Fridgely wins UGAs 2025 Summer Design Sprint. Design Sprint instructor Don Chambers presents a giant prize check to economics student Gavin Gillespie

Fridgely scores at UGA Summer Design Sprint

Fridgely — a fridge-mounted smart device designed by economics senior Gavin Gillespie to alert consumers before their perishables go bad — took home first prize at the University of Georgia’s 2025 Summer Design Sprint on Aug. 21.

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.

A crowd watches UGA alum Matt Tesvich on TV at his watch party for the premier of the show "Buy it Now!"

UGA 2, Stinky folks 0

Two brands developed through the UGA Entrepreneurship Program are garnering attention for the promise to make the world a sweeter-smelling place.

Jiya Patel, from left, Kareem Elfoulie and Halle Greenbaum pose with a giant prize check

Senior Shield takes home UGA Idea Accelerator

Kareem Elfoulie, founder of Senior Shield, was one of a dozen student founders participating in this fall’s second UGA Entrepreneurship Idea Accelerator. The mechanical engineer took home the $2,500 top prize.