November 24, 2011 - 11:24am
TechArb accepts a record number of student projects
BY BRIENNE PRUSAK
TechArb, the University's entrepreneurial business incubator, is hosting 19 new student-run companies for the next six months while they create businesses ranging from projects that will save lives around the world to making note-taking in college a little easier.
TechArb received a record number of applications this year and were able to accept more because of their move to their new space in Tally Hall, according to a Nov. 21 University press release.
"Today we have more student entrepreneurs than ever in TechArb pursuing their dreams to impact our world," Moses Lee, the new assistant director of student ventures at the College of Engineering's Center for Entrepreneurship, said in the press release.
Since opening its doors in 2008, TechArb has made way for the creation of 80 projects. Seeing its success, the University decided to collaborate with the program in 2009, the release said.
Student projects currently in the works include a company to create a better blood transfusion device for childbirth in Ghana, a cheaper blood centrifuge for clinics in rural India, a fantasy league for weight loss, a note-taking application for smart phones and an English-teaching program in China.
TechArb is sponsored by the College of Engineering's Center for Entrepreneurship and Ross School of Business' Zell-Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, the release said.
