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We are excited to highlight the exceptional achievements of our Biomedical Engineering (BME) students at the 2025 Mark Ain Business Model Competition, hosted by the Ain Center for Entrepreneurship. This year, the BME VivoFlux Team distinguished themselves among a strong field of student entrepreneurs, securing second place in the competition.

Founded in 2007, the Mark Ain Business Model Competition offers student innovators the chance to pitch ventures across any industry and compete for $13,500 in cash prizes. Participation is limited to students enrolled in the Ain Foundry Program, which provides training and support for aspiring entrepreneurs.

2025 Competition Winners:

1st Place – Scyntek
First place was awarded to Scyntek, represented by mechanical engineering PhD student Karthik Ramakrishnan, for their device to monitor blood clots.

2nd Place – VivoFlux 
Chloe (Kaihua) Chen (BME, PhD'25, Isabelle Linares (BME, PhD'26), and Azmeer Sharipol (BME, PhD'25)

Second place was awarded to Vivoflux, represented by biomedical engineering PhD candidate Kaihua (Chloe) Chen, for the Flow Insert platform, which transforms any static culture on glass slides, well plates, or microphysiological systems (MPS) into a dynamic, perfused model that mimics real tissue environments.

3rd Place – Convort

Third place was awarded to Convort, represented by Hashem Alomari ’27 (computer science), for its recruiting app, AI-powered career fair intelligence, and performance platform. Convort allows users to quickly discover their best-fit companies at career fairs, engage recruiters confidently with AI-powered talking points, and convert handshakes into interviews.

Congratulations to all! 

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