Countdown to 2024 WARF Innovation Awards

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MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has nominated six exceptional UW-Madison technologies for its top innovation prize. Stay tuned as we prepare to unveil the two winning teams next week, celebrating groundbreaking advancements and the brilliant minds behind them.

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Chosen from among hundreds of innovation disclosures received by WARF this year, these six technologies stand out as promising early-stage solutions to real-world challenges. From pioneering materials to innovative tools aimed at enhancing human health, advancing renewable energy and breaking down 'forever chemicals,' these technologies exemplify the transformative work at UW-Madison.

"Our Innovation Awards highlight some of the most exciting early-stage discoveries on campus," says Erik Iverson, CEO of WARF. "We are proud to celebrate the nominees and all UW-Madison innovators whose research positively impacts lives across our state and around the globe."

An external panel of judges selects the winning teams, which each receive $10,000 awards, split among UW inventors.

Learn more and meet the 2024 WARF Innovation Award finalists:

Innovative Screening Tool Better Detects Likelihood of Age-Related Diseases

• Perry Pickhardt (Radiology)
• John Garrett (Radiology)
• Michael Kattan (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)

New Membrane Material Improves Long-Term Battery Performance for Energy Storage

• Xudong Wang (Materials Science and Engineering)
• Yutao Dong (Materials Science and Engineering)

New Way to Measure Arterial Stiffness Leads to Better Blood Pressure Treatment Plans

• Adam Gepner (Medicine)
• Ryan Pewowaruk (Medicine)

Simplifying the Process for Early Detection, Screening of Cancer

• Muhammed Murtaza (Surgery)
• Michelle Stephens (Surgery)

Converter Improves Efficiency, Stability of Power Transmission in Renewables

• Venkata Giri Venkataramanan (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
• Jinia Roy (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
• Dominic Gross (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
• Mahima Gupta (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Inventive Electrochemical Process Breaks Down 'Forever Chemicals'

• Song Jin (Chemistry)
• Katelyn Michael (Chemistry)

About WARF

Incorporated as a nonprofit foundation in 1925, WARF has a founding purpose "to promote, encourage, and aid scientific investigation and research at and within the University of Wisconsin-Madison." Over 99 years the foundation has funded more than $4.5 billion in cumulative research grants to UW-Madison and the Morgridge Institute for Research (adjusted for inflation), has been issued more than 4,200 patents (with 2,200 active patents), generates an additional 375 invention disclosures and 55 revenue-generating licenses each year, and has helped create 190 startup companies based on UW-Madison technologies. For more information, visit warf.org and watch a video about how WARF stewards the Cycle of Innovation.

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