The university community is invited to attend the fourth annual Wichita State University
Innovation Awards at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, in the Beggs Ballroom on the third floor
of WSU's Rhatigan Student Center.
The Innovation Awards, hosted by WSU Ventures and WSU Strategic Initiatives, recognize
students, faculty, staff and partners who execute programs and initiatives that greatly
impact achievement of the university mission and vision.
Recipients of the 2018 WSU Ventures Innovation Awards include:
Ambassador Karen Davis
Community Partner Envision
Creative Works Gerardo Olivares
First Dollar Billy Martin
Innovation Partner Spirit AeroSystems
Patents Gerardo Olivares, Hyuck Kwon, Jie Yang, Khanh Pham, Vis Madhavan, John Tomblin, Brian
Brown, Lamia Salah, Jibo He, Barbara Chaparro, Matthew Hannon, Zhiquan Ren, Ramazan
Asmatulu, Heath Misak, Shang-You Yang, Paul Wooley, Vamsidhar Patlolla, Chandana K.
K. Jayasooriya, Yang-Ki Hong, Ryan Syslo
Philanthropy WSU Foundation
Pioneer Vinod Namboodiri
President’s Innovation Award Jeremy Patterson, Masters of Innovation Design program and students
SBIR Brandon Hunt
Shocker Innovation Corps Breakout Heidi Bell
Shocker Innovation Corps Fellows Wei Wei, James Steck, Ernie Condon, Joel White, Nicole Stahl, Matt Goertz, Heidi
Bell, David Hunsicker, Rui Ni, Bhisham Sharma, Li Yao, Scott Miller, Sergio Salinas,
Ali Eslami, Vinod Namboodiri, Darren DeFrain
Shocker Innovation Corps Guru Gaylen Chandler, Chris Broberg Trailblazer David Hunsicker
Visionary WSU Tech
Bright Future Tyler Levesque, Kyle Kopecky, Holli Steiner, Ryan Becker, Seyed Ali Cheraghi, Amy
Lightfoot, Dany Diaz-Sustaita, Jared Goering and Alejandro Arias-Esparza
The mission of Wichita State University is to be an essential educational, cultural and economic driver for Kansas and the
greater public good. Wichita State is a doctoral research university enrolling nearly
15,000 students and offering 59 undergraduate degree programs in more than 150 areas
of study in seven undergraduate colleges. The Graduate School offers 45 master's and
12 doctoral degrees that offer study in more than 100 areas. Wichita State's Innovation Campus is an interconnected community of partnership buildings, laboratories and mixed-use
areas where students, faculty, staff, entrepreneurs and businesses have access to
the university's vast resources and technology. For more information, follow us on
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