Congratulations to our 2025 Winners!
2025 Butterworth Competition Winners:
1st Place: Florence
Summary Video: https://tinyurl.com/BBComp2025-Florence
Team: Andrew Cai, Audrey Lu, Nathan Che, Yurina Tamura
Florence is an intelligent, real-time patient monitoring and alert system built around a comprehensive camera dashboard and integrated data systems, designed to optimize the efficiency and responsiveness of hospital operations, specifically for healthcare providers and nursing staff.
2nd Place: AINGELX
Summary Video: https://tinyurl.com/BBComp2025-AINGELX
Team: Asal Askari, Kimia Yazdani, Mehrnaz Motamed
AINGELX is a personalized advisor that matches SaaS startups to investors based on due diligence level data and makes screening more efficient.
3rd Place: Vision Board
Summary Video: https://tinyurl.com/BBComp2025-VisionBoard
Team: Derek Yazan, Ethan Frias, Lukas Hauge
Vision Board is a technology that merges the worlds of board games and video games, creating an entirely new immersive sensory experience.
2025 Beall Competition Winners:
1st Place: NasoCoustics
Summary Video: https://tinyurl.com/BBComp2025-NasoCoustics
Team: Dave Soliven, Jordan Ulibarri, Kenji Inducta, Natalie Benneian, Neha Muvvala, Neharika Gopikrishnan
Hypernasality affects 28.5-40.5% of children after cleft-palate repair. Nasometry devices are used to quantify nasality when assessing speech development progress post-surgery. NasoCoustics aims to develop a portable and accessible nasometry device, increasing the efficacy of speech therapy.
2nd Place: VeinGuard
Summary Video: https://tinyurl.com/BBComp2025-VeinGuardYT
Team: Bora Keresteci, Erfan Khoshnevis, Rohan Kunduru, Sujal Bobba, Varu Vummidi
VeinGuard is an emergency cervical collar that prevents jugular vein compression during neck stabilization. Designed for rapid application and improved patient safety, it solves key issues in trauma care by reducing intracranial pressure and improving responder efficiency.
3rd Place: REACH
Summary Video: https://tinyurl.com/BBComp2025-REACH
Team: Andrew Eck, Edmund Totah, HyungCheol Kim, Michael Song, Nathan Yang, Tim Oh
REACH is a personalized and long-term electrotherapy solution for stroke survivors. The machine learning powered device leverages electromyography signals to provide targeted stimulation output to support everyday living outside of the hospital.
2025 International Collaboration Prize:
1st Place: Oslo
Summary Video: https://tinyurl.com/BBComp2025-OsloYT
UCI Team: Alison Iversen, Jose Callejas, Joseph Marquez, Kanu Chandra
PUCRS Team: Ana Carolina Palhares Poletto, Bárbara da Silva Dapper, Luiza Dal Mas Pasini
Birdhouse by Oslo is a passive, contact-free camera that monitors seniors’ vitals using thermal and optical sensors, alerting caregivers to early health issues—no wearables or interaction needed. Safer aging at home, with privacy and peace of mind.