National Science Foundation

4D Avionic Systems specializes in providing advanced aviation and aerospace solutions focused on enhancing airspace management. The company offers strategic and tactical deconfliction services, along with four-dimensional prescriptive control and flight path management capabilities. These services enable high-density operations, ensuring that aviation industry stakeholders can achieve safer, more efficient, and more profitable outcomes. By integrating innovative technology into airspace management, 4D Avionic Systems aims to improve overall safety and operational effectiveness for airplane operators.

Discrete Lattice Industries develops programmable and cellular materials to reduce the need for fixed tooling. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Laguna Beach, California.

Multisensor Diagnostics (MDx), LLC, is a diversified health and wellness company primarily serving the high-acuity patients.

Darcy Solutions, Inc. specializes in the development of environmentally friendly and energy-efficient buildings. Established in 2018 and located in Excelsior, Minnesota, the company offers a patent-pending approach to ground source heat pumps. This innovative technology is recognized as one of the most efficient options for heating and cooling. By significantly reducing installation costs and making it viable for previously unsuitable locations, Darcy Solutions aims to enhance the accessibility and affordability of sustainable building solutions.

The University of Michigan, one of the largest universities in the Midwest, is highly regarded for its academic excellence, particularly in fields such as business, engineering, law, medicine, and the arts, including a notable musical theatre program. Its Stephen Ross School of Business is particularly recognized in national rankings. The university attracts a diverse student body, with over 40,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students enrolled. Additionally, the university manages a significant endowment that supports a diversified investment portfolio, including private equity, real estate, infrastructure, absolute return strategies, equities, and fixed income. The campus also fosters a vibrant cultural scene, highlighted by the annual Ann Arbor Film Festival, which showcases global filmmaking talents and contributes to the city’s reputation as a hub for cinema.

DuKorp Corp

Manufacturer of hybrid integrated circuits and modules catering to the military, aviation, industrial, medical and commercial applications. The company offers film ceramic substrates, multichip modules, custom semiconductors, microelectronic assembly and testing services as well as encompass various processes such as die to attach, wire bonding, ME assembly, custom semiconductor packaging and functional and environmental testing for microcircuits, along with standalone component testing.

FlexDex Inc. specializes in the development of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) devices, focusing on enhancing surgical precision and dexterity. The company's innovative platform technology allows surgeons to translate their hand, wrist, and arm movements from outside the patient into corresponding movements of an end-effector within the patient's body. This capability improves the functionality of MIS instruments and endoscopes, making procedures safer and more efficient. FlexDex serves healthcare professionals through a network of distributors both in the United States and internationally. Founded in 2010 and based in Brighton, Michigan, FlexDex continues to advance the field of minimally invasive surgery.

FlexDex Inc. specializes in the development of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) devices, focusing on enhancing surgical precision and dexterity. The company's innovative platform technology allows surgeons to translate their hand, wrist, and arm movements from outside the patient into corresponding movements of an end-effector within the patient's body. This capability improves the functionality of MIS instruments and endoscopes, making procedures safer and more efficient. FlexDex serves healthcare professionals through a network of distributors both in the United States and internationally. Founded in 2010 and based in Brighton, Michigan, FlexDex continues to advance the field of minimally invasive surgery.

Dynamic Ideas is a research and development group provide modelling of real world problems. Dynamic Ideas firm focusing on applications in finance, supply-chain management, revenue management, routing, software, healthcare, and education.

DVIRC is a leading private, non-profit economic development organization established in 1988 to serve the needs of nearly 5,000 Small to Midsized advanced manufacturing Enterprises (SME) in five counties throughout the Philadelphia region. The organization's primary focus is to grow business value for clients through consulting services, talent development and regional, state and federal resource assistance, helping to establish the region as an internationally recognized leader in manufacturing competitiveness. We believe growing business value improves the standard of living and quality of life for those that live and/or work in the region. A diverse board of directors comprised of executives from the manufacturing, banking, legal and economic development communities govern the DVIRC.

Divergence is a research and development company dedicated to the discovery of effective and ecologically sound strategies for the control of parasites and other pests. The Company's initial focus is on parasitic nematodes, one of the world's major pest groups. Nematodes are roundworms that cause billions of dollars in damage annually to numerous crops, including soybeans, corn, cotton, strawberries, and bananas. Nematodes causing important human diseases include hookworm, whipworm, roundworm (Ascaris), and the filarial worms responsible for lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis.

Divergence is a research and development company dedicated to the discovery of effective and ecologically sound strategies for the control of parasites and other pests. The Company's initial focus is on parasitic nematodes, one of the world's major pest groups. Nematodes are roundworms that cause billions of dollars in damage annually to numerous crops, including soybeans, corn, cotton, strawberries, and bananas. Nematodes causing important human diseases include hookworm, whipworm, roundworm (Ascaris), and the filarial worms responsible for lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis.