JLU Teams Sweep the Prizes at the “Hessen Ideen” Startup Competition
First Place for Innovative Cardiac Diagnostics and a New Special AI Award for AI-Supported Materials Research Go to Giessen
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Proof of the entrepreneurial and innovative spirit at Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU): In the statewide “Hessen Ideen” competition, two prestigious awards went to JLU teams. The “Hemodynamix” project secured the first prize, worth 10,000 euros, for its groundbreaking software for cardiac function analysis. In addition, the JLU “PRISM” team was awarded the AI Special Prize—awarded for the first time and worth 5,000 euros (in cooperation with hessian.AI)—for the AI-assisted discovery of novel high-performance materials. The awards were presented at the Museum of Communication in Frankfurt by Hesse’s Minister of Science, Timon Gremmels.
The “Hemodynamix” team at the awards ceremony with Minister of Science Timon Gremmels (second from right) and Prof. Dr. Rita Borromeo Ferri, Vice President of the University of Kassel (right).
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The “Prism” team at the awards ceremony with Minister of Science Timon Gremmels (second from left) and Prof. Dr. Rita Borromeo Ferri, Vice President of the University of Kassel (second from right).
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JLU President Prof. Dr. Katharina Lorenz was delighted with the outstanding results: “I wholeheartedly congratulate our two startup teams on this wonderful success. Whether it’s about more precise and less invasive diagnostics for heart patients or pioneering materials for the energy transition and space exploration: ‘Hemodynamix’ and ‘PRISM’ exemplify how active knowledge transfer builds bridges between cutting-edge research and entrepreneurship. JLU is proud of this innovative spirit, which we as a university will continue to actively support in the future.” Both teams were mentored and supported by JLU’s ECM Startup Center.
1st Place for “Hemodynamix”: Improved Cardiac Diagnostics Without Additional Intervention
The startup team led by Felix Glocker, Dr. Nils Kremer, and Prof. Dr. Khodr Tello developed software that helps physicians assess the heart’s pumping capacity and workload much more accurately and, at the same time, more easily. Until now, pressure curves measured during routine hospital examinations have been evaluated only incompletely. “Hemodynamix” addresses this issue: Using specialized mathematical algorithms, the system extracts crucial additional information from existing data—without expensive specialized catheters and without additional surgical intervention. The technology is based on 15 years of clinical research at JLU and particularly impressed the jury with its combination of sound medical and practical expertise, as well as its direct benefits for patients.
AI Special Prize for “PRISM”: Faster Development of New High-Performance Materials
For the first time this year, a Special AI Award was presented in cooperation with the Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence (hessian.AI). The award went to Kevin Grüning and Siddhartha Yash Kovid from JLU for their project “PRISM.” The team uses AI models they developed themselves to drastically accelerate the search for new high-performance materials. These materials are urgently needed in key sectors such as clean energy technologies, medicine, and space exploration. In the future, the material hypotheses generated by the AI will be tested directly in automated laboratories. The jury praised the forward-looking integration of Hessian materials research and space technology.
About the “Hessen Ideen” Competition
The “Hessen Ideen” competition is the flagship initiative of the Hessian Ministry of Science and Research, Art, and Culture (HMWK) to promote entrepreneurial ideas at Hessian universities. This year, 32 teams from 14 universities entered the competition; eleven of them advanced to the finals following an expert review and online voting process. The initiative is coordinated by UniKasselTransfer at the University of Kassel in cooperation with HIGHEST at TU Darmstadt.
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