Participants in the 2016 University of Delaware Hen Hatch competition won startup cash and prizes totalling $100,000 last month.

The competition drew 70 submissions - 40 in the student track and 30 in the alumni, faculty and staff track.

Sponsored by the Horn Program in Entrepreneurship, the competition's final event featured seven-minute pitches before a live audience.

Winners included:

Student Track

$16,800: JADE Biotech

This team of students from the College of Engineering created a medical diagnostic device named Chroma, which disposes of liquid narcotics in hospitals. The students are Elizabeth Soulas, Daniel Charytonowicz, John Lowman and Allison Lisberg, all from the College of Engineering.

$13,200: Curing Cube

Farhad Baqi from the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, and Seyar Baqi and Edward Bayley from the College of Arts and Sciences created a dental equipment venture that features an LED light for dentists that cures from all angles quickly, efficiently and without added heat.

[caption id="attachment_18405" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Daniel Horsky shows his custom Disney dolls, Barbie dolls that are professionally and intricately designed to capture each detail as portrayed in the Classic Disney films.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_18406" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Adam Breese and Dordon Lippincott, graduates of UD, pitched a product called Audonate, a platform that makes it easier for users to donate money to their favorite charities and nonprofits.[/caption]

$7,000: Joost Wafel Co.

Joost Elling of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources formed a food manufacturing and sales business specializing in award-winning Stroopwafels, a Dutch cookie made from caramel sandwiched between two thin, crisp waffle layers. Joost Wafel Co. was also the winner of the Audience Choice award.

Alumni, Faculty, Staff Track

$21,500: Strataca Systems LLC 

John Erbey, founder and CEO of Strataca, is a University of Delaware 1993 alumnus from the College of Health Sciences. He created JuxtaFlow, a treatment for acute kidney injury.

$9,000: NERDit NOW

University of Delaware alumnus Jonathan Hoxter, a 2012 graduate of Lerner College of Business and Economics, had his wheels turning with a mobile repair shop for cell phones, tablets and laptops.

$5,500: FlipIt

Chris Lin, a 2015 graduate of the College of Engineering, pitched a wallet he designed. It is thin, but can hold many cards.

[caption id="attachment_18397" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Joost Elling's idea featured the Stroopwafels, a Dutch cookie made from waffle layers and caramel. Elling won $7,000.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_18398" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Strataca Systems was the big winner for the faculty, alumni and staff track. Founder John Erbey, pictured with Ben duPont, is a 1993 graduate of UD.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_18399" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Jonathan Hoxter, a 2012 graduate of Lerner College of Business and Economics, won $9,000 for his concept, NERDit NOW.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_18404" align="aligncenter" width="400"] FlipIt, a thin wallet that holds many cards, was pitched by alumnus Chris Lin. The concept won Lin $5,000 in the competition.[/caption]