Pukyong National University Student Team Wins Grand Prize at 10th Busan Startup Idea Competition

Busan's Premier Competition for Discovering Promising Entrepreneurs

Student Team Led by Park Yeji Presents 'One-Touch Portable Air Splint'

The team of Park Yeji, a student majoring in Biomedical Engineering at Pukyong National University (President: Jang Youngsoo), won the Grand Prize at the 10th Busan Startup Idea Competition.

The 10th Busan Startup Idea Competition, a major entrepreneurship event hosted by Busan Metropolitan City to discover promising future entrepreneurs, was held with the participation of 107 teams (396 participants) consisting of university students nationwide and high school students from the Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam regions.

The 'KEEP-U Team' (advised by Professor Nam Seungyoon), including Park Yeji from Pukyong National University, received the highest evaluation and was awarded the Grand Prize (Mayor of Busan Award) for their idea of a 'one-touch portable air splint (AIR SPLINT)' that enables hikers, campers, soldiers, and emergency rescuers to enhance safety through rapid first aid. The prize money is 5 million KRW.

Their project features an air splint that inflates an airbag to compress the body within 15 seconds by connecting a CO2 cartridge to the air inlet and pressing a button. It was recognized as a promising startup item capable of quick and reliable response in emergency situations.

This startup competition selected the final 10 teams through a process of team formation, mentoring, document screening, pitching education, and preliminary judging over three months since last June. These teams competed in the final round held on the 4th.

Ryu Jiyeol, head of the Pukyong National University Busan U Startup Package (RIS) project group, said, "Through this competition, we will continue to share outstanding startup items to foster innovative entrepreneurs through collaboration between industry, academia, and local communities. We also plan to continuously connect and expand with local governments such as Busan Metropolitan City so that university startup talents can experience various startup infrastructures firsthand."

A team of students from Pukyong National University is posing for a commemorative photo after winning the Grand Prize at the 10th Busan Startup Idea Competition.

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