positions and honors
Recipient of Provost Undergraduate Research Award (PURA)
Member of the winning team for the Instrumentation Challenge: Outdoor Smart Cane for the Blind
Member of finalist team at the University of Louisville Cardinal Challenge (3rd place)
Member of semi-finalist team at the Carnegie Mellon University McGinnis Venture Challenge
Member of finalist team at the University of Texas IC2 Student Commercialization Plan Competition (2nd place)
Member of finalist team at Johns Hopkins University Business Plan Competition (3rd place)
Member of winning team at University of San Francisco International Business Plan Competition (1st Place)
Member of winning team at Rockville Economic Development Inc.’s Women’s Business Plan competition (1st Place)
Member of recipient company of the NIH SBIR/STTR Phase 1 Award
Member of winning team at LifeBridge Health Entrepreneurial Challenge (1st Place)
Member of recipient company of the NIH SBIR/STTR Phase 1 Commercialization Assistance Award
Patents and presented abstract
Gelbach PL, Benson BC, Cortes, HM, Davenport MS, Harrison RM, Hwang K, Kapp GM, Lee CY, Lerman JA, Li T, Wong JC. Multifunctional Neckbrace. US Patent Application 11/798,041, Filed 9 May 2007.
Aina-Mumuney AJ, Courville CB, Huang RY, Hwang K, Sagaram D, Sunwoo S. CervoCheck – Preterm Labor Monitor. W/O 2001/103473, US 13/580046.
Aina-Mumuney AJ, Hwang K, Sunwoo S. (2011). The Use of Tocodynamometry in the Midtrimester for Preterm Labor (PTL) Detection. Poster session presented at the 59th Annual Clinical Meeting of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Washington, DC.
In the News
LifeBridge Health takes on a role in business mentoring (Baltimore Business Journal)
Behind the Scenes – Developing a Game Plan (270 Inc.)
Incubate This (Johns Hopkins Engineering)
Where the Engineering Jobs Are (US News and World Report)
Hopkins students’ product aims for healthier babies (Baltimore Business Journal)