Students and judges at the UGA Entrepreneurship 2025 Build/Test Accelerator Pitch Contest stand in front of the Truist pitch deck.

Senior Shield takes home the top prize at Build/Test Accelerator

Kareem Elfoulie, a recent mechanical engineering graduate from Georgia Tech, created a noninvasive wearable that alerts caregivers when their senior loved ones need incontinence garments changed. He presented his Senior Shield to judges at the June 18 pitch contest, and they were impressed with his strategy for getting the wearable sensor approved for Medicare reimbursement.