Showcase 2013

A selection of projects from the 2013 Design Entrepreneur Showcase featuring award winners.

Award Winners

Nicole Green

Nicole Green

Mission Statement
To provide an outstanding application for a group of individuals to harmoniously communicate and coordinate care for an individual.

Vision Statement
Create a seamless communication between family and healthcare providers building a trustworthy relationship that families can depend on.

Design Team
Jamie Schroeter
Dustin Hahn

Nicole Green

Video



Jaclyn Gerbenskey

Jaclyn Gerbenskey

Mission Statement
Through the use of social media, young women across the country build their confidence and self-worth while forming a connection with others near and far struggling with their same issues.

Vision Statement
For the next generation of women to embrace technology as positive reinforcement, and to develop a healthy self-image for themselves that inspires them to support their peers.

Design Team
John Zelinski

Jaclyn Gerbenskey


Bri Keane

Bri Keane

Mission Statement
Wet Roots provides your household with an all in one, sustainable, easily maintained, indoor food growing system that will produce fresh herbs, vegetables and even some fruit for you throughout the year.

Vision Statement
Wet Roots provides a domestic, interactive art and science look into Nature’s process and promotes sustainable ideas about growing locally and eating healthy.

Design Team
Jesse Blom
Mark Keane

Bri Keane

Video



Nicole Weber

Nicole Weber

Mission Statement
After discovering how much of our recycling is exported from the United States to other areas across the globe, action needed to be taken. The amount of pollution in other countries caused from our own disposed goods must be eliminated. Our selfish means to an end must be reevaluated and changed to help the greater community, extending across the globe.

Vision Statement
This company is devoted to help give people environmentally safe options of disposing their electronics. By targeting our local community, we reach out to the community of other countries who suffer from our behaviors in a world that revolves around technological advancement.

Design Team
Gary Robinson
Amy Hinckle
Justin Scherbarth

Nicole Weber

Video



DES Projects

Julia Alberts

Julia Alberts

Mission Statement
Eureka! aims to market LED light bulbs through attractive and friendly product packaging that provides clear information, doing away with the stigma and confusion surrounding energy efficient lighting.

Vision Statement
Eureka!’s vision is to influence consumers to purchase and light their homes with energy efficient LED light bulbs.

Design Team
Lauren Cooper
Eric and Whitney Schneider
Ross Freedman

Julia Alberts

Video



Blake Hughes

Blake Hughes

Mission Statement
To educate and ultimately inspire children through hands-on educational tools.

Vision Statement
To lay the foundations of an entire generation of scientifically oriented individuals.

Design Team
Mike Erspamer
Stephen Boss
Chris Sellers

Blake Hughes

Video



Cari Kaiser

Cari Kaiser

Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide the most accessible, updatable and contemporary medical alerting wearable that provides a sense of safety, security and peace of mind.

Vision Statement
We envision a world where all individuals with critical health conditions can feel safe and secure with our easily accessible, updatable and contemporary alerting wearable that can be found at any retail store across the world.

Design Team
Lauren Benson
Ryan Coen

Cari Kaiser

Video



Nancy Lee

Nancy Lee

Mission Statement
PowerXseed’s mission is to help English Language Learners build their understanding of the new culture, break the language barrier, and adapt to the new environments through fun and educational teaching techniques.

Vision Statement
Help those that struggle with culture and language so that multiculturalism can prosper.

Design Team
Jessica June Gilmore

Nancy Lee


Seth Tracey

Seth Tracey

Mission Statement
The Way Back strives to bring the challenges we are currently facing and will be facing in the future that relate environmental issues to the attention of a younger generation.

Vision Statement
By combining fun, humorous, and interactive game play along with educational facts about our environment in an integrated story line, we hope to not only teach others about our environmental impact, but also captivate and inspire a new wave of environmental activists for prevention and change.

Design Team
Matthew Korek
Joesph Nissen

Seth Tracey

Video



Judges

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Nick Wichert

Vetransfer

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Nathaniel Stern

UWM Peck School of the Arts

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Mark Fairbanks

Translator

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Mitch Markussen

BVK

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Greg Meier

Translator

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Eric Paulsen

BizStarts MKE

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Jon Anne Willow

BizStarts MKE

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Betsy Rowbottom

The Good Jobs

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Quinn Madson

UWM App Brewery

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McGee Young

H2O

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Gretchen Thomas

Bader Rutter

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James Hunter

UWM Lubar School of Business

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Ilya Avdeev

UWM College of Engineering and Applied Science

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Lucian McAfee

CK

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Jeff McAvoy

Urban Ecology Center

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Brian Thompson

UWM Research Foundation

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Gene Wright

UWM Lubar School of Business