ORLANDO, Fla. – Brandon Carpenter, co-founder of Feynman Nano LLC a new company that developed a proprietary, cost-effective production process for producing nanostructure arrays, was named to Forbes’ prestigious 30-under-30 in Science listing for 2017.
Every year Forbes engages an all-star group of 30-under-30 alumni and industry leaders to select noteworthy innovators and entrepreneurs making an impact in business and society. According to their website the Forbes staff determined this year’s acceptance rate was under four percent, making it tougher to achieve than getting into Stanford or Harvard.
Carpenter, 25, is a graduate of the UCF Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership’s Upstarts Accelerator Program and recent Student Fellow at the Blackstone LaunchPad at UCF.
His company’s manufacturing process lowers the cost of producing nanostructured materials from as much as $1000 to a dollar or less. The nanostructures are manufactured within a few seconds and are initially being applied to development of anti-bacterial materials, as well as cancer detection processes and autoimmune deficiency treatments. Other applications include self-cleaning and anti-icing. The structures are simultaneously anti-reflective and transparent providing a “smart” surface.
Feynman Nano, LLC is a client company of the UCF Business Incubation Program at Central Florida Research Park in east Orange County.
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For more information, media contacts –
Brandon Carpenter, Co-Founder, Feynman Nano, LLC, 407-739-8110, Brandon@feynmannano.com
Carol Ann Dykes, Site Manager, UCF Business Incubation Program, 407-207-7426, carolann.dykes@ucf.edu
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications Inc 407-644 4142 lvershelco@aol.com
About Feynman Nano LLC
Feynman provides customized nanotextured structures using their proprietary process which is 200x cheaper and 20,000x faster than other methods. The structures are used for a wide range of applications such as repelling water, oil, micro-organisms, and ice. The structures are simultaneously anti-reflective and transparent providing a “smart” surface structure.
About the UCF Business Incubation Program
The University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program is a community resource that provides early-stage companies with the tools, training and infrastructure to become financially stable, high growth / impact enterprises. Since 1999, this award-winning program has helped hundreds of local startup companies reach their potential faster by providing vital business development resources.
With seven facilities throughout the region, the UCF Business Incubation Program is an economic development partnership between the University of Central Florida, the Corridor, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia Counties, and the cities of Apopka, Kissimmee, Orlando and Winter Springs. Participating companies sustain more than 3,600 local jobs and have had a total impact of $1.51B on regional sales and $2.48B on regional economic output. During the last fiscal year, the program has returned $7.95 for every $1.00 invested in the program. For more information, visit www.incubator.ucf.edu