UW Enviromental Innovation Challenge - Team HydroSense interview

With everyone talking about green jobs and the power of innovation to create growth, the UW Environmental Innovation Challenge emphasizes clean-tech solutions to environmental problems AND market impact. After a year of planning and with the support of the Foster School of Business, the Applied Physics Lab, College of Engineering, and College of the Environment, the UW Environmental Innovation Challenge launched on April 1.

16 student teams—representing the University of Washington, along with Washington State University, Western Washington University, Seattle University, and Bainbridge Graduate Institute—pitched their ideas ranging from vending machines to eliminate plastic water bottles and systems for boosting the efficiency of industrial motors to algae-based fuels and harnessing wind power to desalinate water. The students came from business, engineering, environment, urban planning, and other disciplines, and they all share a passion for clean tech and a resolve to provide an environmental impact.

Congratulations to the 2009 winners!

$10,000 Grand Prize, sponsored by UW TechTransfer
HydroSense (real-time tracking of in-home water consumption)

$5,000 Second Prize, sponsored by Davis Wright Tremaine
Nanocel (electronic cooling—ie. how to keep your laptop from getting too hot!)

$2,500 Honorable Mention, sponsored by Perkins Coie
Wind20 (production of potable water using wind energy)

$2,500 Honorable Mention, sponsored by WTIA (Washington Technology Industry Alliance )
Ecowell (vending machines to refill drinking containers)

$2,500 Honorable Mention, sponsored by Teledyne
InTheWorks (marine engine emission reduction)

More on the UW Environmental Innovation Challenge at http://eic.washington.edu

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