2010-2011 Donald w. reynolds governor's cup winners

Undergraduate Winners

$20,000 - First Place
Agricultural Food Systems - John Brown University
Faculty Advisor - Dr. Mike Kennelley
Team Members - Kirk Dennison, Lawson Hembree, Lauren Kessler, David Andrade
Agricultural Food Systems seeks to innovate systems for measuring food quality by providing pioneering technologies that increase value and build trust among agricultural food producers, processors and consumers. AFS's flagship product, the TenderID, enables meat processors to measure tenderness in raw beef carcasses quickly and accurately on the production line.

$10,000 - Second Place
Craftistas - John Brown University
Advisor - Dr. Mike Kennelley
Team Members: Zac Freeman, Troy Zellers, Camille Malkiewicz
Craftistas is a direct sales company seeking to cultivate the desire for creativity by providing convenient crafting experiences. By selling craft kits complete with the materials and instructions to make a craft, Craftistas will make crafting a more feasible and desirable reality.

$5,000 - Third Place
GardenCraft - John Brown University
Faculty Advisor - Dr. Mike Kennelley
Team Members - Bethany Kienlbauch, Zach Burks, Andrius Mikutis
GardenCraft is a company that focuses on the expression of creativity through offering a do-it-yourself hypertufa projects that allow people to discover and channel their imaginations.

Graduate Winners

$20,000 - First Place
cycleWood Solutions, LLC - University of Arkansas
Faculty Advisor - Dr. Carol Reeves
Team Members - Jack Avery, Kevin Oden, Nhiem Cao, Priscila Silva, Blair Cocanower
cycleWood Solutions, LLC, offers a sustainable and profitable solution to conventional single-use plastic bags. Our product, the XyloBag, is comprised of a biodegradable lignin-based plastic and biodegrades in 150 days. The target market for our product is the $4 billion US plastic bag market.

$10,000 - Second Place
TiFiber, LLC - University of Arkansas
Faculty Advisor - Dr. Carol Reeves
Team Members - Craig Crismon, Joel Irons, Bhanu Koppolu, Alex Kieslich, Brock Hauser
TiFiber, LLC, is an Arkansas company seeking investment to bring an innovative solution to industrial filtration. The innovative technology transforms titanium dioxide into nano fibersheets.

$5,000 - Third Place
Peas and Cues - John Brown University
Faculty Advisor - Dr. Delia Haak
Team Members - Carine Netto, Amanda Stacy, Brock Erdman, Ryland Allen
Peas and Cues is dedicated to providing parents with a fun, creative and comprehensive curriculum to teach their child a foreign language at home. Our unique foreign language curriculum will enable parents to better prepare their child for success in an increasingly global marketplace.

Innovation Award Winner - graduate

Jeska Shoe Company - Southern Arkansas University
Faculty Advisor - Jeramy Meacham
Team Members - Jessica Haynes, Kaci Matthews
Jeska Shoe Company will offer a cutting edge high heel shoe concept to forever shake up the footwear industry. With both shoes and styles constantly evolving, the Jeska brand allows consumers to interchange both heels and accessories on a daily basis to appeal to a woman's need for change.

Innovation Award Winner - Undergraduate

Agricultural Food Systems, John Brown University

Agriculture Award Winner - Graduate

cycleWood Solutions, LLC, University of Arkansas

Agriculture Award Winner - Undergraduate

Agricultural Food Systems, John Brown University

2009-2010 donald w. reynolds governor's cup

winners

undergraduate winners

$20,000 - First Place
Arkansas Auto-Fluff - University of Arkansas
Faculty Advisor - Mark Zweig
Team Members - Mason Miller, Greg Savage, Ashley Giles, Alex Spinks
An Arkansas company that specializes in the recycling of end of life plastics from the waste stream of the automobile industry. The company is able to combine two current problems into one profitable solution.

$10,000 - Second Place
Interactive Convenience Electronics, LLC - University of Arkansas
Faculty Advisor - Jeff Amerine
Team Members - Lucas Herrington, Ketan Chawla
Our vision is to become the premier multi-user, touchscreen tabletop computer service provider in the South Central United States. We will strive to provide the computers, software applications, service and expertise necessary to foster the growth of convenience electronics in this fast-paced world where time is money and convenience is golden.

$5,00 - Third Place
Fore Your Swing, John Brown University
Faculty Advisor - Dr. Mike Kennelley and Mandy Moore
Team Members - Susan Ashley, Melinda Roberts, Natalia Ramirez, Brian Urquidez
Fore Your Swing is a company that seeks to provide customers an incomparable golfing experience that fosters both entertainment and quick improvement for golfers in the communities we serve.

Graduate Winners

$20,000 - First Place
InnerVision, LLC, University of Arkansas
Faculty Advisor - Dr. Carol Reeves
Team Members - Jeff Veltkamp, Anoop Prasanna, Annelie Reckling, Elizabeth Slape, Byron Western
InnerVision's Smart Turbine Blade enables power generation facilities to radically change their maintenance programs, saving them millions of dollars each year on interval-based maintenance. Our Smart Turbine Blade captures real-time diagnostic information from the inside of the turbine and transmits data wirelessly to the outside.

$10,000 - Second Place
BiologicsMD, University of Arkansas
Faculty Advisor - Dr. Carol Reeves
Team Members - Michael Thomas, Dr. Misty Stephens, Paul Mlakar, Dr. Robyn Goforth
BiologicsMD is a medication development company start by four University of Arkansas graduate students. The team has relevant experience in drug development, management, marketing, grant writing and regulatory processes. We are commercializing a new patent-pending, pre-clinical, osteoporosis medication called OsteoFlor. Competitive osteoporosis product classes are limited by side effects and low efficacy at growing new bone. OsteoFlor will increase bone mineral density over twice as much as the leading medication in a single annual dose. Importantly, it has has no observed side effects in preclinical studies. Osteoporosis drug sales reached $2 billion in the U.S. and $9 billion globally in 2008. Based upon industry comparables, we expect OsteoFlor will be valued at $160 after a successful Phase I clinical trial. Given the current pharmaceutical R&D pipeline gap, pending patent expirations, and product advantages, OsteoFlor represents a promising opportunity for acquisition by a large pharmaceutical company.

$5,000 - Third Place
Green Valley Solar, LLC, University of Arkansas
Faculty Advisor - Dr. Carol Reeves
Team Members - Douglas Hutchings, Brent Bertelsen, Stephen Ritterbush, Seth Shumate
GVS has a new, better way of making the silicon in solar panels that reduces costs and boosts performance substantially, and we do it with equipment the industry has used for the past 40 years.

2008 - 2009 Donald w. reynolds cup winners

2008-2009 Donald W. Reynolds Governor's Cup Press Releases:
Mandy Moore, a Professor at John Brown University, Speaks on the Competition, YouTube.com, June 23, 2009 (Full Version) Mandy Moore, a Professor at John Brown University, Speaks on the Competition, YouTube.com, June 23, 2009 (Short Version) University of Arkansas and John Brown University Winners on NWA news, nwahomepage.com, May 29, 2009 UA, JBU Teams Win Tri-State Honors in Las Vegas, ArkansasBusiness.com, May 28, 2009 Big Vegas Win for Arkansas College Students, arkansasmatters.com, May 28, 2009 Northwest Arkansas Young Entrepreneurs Win at Donald W. Reynolds Governor's Cup, ArkansasBusiness.com, May 4, 2009 College Innovators Recognized at Donald W. Reynolds Governor's Cup, ArkansasBusiness.com, April 29, 2009 Local Teams Win 2009 Governor's Cup, nwahomepage.com, April 28, 2009 Pictures from the Donald W. Reynolds Governor's Cup Luncheon, Arkansas Online Focus, April 28, 2009

undergraduate Winners

$20,000 - First Place
Creatively Mine - John Brown University
Faculty Advisor: Mandy Moore & Mike Kennelley
Students: Emily Hornok, Carine Netto, Matt Nye, James Smith
Creatively Mine is an online children's clothing retailer that allows young girls the opportunity to design their own customized outfits using an interactive, game-like website. We empower our customers by providing an unparalleled fashion design experience that gives them the opportunity to express their individuality and creativity through clothing.

$10,000 - Second Place
Progressive Solutions - John Brown University
Faculty Advisor: Mandy Moore & Mike Kennelley
Students: Drew Cleaver, Angela Langer, Kirena Duffel, Clayton Anderson
Progressive Solutions communicates a desire to reinvent the ordinary through simple ingenuity. Our first product- Higher Hangers- are new, patented, space-saving clothes hangers that reduce clutter and create new closet space by raising garments vertically. See here for more information: www.higherhangers.com

$5,000 - Third Place
$5,000 - Innovation Winner
Elevate Medical - University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Carol Reeves
Students: Joseph Willmann, Jacob McConnell, Christopher Nelson
Elevate Medical will provide healthcare products that focus on improving transfers and mobility in patients with permanent and temporary physical disabilities. Our initial product, the Lift Assist, is intended to alleviate the pain and risks associated with patient transfers between wheelchair and bed.

$5,000 - Agricultural Winner
Earth N' Vessels - Arkansas Tech University
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Stephen Jones
Students: Kyle Castro, Kyle Davis, Nathanael Hancock
Earth N' Vessels is committed to creating environmentally-friendly options for the nursery and garden center industry, and the consumers they service. Our company also provides a disposal option for Arkansas's poultry industry through the use of responsible composting methods.

graduate winners

$20,000 - First Place
$5,000 - Innovation Winner
Tears for Life - University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Carol Reeves
Students: Chris Elizer, Jared Greer, Jordan Greer, Bessie Williams
Tears for Life is a medical diagnostic equipment company that is developing a non-invasive tear test kit that will screen women for breast cancer using proteins found in tears. This will be the core of a profitable portfolio of non-invasive screening tools that will save lives and reduce health care costs. See here for more information: www.tears4life.com

Press Releases on Tears for Life:

$5,000 - Third Place
Orlumet- University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Faculty Advisor: Mildred Holley
Students: Drew Jensen, Garima Lall, Glediana Rexha, Kevin White
Orlumet, LLC, is an Arkansas-based biomedical startup company with a portfolio of innovative platform technologies. Orlumet's first platform consists of bioactive surface coatings for improving the performance and longevity of various medical devices.

$5,000 - Agricultural Winner
Ground Up Biosolutions- University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Carol Reeves
Students: Keith Solsvig, Cesar Coto, Brandon Barr, Joshua McCullough
Ground Up Biosolutions recycles nature's nutrients into a sustainable, environmentally friendly fertilizer. Our patent-pending process combines two waste products, biosolids and poultry litter, to produce a granulized fertilizer that reduces water and landfill utilization, contamination, and strip mining. We help people live better, save money and green the world.

2007-2008 Donald W. Reynolds Governor's Cup Winners

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