Innovators in the News
Check out these news articles featuring some of IMPEL's Innovators from across the years.
Forbes: These Housing Industry Partnerships Pave A Path To Innovation
Aug 24, 2023 | IMPEL Innovator Jon Pues of ViCa3 Ventures (2023 Cohort) featured in this article about housing-focused startups partnering with industry.
Teknovation.Biz: Outer space provides rich set of opportunities for this Knoxville tech company
May 31, 2023 | 2021 IMPEL Innovator Ayyoub Momen of Ultrasonic Technical Solutions featured for receiving rare phase III SBIR grant to work with NASA.
Fast Company: Want a heat pump or induction cooktop? These startups make it easier for you to switch
Apr 4, 2023 | IMPEL Innovators Grant Gunnison of Zero (2022 Cohort) and Cooper Marcus of QuitCarbon (2023 Cohort) featured in this article about startups streamlining home electrification.
New York State: Governor Hochul Announces Round Four Winners of the Grow-NY Food and Agriculture Business Competition
Nov 17, 2022 | 2021 IMPEL Innovator Tommy Gibbons of Hempitecture featured as 2nd place winner of Grow NY's Food and Agriculture business competition.
Aeroshield News: AeroShield Materials Secures $4 Million for Novel Transparent Insulation that Enables the Next Generation of Energy-Efficient Windows
Nov 10, 2022 | 2020 IMPEL Innovators Elise Strobach and Aaron Baskerville-Bridges of Aeroshield featured as Aeroshield secures its seed fundraise.
CBS News: This is What Flower Power Looks Like
Oct 25, 2022 | 2021 IMPEL Innovator Daniel Farb of Flower Turbines featured on Innovation Nation with Mo Rocca.
NREL: First Cohort of Innovators Enter West Gate
Sep 29, 2022 | 2022 IMPEL Innovator Grant Gunnison of Zero featured as one of West Gate's new members.
Idaho News 6: Ketchum company looks to create housing material out of newly legalized crop
Aug 19, 2022 | 2021 IMPEL Innovator Tommy Gibbons of Hempitecture featured for new board and bat facility opening in southern Idaho.
CalSEED: CalSEED Awards $6.6 Million in Grants to Early-Stage Clean Energy Innovations
May 11, 2022 | 2021 IMPEL Innovator Tanya Barham of Community Energy Labs featured as a 2022 CalSEED concept awardee.
Newswire: Flower Turbines Is An Innovation Winner of VERBUND X Program In Austria
Nov 17, 2021 | 2021 IMPEL Innovator Daniel Farb of Flower Turbines featured as winner of competition.
Newswire: Greentown Labs, Saint-Gobain, and MassCEC Announce the Healthy Buildings Challenge Startup Participants
Oct 21, 2021 | 2020 IMPEL Innovators Elise Strobach and Aaron Baskerville-Bridges of Aeroshield and 2021 IMPEL Innovator Josh Cable of Inventwood featured as Healthy Buildings Challenge participants.
New York University News: NYU Tandon team advances to the American Made Challenges “E-Robot” phase II competition
Sep 13, 2021 | 2021 IMPEL Innovator Bilal Sher of EASEEbot featured as winner of prize through E-ROBOT competition.
U.S. Department of Energy: BTO Announces its Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) Selections
Aug 13, 2021 | 2021 IMPEL Innovator Ayyoub Momen of Community Energy Labs featured as a 2021 BENEFIT awardee.
Architect Magazine: Award - Toward Carbon Neutrality—High-Performance Biochromic Window
Aug 9, 2021 | 2021 IMPEL Innovator Kyoung-Hee Kim of Ecoclosure featured as winner of 2021 American Institute of Architects R&D Award.
U.S. Department of Energy: Small Businesses Awarded $8.9 Million in Building Technology R&D Funding
Aug 3, 2021 | 2021 IMPEL Innovator Levon Atoyan of Active Energy Systems featured as SBIR Phase II grant awardee.
U.S. Department of Energy: U.S. Department of Energy Building Technologies Office Awards $8.6 Million to Accelerate the Development of Building Technologies and Fast-Track Commercialization
Jul 9, 2021 | 2021 IMPEL Innovators Tanya Barham of Community Energy Labs and Tommy Gibbons of Hempitecture featured as 2021 CRADA awardees.
U.S. Department of Energy: American-Made Solar Prize Round 4
Apr 9, 2021 | 2020 IMPEL Innovators Elise Strobach and Aaron Baskerville-Bridges of Aeroshield featured as finalists for Round 4 of the American-Made Solar Prize 2020.
ACEEE: Thin Triple-pane Windows Brighten U.S. Market: Summer Study Author Describes How
Jul 31, 2020 | 2019 IMPEL Innovators Robert Hart and Howdy Goudey of Berkeley Lab featured as partnering with manufacturers for developing and scaling thin triple-pane windows.
U.S. Department of Energy: Department of Energy Announces $33 Million for 2020 Technology Commercialization Fund Projects
Jun 11, 2020 | 2020 IMPEL Innovator Namit Singh of Microgrid Labs Solutions featured as a 2020 Tech Commercialization Fund recipient.
U.S. Department of Energy: DOE Announces 20 New Competitors for the American-Made Solar Prize
Feb 11, 2020 | 2020 IMPEL Innovator Daniel Gerber of Verify Energy featured as finalists for Round 3 of the American-Made Solar Prize 2020.