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)