Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge Breaks New Ground
The start of the 2024 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge (EIC) showed a previously unmatched determination from college students to bring forward innovative solutions to... Read More
Environmental Innovation Challenge Rewards Student Ventures
At the heart of innovation lies the desire to make something better than it currently is. The finalist teams in the 2022 Alaska Airlines Environmental... Read More
Finalists Ready for 2021 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge
The finalists for the 2021 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge (EIC) represent a new milestone for the event. The 16 finalist teams (detailed below) will compete... Read More
Student Finalists Revealed for 2019 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge
There may be no better time for students to argue that their innovations can “change the world” than at this year’s Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation... Read More
Growing Opportunity for Environmental Entrepreneurs
Dan Schwartz knows cleantech. “The problem isn’t a lack of ideas,” he said. “The only way environmental innovation will scale and make a difference is... Read More
JikoPower nabs second place ranking at SVP Fast Pitch 2015
JikoPower, a team of undergraduate business administration and engineering students, placed second overall in the college-level track of the SVP Fast Pitch 2015 competition. They... Read More
GBCC student teams tackle solar energy
This Saturday, the Global Business Center hosted its 17th annual Global Business Case Competition (GBCC) – where twelve teams representing eight countries competed for the title... Read More
Foster students manage the business end of the UW’s EcoCAR Challenge
A team of UW students recently took second place in the EcoCAR 2 Challenge. Its modified Chevy Malibu traveled 48 miles on an electric charge... Read More
$27,500 Awarded to Entrepreneurial Student Innovators
The annual UW Environmental Innovation Challenge (EIC), now in its sixth year, challenges interdisciplinary student teams to define an environmental problem, develop a solution, produce... Read More
The 2014 UW EIC challenges student innovators to think like entrepreneurs
The U.S. Department of Energy recently held its fifth Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Innovation Summit—an annual event that brings together academics, entrepreneurs, innovators, and... Read More