Courtesy of Paramium Technologies
Among the startups recognized was Paramium Technologies, a startup based on a method for shaping precision metals that was developed in the James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences.
The company received a finalist award of $5,000 in the science and technology category and was selected as a runner-up for the People s Choice award.
Justin Hyatt, a senior research associate at the university s Steward Observatory and former student of renowned inventor and Regents Professor
Roger Angel, led the development of the new technology, which the startup will initially use to precisely and inexpensively manufacture custom antennas.
TLA performed patent and market analyses for the technology, then formed a team to help Hyatt through the formation of the startup, eventually licensing the patent to the newly formed company.