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CU Engineers Dominate New Venture Challenge 14
HUG Solutions, founded by mechanical engineering students, took home first prize ($30,000 + $25,000 investment offer) in 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录鈥檚 premier entrepreneurial startup program and competition. HUG developed PortaVax, a portable vaccine carrier that can keep up to 250 vaccine doses cold for several days using insulation and dry ice.听
Overall, of the six teams that took home prizes in the competition, five had representatives from CU Engineering:
- 2nd place:听 ($21,000 + $25,000 investment offer)
- 3rd place:听ToobTek ($16,000)
- 4th place:听 ($13,000)
- 5th place (tie):听 ($10,000)
Top photo:听HUG Solutions team members Claire Meyer and Evan Kirk demonstrate how thermal testing for the PortaVax device is set up.