Student Innovator Showcase winner achieves FDA clearance
On April 21, 2022, Athelas announced that its flagship device, the Athelas Home, has been cleared by the FDA for home-use indication.
View recordings of our webinar series
Join us as we continue our From Discovery to Commercialization webinar series this academic year. Like last year, the webinars will feature guest speakers from a variety of fields, including entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, intellectual property legal experts, startup founders, and more.
Andrea Armani, Sri Narayan, and Cyrus Shahabi Elected Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
Three USC professors have been elected as Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.
USC student entrepreneurs win thousands in prizes at annual Stevens Showcase
On Nov. 17, 2021, the USC Stevens Center for Innovation hosted its 14th Annual USC Stevens Student Innovator Showcase, where USC student entrepreneurs pitched their startup and business ideas to compete for over $30,000 in cash prizes and additional in-kind awards (valued at over $30,000).
Winners of the 2021 USC Stevens Student Innovator Showcase
Congratulations to the winners of the 14th Annual USC Stevens Student Innovator Showcase, our annual University of Southern California student business competition held live on Zoom on November 17, 2021: WaterShield $10,000 USC Stevens Transformational Innovation Award Team Leader: Farbod Amirghasemi, USC Viterbi School of Engineering DYME $10,000 Best Business Concept Award (sponsored by the
2021 Student Innovator Showcase Finalists Announced
Join us via Zoom from 10:00-noon on Wed., Nov. 17 as our 10 student finalist teams fast pitch their ideas to our panel of judges, followed by a Q&A session. Winners will be announced during the final 15 minutes of the event.
Female founders share about their journeys, discuss diversity
We kicked off this year's webinar series with a group of female founders who shared their triumphs and challenges in starting and building their businesses. “Female Founders: Beyond the Glass Ceiling” was co-hosted with USC Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE).
Stevens Center names Director of Licensing and New Ventures
Donaldson Santos has been promoted to the position of Director of Licensing and New Ventures for the USC Stevens Center for Innovation. He joined the Stevens Center in 2017 and has nearly 20 years of experience in academic and industry technology transfer.
Stevens Center awards 2021 Technology Advancement Grants to USC researchers
This year’s TAG awards total $250,000 and will fund five projects in life sciences and physical sciences across a diverse range of fields at four USC schools: Dornsife, Keck, Pharmacy, and Viterbi.
Donation supports Stevens Center grant program for USC faculty innovators
The Stevens Center recently received a private donation from a USC alumna specifically to support the Technology Advancement Grants (TAG) program. Diane Kneis made the donation in her daughter, Christina Kneis's, name. Christina earned a BS in mechanical engineering from Viterbi.