Our first cohort for TRAM Track 2024!
From novel bio-fabrication techniques to tackling racism in sport, the first TRAM Track cohort of 2024 cohort is ready to dive into customer discovery and build on their understanding of who their research can most impact.
The cohort consists of 13 teams from six University of Melbourne faculties: Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music and Faculty of Education.
Delivered by the Melbourne Entrepreneurial Centre at our home in Melbourne Connect, TRAM Track is an 11-week pre-accelerator program for researchers from the University of Melbourne and the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct. Throughout the program participants are guided through a process of customer discovery, problem testing, stakeholder mapping and value proposition creation.
This semester the TRAM Track program will be led by Giulia Gizzi who joins us on secondment from her Business Development (BD) role within the Faculty of Science. With a wealth of knowledge and experience working with UoM academics to develop external partnerships, identify intellectual property and initiate the commercialisation process, Giulia brings invaluable expertise to our team. Having supported many teams through TRAM programs in her BD role, we are thrilled to welcome her aboard for the semester.
Giulia shared:
“I’m very excited to be supporting the TRAM Track cohort on their research impact journey in this new role. In my substantive position, I have experienced first-hand how the TRAM programs and ecosystem have shifted the mindset of participants, particularly when articulating the value of their research to the broader external community.”
“I love witnessing the ‘light bulb’ moment when working with academics in this space. When the team have nailed what the problem is, who has the problem and how their research can solve it, there is a visible shift (or to continue the analogy, the flick of a switch) in how the teams communicate about their research.”
A big welcome to the talented individuals embarking on their TRAM Track journey with us in 2024:
Nano Concrete Durability Innovation
Xuemei Liu, Abdullah Anwar and Lihai Zhang
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
STARS (Standing Together Against Racism in Sport)
Karen Block and Dana Young
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
EchoForm
Michael Halwes and Callum Vidler
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Smart Delivery Hydrogel
Zahra Eivazi Zadeh, Negar Mahmoudi and Yi Wang
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Art Authentication Project
David Challis and Aaron Eastment
Faculty of Arts
Flood Forecasting using new model
Niels Fraehr
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Radiation Detection Drone
Lysander Miller
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
AGIRO
Andrew Woods, Jack McRobbie and Miguel Ortiz del Castillo
Faculty of Science
Brain Remote
Tim Mahoney, Carl Eiselen, Jamie Rankin, Ashley Reynolds and David Grayden
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
NeuroSynth
Farhad Goodarzy, Kevin Meng, Dean Freestone, David Grayden and Mark Cook
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences / Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
Human-Machine Encounters
Robert Walton, Elena Vella and Goran Duric
Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
Dental Work-Related Injury Prevention Program
Jean Wu and Maya Panisset
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Medical simulator for physiotherapy students
Antony Chacon and David Kelly
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
SWISP Lab
Kathryn Coleman and Sarah Healy
Faculty of Education
Keep an eye out for more information on these excellent teams!