Student Design Symposium
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Schedule
4:00 PM
4:15 PM
5:00 PM
5:30 PM
6:30 PM
7:00 PM
7:45 PM
Welcome & Introduction
Poster Session 1
Senior Design Pitches
Dinner & Reception
i4 Competition Pitches
Poster Session 2
i4 Awards and Closing
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Sunny Kasoji
CEO of Triangle Biotechnology
Sunny is the CEO (and former CTO) of Triangle Biotechnology, a startup company located in RTP and spun out of UNC-Chapel Hill. Within five years, Sunny led the company to raise over $6.5 million in non-dilutive federal and state funding, enabling the R&D of five innovative products and resulting in multiple patent filings. He also leads technology development, product manufacturing, partnership/collaboration development, customer discovery/needs assessment and customer engagement. He manages a highly skilled team of scientists who lead product development.
Prior to his time at Triangle Bio, Sunny received his Ph.D. from the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University. His research focused on biomedical acoustics for imaging and therapeutics, resulting in over ten peer-reviewed publications. He was one of the original scientists who developed a unique strategy for ultrasound-based biological sample processing, later forming the basis of Triangle Bio’s core technology. During and after graduate school, Sunny actively engaged in entrepreneurship programs, including three cohorts of the NSF I-Corps program, and was awarded the UNC Kickstart Venture Services Innovation Fellowship post-graduation. He also received his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering/Applied Sciences from UNC Chapel Hill.
Directions
McKimmon Conference Center
1101 Gorman Street
Raleigh, NC 27606
From I-40 traveling east from Chapel Hill:
Take Gorman Street Exit #295.
Turn left onto Gorman Street.
Go approximately 1 mile.
McKimmon Center is on the right past Avent Ferry Road, before Western Boulevard.
From I-40 traveling west:
Take Gorman Street Exit #295.
Turn right onto Gorman Street.
Go approximately 1 mile.
McKimmon Center is on the right past Avent Ferry Road, before Western Boulevard.
Parking:
The center has ample free event parking located directly in front of the center.
recognitions
Special thanks to:​
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Our instructors, Devin Hubbard, Kenneth Donnelly, Bruce Wiggin and Ross Petrella.
​Caitlyn Collier and Shawn Gomez for their support in organizing the i4 competition and symposium.
Kat Clardy and Chris Williams for web, marketing and communications support.
