Thank you to all the participants for making the 2022 competition a major success!
The winners of this year’s competition are:
Overall Winner:
Team 6, Aman Mehta, Arya Haria, Ishita Purwar, “Lithium Extraction from Geothermal Brines”
Second Place Winners:
Team 13, Etienne Sirois, “Native Plant Connections”
Team 21, Erin Niebeck, Jason Li, “Phytoremediation Mats”
Third Place Winners:
Team 3, Minghao Fang, Zihan Xu, Chenyu Zhang, Zhonghao Wang, Han Yin, Yixin Cao, “A Solution to Water Shortage Issues in Shanghai, China Due to Water Quality”
Team 11, Yash Khandelwal, Parshwa Patel, Muskan Jain, Rishit Jain, Mika Lew, “Agrivoltaics in Southern Afar, Ethiopia”
Team 15, Allison Garlin, Erin Kelley, “Sustainable Fishing Nets”
“Interdisciplinary” Prize Winner:
Team 21, Erin Niebeck, Jason Li, “Phytoremediation Mats”
The twelve finalists’ entries may be viewed here:
Team 3, Minghao Fang, Zihan Xu, Chenyu Zhang, Zhonghao Wang, Han Yin, Yixin Cao, “A Solution to Water Shortage Issues in Shanghai, China Due to Water Quality”
Team 5, Samuel Rosner, “Mineral Tracking for Human Rights”
Team 6, Aman Mehta, Arya Haria, Ishita Purwar, “Lithium Extraction from Geothermal Brines”
Team 8, Brian Koh, Jaehong Park, Shihyun Park, “‘Algae’ for the Sustainable Future”
Team 10, Sakshi Vaya, “Jeevatva – Bringing Waste into the Cycle of Use”
Team 11, Yash Khandelwal, Parshwa Patel, Muskan Jain, Rishit Jain, Mika Lew, “Agrivoltaics in Southern Afar, Ethiopia”
Team 13, Etienne Sirois, “Native Plant Connections”
Team 15, Allison Garlin, Erin Kelley, “Sustainable Fishing Nets”
Team 16, Hansen Zhang, “Speed Bump Power Generator”
Team 17, Advay Sudarshan, Dika Adi Prasetya, Patrick Nathaniel Tarundjaja, Wei Tyng Ong, “Sort B4 Recycle”
Team 21, Erin Niebeck, Jason Li, “Phytoremediation Mats”
Team 24, Karla Lopez, “Treatment of Post-Hydrothermal Liquefaction Wastewater for Lettuce Hydroponic Systems”