{"id":5023,"date":"2013-04-05T10:35:56","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T17:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixelube.com\/work\/c4c\/?p=5023"},"modified":"2013-04-05T10:35:56","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T17:35:56","slug":"congrats-to-polydrop-grand-prize-winner-of-the-2013-environmental-innovation-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pixelube.com\/work\/c4c\/congrats-to-polydrop-grand-prize-winner-of-the-2013-environmental-innovation-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Congrats to PolyDrop, Grand Prize Winner of the 2013 Environmental Innovation Challenge!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pixelube.com\/work\/c4c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/EIC-2013-Winners.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pixelube.com\/work\/c4c\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/EIC-2013-Winners-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"EIC-2013-Winners\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5024\" \/><\/a>Twenty student teams from Washington pitched their innovations at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foster.washington.edu\/centers\/entrepreneurship\/eic\/Pages\/eic.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">UW Environmental Innovation Challenge<\/a> yesterday afternoon, addressing today\u2019s energy, urban agriculture, recycling, built environment and water-related problems with novel solutions. Now in its fifth year, the EIC focuses on the development of prototypes that solve today\u2019s biggest environmental problems and have market potential.<br \/>\nCongratulations to the 2013 winners!<\/p>\n<p><strong>$10,000 Grand Prize <\/strong>(sponsored by the UW Center for Commercialization)<\/p>\n<p><strong>PolyDrop<\/strong> (University of Washington)<br \/>\nPolyDrop manufactures additives that transform regular coatings (think paint) into conductive coatings that open up a world of opportunity for carbon fiber composites in transportation industries. The transportation industry is looking to move towards using light-weight carbon fiber materials to reduce fuel consumption and decrease carbon dioxide emissions. However, carbon fiber composites accumulate a static charge that will interfere with a vehicle&#8217;s sensitive electronics. PolyDop solves this problem by providing a means to dissipate  static electricity with a viable conductive technology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>$5,000 Second Place Prize<\/strong> (sponsored by Puget Sound Energy)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pure Blue Technologies<\/strong> (University of Washington)<br \/>\nOne barrel of extracted or spilled oil generate an average of seven barrels of contaminated water, or produced water. Produced water must be disinfected to meet EPA regulations, even if it is just going to be disposed. In the U.S. alone, 353 billion gallons of highly contaminated produced water are treated and disposed each year &#8211; that&#8217;s enough water to fill Lake Washington 4 1\/2 times! Pure Blue Technologies has developed a unique water disinfection technology that is safer, smaller, and more cost-effective than existing solutions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>$2,500 Honorable Mentions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EcoMembrane<\/strong> (University of Washington)<br \/>\nEcoMembrane is developing a new technology for preventing scaling and fouling of desalination and wastewater treatment membranes using ultrasound.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunscroll <\/strong>(Western Washington University)<br \/>\nSunscroll is a solar charged LED light and USB charging station.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upcycle <\/strong>(University of Washington)<br \/>\nUpcycle has an enhanced version of a bio-briquette maker that transforms bio-waste into fuel for cook stoves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty student teams from Washington pitched their innovations at the UW Environmental Innovation Challenge yesterday afternoon, addressing today\u2019s energy, urban agriculture, recycling, built environment and water-related problems with novel solutions. 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