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)

People���s Choice Award

People���s 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)