Brief Description
SmartSense Energy developed sensors that predict faults in underground electric utility cables, enabling repair of cables before faults occur. The company received California Energy Commission's Energy Innovations Small Grant (EISG) to spin out technology from UC Berkeley research into a company. Founder and CEO Ryan Hanley, Haas MBA 2011, and his team accelerated the commercialization of the technology in the UC Berkeley Cleantech to Market course, and the team won the Cleantech to Open Business Plan Competition in 2010.
Timeline
- 2010. Company founded
Inventors
James Evans, Augusto Gonzalez, Kanna Krishnan, Eli Leland, Piero Marcolongo, Igor Paprotny, Michael Seidel, Richard White, Paul Wright