Two entrepreneurs from Los Alamos National Laboratories were recently recognized for cutting-edge technologies as part of the recent DisrupTECH event.
Kirti Bhardwaj was recognized with an award for best technology for SafeRad, a radiation technology that eradicates cancerous cells but leaves healthy cells intact. This minimizes the size effect of radiation treatment for individuals with cancer, according to a news release from the lab.
Ian Cummings received an award for best presentation for a tool for nondestructive evaluation — a field of study for assessing the property of materials without causing damage — in the aerospace industry.
“The technology, medicine, and public-safety projects presented at DisrupTECH are compelling innovations and a great outcome of the Laboratory’s mission-focused work,” said Thom Mason, director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, in a statement. “I look forward to widespread use of these innovations in New Mexico and beyond.”
Lab scientists made a total of 13 presentations to investors as part of the event, which offered participants an opportunity to engage in transferring those technologies from the lab to the market Industries represented by the entrepreneurs included radiation therapy, aerospace, hydrogen fuel cells and other high-tech sectors.
The gathering was hosted by Los Alamos National Laboratory's Feynman Center for Innovation and the New Mexico Start-Up Factory, which aims to work with scientists to commercialize technologies developed in the lab. It brought more than 140 entrepreneurs, investors, regional leaders and others to Los Alamos on Aug. 18.
Technologies in the areas of artificial intelligence, detection devices for planetary rovers, disease modeling, algae farming and biodegradable plastics were also presented.
