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NICO Corporation
Next in Neurosurgery
In 2004, surgeons at the Barrow Neurological Institute of St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix removed a brain tumor from an 8 month old patient using a new neurosurgery device developed with assistance from Rose-Hulman Ventures. Nico Bastolla was the world's youngest patient to undergo surgery to remove a hypothalamic harmartoma tumor at the base of the brain. Today, Nico is a healthy 6 year old boy. Click here to watch the video.
The NICO Corporation has been formed to commercialize medical device technologies for minimally invasive and open surgical approaches in neuro and spinal surgery (www.niconeuro.com). The NICO Myriad system is designed for all soft tumor tissue removal in the central nervous system, and is uniquely capable of cutting, aspirating and dissecting tissue without removal from the surgical field. "One of the best aspects of working at Rose-Hulman Ventures is that you get to work on projects that make a difference," says Rose-Hulman Ventures Engineering Manager Brian Dougherty. "Every one of our projects makes an impact on the lives of so many people and our work with NICO is a good example of this fact."
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NICO Corporation
Next in Neurosurgery
In 2004, surgeons at the Barrow Neurological Institute of St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix removed a brain tumor from an 8 month old patient using a new neurosurgery device developed with assistance from Rose-Hulman Ventures. Nico Bastolla was the world's youngest patient to undergo surgery to remove a hypothalamic harmartoma tumor at the base of the brain. Today, Nico is a healthy 6 year old boy. Click here to watch the video.
The NICO Corporation has been formed to commercialize medical device technologies for minimally invasive and open surgical approaches in neuro and spinal surgery (www.niconeuro.com). The NICO Myriad system is designed for all soft tumor tissue removal in the central nervous system, and is uniquely capable of cutting, aspirating and dissecting tissue without removal from the surgical field. "One of the best aspects of working at Rose-Hulman Ventures is that you get to work on projects that make a difference," says Rose-Hulman Ventures Engineering Manager Brian Dougherty. "Every one of our projects makes an impact on the lives of so many people and our work with NICO is a good example of this fact."
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Suros Surgical Systems Inc.
Millions of breast cancer patients throughout the world are alive today thanks to quality treatment options provided through a leading breast biopsy developed by Suros Surgical Systems Inc., with support from Rose-Hulman Ventures. Suros' Automated Tissue Excision and Collection (ATEC) system was the first device compatible with the three primary imaging modalities used in breast biopsy -- ultrasound, x-ray and magnetic resonance imaging -- while offering the accuracy, speed and efficiency that are important elements in successful women's health. The system has been widely adopted and is now available in more than 350 hospitals and breast cancer treatment centers in the U.S. and Canada. Rose-Hulman Ventures was a Suros investor and partnered with the company in ATEC's development, with over 25 student interns and project managers working on the project. Suros was acquired in 2006 by Hologic Inc., a company that is leading the way in women's health.
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Suros Surgical Systems Inc.
Millions of breast cancer patients throughout the world are alive today thanks to quality treatment options provided through a leading breast biopsy developed by Suros Surgical Systems Inc., with support from Rose-Hulman Ventures. Suros' Automated Tissue Excision and Collection (ATEC) system was the first device compatible with the three primary imaging modalities used in breast biopsy -- ultrasound, x-ray and magnetic resonance imaging -- while offering the accuracy, speed and efficiency that are important elements in successful women's health. The system has been widely adopted and is now available in more than 350 hospitals and breast cancer treatment centers in the U.S. and Canada. Rose-Hulman Ventures was a Suros investor and partnered with the company in ATEC's development, with over 25 student interns and project managers working on the project. Suros was acquired in 2006 by Hologic Inc., a company that is leading the way in women's health.
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Homework Hotline
Helping Indiana Students Make the Grade
Rose-Hulman students are answering the call of Indiana middle school and high school youths needing help understanding mathematics and science through the college's Homework Hotline. The free service provides assistance through telephone, chat and email services. The Homework Hotline was started in 1991 as a service for the nearby Vigo County School Corporation, with one student answering calls made to a single telephone. Now, 18 years later, 30 students fill a large communications center in the library basement that answered a record 44,323 calls during the 2008-09 school year -- bringing the total number of callers helped to over 265,000 since 2002. The Indianapolis Star recently called the Homework Hotline "the nation's busiest Homework Hotline." The community service received a 2009 Mira Award from TechPoint, Indiana's technology initiative, for outstanding education contribution to technology, and has become a national education model, with a similar program being started in 2010 at California's Harvey Mudd College.
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Homework Hotline
Helping Indiana Students Make the Grade
Rose-Hulman students are answering the call of Indiana middle school and high school youths needing help understanding mathematics and science through the college's Homework Hotline. The free service provides assistance through telephone, chat and email services. The Homework Hotline was started in 1991 as a service for the nearby Vigo County School Corporation, with one student answering calls made to a single telephone. Now, 18 years later, 30 students fill a large communications center in the library basement that answered a record 44,323 calls during the 2008-09 school year -- bringing the total number of callers helped to over 265,000 since 2002. The Indianapolis Star recently called the Homework Hotline "the nation's busiest Homework Hotline." The community service received a 2009 Mira Award from TechPoint, Indiana's technology initiative, for outstanding education contribution to technology, and has become a national education model, with a similar program being started in 2010 at California's Harvey Mudd College.
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A Legacy of Excellence
As Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology led the way in innovation during the past decade, its reputation continued to grow throughout academic, business and industry circles. Among the most notable achievements is being ranked for 11 consecutive years as the number one college or university that offers the bachelor's or master's degree as its top degree in engineering. The ranking is based on a national survey of deans and senior faculty conducted by U.S. News & World Report for its annual college guidebook. Additionally, in the most recent survey, five Rose-Hulman engineering programs received No. 1 rankings in their respective areas: chemical, civil, computer, electrical and mechanical. Rose-Hulman continues to be ranked in other guides to selective colleges, including Barron's Guide to the Most Competitive Colleges that ranks the top 80 colleges in the country.
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A Legacy of Excellence
As Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology led the way in innovation during the past decade, its reputation continued to grow throughout academic, business and industry circles. Among the most notable achievements is being ranked for 11 consecutive years as the number one college or university that offers the bachelor's or master's degree as its top degree in engineering. The ranking is based on a national survey of deans and senior faculty conducted by U.S. News & World Report for its annual college guidebook. Additionally, in the most recent survey, five Rose-Hulman engineering programs received No. 1 rankings in their respective areas: chemical, civil, computer, electrical and mechanical. Rose-Hulman continues to be ranked in other guides to selective colleges, including Barron's Guide to the Most Competitive Colleges that ranks the top 80 colleges in the country.
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Professor Emeritus Samuel F. Hulbert
Educational Pioneer
Serving as Rose-Hulman's president for 28 years, Samuel F. Hulbert established an academic environment where innovation flourished. Several new programs began under his leadership, including Rose-Hulman Ventures and the Homework Hotline. Curricular developments also became national models as he led Rose-Hulman to a No. 1 ranking. During Hulbert's tenure as president, Rose-Hulman became a coeducational college in 1995. He also directed the completion of the largest campus improvement program and fundraising campaign in school history. New undergraduate and graduate degree programs were established and the college's student retention and graduation rates reached new highs. An internationally known biomedical engineer, Hulbert and his wife, Joy, received honorary doctorates from Rose-Hulman upon his retirement in 2004.
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Professor Emeritus Samuel F. Hulbert
Educational Pioneer
Serving as Rose-Hulman's president for 28 years, Samuel F. Hulbert established an academic environment where innovation flourished. Several new programs began under his leadership, including Rose-Hulman Ventures and the Homework Hotline. Curricular developments also became national models as he led Rose-Hulman to a No. 1 ranking. During Hulbert's tenure as president, Rose-Hulman became a coeducational college in 1995. He also directed the completion of the largest campus improvement program and fundraising campaign in school history. New undergraduate and graduate degree programs were established and the college's student retention and graduation rates reached new highs. An internationally known biomedical engineer, Hulbert and his wife, Joy, received honorary doctorates from Rose-Hulman upon his retirement in 2004.
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A Project-Focused Building
The John T. Myers Center for Technological Research with Industry is a $6.7 million technology center at Rose-Hulman that provides students with opportunities to learn by solving real-world problems. The center has created a model for project-based engineering and science education programs. The facility provides 40,000 square feet dedicated to projects. The two-story building is designed without load-bearing partitions to allow work areas to be changed for a variety of technical and scientific projects. It can house product process development labs for large-scale projects, specialized equipment areas to support product development labs, and multiple engineering project labs where 50 projects could be under way at the same time. The building is named in honor of former Congressman John T. Myers whose work on Capitol Hill made the structure possible.
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A Project-Focused Building
The John T. Myers Center for Technological Research with Industry is a $6.7 million technology center at Rose-Hulman that provides students with opportunities to learn by solving real-world problems. The center has created a model for project-based engineering and science education programs. The facility provides 40,000 square feet dedicated to projects. The two-story building is designed without load-bearing partitions to allow work areas to be changed for a variety of technical and scientific projects. It can house product process development labs for large-scale projects, specialized equipment areas to support product development labs, and multiple engineering project labs where 50 projects could be under way at the same time. The building is named in honor of former Congressman John T. Myers whose work on Capitol Hill made the structure possible.
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Rose-Hulman Ventures
Where Innovation Lives
Rose-Hulman Ventures began in 1999 as a unique model to achieve several objectives including to provide outstanding technical and professional experiences for students, to attract, develop, and retain technical expertise at Rose-Hulman, and to have economic impact on the State of Indiana. Since 1999, over 750 Rose-Hulman students and 50 faculty members have worked in the program on exciting project work for over 100 client companies. Today, approximately 25% of students in a graduating class have worked at RHV.
The program offers student interns professional practice experience and forward-thinking necessary to distinguish them in a competitive engineering market upon graduation. We accomplish this goal by partnering with companies to solve engineering challenges critical to the continued growth and success of the company.
Our projects lie in the innovation-stage - after the research and invention is completed and helping to advance the development toward commercialization. For companies, the results have immediate impact though a real-world solution that enables them to launch new products or to penetrate new markets.
The Rose-Hulman Ventures program was established through the visionary and generous support of the Lilly Endowment, Inc. with an initial award in 1999 of $29.7 million to the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. A second grant in 2002 was awarded to build upon the initial successes to expand educational and professional practice experiences for more students and faculty.
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Rose-Hulman Ventures
Where Innovation Lives
Rose-Hulman Ventures began in 1999 as a unique model to achieve several objectives including to provide outstanding technical and professional experiences for students, to attract, develop, and retain technical expertise at Rose-Hulman, and to have economic impact on the State of Indiana. Since 1999, over 750 Rose-Hulman students and 50 faculty members have worked in the program on exciting project work for over 100 client companies. Today, approximately 25% of students in a graduating class have worked at RHV.
The program offers student interns professional practice experience and forward-thinking necessary to distinguish them in a competitive engineering market upon graduation. We accomplish this goal by partnering with companies to solve engineering challenges critical to the continued growth and success of the company.
Our projects lie in the innovation-stage - after the research and invention is completed and helping to advance the development toward commercialization. For companies, the results have immediate impact though a real-world solution that enables them to launch new products or to penetrate new markets.
The Rose-Hulman Ventures program was established through the visionary and generous support of the Lilly Endowment, Inc. with an initial award in 1999 of $29.7 million to the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. A second grant in 2002 was awarded to build upon the initial successes to expand educational and professional practice experiences for more students and faculty.
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Innovation - Technology in the Classroom
With technology in its name, it's not surprising to find that Rose-Hulman has embraced advances in educational technology. It was among the nation's first colleges to require laptop computers, utilize electronic portfolios to assess student learning and use computer algebra platforms to aid in teaching mathematics.
Today, high-tech tablet personal computers and plastic handwriting jotters are creating paperless classrooms and laboratories throughout campus, and innovative "studio" classrooms have allowing for lectures and labs in the same space.
"We're always experimenting with emerging technologies so that when new capabilities -- ones that make a real difference in student learning -- become sufficiently powerful and cost effective, we are poised to implement them," states Art Western, vice president of academic affairs.
Rose-Hulman has twice received advanced mobility technology grants from Hewlett-Packard Company, and the college has been recognized among the nation's "Top 25 Most Connected Campuses," by The Princeton Review, and listed among the most tech-savvy schools by Kaplan/Newsweek.
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Innovation - Technology in the Classroom
With technology in its name, it's not surprising to find that Rose-Hulman has embraced advances in educational technology. It was among the nation's first colleges to require laptop computers, utilize electronic portfolios to assess student learning and use computer algebra platforms to aid in teaching mathematics.
Today, high-tech tablet personal computers and plastic handwriting jotters are creating paperless classrooms and laboratories throughout campus, and innovative "studio" classrooms have allowing for lectures and labs in the same space.
"We're always experimenting with emerging technologies so that when new capabilities -- ones that make a real difference in student learning -- become sufficiently powerful and cost effective, we are poised to implement them," states Art Western, vice president of academic affairs.
Rose-Hulman has twice received advanced mobility technology grants from Hewlett-Packard Company, and the college has been recognized among the nation's "Top 25 Most Connected Campuses," by The Princeton Review, and listed among the most tech-savvy schools by Kaplan/Newsweek.
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Competition Teams' Innovations
The design engineers of tomorrow are helping Rose-Hulman's advanced transportation competition teams push the limits of innovative technology, achieving 1,900 miles per gallon with efficient vehicles, being a two-time national champion in human-powered vehicles, designing eco-friendly sports utility vehicles and letting the sun guide solar-powered cars to triumph in national cross country races. The Efficient Vehicle Team earned the Technical Innovation Award at the 2009 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas and achieved 1,972 mpg at the 2007 Shell Eco-Marathon's United Kingdom. The team has also been the U.S. champion in the Society of Automotive Engineers' Supermilage competition.
Rose-Hulman became the first college to sweep the east and west coast divisions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' human powered vehicle competition, and students have redesigned gasoline SUVs into efficient bio-diesel vehicles for the Challenge X and EcoCAR: The Next Challenge.
Meanwhile, the Solar Phantom solar-powered vehicle set the standard for success in these national competitions, placing third in the 1999 Sunrayce, a cross country race from Washington, D.C., to Orlando organized by General Motors and the U.S. Department of Energy.
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Competition Teams' Innovations
The design engineers of tomorrow are helping Rose-Hulman's advanced transportation competition teams push the limits of innovative technology, achieving 1,900 miles per gallon with efficient vehicles, being a two-time national champion in human-powered vehicles, designing eco-friendly sports utility vehicles and letting the sun guide solar-powered cars to triumph in national cross country races. The Efficient Vehicle Team earned the Technical Innovation Award at the 2009 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas and achieved 1,972 mpg at the 2007 Shell Eco-Marathon's United Kingdom. The team has also been the U.S. champion in the Society of Automotive Engineers' Supermilage competition.
Rose-Hulman became the first college to sweep the east and west coast divisions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' human powered vehicle competition, and students have redesigned gasoline SUVs into efficient bio-diesel vehicles for the Challenge X and EcoCAR: The Next Challenge.
Meanwhile, the Solar Phantom solar-powered vehicle set the standard for success in these national competitions, placing third in the 1999 Sunrayce, a cross country race from Washington, D.C., to Orlando organized by General Motors and the U.S. Department of Energy.
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