Idea-2-Product 2008 Competition Results

Thirty students representing 13 departments and 7 colleges at Purdue University participated in the environmental division on March 1, 2008. The top team, Ubershelter, was selected to present at the National Idea-2-Product competition for Social Entrepreneurship hosted at Georgia Tech, April 4-5, 2008.

  1. Top Award Team: Ubershelter: sustainable design of portable emergency shelter for displaced people. $5,000 View the presentation (wmv)
  1. 2nd Place Team: Recycled Knowledge: An e-waste solutions service. $2,500

"Thank you for giving us the opportunity to present our idea. It was a great experience for all of us! We will be happy to help future teams prepare for the competition." ~ Magdalena Lech, Communicating Climate Change Team

"Thank you for a terrific competition. We enjoyed it very much." ~ Vince PeGan, Recycled Knowledge Team

  1. 3rd Place Team: Engineering design improvements to airpump technology for offgrid communities to access clean drinking water. $1,500

Additional Teams Presenting

Carbon footprint software tool for institution scale assessment

Sustainable Alaskan villages environmental education

Communicating climate change – Quality of Life Survey System for universities