Meet the 2023 CometX Summer Accelerator Cohort

The Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is excited to launch the 2023 CometX Summer Accelerator. CometX is a highly impactful startup accelerator that focuses on supporting the most promising and scalable startups in refining their business models and solutions, expediting their customer acquisition efforts, and positioning their ventures for rapid growth and expansion. Participating teams … Continue reading Meet the 2023 CometX Summer Accelerator Cohort

Big Checks, Big Money and Big Smiles at the Big Idea Competition Finals

Last week, the UTD Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship hosted the 2023 Big Idea Competition. Ten startup teams from across campus came together to compete for cash and scholarship prizes. This year, the teams pitched in front of a panel of experts at the Blackstone LaunchPad with over 100 people in attendance.  Student Track (WINNER) Routora – Tom … Continue reading Big Checks, Big Money and Big Smiles at the Big Idea Competition Finals

Alumni’s AI Research Inspires Medtech Company

Conversations with Dr. Lakshman Tamil, director of the Quality of Life Technology Laboratory at UTD inspired Dr. Tim Cogan BS’15, MS’17, Ph.D.’21 to focus his PhD work in Electrical Engineering on the potential uses of artificial intelligence in medical imaging.   Cogan is now Chief Technology Officer and Tamil is co-founder of MedCognetics, a company that spun … Continue reading Alumni’s AI Research Inspires Medtech Company