Stevens Institute’s Innovation Expo 2018: Beets, Water, Stocks

HOBOKEN, NJ — Does the idea of a tool that can harvest sugars from beets instead of corn to make biofuel excite you? How about an app that uses using “machine learning algorithms” to forecast volatility in the stock market?

These concepts and more will be on display to the public at Stevens Institute of Technology’s 2018 Innovation Expo on Wednesday, May 2 at the university’s Hoboken campus.

According to Stevens Institute, the annual showcase for student design, innovation and entrepreneurship will feature investor-funded business competitions, lectures from distinguished leaders from industry and academia, and a senior design exhibition that will display more than 140 capstone projects that address some of the world’s most challenging problems in business, security, healthcare and energy.

Students will also participate in the “elevator pitch competition,” a high-stakes contest to persuade prospective investors to help them turn their senior design projects into effective businesses.

Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla will serve as a one of the judges on the panel. All are welcome to attend and there is no pre-registration required, Stevens Institute stated.

This year’s highlights include:

• A compact, large scale, portable water treatment system that can purify up to 10,000 gallons of contaminated, storm water per-day into clean, drinkable water
• A tool that harvests sugars from sugar beets instead of corn or other controversial food crops, to make a biofuel that is rich in butanol
• A patent-pending Android application that revolutionizes the way quality in video streaming is measured
• A password manager software tool that allows users to easily and securely store authentication credentials for various web services
• An app that uses using machine learning algorithms to forecast volatility in the stock market
• A deep-learning tool that uses predictive machine learning analysis of trending topics to automatically generate digital media content
• A storm water containment system to help flood-prone cities like Hoboken create a flood-control infrastructure

Senior design exhibitions will be spread across multiple locations on campus. Download the Innovation Expo mobile app (a web verson is also available) or visit the website to view the program schedule.

Senior Design Exhibition

• 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.
• Stevens Institute of Technology, 1 Castle Point, Hoboken, New Jersey

Senior Design Elevator Pitch Competition

• 5 p.m. – 6 p.m.
• DeBaun Auditorium, 24 5th Street, Hoboken, New Jersey

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