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
Vashisht Anand (MS Engineering Management)
&紳莉莽梯;Sharad Nataraj (MS Software Engineering)
&紳莉莽梯;Akshat Gupta (MS Computer Engineering)
Ashay Ilame (MS Engineering Management)
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.
Sofia Silva (BSSE)
Riannon Regan (Aerospace Engineering BS)
&紳莉莽梯;Nha Alvarado: (BSSE) 
&紳莉莽梯;Jose Betancourt: (BSSE)
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
Devon Rodriguez (BSBA/Entrepreneurship)
Rishi Birudaraj (BSBA/Entrepreneurship) 

Emerging Technology Award

Emerging Technology Award: VitalWatch

VitalWatch, A smartwatch that detects vital compounds in human sweat
&紳莉莽梯;Francesca Angela (Master of Biotechnology) 
Erin Chase (Master of Biotechnology) 
Anthony Ho (Master of Biotechnology) 
Jericho Peterson (Master of Biotechnology)
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.
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
Andrew Jenkins (Business) 
Max Rothe (Entrepreneurial Engineering - Interdisciplinary Masters)
Aaron Jenkins (Justice Studies/CS) 
Sepehr Pazoki (Mech Engineering)

Peoples Choice Award

Peoples Choice Award: BioConnect

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