TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP
UMD Ranked Top Public School for Tech Entrepreneurship in StartEngine College Index, Princeton Review
 The University of Maryland is the top public school in the U.S. and ranked second overall for tech entrepreneurship, according to the StartEngine College Index, as reported in the Silicon Valley publication PandoDaily. The University of Maryland also once again made The Princeton Review's list of the country's top entrepreneurship programs. In the 2014 list of the "Top 50 Schools For Entrepreneurship Programs," published in Entrepreneur magazine, UMD ranks No. 15 for its undergraduate program. The university also ranks No. 16 for its graduate program, up eight spots from the 2013 rankings.
UMD Partners with Children's National Health System to Form Pediatric Device Consortium
The A. James Clark School of Engineering and the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children’s National Health System have received a grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to form the National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation (NCC-PDI). The grant funds consortia that advance the development of pediatric medical devices, and these consortia work with the FDA to help innovators effectively navigate existing laws, regulations and agency guidance that protect the health and safety of children.
NSF-Backed DC I-Corps Kicks Off First Cohort with 20 Entrepreneurial Teams
DC Innovation Corps (I-Corps), the new, National Science Foundation-backed program aimed at translating the region's vibrant research community into successful startups and licensed technologies, kicks off its first cohort with 20 teams of inventors and current and aspiring entrepreneurs.
Meet the Potential Future of Electricity Generation
Redox Power Systems LLC and University of Maryland researchers have partnered to deliver breakthrough fuel cell technologies for providing always-on electricity to businesses, homes and eventually automobiles, at about one-tenth the cost and one-tenth the size of current commercial fuel cell systems.
3D-Printed Heart Implant Wins Professor Venture Fair
 Fischell Department of Bioengineering Professor John Fisher and Fischell Fellow Anthony Melchiorri won the Best Inventor Pitch at the 2013 Professor Venture Fair, held as part of Bioscience Research & Technology Review Day. The duo's 3D-printed, customized cardiovascular implant system was one of four innovations presented by faculty members, research scientists and graduate students at the event.
Hinman CEOs Company FiscalNote Raises $1.2 Million
FiscalNote Inc., a real-time government analysis company co-founded by current Hinman CEOs Program student Jonathan C. Chen, raised $1.2 million in seed funding from investor Mark Cuban, New Enterprise Associates, and First Round Capital's Dorm Room Fund, the company recently announced. FiscalNote provides a web-based software platform that aggregates and analyzes state and local government legislation in real-time and predicts government action using machine learning and natural language processing.
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