Efraín Torres named Student Entrepreneur of the Year
Through his start-up, Adialante, Biomedical Engineering PhD candidate and Student Entrepreneur of the Year 2023 Efraín Torres (shown with Professor and Head Brenda Ogle) is working hard to bring better, cheaper MRIs to patients.
May 24, 2023 — Earlier this month, PhD candidate Efraín Torres — a first-generation American and college graduate — received the Student Entrepreneur of the Year award from the Gary S. Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Minnesota.
The award was granted at Founders Day 2023, a showcase of student entrepreneurship and innovation from across the University of Minnesota.
Last year, Torres and his co-founder Parker Jenkins, a BME PhD student, won the student division of Walleye Tank, a pitch competition hosted by the University of Minnesota Venture Center and the Mayo Clinic Office of Entrepreneurship, and were awarded an NSF commercialization grant.