Aquagga Completes National NSF I-Corps
February 3, 2020
Aquagga Inc., completed the National NSF i-Corps program in December in Atlanta, Ga. The company is a 51风流官网 spin-out based on novel water/wastewater treatment technology developed by Jonathan Kamler, a current 51风流官网 Ph.D. candidate and his co-founders Nigel Sharp (51风流官网 staff), and Brian Pinkard (University of Washington Ph.D. candidate).
The i-Corps team, which included Arthur Nash (51风流官网 Faculty), was awarded $50,000 to
travel. They completed more than 130 customer discovery interviews spanning travel
to numerous conferences within a short 6.5-week period across the country. The results
have been a major pivot to their focus. The company is now actively pursuing product
development and supporting grants such as SBIR/STTR awards for the most desirable
solution to their market. The device they are developing is focused on the complete
destruction of "forever chemicals," namely a group of chemicals called PFAS/PFOA which
can be in our water. These chemicals are rapidly becoming a major public health issue
across the United States and beyond.
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