Suffolk University’s 5th Annual New Product Innovation Competition Finalists and Winners

Winners Shown in Bold

Category: Overall Awards

Product Name: Envopaper
Innovator: Mara Dreiser (1st Place)
EnvoPaper is an eco-friendly wallpaper made with recycled paper and wood pulp from sustainable forests in America and Canada. It has a milk-based paint that is 100 percent natural and eco-friendly. EnvoPaper also contains a specialty flour and water-soluble adhesive that is non-toxic and non-allergenic.

Product Name: Still Grips
Innovator: Anthony Bababekov (2nd Place)
Still Grips is a special unique, environmentally friendly adhesive that sticks onto the soles of sneakers and shoes.

Product Name: Paperless Trail
Innovator: Brett DeRocker (2nd place)
This is an online receipt system that eliminates paper waste.

Product Name: Matchless Hitch Extension
Innovator: Paul Tortorici (3rd place)
The product will allow consumers to attach bike racks, ski racks, etc., to a trailer hitches without auxiliary tires or any other apparatus.

Product Name: Haro Brands
Innovator: Sean Harrington (3rd place)
Haro Brands harness ecology safely for a sustainable future.

Product Name: Celebrate Their Life Funeral Templates
Innovator: Patrick Crowley (Special Award)
These templates allow individuals to customize funeral background sheets based on a person’s lifestyle and religious beliefs.

Product Name: Incessant
Innovator: Devin Russell
This is an application for a sales person’s vehicle navigation system. It stores their clients’ contact info, sales numbers, meeting location directions, etc.

Product Name: 1 Top 1 Shot
Innovator: Ronak Amin
A cookware set that reduces household energy consumption. A single pot or pan will allow individuals to cook two to three different foods at different temperatures, using only one burner.

Product Name: LOL Switch
Innovator: Kristen Vadala
This light has a programmed timing device that controls brightness and when it is turned on or off.

Category: Urvashi Bhatia Green Product Award

Product Name: Spynergy
Innovator: Jessie Schloss
Spynergy products and services enable retrofit fitness centers to harness and utilize the kinetic energy of their spinning classes.

Product Name: Water Solutions Button
Innovator: Emily Lingley
The button is installed in a shower to give the user the choice of when to turn the water on or off. Water remains the same temperature while the flow is paused.

Product Name: Envopaper
Innovator: Mara Dreiser
EnvoPaper is an eco-friendly wallpaper made with recycled paper and wood pulp from sustainable forests in America and Canada. It has a milk-based paint that is 100 percent natural and eco-friendly. EnvoPaper also contains a specialty flour and water-soluble adhesive that is non-toxic and non-allergenic.

Product Name: Green Eve
Innovator: Alyson Bishop
Green Eve product lines are made from biodegradable tooth, hair, and makeup brushes along with combs.

Product Name: Cap-attach
Innovator Name: Elise Dahan
This is a recyclable, screw on plastic bottle cap that remains attached to the bottle via a strip of plastic.

Category: Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) Award

Product Name: The Mobile Clinic
Innovator: Mohammad Alsaleh
Mobile clinic that includes mobile versions of a defibrillator, vital signs monitor, EKG/ECG, Ultrasound unit, and a printer. The unit will have storage space to store other medical supplies.

Product Name: Laundry Plus
Innovator: Maria Alarcon
Small, portable washing machines would be rented on an hourly basis. The washing machine would be delivered to and from the customer’s house. They can be filled manually and will be powered by an electric connection or a battery.

Product Name: eTruck
Innovator: Fahad Alsaleh
The eTruck is a mobile Internet unit used to improve education for people living in rural areas in India.

Product Name: PlaquePac!
Innovator: Alicia Haglund
A low-cost dental care package, including floss and a fluoride gel, made from natural, sustainable materials to improve the dental health of the millions of people living in the markets at the bottom of the economic pyramid.

Product Name: Nutri-bar
Innovator: Michael Pinciaro
The product is a series of nutrition bars that target the vitamin deficiencies in the BOP market. The first, and primary, offering is a bar for pregnant women. The product line will continue with a series for children that provide their nutrition needs as they grow.

Product Name: Factorization of Agriculture
Innovator: Vibha Singh
This product provides agricultural opportunities in the form of a factory. It would provide work to farmers and increase productivity.

Category: MGT 101 Award

Product Name: Tactograph LOL
Innovator: Sonia Garcia
TactoGraph is a talking and tactile graphing calculator for visually impaired and blind individuals. Imputed equations are repeated audibly while a tactile graph appears on the screen.

Product Name: Beantown Vault
Innovator: Natalie Breen
A touch screen kiosk is stationed in high-traffic tourist areas in Boston. It highlights specific attractions based on a user’s personal preferences.

Product Name: WhisKlean
Innovator: Wes McMahon
WhisKlean is a small plastic and rubber cylinder that is open on the top and bottom. It is filled top to bottom with stainless steel bristles. A whisk is then inserted into either end and swirled around, quickly and easily removing any stuck-on food.

Product Name: Rebecca Lynn Seward
Innovator: Electroswitch
This wall switch can turn off all electronics in a single room.

Product Name: Bruce Investment Fund
Innovator: Cesar Faucheur
This investment fund helps children and grandchildren from high-net worth families learn how to invest and manage their money.

Product Name: Electronic Guide Dog
Innovator: Megan Tranfaglia
This is a smartphone that is specifically designed for the visually impaired. This product incorporates much of today’s technologies into one mobile device.