Ozgur Yavuzcetin, associate professor of physics, received a U.S. Patent for inventing a modified Newton’s Cradle that allows a person to visualize and test the concept of mechanical impedance, momentum and energy conservation.

The UW-Whitewater Enactus chapter will represent the United States in the Enactus World Cup 2021 Competition next month, October 14-21. The UW-Whitewater chapter won the Enactus United States National Exposition last spring with their business model for combating blindness and empowering young women in India.

Cheers broke the silence at Hyland Hall on the Friday before Spring Break as seven University of Wisconsin-Whitewater students won the Enactus United States National Exposition with their business model for combating blindness and empowering young women in India. Their business model, called “Shakti,” already has served thousands of people.

Eckert took his own observations and ideas on how panic and fear affect decision-making and turned them into a technology designed to reduce confusion in the heat of a sudden, violent event such as a mass shooting. Or a fire, industrial explosion or chemical spill. Working out of the Whitewater Innovation Center, Eckert has spent the past few years creating Safepro Technologies.

“We chose Whitewater and the Innovation Center because we had heard from entrusted mentors about how amazing the resources were here,” said Kristen Holtan, Blue Line Battery co-founder and marketing director. “From access to amazing mentors to networking opportunities, the Whitewater Innovation Center provides every resource you need to start and grow a business as efficiently as possible.”

Whitewater recognizes iButtonLink as one of its many growing businesses that choose to make this community its home. iButtonLink designs and manufactures sensor networks for the global community. The company, founded in 2003, specializes in sensor solutions, with more than half of its business in developing and implementing custom solutions.

Whitewater businesses and brands can now transform ideas into measurable growth with the help of Ideawake, a company providing an easy to use innovation platform combined with programs, services, and expertise that supports your innovation program from idea collection to measured results.

UW-Whitewater entrepreneurship opportunities light a path for recent graduate Kristen Holtan. Learn more about Kristen's journey and how she became a Co-founder and Marketing Director for Blue Line Battery.

Blackthorne Capital Management, LLC ("Blackthorne"), a commodity trading advisor specializing in absolute-return trading strategies, and Efficient Capital Management, LLC ("Efficient"), a trusted leader in the managed futures space, announce the launch of Blackthorne's Sentiment Enhanced Trading Program on Efficient's Fund Hosting platform.

Wisconsin startup Safepro Technologies wants funding to bring its laser evacuation guide technology to schools and businesses to save lives during an active shooter, fire, or other disaster emergency.

iButtonLink’s new SeriousSensors™ line of data loggers has returned from a successful mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). As part of the mission, on October 2, 2020, four new orbital data loggers arrived at the ISS onboard Northrup Grumman CRS-14, which departed from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility at Wallops Island, Virginia.

Blue Line Battery, Ideawake, realityBLU, and Safepro Technologies made Wisconsin Startup Coalitions list of 35 Wisconsin Startups to Watch in 2021. Despite a global pandemic impacting broad parts of our nation’s economy, Wisconsin tech startups continued to launch new products, create new jobs, and attract venture capital to the state in 2020. These startups will play a key role in reshaping new markets and traditional markets.

Whitewater is excited to welcome an organization that will bring psychological services, family and mental health counseling, and addictions treatment to the community.

Whitewater-based Blue Line Battery leaders believe they have developed a disruptive lithium-ion battery technology system that will significantly improve business processes and replace lead acid batteries.

Congratulations Dustin Herte, CEO of Blue Line Battery, who made the Forbes 30 Under 30 list under the Energy sector! Blue Line currently has 63 industrial customers operating 263 industrial lithium-ion batteries. Blue Line Battery is developing a "power-by-the-hour" model and has grossed more than $1 in annual revenue.

Due to COVID-19, VA Medical Centers and other LTC communities had to adapt the process of administrating patient-specific multi-dose medications and wound care to improve safety and infection control. VA medical centers needed a way to keep multi-dose medications, wound care, and other critical items outside of the infectious zone, but still near the patient. Riemer Systems designed the Hallway Compliant Locking Cabinet to suit their needs.