National Security Technology Accelerator

Aug, 2017

Ben Solomon Hyperion Technologies

DoD has an innovation problem

Our Mission

Develop innovators and human-centered

networks who create high-tech ‘ventures’

relevant to national security.

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MD5 Portfolio

Boot Camp Challenge

Hackathon

FedTech

Fulcrum

Innovation Challenge

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Hackathons

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Fed Tech

M D 5

I-Corps Nodes

Process

• 6-8 weeks

• 50-100 customer interviews

• Weekly pitches to teaching team

• Lectures on a range of spinout related

topics (ex: fund raising, IP, company

formation)

• Office hours throughout cohort

• Assistance on company formation and

licensing

Week #1: Intro to Lean Startup Practices

Week #4: Intellectual property and other legal basics for licensing-based startups

Week #5: Product development isn’t cheap: Raising transition capital

Week #7: The secrets of great presenters

Week #6: Who do you need on your side? Building a network for the transition of technology

Week #3: A day in the life of your customer. Developing empathy that drives value.

C U R R I C U L U M

Week #2: What makes a successful business “model” (not plan)

Spring ’16, Fed Tech Teams

CERAMIC HEPA

FILTERTRADE DNA

DETECTION

LASER DATA

TRANSFER

SOFTWARE FOR

BRAINWAVE SCAN

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Spring ’16, Fed Tech Teams

HIGH YIELD

SORGHUM SEED

ACOUSTIC

ENERGY

HARVESTER

AVIATION BIOFUEL

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TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION

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Naval Research Laboratory

Entrepreneurial LeadThomas Luginbill

Functionalized Organosilicate Materials

Inventor Brandy J. White

Tech Transfer Cameron Childs

Clothes that self-decontaminateTEAM #19 Customer

InterviewsTotal: 51

4/25/2014

Fed Tech alum update: NSWC Corona team, Fall ‘15 Cohort

▪ Team: 2 MBAs (with engineering undergrads) and 1 material science PhD candidate during Fall ’15 Cohort.

▪ Technology: Amorphous Glass Foam.

▪ Details: Fully customizable, uniform material with extremely high energy absorption capacity. Potential maritime

and underwater applications.

▪ Venture: The students formed Microsphere Material Solutions in early 2016.

▪ CRADA: Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) signed with NSWC Corona on 5/6/16.

▪ Production: Team will begin making small batches of product in the Technology Advancement Program (TAP)

incubator. Awarded $100K Maryland Industrial Partnerships in July, 2016.

▪ Article: Written about team on Smith website in March ‘16 (http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/news/smith-mbas-consult-

technology-commercialization-dc-i-corps