TREP EXPO

Ready to unleash your creativity?

TREP EXPO is your first step. Embry-Riddle’s showcase of venture concepts is open to all Embry-Riddle students, faculty, staff and alumni. It offers expert guidance to enhance your entrepreneurial skills and chances for success. Join our aspiring innovators and entrepreneurs and turn your ideas into reality at the TREP EXPO!

Application Deadline: Application Deadline: Sept. 30, 2024
Event Day: Nov. 14, 2024, 2-6 p.m.
Location: Student Union Event Center

Apply today!

• To participate in TREP EXPO '24, each applying team must submit a title, a list of team members (noting their status as student, faculty or alumni) and a brief abstract not to exceed 275 words.
• Include a valid email address (an ERAU email address is preferred) and degree program (if applicable).
• Choose your display option:

Please note: One-person teams may apply. Only one application per team member. In other words, your team member cannot also be on another team. So, pick your best venture concept. Not all applications will be selected.

Applications will be initially screened by a committee. Applications will be evaluated on three criteria:

• Commercial Viability: The likelihood the venture will be successful in the marketplace because it provides an elegant solution to a significant problem for which customers are willing to pay.
• Innovativeness: The venture proposes a novel, unique value proposition; a different and better way to solve the problem.
• General Interest: Is the venture in an interesting market space? Is it cool? Is it clever?

Accepted venture teams will be assigned into one of four groups:

• Aviation, Aerospace and Engineering
• Space Technology Repurposed
• Global Product and Services
• Veteran Entrepreneurs

Four distinct groups allow for teams of judges to spend adequate time with each venture team to render a valid judgment. The Judges Award for the three groups is exactly the same.

Sponsored by:

• Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• David B. O’Maley College of Business

Meet Our Partners

• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Aviation
• College of Engineering
• The MicaPlex at Embry-Riddle Research Park
• NAACE Everyday Entrepreneur Program

TREP EXPO News

• Drone Innovation, Vertical Farming Tech Top Embry-Riddle Entrepreneurship Competition
• Innovations in Renewable Energy, ‘Self-Healing’ Wiring Top Embry-Riddle’s Annual Business Competition

Past Winners

TREP EXPO '23

30 judges presided, 40 teams presented and over 700 people participated in TREP EXPO '23.

Aviation, Aerospace and Engineering Winner

Megan Robards

Veritech won the Aviation, Aerospace and Engineering flight for its self-regulating autonomous compost bin that aims to reduce food waste. 

Space Technology Repurposed Winner

Corey Troxler, Shane Hall and Ronaldo Bailey,

Pulse Guard Connect won the Space Technology Repurposed flight for its device to monitor/diagnose heart issues better than an average portable Electrocardiogram (EKG) machine. Using NASA technology, the team’s heart monitor is able to capture more data than current single-lead systems because it uses 12 leads. 

Global Products and Services Winner

Reed Curry, Alexander Emmolo, and Jaylon Wilson

Inter-Reality Combat Sports, led by a team of threeEngineeringstudents, won the Global Products and Services Award for its mixed-reality gaming experience, described as a combination of video gaming and paintball. 

People's Choice Award

Evgeniia Egorova, Ognjen Srbinovic, and Samuel Rivera

The competition’s People’s Choice award, which has a $500 prize, was awarded to BestFits, an app created to improve online shopping by a team of three Business students.

Learn more in our TREP Entrepreneurship Expo FAQs.