Pictured from left to right: J. Thomas Gaskin, Anushree Jain, Tom Kuczmarski, Alisa Weinstein, and Maggee Bond. Photo credit: Bonnie Robinson.

IIT Stuart School of Business dual degree student J. Thomas Gaskin, IV (M.B.A./M.Des. ‘14), and IIT Institute of Design collaborators Maggee Bond (M.Des. ’14), Anushree Jain (M.Des. ’14), and Alisa Weinstein (M.Des. ’13) won the student competition at this year’s Chicago Innovation Awards Scholarship Competition held on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.

Gaskin and his project partners (pictured with Chicago Innovation Awards co-founder Tom Kuczmarski) won the Gold Prize and $5,000 for their project titled “Catalyst,” a web-based service to connect scientists with specialized lab instruments. Read more and view photos from the event.