2019 Winners

Best Overall Innovation

 1^st Place: Origen (Innovative, personalized approach to treating depression)

• Vivi Truong, Master of Biotechnology, College of Science, SJSU
• Jessica Techel, Master of Biotechnology, College of Science, SJSU
• Tavneet Gill, Master of Biotechnology, College of Science, SJSU
• Grace Gao, Master of Biotechnology, College of Science, SJSU

2^nd Place: Sentry (AI responder drones to decrease emergency service response time in motor accidents)

• Sambhav Gupta, BS Corporate Accounting & Finance, College of Business, SJSU
  

3^rd Place SpecUrEat (Multiple food allergen detecting device)

• Jhanavi Madhusudhana, Master of Biotechnology, College of Science, SJSU
• Apoorva Shankar, Master of Biotechnology, College of Science, SJSU
• Khushali Patel, Master of Biotechnology, College of Science, SJSU
• Anjali Shrivastava, Master of Biotechnology, College of Science, SJSU
  

Best Social Innovation

ZenDen (Simplifying housing process for SJSU students)

• Saurabh Shirur, Computer Engineering, CoEngg, SJSU
• Kristina Milkovich, Software Engineering, CoEngg, SJSU
• Likhith Manjunath, Computer Engineering, CoEngg, SJSU
• Pratap Desai, Computer Engineering, CoEngg, SJSU
  

Best Healthcare Innovation

Beltamom (Precautionary belt for tracking dangerous fetal conditions during pregnancy)

• Vytautė Razutytė, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
• Samanta Čepononytė, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
• Paulina Bistrickaitė, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania

Best Elevator Pitch

Samanta Čepononytė for Beltamom

Peoples’ Choice Award

Gig (Marketplace for on-demand tasks)

• Ricardo Maldonado, BA Economics, College of Social Sciences, SJSU
• Sarah Shih, BS Business Analytics, College of Business, SJSU
• Dimitrie Milinovich, BS Software Engineering, College of Science, SJSU