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RECENT INVENTIONS OF STUDENTS AND ALUMNI Alumnus Hayden Murphy, now a research analyst at Grand Junction’s Kannah Consulting, invented a refillable dry-erase marker system during his time as an undergraduate. His creation now has both a provisional and non- provisional patent. Another recent graduate, Cullen Easter, is the inventor of the Germ Genie, a tactile wearable bracelet for use in clinics and hospitals to reduce hospital-acquired infections. Aden Cesmat, a December 2018 graduate, has a provisional patent on an auto-safety device that prevents people from accidentally driving away from a filling station while a gas nozzle is still connected to their car (an estimated $2 billion a year issue). Austin Gonsalves, who will graduate in May 2019, is a dirtbike enthusiast who created innovative apparel that enables motocross racers to adjust knee braces without first removing their protective pants. Josh Levy, a current student, is a CMU rugby player who suffered from painful shin splints until he created a new, low-cost device that he said promotes healing in about half-the-time of traditional methods. “What’s amazing about CMU has been everybody’s willingness to help me,” said Levy, inventor of Shin-Bar. He promotes the device as a long-overdue solution to shin splits, a painful, often chronic condition, that afflicts countless athletes. “Every advisor I approach, everybody I talk to, immediately says, ‘Yeah, let’s meet’.” “I’ve had the ability to talk with 15 different PhDs in all different fields at CMU, and they’re all more than willing to answer questions and help or guide me any way they can.” The affliction known as shin splints is a cumulative stress disorder. Repeated pounding and stress on the bones, muscles and joints of the lower legs prevents the body from being able to naturally repair and restore itself. The condition can be debilitating for a runner in any sport. “I was struggling with shin splints a lot, and the pathology of healing shin splints doesn’t really make sense,” Levy said. “They tell you to start with icing, then they start taping you, which restricts blood Student Josh Levy created a lowcost device that promotes healing in shin splints. He already has a deal with Tiger Balm Corp. and expects to release the product on Amazon.