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2017 CHALLENGE

2017 BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATION CHALLENGE

The UH Breakthrough Innovation Challenge is purely about celebrating innovative ideas at UH with commercial potential. This year, we asked contestants for a F.E.W. good ideas in the areas of Food, Energy and Water.

FIRST PLACE AND AUDIENCE CHOICE WINNER
GOOD EGG, ARIF RAHMAN & KAINALU MATTHEWS
SECOND PLACE WINNER
OSMOPOT, AME ARAKAKI
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS!
MAHALO TO OUR SPONSORS, PARTNERS, JUDGES AND COACHES!

OUR 2017 FINALISTS:

  • Biobattery – provides an affordable, biofriendly, non-explosive/non-toxic solution for energy storage

  • Health Check of Bovine Embryo – a noninvasive test for embryo health check during In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) of bovine cattle

  • Osmopot – a water conservation and solar purification potted plant technology

  • Hyetopura – a deconstructed lifestraw that allows the user to disassemble and reassemble the device themselves

  • Vert – a system that enables the growth of plants on an inclined vertical surface

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Now in its 9th year, the UH Breakthrough Innovation Challenge is an entrepreneurial competition that exposes UH students in all disciplines to entrepreneurial and innovative ways of thinking; provides a platform for participants to showcase their ingenious ideas to offer more efficient, stronger, better, and novel products or services; and brings recognition and attention to outstanding entrepreneurs at UH.
The Challenge matches competitors with business mentors and teaches students to research market opportunities, seek customer validation, and determine the commercial potential of their idea. The Challenge is sponsored by Accuity LLP and organized by the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship in partnership with the UH College of Engineering, the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, the William S. Richardson School of Law, and the UH Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. For more information, visit pace.shidler.hawaii.edu/bic
Founded in 2000 at the Shidler College of Business, the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship (PACE) is the home for a set of experiential entrepreneurship programs at the University of Hawaii (UH). The Center’s 20+ programs offer mentorship, training and resources to all UH students and faculty, and are designed to encourage entrepreneurial thinking across disciplines and inspire entrepreneurs to move their ideas from conceptualization to commercialization. For more information, visit pace.shidler.hawaii.edu.
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© 2020 Shidler College of Business. All rights reserved.
Website by Blue Logic Labs
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