Illinois Institute of Technology, a premier, global, technology-focused university located in Chicago, announces the Quarter Finalists for its Chicago Innovation Challenge (CIC). Prizes will be cash awards with access to the mHUB, a new innovation center focused on physical product development and manufacturing.
The CIC, sponsored by the Jules F. Knapp Entrepreneurship Center, The Folgeson Family Foundation, the Coleman Foundation and the mHUB had three categories created:
- Currently enrolled Illinois Tech students
- Students currently enrolled in colleges and universities with a physical presence in Chicago
- Student currently enrolled in a CPS High School or CPS Charter High School
The Quarter Finalists from the three categories are:
High School Category
| Business Idea Title | School Name | Team Members |
| BELIEVE | Young Women’s Leadership Charter School | Arieana Roberts |
| Early Pregnancy in Teens Issue | Young Women’s Leadership Charter School | Alana Dudley |
| iBuilder: iOS native app builder | Von Steuben | Mirza Baig |
| Retractable Chairs | Von Steuben MSC High School | Rosendo Balmaseda |
| SmatVest | Von Steuben | Anita Kulasic |
| The ElecCyclonic | Perspectives MSA | David Wells Kaaria Spencer Eseroghene Omene |
Other School Category
| Business Idea Title | University Name | Team Members |
| 3Dimes Designs | DePaul University | Keyante Aytch |
| Veterans Advocacy Group Int. (VAGI) | DePaul University | Derrick Winding |
| Sickshows.com | Loyola University Chicago | Jonah Murray |
| Dangerous ordnance disposal robot | North Park University | Phillip Le |
| Holocision LLC | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Eitezaz Mahmood |
| Arriyo | University of Illinois at Chicago | Jaime Manriquez |
| Rodencia | University of Illinois at Chicago | Jessica Miller Ariel Bennick |
| SpiderSense | University of Illinois at Chicago | Victor Mateevitsi |
Illinois Tech Category
| Business Idea Title | University Name | Team Members |
| Navigational Aid Product | Illinois Institute of Technology | Karen Castillo Venika Jarvis |
| Latona Therapeutics | Illinois Institute of Technology | Dylan Nichols Yusheng He Daniel Young Wenqiang Liu |
| HubRoad – on the road to success | Illinois Institute of Technology | Louise Siaud Guillaume Boulanger Quentin Bayart Florian Wahl |
| A Safe Route Indicator | Illinois Institute of Technology | Pratyusha Mudrakarta Elizabeth Rebello |
| UAV Autonomous Movement Framework | Illinois Institute of Technology | Arianit Pajaziti Theo Riviere Rinor Bytyci Christopher Hui |
| SAVIOR | Illinois Institute of Technology | Hemant Shinde Sarang Salunke Rohan Shirke Ganesh Kapaleshwari |
| Social Buying | Illinois Institute of Technology | Jaime Sanchez |
| Sustainable newspapers | Illinois Institute of Technology | Pablo Jover |
| FutureYou | Illinois Institute of Technology | Harish Gandhi Ramachandran Karthikeyan Kumar |
| Vehicular Pollution Control Device | Illinois Institute of Technology | Kshetij Moitra |