Jerald Vogel believes his company’s research could prevent airplane crashes and save lives — if he can get his technology to market.
“It takes millions of dollars to develop software,” said the retired Iowa State University aerospace engineering professor. “If there were more availability of funds for high-tech companies, it would be tremendous.”
His company, VSI Aerospace, won $25,000 in the John Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan Competition last week. VSI beat out about 50 other businesses, and the top three winners were startups created by researchers at ISU or the University of Iowa.
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