For the third consecutive year, a team from the University of Virginia School of Engineering has won the Atlantic Coast Conference's top prize for undergraduate entrepreneurs, the ACC InVenture Prize. UVA's team, Minimally Invasive Spinal Technology, or MIST, took first place for its innovative technologies to improve treatment for childhood scoliosis, pitched to a panel of judges during a televised competition in Raleigh, N.C., on April 17. Viewers also chose MIST for the People's Choice Award. RepresentingMISTwere Alexander Singh and Rohit Rustagi, both fourth-year biomedical engineering majors. Their partners in MIST are third-year George Vithoulkas and fourth-year Eric Taleghani, also studying biomedical engineering. “It was incredible!†said Rustagi, describing the experience of competing on live TV. “We were so nervous backstage while they were preparing us for the camera, but as soon as we were on stage, we were ready. We remembered all of our mentors, family and friends supporting us and delivered the best we could. Everything paid off, and we were so happy to continue the winning legacy UVA has established. Hoos don't lose!†Singh was inspired to create MIST when his younger brother underwent spinal fusion surgery for scoliosis two years ago. The condition is a sideways curvature of the spine that can become debilitating. After years of bracing failed to correct his brother's scoliosis, Singh witnessed firsthand the long recovery from an invasive and painful surgery.