2018 Winners and Finalists | University of New Hampshire

Community Track Winners		Student Track Winners
First Place:		First Place:
TheHive Devon Crawford ’18, Milford, NH Electrical Engineering, University of New Hampshire Jack Nichols, Milford, NH Advisor: Ian Grant, Executive Director, UNH ECenter Independent quick-deploy network that any wifi enabled device can access, giving users a means of communications with emergency crews and family.		LUX: Safer Dating Christin Badylak-Reals, Mechanical Engineering, 2019, University of New Hampshire Sean McLoud, Mechanical Engineering, 2019, University of New Hampshire Julie Berberian, Mechanical Engineering, 2019, University of New Hampshire Mark Torpey, Mechanical Engineering, 2019, University of New Hampshire Advisor: Ian Grant, Executive Director, UNH ECenter A dating app that integrates wearable technology and location tracking to mitigate dating sexual violence.
Second Place:		Second Place:
UNH Fish Feed NH Eileen Liponis, Manchester, NH, Master of Business Administration ’95G University of New Hampshire Jayson McCarter, Manchester, NH Paul Morrison, Manchester, NH Moriar Webster, Manchester, NH Maddy Webster, Manchester, NH Aquaculture to support NH's food insecure.		True Vote Elizabeth O'Malley, Economics and International Affairs, 2019, University of New Hampshire Advisor: Ian Grant, Executive Director, UNH ECenter Mobile and web application that would enable voter participation on a daily basis as well as encourage all politician accountability.
Third Place:		Third Place (tie):
Growing Hope Emanne Khan, Concord, NH Abigail Wilding, Bedford, NH Sarah Mullins, Contoocook, NH Advisor, Kate Ditullio U.S.-based organization that supplies portable milk crate garden boxes to South Sudanese refugees in the Bidi Bidi camp.		Janas Analytics Sarah Jarrar, Anthropology and History, 2021 University of New Hampshire Advisor: Ian Grant, Executive Director, UNH ECenter Software that would be one of the first proactive solutions to predicting global migrant crises. The Potential for Leaf Waste at Colby-Sawyer College Rebecca Budrock, Environmental Science, 2020, Colby-Sawyer College Anna Hubbard, Environmental Science, 2020, Colby-Sawyer College Cameron Lynch, Environmental Science, 2020, Colby-Sawyer College Colby Reardon, Environmental Science, 2019, Colby-Sawyer College Timothy Gablosky, Environmental Science, 2020, Colby-Sawyer College Advisor: Leon Malan, Environmental Science, Colby-Sawyer College The potential for leaf and food waste composting on-campus at Colby-Sawyer College.
Community Track Finalists		Student Track Finalists
Diffinity Design Tamsin Whitehead, Northwood, NH Discarded clothing and textiles are redesigned to create an inclusive line of sustainable fashion for people across the spectrum of gender expression.		Food for Thought Bailey Jennings, Nursing, 2019 University of New Hampshire Mariah DesMarais, Nursing, 2019 University of New Hampshire Advisor: Rosemary Taylor, Assistant Professor, College of Health and Human Services - UNH Nursing School, University of New Hampshire Addressing health disparities food insecure people commonly experience, by implementing food pantry based health care clinics.
ecoText, Inc. Joel Nkounkou ’18, Dover, NH, Electrical Engineering, University of New Hampshire Dylan Wheeler, Information Technology and Philosophy, 2020, University of New Hampshire Nelson Thomas, Communication, 2020, University of New Hampshire Hans Massie, Business Administration, 2019, University of New Hampshire Advisor: Ian Grant, Executive Director, UNH ECenter ecoText is the Spotify for textbooks, a platform where college students can get their required textbooks at a flat rate embedded within their tuition		Granite State Intergenerational Initiative Matthew Perry, Business Administration: Concentrations in Marketing and Management, 2019, University of New Hampshire An Initiative to make New Hampshire a leader in Intergenerational Programming through the use of Shared Sites to bring generations together.
Feminist Oasis Crystal Paradis, Somersworth, NH Organizing spaces + experiences for individuals and businesses to advance intersectional feminism.		PreciseFarm Emma Roberge, Bioengineering, 2022 University of New Hampshire Mentor: Juliana Good, 2021 University of New Hampshire Precision farming sensors made available to small-scale farms to increase yield, and decrease costs and environmental consequences.
FFI Global Campus Stephen Martineau, Durham, NH Establishment of leadership center in Northern Ireland that is focused on innovative solutions to global challenges. UPDATE: 4/2019 Friends Forever International is thrilled to announce the opening of the Friends Forever International Center in Annalong, Northern Ireland. This leadership center will be their hub for Europe and the United Kingdom as well as providing programmatic space for partners, organizations, and businesses from the US and the Middle East. Learn more.		Rove & Refuge Torey Brooks, Civil Engineering- Structural, 2019, University of New Hampshire Advisor: Erin Bell, Department Chair and Associate Professor, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of New Hampshire Affordable and safe housing to two groups with similar transient needs: natural disaster evacuees and vacationers.
Hope Hubz, Inc Dena Stahlheber, Bedford, NH Kat Roedell, Barrington, NH An enterprise system with innovative and customized workflows, capitalizing on existing technology to forge pathways that ignite flourishing community.