Maroon and Gold Labs
is an NYC based
Non-Profit Organization.
Established in 2019, M&G is a non-profit corporation established to incubate and support the entrepreneurial ideas created by Cooper Union students, staff, faculty and alumni!
How does it work?
Cooper teams apply to the program with an idea for a new venture, with a focus on solving current world problems. Teams with promising ideas will be matched with a team of mentors, spearheaded by a mentor captain with experience in the team’s field of knowledge and idea development stage. At the end of each academic cycle, teams will report on their progress and be eligible for continued support from the lab.
STUDENT TEAMS:
Maroon and Gold Labs
is an NYC based
Non-Profit Organization.
Established in 2019, M&G is a non-profit corporation established to incubate and support
the entrepreneurial ideas created by Cooper Union students, staff, faculty and alumni!
How does it work?
Cooper teams apply to the program with an idea for a new venture, with a focus on solving current world problems. Teams with promising ideas will be matched with a team of mentors, spearheaded by a mentor captain with experience in the team’s field of knowledge and idea development stage. At the end of each academic cycle, teams will report on their progress and be eligible for continued support from the lab.
STUDENT TEAMS:
2025
GRANT WINNER:
Nepipen
Seyeon Park (EE '25) and Joshua Ashvil (ME '25), are creating a two-dose epinephrine autoinjector that features a more intuitive design than the existing design which has often involved user error.
2025 GRANT WINNER:
Ovelia
Ovelia, consisting of Jaehyeon Park (ME '26), Aaryan Mahipal (ME '25) and Himanshi Sharma, is a user-friendly platform for early Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
risk assessment, symptom tracking, and connection to healthcare resources. Designed for ovulating women
aged 18-25, Ovelia empowers users to take control of
their reproductive health through personalized insights
and community support with timely diagnosis and care
for PCOS.
2025 STARTER GRANT WINNER:
Tap.in
Tap.in is led by Oliver Coria (Art '25). My generation grew up with the idea that social media connected the world, but eventually we grew to understand that as a myth. Tap.in was born from the desire to see if social media could finally accomplish what it was meant to do: bring people together. In New York, hundreds of exciting events happen every night, but, gatekept and unknown, it’s easier to doom scroll in bed every night instead of going out and finding them. Tap.in encourages everyone to get outside and explore.
2024 GRANT WINNTER:
Global Key Solutions Corp
"Global Key Solutions Corp", consisting of George Kwiecinski (BsE '25) and Zephaniah Odidika (ME '25), is developing AI tools, content, and software that assists biopharmaceutical companies in the regulatory process.
"We are excited and eager to execute their trial software product this upcoming spring. The fall season was spent assembling a comprehensive backend database, conducting industry research, and forming a robust advisory team. This was all while attending industry conferences. Our aim for the spring is to launch a data dashboard tailored for several small pharmaceutical companies and maintain a pilot program with feedback. We want to thank the entire Cooper Union Community and Maroon and Gold for their outstanding support!"
2024 STARTER GRANT WINNTER:
The Cooper Union Satellite Launch Initiative (CUSLI)
The CUSLI is a leading interdisciplinary student space science organization at Cooper Union, partnering with NASA, Columbia University, and more.
"Our focus is on innovative active thermal control using smart surface technology, where the satellite temperature in space is dynamically managed by altering its body color. This technology, with its broad applications, holds promise not only for space science but also for everyday life. Progress of payload and ground station design have already been made, and the Maroon and Gold labs will be an essential partner for us to strive forward. Our team ultimately aims to launch a cubesat, a very small satellite, into space." - Hyeonseo Kim
2023 Starter Grant Winner: Saint Lev
We are proud to announce Saint Lev, consisting of Akil Foster and Gautaman (Gaudi) Asirwatham (both ME '25) as the recipient of our 2023 Starter Grant!
Their product, You2, aims to integrate NFC technology into clothing to allow local brands to sell their products through their customers. The product will be in the form of a brooch that can be easily attached and detached from any garment. The brooch will feature a luxurious design and will contain an NFC chip that can be scanned by smartphones to access product information and purchase options.
2023 Grant Winner:
PreFent
We are proud to announce PreFent: Nicole Shamayev (CE '24) as the recipient of our 2023 Grant!
PreFent is a single-use pocket fentanyl screener. The mechanism solubilizes a dry chemical to facilitate any lateral flow test; for first responders and individuals susceptible to fentanyl overdose, the PreFent offers a much faster and compact testing time than the conventional method of testing. When it goes to market, the Prefent solution may be a life-saving tool that can be an important part of managing the fentanyl crisis.Our Team
We are a diverse group of entrepreneurs and innovators. All members of the founding team are Cooper Union alumni mentors for student teams dedicated to building our community.
Jean Chung Co-Founder
BsE '91
Highmore GI Capital, Chief Investment Officer. Patent attorney. Adjunct entrepreneurship professor
Kim Holleman Director of Innovation
A '95
Interdisciplinary Artist and Founder of WildflowerDesigning.com, Former Visiting Scholar and Research Affiliate, MIT Media Lab
Larry Ng Advisor
EE '78
Board/Advisor to several start-ups; Wall Street Systems, Co-owner; Moneyline Telerate, Founder & EVP; TradeWeb, Founder & CIO; MarketAxess, Founder.
Howie Rosenblatt Co-Founder
EE '91
Head Of Engineering at Edmit. Adjunct entrepreneurship professor
Phil Weisberg Co-founder
EE '89
Founder at Matzliach Capital, Former CEO FXall, Former Head of FX, Rates, Credit at Thomson Reuters.
Austin Wong Director of Operations
ME '17, M.ME '19
STEM Teacher at Grace Church School, TrioCup Co-founder.
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