They presented a comprehensive technology commercialization plan for the new anode material and fabrication process for anodes of lithium-ion batteries.

The Idea to Product UT Austin Competition is an event coordinated bye the 12P Program and the Technology Entrepreneurship Society with support form the Chari of Free Enterprise. The competition is an early-stage technology commercialization plan competition that is open to UT Austin students of all disciplines who are interested in technology-focused entrepreneurship. Student groups present assessments of their technology-based products or services to a panel of judges. Entries should be uniuqe and innovative, be feasible to implement, and adress an identified market need, and they must have an underlying technology component. Teams are ecouraged to focuse on the benefits of their technology and its associated market potential, rather than the technical features. The 12P competition gives competitiors hand-on commercialization experience, mentoring and feedback frrom entrepreneurs on the UT-Austin faculty and from industry, and a chance to win $E8500 in cash prizes. Based on teh work done by past student teams, university patenting efforsts for certain technologies have been stepped-up, university technologies have been liscenesed, and new companies have been formed.

Congratulations Evan!