Aquagga Wins Innovation Grand Prize
May 4, 2020
Aquagga, co-founded by mechanical engineering students from the University of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Fairbanks and University of Washington, was named grand prize winner in the 2020 ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge. The team received the $15,000 ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Airlines Grand Prize for its bolt-on water treatment platforms that destroy water contaminants. The competition was hosted by the UW Foster School’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship.
Held virtually this year, the competition included a strong showing from ME with four teams named as finalists. Aquagga’s patented technology for destroying toxic and hard-to-treat PFAS chemicals wowed judges and earned them the grand prize as well as the $1,000 UW Grand Challenges Impact Lab domestic prize.
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