Organization:The Luminosity Lab
| The Luminosity Lab | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Arizona State University: Tempe Campus |
| Owner | Arizona State University |
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| https://theluminositylab.com/ | |
The Luminosity Lab is a student-led research and development think tank located on the Tempe campus of Arizona State University.
Overview
The Luminosity Lab was founded in 2016 by Dr. Mark Naufel, who was tasked with the project by President Arizona State University, Michael Crow.[1][2] Fifteens students from multiple disciples were selected for the initial team.[1]
Notable Corporate Partners
The Luminosity Lab has a portfolio of several local, national, and international corporate partners including:[3]
- Starbucks Corporation
- Workiva
- Phoenix Children's Hospital
- Fox Corporation
- Greater Phoenix Economic Council
- PepsiCo
- NASA
- Luke Air Force Base
- Lane College
- USAID
- Flinn Foundation
- The McCain Institute
- Society of St. Vincent DePaul
- Flagstaff Medical Center
- Xylem Inc.
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Girl Scouts of the United States of America
- Honeywell
- Adidas
Notable Projects
NASA
A team of students from the Luminosity Lab were finalists in NASA's 2020 BIG Idea Challenge, a national competition to build a probe to explore the darkened regions of the Moon.[4]
A team of students from the Luminosity Lab were among 22 finalists in the Space Robotics Challenge, one of NASA's Centennial Challenges.[5][6]
X-Prize
In Summer 2020, Salesforce CEO Marc Beinhoff partnered with CNBC 's Jim Cramer and the X-Prize Foundation, an international mask design competition with an overall prize purse of $1 million.[7] A team of five students from the Luminosity Lab were the winners of the X-prize Next-gen Mask challenge, winning $500,000.[8][9] The team received national and international press coverage and recognition as the result of being named the top mask of the competition.[10][11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 December 2020, Ellen Ullman 07. "Think Tank Drives Practical Innovation and Collaboration" (in en). https://www.techlearning.com/news/think-tank-drives-practical-innovation-and-collaboration.
- ↑ Naufel, Mark (2020-03-15). "The Luminosity Lab—An Interdisciplinary Model of Discovery and Innovation for the 21st Century". Technology & Innovation 21 (2): 115–121. doi:10.21300/21.2.2020.115. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nai/ti/2020/00000021/00000002/art00003;jsessionid=4u19p5h7dhj5e.x-ic-live-02.
- ↑ "Partnerships" (in en). https://theluminositylab.com/partnerships/.
- ↑ "ASU Team Makes Finals In NASA Moon Probe Competition" (in en). 2020-12-11. https://kjzz.org/content/1642740/asu-team-makes-finals-nasa-moon-probe-competition.
- ↑ Harbaugh, Jennifer (2016-08-15). "NASA's Centennial Challenges: Space Robotics Challenge". http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/centennial_challenges/space_robotics/about.html.
- ↑ Mohon, Lee (2021-01-19). "January 20, 2021". http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/about/star/star210120.html.
- ↑ Business, Cristina Alesci, CNN. "Salesforce CEO says masks are like seatbelts: The government should step up and fine people who aren't wearing one". https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/16/tech/salesforce-marc-benioff-masks/index.html.
- ↑ Landers, Jamie. "ASU students win international COVID-19 mask competition for fog-free design, get $500,000" (in en-US). https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2020/12/24/arizona-state-university-students-win-500-k-internatinoal-contest-covid-19-mask-design/4041359001/.
- ↑ Clifford, Catherine (2020-11-25). "10 innovative face masks designed by young people competing for $1 million XPRIZE—take a look" (in en). https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/25/pictures-face-masks-designed-by-young-people-competing-for-xprize.html.
- ↑ "Inventive COVID-19 mask designs come from U.S. universities" (in en-US). 2021-03-02. http://it.usembassy.gov/inventive-covid-19-mask-designs-come-from-u-s-universities/.
- ↑ "XPRIZE Announces Winners of Million Dollar Next-Gen Mask Challenge to Reveal the Next Generation of Face Masks Following a" (in en). Bloomberg.com. 2020-12-22. https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2020-12-22/xprize-announces-winners-of-million-dollar-next-gen-mask-challenge-to-reveal-the-next-generation-of-face-masks-following-a.
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