The Office for Research is excited to announce its inaugural Rutgers Innovation Showcase (RIS) event! Join usfor a series of lightning talks featuring our researchers, followed by poster presentations from students, faculty, and staff.
This event is hosted by Technology Transfer & New Ventures and will highlight selected innovative ideas, technologies and inventions developed at Rutgers. This half-day celebration will connect academia with industry and investors.
March 19, 2026 1:30 - 6:30 PM
Rutgers Academic Building, East Wing | 15 Seminary Pl, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 | Map / Directions | Parking Information | Hotel Information
As part of the Rutgers Innovation Showcase, the Poster Session will highlight groundbreaking research and entrepreneurial ideas. Poster presentations are open to all Rutgers undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral candidates, medical residents/fellows, and research faculty and staff. The poster session will foster connections with industry, venture capitalists, investors, and the broader innovation ecosystem.
All sponsorship levels include logo placement on the Innovation Showcase website, newsletter and event materials. If you would like to sponsor the Rutgers Innovation Showcase, please contact us.
GOLD $10K Sponsorship Benefits
Sponsor Remarks (5-mins at opening session), Table/Booth (prime location), and Logo Placement (event materials)
This half day event will allow industry representatives to interact with Rutgers researchers and startup teams to explore potential ways to collaborate and partner.
Opening remarks will be presented by the Office for Research and Rutgers leadership.
Concurring Sessions
Information about Rutgers Startup Pitches will be published by November 25.
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Presenter(s)
Signals of Change
Partho Sengupta, MD, DM, FACC, FASE Henry Rutgers Professor of Cardiology, Chief of Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and Chief of Cardiac Services, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Naveena Yanamala, MS, Ph.D., FASE Associate Professor of Medicine, Section Chief, Clinical Research and AI Innovation, Director of Data Science and Machine Learning Research, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and Director, Center for Innovation at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Self-Limiting Electrospray Deposition of Advanced Coatings
Jonathan Singer Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Associate Director of the NJ Advanced Manufacturing Institute
Long Term Investment in Plant Breeding Yields Substantial Breakthroughs in Hazelnuts and Dogwoods
Thomas Molnar, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers SEBS
Microscale Thermal Sensing for Energy and Electronics
Amin Reihani Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Graduate Faculty, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Next Generation Stem Cell-Based Platform Technology with Broad Biomedical Applications
Arash Haterfi Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Bioprospecting Weeds for Growth Promotional Microbes for Crop Plants
James White, PhD Professor, Department of Plant Biology
Continuous Manufacturing System for Repid Development of Sterile Liquid Products
Fernando Muzzio, PhD Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
