBT/Biotechnology
Honorable Mention	Allygen	Sylvia Do	Master of Biotechnology

 

What is a Neat Idea?

A Neat Idea is any practical idea that can change the world for the better; it can be a new product, process or service, or simply a new application of existing technology.

We expect a neat idea to be innovative in some way, but not necessarily radical. (A new approach to implementing a standard computer program would fit if it created new benefits.) Exhibits can be a booth, poster board display, model/prototype, computer display or any combination thereof.

Purpose of Neat Ideas Exhibition:

To provide participants an opportunity to showcase their Neat Ideas.

 

For a list of last year's winning ideas, click here