IVA’s 100 List - 2019-2024

The lack of situational awareness and poor communication among evacuation teams and between responders and evacuees lead to delayed response times, increased risk of injury or death. We designed EvacAware, a smart system that helps evacuation teams make better decisions quickly.

The lack of situational awareness and poor communication among evacuation teams and between responders and evacuees lead to delayed response times, increased risk of injury or death. We designed EvacAware, a smart system that helps evacuation teams make better decisions quickly.

Harmful chemicals, such as PFAS— so-called forever chemicals—pollute the waters, endangering everyone’s health. Our research combats this situation using our recently discovered MXenes and goldene to create catalysts that operate by harnessing light. These catalysts trigger reactions that disintegrate the pollutants without toxic byproducts, mimicking nature’s system, but with thousands-fold increase in efficiency. MXenes and goldene are two-dimensional (2D) sheets of carbides and gold, respectively, which are patented by us or in the public domain.

Harmful chemicals, such as PFAS— so-called forever chemicals—pollute the waters, endangering everyone’s health. Our research combats this situation using our recently discovered MXenes and goldene to create catalysts that operate by harnessing light. These catalysts trigger reactions that disintegrate the pollutants without toxic byproducts, mimicking nature’s system, but with thousands-fold increase in efficiency. MXenes and goldene are two-dimensional (2D) sheets of carbides and gold, respectively, which are patented by us or in the public domain.

We use semiochemicals (scents for mosquito communication) and a parasite-produced phagostimulant to control mosquitoes by disrupting their behavior.

We use semiochemicals (scents for mosquito communication) and a parasite-produced phagostimulant to control mosquitoes by disrupting their behavior.

Potato Improver is a project developing heat-resistant potato varieties using the 2020 Nobel Prize awarded CRISPR/Cas technology, also known as the gene scissors, to address the growing challenges in agriculture posed by a warmer climate.

Potato Improver is a project developing heat-resistant potato varieties using the 2020 Nobel Prize awarded CRISPR/Cas technology, also known as the gene scissors, to address the growing challenges in agriculture posed by a warmer climate.

The Green Area Factor represents the ratio of “eco-efficient surface area” to the total property area. Manually calculating this can be cumbersome due to the labor-intensive process of identifying ecosystem objects in urban areas.

The Green Area Factor represents the ratio of “eco-efficient surface area” to the total property area. Manually calculating this can be cumbersome due to the labor-intensive process of identifying ecosystem objects in urban areas.