CISE Faculty and Student Teams Win Entreprenuer Design Contest

Congratulations to CISE Faculty and Student Team winners in the 2008-2009 BU College of Engineering Entrepreneur Design Contest.

First prize went to Ajay Bangla, Stephen Chao, Prakash Ishwar and Janusz Konrad for their project titled “VCon Technologies” that focuses on closing the “Security Gap” between information gathered and analyzed.

Ashish Agarwal, Matt Wool, Lonn Drucker, Thomas Little and Iain Cockburn won the Second Prize for “Route Optimization System,” a company designed to limit customers impact on the environment by using technology to reduce the time wasted while stuck in traffic.

Both teams received a cash price and will be supported by BU’s New Ventures Division at the Office of Technology Development and by 20 hours of legal consulting from Foley and Lardner, LLP.

For more information, please visit the Entrepreneur Design Contest website.