A 新澳门六合彩内幕信息faculty member and a start-up company affiliated with 新澳门六合彩内幕信息CONNECT are finalists for being presented on Friday, November 1 at Armature Works in Tampa, Florida.
Assistant Professor Shannon Bailey in a CAMLS laboratory
, assistant professor in the and senior human factors scientist at the , is a finalist in the Tech Educator of the Year category. This award recognizes an educator who has inspired student interest in a tech career, delivered positive outcomes for technology students in the Tampa Bay region and delivered a high-quality, tech-centered curriculum that students practice and appreciate.
Bailey researchs educational best practices and state-of-the-art simulation technologies used in clinical training. In January, Bailey was the co-principal investigator on a two-year, $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to assess the viability and effectiveness of immersive technology in medical training for rural health care professionals.
, which developed a sensor for orbiting satellites to detect and avoid collisions with space debris, is one of three finalists for Tech Project of the Year. This award recognizes a transformative, new technology developed in the Tampa Bay area that has led to substantial advancements and new benchmarks in the technology landscape. GuardianSAT is part of USF鈥檚 Tampa Bay Technology Incubator program for tech and science-based start-ups in the region.
The GuardianSAT Pathfinder relies on multiple spectrums to address radiation interference and cosmic noise to improve satellites鈥� tracking capabilities and reduce their collision risks. The prototype will be developed in partnership with the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息Institute of Applied Engineering as a follow-on to a successful Phase 1 National Science Foundation Grant. GuardianSAT鈩� recently finished as a finalist in the Startup World Cup hosted by Pegasus Ventures after winning the Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs regional accelerator competition and finishing the Tampa Bay Wave CyberTechX accelerator.