The Cube - Student Accelerator

In the fall of 2018, the Shipley Center launched it's Cube program with the aim of accelerating the ideas of a select group of student entrepreneurs who were truly dedicated to their business ideas. Students in this program gain access to special resources that are not available to the rest of the Clarkson student body.

Clarkson student entrepreneurs benefit from the Shipley Center for Innovation Cube program

To become a member of the Cube, students must participate in one of several pitch events held throughout the academic year to demonstrate not only that they have a great idea, but also that they are truly dedicated to developing it. The students from each pitch who are selected to join the Cube then become members of the program for one full year. Student teams that successfully accomplish their Cube goals are eligible to apply for re-entry into the program in order to continue the acceleration of their idea. 

The Cube offers the following resources to students:

  • Supervised discretionary funds
  • Eligibility to apply for full-Ignition grant
  • A dedicated project team
  • Access to Shipley Center full-time staff and Shipley's Subject Matter Experts
  • External business plan competition sponsorship

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Meet Our Cube Teams

ANA Smart Safety
Ana Logo

Members:

Abigail Searles '22 - Environmental Engineering 

Nate Parkinson  '22 - Innovation & Entrepreneurship 

Andrew Bennett  '22 - Engineering & Management

Overview: Each year, nearly 40,000 children are injured or killed by house fires in the United States. ANA Smart Safety LLC has developed a technology that will reduce the number of child fatalities using advanced fire safety technology. Our technology specializes in both a visual and auditory stimulus to alert children of potential danger. The mission of ANA Smart Safety is to create a safer living environment for children to sleep in.

Garden Guardian
Garden Guardian

Members:

Zach Pilarchik '22 - Engineering and Management

Overview:

Garden Guardian is a new alternative to harmful garden protective chemicals and sprays. This easy to apply mesh cover allows consumers to protect their garden without using chemicals and keeps all bugs and pests off. Garden Guardian provides protection without introducing expensive chemicals to the environment or your food source!

KLAW Industries
Klaw Industries logo

Members:

Jack Lamuraglia '21 - Electrical Engineering

Tanner Wallis '21 - Mechanical Engineering 

Jacob Kumpon '22- Mechanical Engineering Binghamton University

Overview:

KLAW Industries is dedicated to the advanced use of underutilized materials that are otherwise being thrown away. We are paid by recycling facilities to take contaminated glass that would otherwise be landfilled, we then use our proprietary process to turn that glass into Pantheon™, our product. Pantheon™ is then sold to concrete manufacturers who use it as a partial replacement for cement since it gives them access to LEED points and provides more desirable compressive and chemical properties.