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Big Idea Competition
UTD Big Idea winners Orikeda Trashi (left) and Ikeda Trashi. [Photo: UTD]
Twin Chemistry Students Win First Prize at UTD’s Big Idea Competition
by David Seeley | May 6, 2025
Ikeda and Orikeda Trashi took home $12,000 in the Big Idea student competition for Biodelivera, a platform that delivers cancer therapy directly to tumors. In the alumni track, the top prize went to Brice Sokolowski for his sweat-evaporating Vaucluse Backpack Ventilation Gear.
by Lance Murray |
May 17, 2023
From an automated fish feeder to AI-driven construction to a therapeutic vest and more, the finalists will pitch their innovative concepts on May 19 at Blackstone Launchpad. The original date was rescheduled due to weather.
They'll be competing for $170,000 in cash and scholarship prizes.
They'll be competing for $170,000 in cash and scholarship prizes.
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by Maddie Preston |
Nov 11, 2021
UTD students, faculty, and alumni pitched their big ideas for a chance to win cash to push their ventures forward. New this year: Capital Factory presented the first-ever biotech+ challenge award.
The event featured a closing conversation on the entrepreneurial ecosystem with long-time business partners Ross Perot Jr. and Anurag Jain.
The event featured a closing conversation on the entrepreneurial ecosystem with long-time business partners Ross Perot Jr. and Anurag Jain.
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by Alex Edwards |
Nov 4, 2020
The Texas Startups Roadshow will take local entrepreneurs and out-of-state investors on a virtual ride that spotlights the startup community in Dallas, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. Anchoring the Dallas leg of the trip on Nov. 19 is UT Dallas’ Big Idea Competition and a keynote from Mark Cuban.
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North Texas students Neha Husein (left) and Elaine Wang will participate in the Red Bull Launch Institute March 10 at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin. [Photos courtesy of The Power Group]
2 DFW Students to Participate in SXSW Red Bull Launch Institute
by Lance Murray | Mar 6, 2018
The Red Bull Launch Institute will host six teams of college students March 10 at the South By Southwest Conference and Festival.
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by Heather Noel |
Nov 17, 2017
Neuro Rehab VR creates virtual and augmented reality therapy games to help patients with traumatic brain injuries, neurodegenerative diseases, or those who have suffered a stroke.
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by Heather Noel |
Nov 17, 2017
Guy Kawasaki on "The Art of Innovation" at UTD's Big Idea Competition 2017
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Nov 16, 2017
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![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)
