List of Teams, 2011-2012
Team 1:
Superior Aquaculture Systems
Lake Superior State University
Zach Prause
Michael Barrett
Alexander Schroeder
Tyler Jackson
Garret Price
Superior Aquaculture Systems will commercialize a sustainable, eco-friendly system to grow healthy fish. The venture is engineering a cost-effective, closed-loop aquatic system using renewable energy, biologically sound water purification, and clean technologies that maximize fish production in small-scale, decentralized operations.
Team 2:
Cool and Clear Solar
Lake Superior State University
Kirk Harris
Erik Miller
Michael Barrett
Our product is an after-market add-on to a solar photovoltaic system that is used for both clearing snow in wintery conditions as well as dissipating heat from the cells via the backplate during warmer weather. The goal of the product is to increase the output of solar PV systems.
Team 3:
Lost Joules
Lansing Community College
Richard A. Dorsey
Danny Hu
Lost Joules is an online theme park, and interactive gaming platform for energy. The purpose of Lost Joules is to make energy social.
Team 4:
Copula Design Concept for Wind Energy
Oakland University
Matthew E Hurley
Todd Harrington
The application is a novel wind turbine unit directed toward consumers, small business and farm applications.
Team 5:
reGenerate
University of Michigan
Matthew Ippolito
Sander Dolder
Hongda Jiang
Michael Wohl
Our product is a US patented regenerative brake. The device allows bicycles, or other vehicles, to recapture and be able to reuse part of the kinetic energy that would otherwise be lost when braking.
Team 6:
PicoSpray
University of Michigan
Lihang Nong
PicoSpray is developing a novel electronic fuel injection system targeted at the cost-sensitive small engine market, serving producers of small recreational vehicles, lawn equipment, and motorcycles.
Team 7:
Arbor Technologies
University of Michigan
James Detlefs
Tyler Austin
Eric Jones
Allessandra McGinnis
Ashwin Betrabet
We are developing passive solar lighting systems that capture light on the roof, and transfer it into our target rooms via a combination of reflective tubing and fiber optic cable. Our product works with existing, programmable grid-lighting systems.
Team 8:
Reversible off the Grid Heated Blankets
University of Michigan
Yao Yao
Grace Hsia
Shwetha Maddur
Rachel Rademacher
Heather Wilsher
Our product is a blanket that uses an exothermic sodium acetate reaction to generate heat to keep people warm on an as-needed, temporary or emergency basis. It can be used in off-grid locations.
Team 9:
Nusku Energy Application
University of Michigan
Kevin Kuo
Brian Flaherty
Karen Boore
The product will capture waste heat from central processing units (CPUs) in data centers and reclaim some of the energy as electricity. The reclaimed electricity is then stored in large batteries or capacitors on-site and the energy is released to power the data center when the cost of electricity is high.
Team 10:
Torch Hybrid Marine
University of Michigan
Justin D’Atri
Siddharth Menon
Michael Daeffler
Matt Sexton
Matt Lankowski
Torch Hybrid Marine will provide the recreational boating community with an environmentally friendly, highly efficient, and cost-effective alternative to traditional petroleum-based propulsion through the application of hybrid propulsion technology.
Team 11:
Arborlight
University of Michigan
Adam Byrnes
Daniel Gerding
Arborlight has a revolutionary, patent pending approach to LED lighting that delivers light, at a location remote from the source, that is perfectly tuned to a desired lighting spectrum. The light is delivered with LED efficiency, >30% lower LED cooling requirements, and greater than normal LED lifetime.
Team 12:
EVStation
University of Michigan
Lawrence Han
Javier Rivera
Ajay Varadharajan
The EVStation, a box installed between an outlet and an electric charging station, enables anybody with electricity in their home or business location to anonymously provide electricity to any electric vehicle owner. Drivers can look up the location of EVStations and plug in. They are charged for the electricity used, plus a service charge.
Team 13:
Solar Still – A Cost-Effective Way to Distill Unsanitary Water Using Solar Energy
University of Michigan
Ali A. Al-Heji
Ian McDonald
Chencheng Zhou
We improve upon existing solar distillation technologies to allow inexpensive off-grid access to sanitary water. Our solar still design takes advantage of inexpensive bulk materials lowering the cost of the overall design. Additionally, it utilizes solar concentrators to rapidly distill water through boiling.
Team 14:
Pulley Power Pack
Wayne State University
Murtatha Zalzala
This product is a consumer device that allows the user to generate electrical power while walking. It consists of a backpack mounted system that has two pulleys that the user pulls with their arms to generate electricity. The power is then stored and accessible for charging small mobile devices and other uses.
Team 15:
Wave Energy Harvesting Device Based on the Novel Air-spaced Cantilever Structure
Wayne State University
Yating Hu
Hongen Tu
Junhui Zhao
We will produce a large scale, commercial device that can harvest the energy from oceanic waves. It uses a novel air-spaced structure that has already demonstrated ambient vibration energy harvesting at the lab prototype level.
Team 16:
DSP
Wayne State University
Suzette Franklin
DSP plans to build eco-friendly animal shelters, initially targeted at dogs. They can be either affordable or high end, and meet the needs of owners seeking safe, environmentally sound and comfortable shelter for their animals.
Team 17:
Hollow Core Wind Turbine Generator
Western Michigan University
Neil Hurley
Matthew Olson
A wind turbine generator with a vertical blade assembly and circumnavigating rotor has been developed, allowing for versatile mounting capabilities and increased electrical output. The generator configuration is designed to allow clearance to mount this wind turbine around an existing tower, pole or structure.
Team 18:
e1e2 Earth comes first, Everything else second!
Western Michigan University
Samuel Jaquette
Aaron Holmes
Abdullah Alyousif
Duy Nguyen
e1e2 is a point incentive reward system for people who choose to recycle and perform other eco-friendly practices. You can use the points for rewards. e1e2 will offer incentives on other eco-friendly practices, and will work primarily on a local community level.
Team 19:
Landfill Reduction Utilizing The Gasification Process
Western Michigan University
Aaron Tardy
Sergio Cappelletti
Rachael Plaster
We will produce and market a device that utilizes gasification to reduce the waste input to landfills. The device uses an agent that will accelerate the decomposition and breakdown of solid waste. It allows for cleaner and more efficient waste management by reducing the impact of the disposal of both consumer and industrial solid waste. We differ from existing products in that we are less expensive to produce and not harmful to the environment.
Team 20:
Energy Usage Information Panel
Western Michigan University
Andrea Lavasseur
Daniel Duzenbury
Lindsey Truitt
We will produce an electrical energy information panel interface to display accurate energy usage data at a detailed level, accessible either within the home or remotely via the web or PC connection.
Team 21:
Glass Tube Recycling
Western Michigan University
Kate Lutz
Samantha Marsh
Brian Oswald
Unused specialized fillum glass tube casing recycling.
