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Meet the Teams: NYU Tech Venture Workshop Spring 2025 Cohort

Posted By Ashley Garrett
on Tue, Mar 11, 2025

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We are thrilled to introduce the Spring 2025 cohort of the NYU Tech Venture Workshop. This cohort brings together innovative teams exploring a diverse range of technologies to address real-world challenges.

About the Tech Venture Workshop

The Tech Venture Workshop (TVW) is the first phase of the three-part NYU Tech Venture Program. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF-IIP-2048498), TVW is a three half-day intensive program where NYU faculty and their PhD/postdoc teams explore the commercial potential of their research by engaging with customers and partners. Completing the workshop is the first step toward applying to the NSF I-Corps and Tech Venture Accelerator programs, which offer up to $100,000 in grant funding to support research commercialization.

MemQuant

Developing a smartphone application that records patient spoken recall and automatically measures both the depth of memory recall and speech performance. By tracking these metrics over time, the tool offers a practical solution for older adults experiencing subjective memory decline.

Team:

  • Prof. Anli Liu (Grossman)
  • Ayelet Rosenberg (Grossman)

Precision Cellular Immunology

Pathology tool for antibody optimization, quality assurance interpretation, and pathologist diagnosis. By combining AI with traditional pathology processes, it enables high throughput and standardization. The target users include histotechnologists (histotechs) and pathologists, with benefits such as increased quality, decreased costs, and faster turnaround times.

Team:

  • Prof. John Andersen (Grossman)
  • Prof. David Fenyo (Grossman)

DigDis

AI-driven analysis of digital swallowing sounds to streamline dysphagia diagnosis, offering a cost-effective and non-invasive alternative to traditional videofluoroscopy. Designed for chairside or bedside use, it minimizes the need for specialized personnel and costly imaging equipment, ultimately delivering improved accessibility and efficiency for insurers, clinicians, and patients alike.

Team:

  • Prof. Fernando Hugo (Dentistry)

Anti-Cancer Bio-Scaffolds

3D-printed magnetic bio-scaffolds for bone cancer patients. This approach enables bone regeneration and localized anti-cancer treatment, minimizing risks, reducing chemotherapy side effects, and enhancing patient recovery—offering a targeted, effective alternative to conventional treatments.

Team:

  • Prof. Lukasz Witek (Dentistry & Tandon)
  • Ankita Raja Shinde (Dentistry & Tandon)

Braincom

Distributed sensors that can be implanted in the skull to capture high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) brain activity with minimal invasiveness. By enabling wireless recordings from hundreds of sensors, this technology has the potential to replace chronic electrocorticography (ECoG) setups and revolutionize the field of brain-computer interfaces.

Team:

  • Ramon Garcia Cortadella, PhD (Grossman)
  • Anna Maslarova (Grossman)

LightEdge

Silicon photonic components enhanced with 2D materials for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC). Targeting data centers and telecom, its solutions reduce power consumption, improve data processing speeds, and enhance scalability in next-generation photonic chips.

Team:

  • Ghada Dushaq, PhD (Abu Dhabi)
  • Srinivasa Tamalampudi, Phd (Abu Dhabi)

OsseoMimetic

Spinal fusion device featuring patented PEEK surface technology for enhanced bone integration. The solution is aimed at patients with chronic back pain requiring spinal fusion, reducing healing time and improving long-term success rates.

Team:

  • Prof. John Ricci (Dentistry)
  • Trevor Spence (GSAS)

Embodied AI

This technology bridges the gap between machine intelligence and real-world environments, with applications in workplace analytics, autonomous driving, and human-robot interaction. By reducing AI edge-case errors and enhancing adaptability, it increases trust and opens new opportunities for AI-driven systems.

Team:

  • Prof. Paul Torrens (Tandon)
  • Prof. Qi Sun (Tandon)

VR Aniseikonia and Metamorphopsia Testing

Novel virtual reality diagnostic software that quantitatively measures the visual distortions patients with retinal diseases experience. By enabling precise symptom tracking, the system informs more targeted therapeutic approaches for better patient outcomes.

Team:

  • Prof. Jaideep Prasad (Grossman)
  • Prof. Nitish Mehta (Grossman)

ABD Therapeutics

Therapeutics to treat all MRSA infections. This non-antibiotic technology is unaffected by antibiotic resistance and is designed to minimize the potential for resistance development. It targets individuals with serious MRSA infections, offering a cure that transcends conventional antibiotic therapies.

Team:

  • Prof. Richard Novick (Grossman)
  • Geeta Ram, PhD (Grossman)

Suicide Risk Dashboard Initiative

AI-powered tool that democratizes data access and predictive analytics in suicide research. It targets researchers, policymakers, and clinicians, providing trend analyses, greater transparency, and powerful AI-driven insights to enhance prevention strategies.

Team:

  • Prof. Kara Emery (Silver)
  • Prof. Jasmine Falk (Silver)

Picasso Robotics

Lightweight, high-performance exoskeletons using high-torque motors and AI-powered control for efficient, multimodal movement. Designed to be wearable personal robots for mobility, rehabilitation, and injury prevention, these exoskeletons expand human augmentation beyond laboratory settings.

Team:

  • Prof. Hao Su (Tandon)
  • Juncheng Zhou (Tandon ‘27)

InnovaDot

Carbon quantum dots for photovoltaics through a cheap, simple, and environmentally friendly method. Offering performance levels comparable to traditional metal-based quantum dots, the product targets the broader quantum dot market, promoting sustainability and cost-effectiveness.

Team:

  • Prof. Khalil B. Ramadi (Tandon)
  • Mahmoud Elbeh (Tandon ‘29)
  • Jillian Hoffstadt (GSAS ‘28)

Novel Therapeutic Agent for Arresting Caries

Therapeutic agent designed to arrest dental caries without the staining commonly associated with silver diamine fluoride (SDF). By preserving SDF’s therapeutic effectiveness while eliminating its aesthetic drawbacks, the solution addresses the needs of both pediatric and adult patients who seek minimal treatment disruption and enhanced cosmetic outcomes. 

Team:

  • Prof. Sasan Rabieh (Dentistry)
  • Sutina Li (Dentistry ‘26)

MindHive

Collaborative research platform equipped with a suite of AI-powered tools to help learners design, conduct, and analyze research projects. Initially serving high schools, the team plans to expand its customer base by exploring additional user segments.

Team:

  • Prof. Suzanne Dikker (GSAS)
  • Franck Porteous (GSAS)

High Performance Computing Chatbot (HPC Chatbot)

Enables users to develop faster, more powerful chatbots for critical problem-solving, such as trade execution or disease investigation. By providing a user-friendly, AI-driven infrastructure, it simplifies the creation of advanced conversational agents.

Team:

  • Prof. Carlos De Oliveira (Tandon)
  • Priya Kundu (Tandon ‘24)

Rehabionics

Bio-realistic control system that enriches prosthetic and robotic hands with adaptive reflexes and non-invasive feedback. Targeting upper-limb-loss (ULL) individuals and robotics companies, this technology reduces abandonment rates and enhances human-robot interaction through more natural, intuitive control.

Team:

  • Tu Lan, PhD (Tandon ‘24)

Join Us
To learn more about the program and application process, come meet us at the upcoming Innovation Happy Hour! Or sign up for coaching.

If you would like to learn more about some of the teams that participated in prior Tech Venture Workshops, check out our blog:

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