USMC Innovation Challenge
Maker Faire Bay Area 2017
May 19th-21st
In 2016, the Marine Corps conducted the first-ever "Marine Corps Innovation Challenge”, crowdsourcing ideas from within its ranks. We will feature winners and partners who will share their stories of how they developed the ideas into field tested prototypes.
Jennifer Walsh
Jen is a passionate pursuer of the elegant mix of unmatched people, new ideas, and relentless energy. She is currently the Innovation Challenge Lead at the Marine Corps’ NexLog Innovation Cell. She is also the Conference Director for the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum.
SSgt Alex Long
SSgt Alex Long currently serves as the Action Officer for the Ammunition Logistics Focus team for Program Manager Ammunition, Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, VA. As a winner of the Innovation Challenge, he works with the NEXLOG Innovation Cell to make his idea a reality. He hopes to reduce resupply time with his near-real time wearable solution. Alex will attend Stanford Ignite in June.
http://www.marines.mil/News/Messages/Messages-Display/Article/949138/logistics-innovation-challenges-results-announcement-aug-2016-washington-dc/
MSgt Gage Coduto
MSgt Gage Coduto is a Marine EOD technician and is the Course Chief for the Explosive Ordnance Exploitation Course at the EOD Advanced Training Center in Twentynine Palms, Ca. MSgt Coduto is one of Innovation Challenge winner for his submission of a deployable fabrication system used to produce ordnance and IED tools for the exploitation of enemy and first seen ordnance items.
http://www.marines.mil/News/Messages/Messages-Display/Article/949138/logistics-innovation-challenges-results-announcement-aug-2016-washington-dc/
Tim Phillis
Tim has 20+ year engineering career focused on new product design and development ranging from tire production equipment and combines to motorcycles and aircraft. Tim is currently leading the development efforts for the US Army and Marine Corps' expeditionary additive manufacturing systems.
Nikki Zander
Nikki is Research Chemist in the Macromolecular Science and Technology Branch at the US ARL in Aberdeen, MD. Her current research interests include additive manufacturing using recycled and indigenous materials, nanofiber research in areas such as tissue engineering, antimicrobial materials and filtration, brain injury mechanisms, and understanding bacterial adhesion mechanisms.
