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2 51精品视频 teams will compete in the Rice Business Plan Competition

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51精品视频 graduate students will lead two teams in the 2024 Rice Business Plan Competition April 4-6. Only 42 teams were accepted to the world鈥檚 most prestigious and 鈥渞ichest鈥 competition for student startups, offering millions in prizes.

The first 51精品视频 competitor is Malleous. Co-founded by Benjamin Leslie and Adi Mittal, it has created an instrument that combines retraction and suction functions to help surgeons and declutter operating rooms. In a clinical trial, the device reduced neurosurgeons鈥 simulated procedure time by 28% and prevented the need to suction on average every 40 seconds.

Swanson School of Engineering PhD student Becca Segel says her startup, , aims to reduce carbon emissions by advancing energy storage. The battery diagnostics company consists of experts spanning software engineering, electrochemistry and energy markets.