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Big Ideas Winners

Mama-OPE (Makerere University)
2016, Honorable Mention
Scaling Up

Mama-OPE (Makerere University)

Kids Write (College of William & Mary)
2016, Honorable Mention
Scaling Up

Kids Write (College of William & Mary)

m-Omulimisa SMS Services: Mobile Extension Officers in Uganda (Michigan State University)
2016, 3rd Place
Scaling Up

m-Omulimisa SMS Services: Mobile Extension Officers in Uganda (Michigan State University)

Scaling Up the Biodiesel Project (UC Berkeley)
2016, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

Scaling Up the Biodiesel Project (UC Berkeley)

Feces to Fuel (UC Berkeley)
2016, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

Feces to Fuel (UC Berkeley)

The Somo Project (UC Berkeley)
2016, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

The Somo Project (UC Berkeley)

Dost: A Mobile Platform to Promote Parent Engagement and Early Childhood Education (UC Berkeley)
2016, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

Dost: A Mobile Platform to Promote Parent Engagement and Early Childhood Education (UC Berkeley)

MindFull™ Technologies, Inc. (UC Irvine)
2016, Honorable Mention
UC Irvine

MindFull™ Technologies, Inc. (UC Irvine)

PillPal (UC Berkeley)
2016, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley

PillPal (UC Berkeley)

et al. Health (UC Berkeley)
2016, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

et al. Health (UC Berkeley)

Wildfire (UC Berkeley)
2016, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

Wildfire (UC Berkeley)

LiftEd (UC Berkeley)
2016, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

LiftEd (UC Berkeley)

Luminavi App (UC Berkeley)
2016, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

Luminavi App (UC Berkeley)

UbiSafe Technologies: Reimagining Personal Safety for UC Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
2016, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

UbiSafe Technologies: Reimagining Personal Safety for UC Berkeley (UC Berkeley)

Campus Cooks (UC Berkeley)
2016, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

Campus Cooks (UC Berkeley)

SafeSpace (UC Berkeley)
2016, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

SafeSpace (UC Berkeley)

LiquidGoldConcept: Breast Massage Knowledge Bank (UC Davis)
2016, Honorable Mention
UC Davis

LiquidGoldConcept: Breast Massage Knowledge Bank (UC Davis)

SkinIQ: Precision Diagnostics of Melanoma w/ Mobile Imaging & Deep Learning (UC Santa Barbara)
2016, Honorable Mention
UC Santa Barbara

SkinIQ: Precision Diagnostics of Melanoma w/ Mobile Imaging & Deep Learning (UC Santa Barbara)

PedalTap: Modifying the Water Tap System to Create a No Touch Cost Effective Solution in Developing Countries (Makerere University)
2016, 3rd Place
Makerere University

PedalTap: Modifying the Water Tap System to Create a No Touch Cost Effective Solution in Developing Countries (Makerere University)

SHRI Community Sanitation Facilities (UC Berkeley)
2016, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

SHRI Community Sanitation Facilities (UC Berkeley)

FloGlow: Low Cost Spirometer (UC Berkeley)
2016, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

FloGlow: Low Cost Spirometer (UC Berkeley)

VIRA: A Low-Cost HIV Viral Load Quantification System (UC San Diego)
2016, 2nd Place
UC San Diego

VIRA: A Low-Cost HIV Viral Load Quantification System (UC San Diego)

Open Viral Load (UC San Diego)
2016, 1st Place
UC San Diego

Open Viral Load (UC San Diego)

Bug Ideas: Feeding the World With Insects Without Ever Eating Insects (Duke University)
2016, Honorable Mention
Food Systems Innovations

Bug Ideas: Feeding the World With Insects Without Ever Eating Insects (Duke University)

Unmanned Ground Vehicle for Water Leak Detection (UC Merced)
2016, Honorable Mention
UC Merced

Unmanned Ground Vehicle for Water Leak Detection (UC Merced)

Ricult (MIT)
2016, 3rd Place
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ricult (MIT)

Just Ripe (UC Berkeley)
2016, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

Just Ripe (UC Berkeley)

Poverty Alleviation through Poultry Education (UC Davis)
2016, 2nd Place
UC Davis

Poverty Alleviation through Poultry Education (UC Davis)

Safi Organics (MIT)
2016, 1st Place
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Safi Organics (MIT)

PictoKit: Retirement Toolkit (UC Berkeley)
2016, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

PictoKit: Retirement Toolkit (UC Berkeley)

SocialForce (UC Berkeley)
2016, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

SocialForce (UC Berkeley)

MÄk (UC Berkeley)
2016, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

MÄk (UC Berkeley)

Empowering Women through Entrepreneurship (UC Berkeley)
2016, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

Empowering Women through Entrepreneurship (UC Berkeley)

Project Numa: Low Cost Disposable Battery for the Developing World (UC Berkeley)
2016, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley

Project Numa: Low Cost Disposable Battery for the Developing World (UC Berkeley)

ViaeX: Biowaste to Nanofilters for a Sustainable and Clean Future (UC Berkeley)
2016, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

ViaeX: Biowaste to Nanofilters for a Sustainable and Clean Future (UC Berkeley)

Husk-to-Home (UC Riverside)
2016, 2nd Place
UC Riverside

Husk-to-Home (UC Riverside)

The Alternative Iron by Ferrous (UC Berkeley)
2016, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

The Alternative Iron by Ferrous (UC Berkeley)

Root Tongue: Sharing Stories of Language Identity and Revival (UC Santa Cruz)
2016, Honorable Mention
UC Santa Cruz

Root Tongue: Sharing Stories of Language Identity and Revival (UC Santa Cruz)

The Medical Social Emotional Arts Project: Transforming Patient-Centered Care (UC Los Angeles)
2016, 3rd Place
UC Los Angeles

The Medical Social Emotional Arts Project: Transforming Patient-Centered Care (UC Los Angeles)

Philippine “Labor Beat” (UC Santa Cruz)
2016, 2nd Place
UC Santa Cruz

Philippine “Labor Beat” (UC Santa Cruz)

FITE Film and Resource Connection (UC Berkeley)
2016, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

FITE Film and Resource Connection (UC Berkeley)

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