Two teams of inventors made up of UW-Madison students were named finalists in the 2014 National Collegiate Inventors Competition, according to a Friday university release.
The convention, which honors student creativity and imagination on a national level, recognized UW-Madison’s Spectrom and Remex Static Mixer projects.
Created by UW-Madison students Taylor Fahey, Charles Haider and Cedric Kovacs-Johnson, Spectrom is a 3-D full-color printing technology that allows precise color printing in multiple tones. This is new to 3-D printing technology, which usually only allows for single-color printing.
The Remex Static Mixer, designed by Eric Ronning, Will Doniger and Brian Pekron, greatly increases the efficiency of a 3-D printer by reconfiguring the shape of a standard static mixer. By requiring less pressure, the invention mixes substances that would usually be too delicate.
Winners will be announced at the national convention in Alexandria, Va., Nov. 7, where the teams will compete for more than $100,000 in cash prizes.
