Inventors — November 2, 2020
Innovator of the Year Awards Presented for 2020
The Innovator of the Year awards recognize established Ohio State researchers as well students who are actively working to promote commercialization of university intellectual property, through invention disclosures filed, patents applied for and/or received, technologies licensed or startup companies formed. The award cultivates an entrepreneurial spirit among all of our investigators.
While we could not celebrate in person this year, we are proud to partner each year with the Office of Research to recognize these outstanding innovators. Meet the 2020 Innovator of the Year awardees below, or visit our Research & Innovation Showcase virtual event site.
Meet Alper Yilmaz, Ohio State's Innovator of the Year
Alper Yilmaz is a Professor in the Department of Civil Environmental and Geodetic Engineering. His research focuses on the development of wireless geolocation technology, which is the basis of the start-up firm Ubiher, a unique innovation providing a standalone solution to finding the position of an object or person.
Meet Arnab Nandi, Early Career Innovator of the Year
Arnab Nandi is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. His research focus is on database systems, on large-scale data analytics and next-generation human-in-the-loop query interfaces. He is also the founder of Ohio State Startup, mobikit.
Meet Devin Swiner, NextGen Innovator of the Year
Devin Swiner is a fourth year PhD candidate working under Dr. Abraham Badu-Tawiah at The Ohio State University. Her research is focused on developing a new ionization source for mass spectrometry using cellulose materials for applications in clinical diagnostics.