Lorace Zhang

Vysum is developing an eye drop delivery device to enable easier eye drop administration for all, starting with glaucoma patients. Objective administration data will be recorded and provided to clinicians upon patient consent to contribute to more informed treatment decision-making.

Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis, Stephen Dolan, Larua van Rooyen

Clinical trials are key to the development of new medical treatments and diagnostic tests to optimise health, but recruitment is challenging and costly. Torch Recruit aims to address this problem by streamlining identification of people in the community and referring them to trial sites.

David Nisbet - James Natsis - Samuel Cheeseman

Nanostratus has developed sprayable, ultradurable coatings through a patented process. The coatings are as cheap as paint, more durable than existing sprayable coatings, self-cleaning, water-repellent, antimicrobial, and transparent

Rebecca McCormick - Pheobe Lewis

Anura Medical is developing a wearable lung monitoring device to detect breathing decline and enable early treatment. Founded by a team of engineers, doctors and business consultants, Anura aims to create a new gold standard for respiratory monitoring that will reduce complications and mortality

Mahdi Disfani - Amir Mehdizadeh

The company diverts waste tyres from landfills by reusing them in an engineered permeable pavement system. The mission of the company is to minimise the number of waste tyres that go to landfills, reduce the risk of flash floods in urban areas and help with the growth of healthier trees.

Mark Stevenson - Frank Peppard

Vehicle transport accounts for 18% of CO2 emissions and the road toll is no longer reducing as it should. The tools and analytics used by car insurance actuaries, state road authorities and e-scooter providers are used to help everyday drivers be safer and reduce CO2.

Mehrdad Parsa - Amanda Ellis

There is a gap in the market for a high quality, low-cost carbon precursor for carbon coating lithium batteries. Mehrdad Parsa from the CarboPhite team has a novel method to create lithium battery anode materials.

Nicole Jenkins - David Simpson - Gawain McColl

FeBI Technologies is developing quantum sensing technology to prevent missed and misdiagnosis of iron disorders. Iron disorders affect over 2 billion people worldwide, but problems with current tests for iron status can lead to significant health and economic consequences. The team’s innovative solution is a sensor system capable of assessing the previously unmeasurable magnetic signal coming from the iron in ferritin in a matter of minutes.

Chien Chan - Shane Kilcullen

With the advancement of autonomous systems, there is a need for fast, private and flexible wireless communication systems. The LorentzKracht team is creating a new wireless technology for smart industry application.

Katherine Horsfall - Nicolas Williams - Stephen Livesley

Open ecosystems such as grasslands and grassy woodlands are home to the majority of threatened plant species and are critically endangered in Southeast Australia. We can reliably restore species from these plant communities by creating native wildflower meadows. These beautiful meadows offer lower maintenance costs to turfgrass, support birds and bees and provide an urban greening solution that helps to bend the curve of biodiversity loss in our cities and towns.

Yuqi Lin - Kai Guo

The process for research students finding academic supervisors, and vice versa, is complicated and difficult. The Reachie team is developing a platform to match supervisors and research students.

Becky Black

Around 25% of the population have the highly sensitive personality trait, yet there is little awareness and education around it, resulting in poor wellbeing for these individuals. Becky Black from the Sensitive Personality team is developing a solution to support individuals with the sensitive personality trait.

Andrew Pask - Anne Moran - Stephen Frankenberg

Recovive (synthetic biology with ecologically therapeutic applications) comprises a large collaborative research team headed by Prof Andrew Pask and Dr Stephen Frankenberg. Recovive’s research integrates genome editing technology with stem cell, reproductive and developmenta biology for a range of applications including species de-extinction, invasive pest eradication, and development of next-generation conservation tools.

Bao Nguyen

A knock to the head can be fatal in the most serious cases, but what about the effect of one or more little head knocks? Team EyeCP is working towards a portable, handheld eye imaging device to give peace-of-mind about the potential for raised pressure inside the skull after a mild head injury.

Christine Nearchou

Visual cognition is not tested in children’s early education, leading to learning difficulties later on in life. Christine Nearchou from the Vis-CAT test team is building a screening tool to identify children with visual cognition deficits.

Madeleine Lim

Sexual health education is inconsistent and confusing for young people. Madeleine Lim from the Young People’s Sexual Health team aims to make sexual health education accessible to young people in the same way they consume content.

Alireza Mohammadi - Xavier Vella

X-Limb has developed a soft robotic prosthetic arm, realised through unique 3D printing techniques. Our technology enables the creation of a lightweight, scalable, and quickly producible arm with the required functionality, which can be easily customized at a low cost. This will address current challenges in designing prosthetic arms for children with upper-limb loss.

Andy Wear

Educators lack understanding about aesthetic and sensory learning which leads to poor learner engagement. Andy Wear from the ALEx team has developed a game to teach teachers sensory modes of learning.

Fabian Kong

There is a lack of effective treatments for oral gonorrhoea due to increasing antibiotic resistance. Fabian Kong from the Gono Gone team is building a preclinical model of oral gonorrhoea, enabling the discovery of new effective treatments against oral gonorrhoea.

Yangmengfei Xu - MingLiang Liu - Runfeng Li

In mining, spillage of materials from conveyor belts leads to safety hazards, material loss and maintenance cost. The Apis Robotics team is building a multi-robot system that can clean spillage from conveyor belts in the mining industry.

Jihoon Lim - Mingrui Sun

The Myo79 team is developing an innovative stand-alone, ultrathin, and lightweight wearable device monitoring muscle activity and diagnosing muscle fatigue non-invasively. This technology enables in-home monitoring for neurological patients and return-to-sport assessments for athletes, offering a blend of wearability, robustness, and precision.

Mehrdad Parsa

There is a gap in the market for a high quality, low-cost carbon precursor for carbon coating lithium batteries. Mehrdad Parsa from the Carbophite team has a novel method to create lithium battery anode materials.

Chien Chan - Shane Kilcullen - Andre Gygax

With the advancement of autonomous systems, there is a need for fast, private and flexible wireless communication systems. The Next-Gen Wireless team is creating a new wireless technology for smart industry applications.

Andrew Cullen

Recent prominent hacks have exposed how vulnerable Australian companies are to data related risks, be that from internal or external sources. Andrew Cullen from DataSecure is working on building systems that can help businesses track, log, and audit data flow across the business, in order to both quantify and manage risks.

Yuqi Lin - Kai Guo

The process for research students finding academic supervisors, and vice versa, is complicated and difficult. The Reachie team is developing a platform to match supervisors and research students.

Bao Nguyen - Max Kaplan - Lauren Ayton, Bang Bui - Sam John - David Grayden

A serious knock to the head is potentially fatal. Team EyeCP is developing a non-invasive, portable, handheld device that measures intracranial pressure to aid critical medical decision making.

Becky Black

Around 25% of the population have highly sensitive personality traits yet there is little awareness and education around it, resulting in poor wellbeing for these individuals. Becky Black from the Sensitive Personality team is developing a solution to support individuals with the sensitive personality trait.

Rachel Martin - Sharonne Zaks

The dental setting is highly triggering for patients who have experienced trauma. The Trauma-Informed Dental Care team are building a dental program that returns power, control and choice to patients so that they are able to receive the dental care they need, which can transform their lives.

Qi Shao - Stephan Matthai

Carbon sequestration is a key technology to mitigate global warming, however accurate modelling predictions are lacking. The Geo-Sequestration team is building a simulation tool that can realistically and accurately predict carbon sequestration.

Christine Nearchou

Visual cognition is not tested in children’s early education, leading to learning difficulties later on. Christine Nearchou from the Vis-CAT team is building a screening tool to identify children with visual cognition deficits.

Madeleine Lim

Sexual health education is inconsistent and confusing for young people. Madeleine Lim from the Young People’s Sexual Health team aims to make sexual health education accessible to young people in the way they consume content.

Eddie Paterson - Radha O’Meara - Qambar Ali Akhteyari - Timothy Williams

Accessible City are crafting a video game that empowers people with disability to shape urban spaces with the kind of accessibility they want to see.

Rodney Kwok - Mariam Hachem

RenoTrue is developing a machine learning algorithm to better detect, delay and manage diabetic kidney disease before it is too late.

Shazia Naseruddin

Solutions 2 Bruxism has created an innovative prototype that alleviates bruxism so people can have a youthful smile and restful night sleep.

Lilith Caballero - Elizabeth Zoneff - Yi Wang

The GelOx team has pioneered an oxygen delivery technology using biomaterials, harnessing the body’s natural oxygen storage mechanism to significantly enhance the survival rate of stem cells.

Nandakishor Desai - Noor E Karishma Shaik

The ThermAI are prototyping a point-and-shoot camera system with thermal imaging sensors and artificial intelligence to achieve non-invasive detection of skin cancer.

Abdalla Ali - Stanislav Kan - Wei Zhao

The LipoX are developing a product called lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to address this challenge. These LNPs will efficiently and selectively transport gene-based therapies throughout the body.

Sonja Needs

The K9 Sensory Lab aims to become the premier hub for the supply and validation of detection dog target odours.

Amanda Samson - Kintara Phillips

UniConnectED are creating a platform that will seamlessly connect industry partners with the incredible pool of talent residing within our Universities.

Peter Choong - Camilla Tuttle - Carmine Onofrillo - Serena Duchi

The Axcelda team has harnessed the potential of stem cell technology, engineering, and surgical innovation, utilising a patient's own stem cells to repair cartilage injuries.