Designing Shelters for Dignity
Designing Shelters for Dignity has recognized a huge problem for emergency housing: homeless shelters are harmful to health, perpetuate trauma, and are stigmatizing. They have taken up the task of renovating and revamping existing homeless shelters to foster a clean, safe, and inclusive environment. Given the proven impact of design on wellbeing and behavior, Designing … Continue reading “Designing Shelters for Dignity”
- Team: Laila Fozouni
- Cities and Communities
- UC San Francisco
- 2021
Unicado
Plagues of purple sea urchins have eradicated 90% percent of Northern California’s kelp habitat, which is a key combatant of climate change. Ranching urchins for their prized roe is an effective removal solution. Unicado will convert this marine pest into a gourmet delicacy as a packaged food product, ranching sea urchins with an upcycled food … Continue reading “Unicado”
- Team: Max Diamond, Waldo Felix, Qusai Bhaijeewala, Wes Newbury
- Food and Agriculture
- UC Santa Barbara
- 2021
Send Help (Not The Police)
Data from Californian police departments reveal that up to 2 in 3 police dispatches stem from non-violent and non-criminal incidents. 9-1-1 calls for non-violent incidents in the U.S. have led to the brutal police killings of African Americans and at-risk citizens, most notably George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, and Tanisha Anderson. Send Help’s mission is to … Continue reading “Send Help (Not The Police)”
- Team: Marcel Tan, Claire Liu
- Cities and Communities
- UC Berkeley
- 2021
KovaDx
Sickle Cell Disease is said to affect 30 million people worldwide, including 100,000 people in the United States. For most of the world, it is too expensive to diagnose, leading to unnecessary childhood deaths. Even in high-income countries, SCD is hard to monitor and even harder to treat. KovaDx provides an AI-based diagnostic and monitoring … Continue reading “KovaDx”
- Team: Yaw Ansong, Tim Adamson, Song Kim
- Global Health
- UC Berkeley
- 2021
Green Steel Printing
Steel forms the backbone of our modern world, with over 1.5 billion tons of steel produced globally every year. However, the production of iron and steel contributes over 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and it will be paramount to reduce those emissions to combat climate change. Green Steel Printing is a proprietary metal 3D … Continue reading “Green Steel Printing”
- Team: Olivia Dippo, Andrew Zhao
- Climate, Energy & Sustainability
- UC San Diego
- 2021
Catena Biosciences
Catena has developed a novel platform to create cures for diseases previously thought incurable. Catena’s groundbreaking technology enables the attachment of proteins using only native amino acids, allowing for the rapid production of exciting new protein and cell-based therapies. We plan to utilize this technology to bring massive breakthroughs in autoimmune disorders, oncology, and vaccine … Continue reading “Catena Biosciences”
- Team: Geo Guillen, Marco Lobba, Matt Francis
- Global Health
- UC Berkeley
- 2021
Viberent
While it is essential for fashion brands to reuse and recycle clothes, their efforts will not significantly reduce their carbon footprint in the long run because the rate of clothing production and consumption is only going to accelerate. Sustainable fashion ultimately means less fashion, which contradicts fashion’s current linear “take, make, and waste” model. This … Continue reading “Viberent”
- Team: Tiffany Wang, Diana Valdes, Richard Miller, Tatiana Podhajny, Jefferson Lei, Ruixiao Liu, Arthur Miranda, Khoa Nguyen, Nam Nguyen, Tanay Patil, Aku Saraf
- Climate, Energy & Sustainability
- UC San Diego
- 2020
Wise Earthcare
Over 1.2 billion plastic toothbrushes are thrown away in the United States every year–enough to fill up 1,100 shipping containers. The problem is that 99% of those toothbrushes are made from plastic that is non-recyclable and they end up in landfills or the ocean, contributing to the increase of pollution. The solution is a toothbrush … Continue reading “Wise Earthcare”
- Team: Pradnya Parulekar, Belinda Lau, Scott Panitz, Ingrid Vining, Amish, Chhita, Will Hawkins
- Climate, Energy & Sustainability
- UC Los Angeles
- 2020
Walls to Bridges
Walls to Bridges is a pilot program in partnership with the Conflict Resolution Center of Santa Cruz (CRC) designed to address communication issues between incarcerated parents and their adult-age children in Santa Cruz. Using restorative justice practices and principles, the program will facilitate confidential dialogues regarding the impact of incarceration on relationships and planning for … Continue reading “Walls to Bridges”
- Team: Alyssa Tamboura, Alyssa Scarsciotti, Paola Leon, Shelby Richards, Daisjah Sheperd
- Cities and Communities
- UC Santa Cruz
- 2020