A University of Washington team called AgroFilms won the $15,000 top prize at Thursday’s Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge held at the Seattle Center.
University students from the Pacific Northwest on Thursday competed in the Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge in Seattle, pitching their best ideas for potential startups that could help protect the planet.
Twenty-two teams competed in the annual event, hosted by the University of Washington’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship. Winning teams brought home prizes of $2,500 to $15,000.
Students incorporated technologies using software, drones, chemistry, engineering biology and other disciplines into their innovations.
Eric Carlson, a judge and member of the E8 venture capital group, congratulated the students’ hard work as he presented a prize focused on climate impact.
“A huge amount of work lies ahead to address the world’s environmental challenges,” he said, “and this very energy and commitment will be absolutely necessary to overcome these challenges.”
University students from the Pacific Northwest on Thursday competed in the Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge in Seattle, pitching their best ideas for potential startups that could help protect the planet.
Twenty-two teams competed in the annual event, hosted by the University of Washington’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship. Winning teams brought home prizes of $2,500 to $15,000.
Students incorporated technologies using software, drones, chemistry, engineering biology and other disciplines into their innovations.
Eric Carlson, a judge and member of the E8 venture capital group, congratulated the students’ hard work as he presented a prize focused on climate impact.
“A huge amount of work lies ahead to address the world’s environmental challenges,” he said, “and this very energy and commitment will be absolutely necessary to overcome these challenges.”
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