Student Experts
StudentExperts.com, winner of the 2008 CBRE/McGuire New Venture Competition, is a marketplace for skilled student services with a current focus on tech support. and web design Currently operating in Tucson, AZ, Student Experts is seeking funding for national expansion.

www.StudentExperts.com

Student Experts graduated from the Arizona Center for Innovation in May 2009.

Surgical Tools mission is to develop products which improve clinical outcomes for patients selecting breast-conserving surgery (BCS) over mastectomy despite the known increased risks associated with BCS, such as surgical re-excision and local recurrence of breast cancer. Specifically, Surgical Tools is developing products that enable three dimensional intra-operative radiographic margin assessment of excised breast tissue, as well as intraoperative microscopic margin assessment at the cellular level through spectroscopy. Our objective is to reduce surgical re-excision and local recurrence rates in BCS by more than a factor of two in the next 3 years.

Surgical Tools graduated from the Arizona Center for Innovation in September 2008.

SideroGen, Inc. is focused on the development and manufacture of affordable biomolecule purification products for applications in the fields of forensic science and clinical genomics. These products will be developed for processing very small samples, common to forensic science and cancer diagnostics. The core technology for these products is based on inert ferro-ceramic, paramagnetic particles of compositions that are specifically designed to be compatible with downstream DNA and protein analysis. This technology and its uses are exclusively owned and were developed by SideroGen, IncMicrosystems is an IP holding company with a strong portfolio of patents in the fields of optical and electronic materials. The company licenses or develops technology for commercial application through spin-offs.

Siderogen graduated from the Arizona Center for Innovation in November 2008.

Materials and Power (MP) Technologies is a Limited Liability Company that has been formed with the mission to develop and commercialize advanced solid-state energy conversion technologies. The technologies include Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cells, Thermionic, and Thermoelectric converters. These technologies are more efficient and environmentally friendly than the currently used energy generation processes and are considered the future in power generation. Their successful development can help to significantly reduce our dependence on imported energy sources.

Materials and Power Technologies was acquired by Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing in September 2005.

Luceome Biotechnologies’ mission is to deliver new and enabling technologies for drug discovery. The company provides a first in class high throughput and high content platform to accelerate the identification and optimization of pharmaceutical leads for clients.

Luceome Biotechnologies graduated from the Arizona Center for Innovation in October 2008.

Earth Knowledge is a consulting firm that provides the kind of expertise, resources and big-picture vision that brings concerned individuals, decision-makers and business leaders together to work toward a sustainable future. www.earthknowledge.net

Earth Knowledge graduated from the Arizona Center for Innovation in December 2005.

Coccinella Development, Inc. has created a unique product (patent pending) that combines the most powerful aspects of video games, speech recognition technology and our proprietary language management process. The end result is 3DLanguage, a virtual town to teach foreign language and culture. Our research has demonstrated that our product is not only more effective than the current methods of textbook and classroom training, but is also much more enjoyable. By simulating the experiences of living abroad, we make the process of learning a new language engaging and fun.
We plan to create 3D Language – Spanish first, and expand our suite of products based on the demands of the market.
www.3DLanguage.net

Coccinella Development graduated from the Arizona Center for Innovation in 2006.

Arizona Aquaculture Solutions LLC is an aquaculture reserach and service laboratory. Besides providing advances water-chemistry laboratory services and pathogen detection and control systems, Arizona Aquaculture Solutions also develops novel technologies for the culture and genetic characterization of marine invertebrates as well as vaccine design for use in re-circulating aquaculture facilities.

AZ Aquaculture was acquired in October 2008.

Arizona Microsystems is an IP holding company with a strong portfolio of patents in the fields of optical and electronic materials. The company licenses or develops technology for commercial application through spin-offs.

Arizona Microsystems graduated from the Arizona Center for Innovation in December 2005 and was aquired in 2008.