Startups
Though they were oceans away from Afghanistan, Iman Sediqe’s family kept their cultural heritage alive in their Midwestern home through traditional recipes and “Afghanified” American dishes. Now, Sediqe ’14 MA, ’19 PhD shares her family’s rich culinary history with thousands on her social media, which she collectively calls Imanistan.
In her 30s, Jourdann Lubliner ’10 noticed a change in her New York City social scene as friends navigated big life events and social time with other couples became difficult to schedule. So Lubliner created Doubles Social, an app that matches couples with other twosomes for new platonic connections.
This fall, the Northwestern Alumni Association will present its highest honor, the Alumni Medal, to three graduates whose achievements and service exemplify leadership and excellence.
Angel Mendoza ’26 and Matt Martinez ’26 developed OnSight, a sensor analytics platform to improve gym management and organization. The data helps gym managers know when to schedule maintenance, avoid equipment breakdowns and optimize machine placement.
Warehouse inventory errors can be costly and ruin client relationships. Student startup HaptE is using AI to improve warehouse efficiency.
An impromptu jam session might just be a musician’s breakthrough moment. JamCorder ensures they never have to worry about recording it.
Barry Slotnick ’93, ’00 MBA knew about the fitness benefits of slide boards — smooth, low-friction devices designed to facilitate low-impact lateral movement exercises and mimic speed skating technique. Looking for an indoor activity to maintain his lower body strength in the winter, Slotnick built a slide board in his off-campus apartment in the fall of his senior year — and UltraSlide was born.
Created by Northwestern engineering professor Nick Marchuk ’10 MS and David Meyer ’12 MS, ’15 PhD, nLab is a credit card–sized device that turns your laptop into an electronics lab and gives students a chance to practice hands-on circuit-building.
Procurement management is essential for small businesses — but it’s also tedious and time-consuming work. Now there’s a virtual employee to help with that.
Wanting to improve the aviation industry’s diversity and accessibility, Melinda Holmes Ellwanger teamed up with her husband and son to launch Lima Flight, a mobile app that helps aspiring pilots find a flight instructor or flight school that fits their needs.
