Halo Monitoring will be honored by the Valley Innovation Alliance, among seven other regional groups for technology innovation, Friday at the Jackson Center in Huntsville’s Research Park.
Decatur Daily
August 19, 2009
The Valley Innovation Alliance will honor eight regional groups for technology innovation Friday at the Jackson Center in Huntsville’s Research Park.
The 11:30 a.m. Technology Innovation Summit luncheon will feature U.S. Reps. Parker Griffith, D-Huntsville, and Jo Bonner, R-Mobile, as guest speakers.
Space is limited, so persons interested in attending the event must register Wednesday at www.valleyinnovation.org.
The alliance selected the following groups for their innovations in new technology:
Calhoun Community College. Innovation: Designed and instituted a two-year degree program for biotechnicians.
The Hudson-Alpha Institute for Biotechnology and founders Jim Hudson and Lonnie McMillian. Innovation: A unique research and commercial organization for medical research.
CFD Research Inc. and founder Dr. Ashok Singhal. Innovation: Developing a kidney dialysis catheter that cuts the time in half required for a patient to undergo dialysis.
Fort Payne Board of Education. Innovation: The school district put the Prometheus Activclassroom in its 157 classrooms in partnership with Hudson-Alpha Institute and Rotary Clubs of North Alabama.
Halo Monitoring Inc. and founder Chris Otto. Innovation: Engineered and brought to market a device for wirelessly monitoring the independent-living elderly person.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Alabama. Innovation: Built a zero-landfill Huntsville factory, where all waste is either reused or recycled.
Diatherix Laboratories Inc., and the developer of its technology, Dr. Jian Han. Innovation: Developed the first clinically available test to definitively diagnose the current strain of H1N1 virus, also known as the swine flu, in six hours or less. Current industry tests required a minimum of several days.
Northwest Alabama Council of Governments. Innovation: The “Girls Can Do It” program that targets 11th- and 12th- grade girls. The program supplies role models to speak on non-traditional careers for females in the science-technology-engineering-and-math disciplines.A panel of judges selected the innovators from a 23-county work force development region.“The panel ranked them for timeliness, impact on society, magnitude of the leap over prior practice, ability to inspire change, and ability to reflect positively on the community,” said Dick Reeves, chairman of the judging committee.
The panel made selections in the fields of biotechnology, information technology, engineering, advanced manufacturing, education, and entrepreneurship.
Valley Innovation Alliance is the local work force and economic development region created through the Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development initiative awarded through the U.S. Department of Labor.
Through the $5 million Workforce Innovation grant initiative, the alliance has funded more than 40 innovative programs throughout the Tennessee Valley.
Original article posted on Decatur Daily by Bayne Hughes
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