The regional Explore Events have concluded, and we are pleased to announce the 15 Regional Winners of the EnergyTech University Prize 2023! The Regional Winners, who were awarded $3,000 each, are as follows (listed in alphabetical order by team name):

  • Battery Doctor, The University of Alabama
  • Bio-Based Terrazzo, University of Louisville
  • Carbon to Stone, Cornell University
  • Carbonbusters, Purdue University
  • Direct Recycling of Battery Manufacturing Waste, The Ohio State University and The University of Akron
  • Electromaim, The George Washington University
  • Flux XII, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Heliotrope, New York University
  • LiQuidium, University of Houston 
  • Low Temperature Hydrothermal Synthesis, University of California, San Diego
  • Pike Robotics, The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Houston 
  • Refrigerant Recycling with Membrane Technology, The University of Kansas
  • ReLi, The University of Virginia
  • Rockfix, Stanford University and Harvard University
  • Wildflower Project, Oregon Institute of Technology

These teams will now move to the Refine Phase, where they will prepare to compete for the winner title and a share of the $100,000 prize pool. Bonus Prize Winners will be announced March 7.  

Join us in congratulating the winners! We look forward to seeing their fresh ideas presented at the National Pitch Event at Zpryme’s Energy Thought Summit in Austin, Texas, this April.