Blackbook University
Blackbook addresses the institutional inequities in higher education and employment, especially for Black students. By creating a space for community, peer-to-peer connection, mentorship, and organization, Blackbook promotes an equitable and inclusive experience for Black students in their college journey. Blackbook is streamlining the career process for many Black students by catering to academic enrichment and … Continue reading “Blackbook University”
- Team: Ibrahim Balde, Chase Ali-Watkins, Nahom Solomon, Nicholas Brathwaite, Farhiya Ali, Imran Sekelala, Farhiya Ali, Imran Sekalala
- Cities and Communities
- UC Berkeley
- 2021
Secure-Swap (Beat Medical)
Patients undergoing mechanical ventilation usually use an endotracheal (ET) holder that secures the face and contains a bite block to protect the patient’s mouth. This holder, however, causes discomfort, facial pressure sores, and risks spreading bacterial pneumonias. The Secure-Swap team is developing a device that customizes fit for patients to increase comfortability, maintains patency of … Continue reading “Secure-Swap (Beat Medical)”
- Team: Kalie Marland, David Zalazar
- Global Health
- UC Davis
- 2021
Sal-Patch: Periodontal Microarray Patch to Treat Periodontitis
Periodontitis, impacting 50 percent of adults in the United States, is a chronic destructive inflammatory disease that affects the tooth-supporting tissues. The current treatments in the market mainly deal with bacteria elimination, and the regeneration of periodontal tissues remains a challenge. Sal-Patch offers a periodontal microarray patch that enhances the local effectiveness and sustainably delivers … Continue reading “Sal-Patch: Periodontal Microarray Patch to Treat Periodontitis”
- Team: Xuexiang Zhang, Crystal Xiao, Mahdi Hasani
- Global Health
- UC Los Angeles
- 2021
ReFuel Technologies
ReFuel Technologies is centered on producing sustainable chemicals, fuels, and textiles with recovered inputs from PET plastic waste. By generating valuable renewable chemicals and polymers for these markets, ReFuel Technologies will provide sustainable chemical alternatives for companies who have implemented environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies for their operations to address market demand while reducing … Continue reading “ReFuel Technologies”
- Team: Preet Kaur, Justin Redmond, Luis De La Palma, Vivian Banh
- Climate, Energy & Sustainability
- UC Santa Cruz
- 2021
Plastic2Food
The lifespan of plastics can last up to 500 years, which poses a huge problem for the planet: is there a way for plastic to decompose faster? Plastic2Food Agriculture found a way to take the two most used plastics in the world and convert them into food. To optimize the degradation process, Plastic2Food focuses on … Continue reading “Plastic2Food”
- Team: George Shenusay, Jeremy Goldberg, Peibo Guo, Jordan Yanowitz, Johnathon Henderson, Ethan Choi, Ikuko Nakano, Fischer Scherrod, Ella Winett
- Food and Agriculture
- UC Los Angeles
- 2021
NurLabs
According to the National Cancer Institute, the cost of cancer care will reach $246B in 2030. NurLabs is transforming the diagnosis and treatment paradigm for cancer through a patented liquid biopsy platform, so we may treat cancer earlier, when survival rates are the greatest and treatment is the least expensive. Our innovation is the nexus … Continue reading “NurLabs”
- Team: Sumita Jonak, Brian D’Souza, Deepa Nagar, Alan Schiaffino, Aram Babikian, Abhinav Chandra
- Global Health
- UC Los Angeles
- 2021
LacNation
Donor human milk (DHM) is key to helping infants in neonatal intensive care units grow, fight infection, and thrive. Existing methods of DHM preparation struggle to create products of high nutritional value while remaining affordable for widespread use. LacNation brings a new pasteurization technique to the table that more selectively eliminates pathogens while sparing important … Continue reading “LacNation”
- Team: Jordan Smith, Trevor Smith
- Global Health
- UC Riverside
- 2021
FireQuake
Climate change has heightened natural disaster occurrence and intensity, displacing communities and exposing millions to detrimental health effects. Currently, 45 US states are at high risk of earthquakes, which don’t allow for advance warnings. Additionally, 2.2 million American homes at extreme risk of wildfire are in California. FireQuake takes the most comprehensive approach by addressing … Continue reading “FireQuake”
- Team: Joelle Siong Sin, Vera Cho, Claire Cho
- Cities and Communities
- UC Berkeley
- 2021
Belonging: Protecting the Treasures and Dignity of the Homeless
Belonging Box is solving the problem of city-mandated sweeps negatively affecting unhoused people. They offer a solution that helps both the city and unhoused individuals by offering a space for both sleep and storage. By using a scanning system and app, the city, unhoused individuals, and Belonging has a flow of communication that protects belongings … Continue reading “Belonging: Protecting the Treasures and Dignity of the Homeless”
- Team: Zehra Jafri, Ram Bahdra, Bailey Maher, Kameelah Sims-Taylor, Anjali Vadhri, Steven Balogh, Jagdeep Sekhon, Kyle Lanzer, Anahi Servin, Iveta Posledni
- Cities and Communities
- UC Berkeley, UC Hastings
- 2021