Ryan K. Roeder wins 1st Source Bank’s 2021 Commercialization Award | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Ryan K. Roeder wins 1st Source Bank’s 2021 Commercialization Award Ryan K. Roeder wins 1st Source Bank’s 2021 Commercialization Award Published: November 19, 2021 Author: Olivia Poole Bryan Ritchie, vice president and the Cathy and John Martin Associate Provost for Innovation; Marie Lynn Miranda, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost; Ryan K. Roeder, professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering; and Christopher J. Murphy III, chairman of the board and CEO, 1st Source Bank Ryan K. Roeder, professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been named the first-place prize winner of the 1st Source Bank Commercialization Award. Second place was awarded to a team composed of Richard Billo, former associate vice president for research and professor emeritus of computer science and engineering, and David Go, professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, along with colleagues David Hoelzle, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Ohio State University, and Hao Peng, an additive manufacturing evangelist at Siemens PLM Software. The first-place award carries a $25,000 cash prize for developing a new biomaterial platform for orthopedic implants that improves their integration with bone in order to alleviate pain and reduced quality of life caused by degenerative musculoskeletal diseases, injuries and aging. He invented this technology more than 13 years ago in anticipation of a market need for a more effective material for applications such as spinal fusion implants. Roeder co-founded HAPPE Spine LLC in 2018 along with the Genesis Innovation Group to commercialize his invention. It is doing this by using an innovative manufacturing process that enables commercial-scale production of its orthopedic implants. He now serves on the company’s board of directors and is its chief technology officer. “I feel undeserving to have won this award when so many others have given their time and talent to this endeavor, including graduate and undergraduate researchers at Notre Dame, the HAPPE management and engineering teams, business partners, investors, consultants, clinical advisers and more,” said Roeder. “Although we still have much to do, I am hopeful for our future because I know how far we’ve already come due to hard work, persistence and some serendipitous, perhaps even providential, help along the way.” (L-R) Bryan Ritchie, vice president and the Cathy and John Martin Associate Provost for Innovation; Hao Peng, additive manufacturing evangelist at Siemens PLM Software; Marie Lynn Miranda, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost; David Go, the Rooney Family Collegiate Professor; Richard Billo, former associate vice president for research and professor emeritus of computer science and engineering; and Christopher J. Murphy III, chairman of the board and CEO, 1st Source Bank Billo, Go, Hoelzle and Peng were awarded a $10,000 cash prize for winning second place. They developed the software program Sunata which is a predictive modeling software tool for additive manufacturing designed to minimize the distortion of metal parts as they are printed. The goal for Sunata is to reduce the time and cost of producing a 3D printed metal part while also improving its quality.  Sunata was licensed to ITAMCO, which then formed Atlas 3D. Atlas 3D then made a successful commercial product of Sunata and was eventually sold to Siemens.  “Our team is both honored and humbled to receive the 1st Source Bank’s Commercialization Award,” said Billo. “Sonata is an example of what can be achieved when the government, Notre Dame researchers and companies come together to develop and commercialize new technology for American industry. Our Notre Dame team would especially like to thank America Makes, ITAMCO, Johnson & Johnson and the University of Pittsburgh for their tireless contributions to ensure the successful development of the technology that underlies the Sonata product.”  Established in 2008 with a $1 million gift from 1st Source Bank, the commercialization award is presented annually to faculty from Notre Dame or the Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend who have successfully transitioned their technologies from the lab to the marketplace. Originally published by Olivia Poole at ideacenter.nd.edu on Nov. 18. Posted In: University News Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 03, 2022 Congresswoman Liz Cheney to speak at Notre Dame on the future of democracy September 22, 2022 In memoriam: Rev. 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