The Next Big Idea award at the recent DisrupTECH celebration was presented to Vlad Henzl, third from left, Ann Junghans, fourth from left, and Rollin Lakis, second from left for BioGoo, a peel-off coating for forensic sampling on fabric or other irregular surface. Also pictured are, Jahleel Hudson, Executive Director & Tech Transfer Program Manager for the Office of Strategic Partnerships Program, NNSA, far left, LANL Director Thom Mason, center and Jerome Garcia, Director at the J.P. Feynman Center for Innovation. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Scene from the DisrupTECH reception at SALA. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Rollin Lakis, far right, was joined by his wife, Joette and daughter, Allison, at the DisrupTECH event at SALA. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Mike Craig, left, who received the Most Fundable Technology Award for his presentation on Ultrasound Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection, chats with a friend. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Tricia Ware, left, LANL Communications & External Affairs, chats with Susan Wilhite at the DisrupTECH Celebration. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Priha Dighe, left, chats with friends at the DisrupTECH reception. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Sandip Maurya, left, and Daniel Leonard chat at the DisrupTECH reception at SALA. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Scene from the DisrupTECH celebration at SALA Event Center. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Mariann Johnston, Deputy Program Director of the J.P. Feynman Center for Innovation. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

The 2023 DisrupTECH award for Best Pitch went to Alessandro Cattaneo’s Additively Manufactured Tamper Evident Container (TEC). Pictured are, from left, Jahleel Hudson, Office of Strategic Partnerships Programs, NNSA, Cattaneo, LANL Director Thom Mason, and Jerome Garcia, Director of the J.P. Feynman Center for Innovation. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Kalpak Dighe, far right, receives the Entrepreneurial Spirit Award. Also pictured are, from left, Jahleel Hudson, NNSA, LANL Director Thom Mason and Jerome Garcia, Director of the J.P. Feynman Center for Innovation. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

Notable New Mexico Start-up Award went to Pajarito Powder LLC and Siddharth Babu, Kui Li, Xiaojing Wang and Rod Borup. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

The Outstanding Partnership award went to Kairos Power and Timothy Coons, Sabrina Hadinoto and Dasari Rao. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

The Technology Transfer Excellence Award was presented to Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc and Yu Seung Kim, Sandip Maurya, Eun Joo (Sarah) Park, Katie H. Lim and Youngkwang Kim. Photo by Maire O’Neill/losalamosreporter.com

DisrupTECH Participants:

• Clement Livache (C-PCS), Colloidal Nanomaterials for Integrated Lasers
• Thom Weber (NIE-TS), Pulsed Power Switching
• Lauren Misurek (NEN-2), High Energy X-Ray Radiography
• Jenna Kim (C-CDE), Next Generation Plastics
• Alessandro Cattaneo (E-1), Additively Manufactured Tamper Evident Container (TEC)
• Mike Craig (NIE-TS), Ultrasound Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection
• Sang-Min Shin (B-IOME), THERMAS: Thermophiles for High-throughput Engineering of Robust Mesophile enzymes with Augmented Stability
• Vigneshwaran Chandrasekaran (MPA-Q), Single Photon Nano-emitters for Unbreakable Quantum Communication
• Shawn Jones (CCS-3), Exemplar Mining

Best Pitch– Alessandro Cattaneo (E-1), Additively Manufactured Tamper Evident Container (TEC)

Most Fundable Technology– Mike Craig (NIE-TS), Ultrasound Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection

OutSTANDING InnOVATION Celebration

• Entrepreneurial Spirit Award, Kalpak Dighe
• Next Big Idea Award, BioGoo Team of Vlad Henzl, Ann Junghans, and Rollin Lakis
• Notable New Mexico Start-up, Pajarito Powder LLC and Siddharth Babu, Kui Li, Xiaojing Wang and Rod Borup
• Outstanding Partnership, Kairos Power and Timothy Coons, Sabrina Hadinoto and Dasari Rao
• Technology Transfer Excellence, Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc and Yu Seung Kim, Sandip Maurya, Eun Joo (Sarah) Park, Katie H. Lim and Youngkwang Kim