2023 Winners

1st Place Best Overall Innovation

Best Overall Innovation Awards 1st Place: Sequio

Sequio, An AI-powered standardized competitive exam and interview prep tool
鈼 Vashisht Anand (MS Engineering Management)
鈼&苍产蝉辫;Sharad Nataraj (MS Software Engineering)
鈼&苍产蝉辫;Akshat Gupta (MS Computer Engineering)
鈼 Ashay Ilame (MS Engineering Management)
鈼 Dheyeykumar Nikalwala (MS Engineering Management)

2nd Place Best Overall Innovation

Second Place: Project Firewatch

Project Firewatch, High performance wildfire surveillance aircraft with fire trajectory software.
鈼 Sofia Silva (BSSE)
鈼 Riannon Regan (Aerospace Engineering BS)
鈼&苍产蝉辫;Nha Alvarado: (BSSE) 
鈼&苍产蝉辫;Jose Betancourt: (BSSE)
鈼 Huston Scharnagl: (Aerospace Engineering)

3rd Place Best Overall Innovation

3rd Place: Plastic Purge

Plastic Purge, Turning non-reusable plastic into oxygen by utilizing bio-chemical Applications
鈼 Devon Rodriguez (BSBA/Entrepreneurship)
鈼 Rishi Birudaraj (BSBA/Entrepreneurship) 

Emerging Technology Award

Emerging Technology Award: VitalWatch

VitalWatch, A smartwatch that detects vital compounds in human sweat
鈼&苍产蝉辫;Francesca Angela (Master of Biotechnology) 
鈼 Erin Chase (Master of Biotechnology) 
鈼 Anthony Ho (Master of Biotechnology) 
鈼 Jericho Peterson (Master of Biotechnology)
鈼 Nathan Pham (Master of Biotechnology) 

Social Impact Innovation Award

Social Impact Innovation Award: Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home, Platform connecting solo elders with low-income housing students.
鈼 Kai-Ren Hou (BSBA/Business Analytics) 

Best Elevator Pitch Award

Best Elevator Pitch Award: ConcussionCoach

ConcussionCoach, A device that captures life-saving concussion data for all athletes, all the time
鈼 Andrew Jenkins (Business) 
鈼 Max Rothe (Entrepreneurial Engineering - Interdisciplinary Masters)
鈼 Aaron Jenkins (Justice Studies/CS) 
鈼 Sepehr Pazoki (Mech Engineering)

People鈥檚 Choice Award

People鈥檚 Choice Award: BioConnect

BioConnect, A real-time marketplace for listing and purchasing laboratory resources
鈼 Meher Nigar (Master of Biotechnology)
鈼 Smitha Rani (Master of Biotechnology) 
鈼 Namita Borse (Master of Biotechnology)
鈼 Kristina Thanasi (Master of Biotechnology)