2023 Innovation Showcase Participants

* denotes 2023 Innovation Award Winner

• Showcase Participants with Industry Area: Space, Defense, Mobility and Maturity: Ready to Market

• DeltaHawk Engines, Inc.

  Racine, WI

  deltahawk.com/

  Advanced Compression Ignition Aviation Propulsion System

  DeltaHawk has changed the calculus of engine technology by creating, from a clean-sheet design, a reciprocating engine utilizing compression ignition fuel, to power aviation and alternatively powered platforms through traditional and hybrid-electric configurations. Over $100M USD has been invested in this technology development program; IP secured by multiple patents.

• University of Pennsylvania, Penn Center for Innovation

  Philadelphia, PA

  pci.upenn.edu/

  Machine learning algorithm derives scalable functional structures from natural evolutionary designs for aerospace engineering

  A method to adapt natural structures for use in engineering and design applications