Two APSC 169 teams have qualified for the AquaHacking Challenge finals.
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The teams will now compete for $50,000 in seed funding and placement in a start-up incubator to further refine their solution and bring it to market.
The online competition hosted by the Okanagan Basin Water Board and Aqua Forum held its semi-finals last week featured 30 teams from BC, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec.
The teams pitched solutions to some of B.C.’s greatest water challenges including: contaminants in storm water, outdoor water conservation, flood damage and risks, invasive zebra and quagga mussels, and access to potable water in Indigenous communities.
UBC Okanagan Finalists:
- Elite (UBC Okanagan – Kelowna): Issue – stormwater contamination. Solution: An engineering solution, adapted to the land contour, to collect debris, waste and sediment as it flows over urban landscape in times of high water events. The team includes: Keyvan Khadem, Ahmed Ramadan, Gavin Saini, and Harvir Mann.
- Hydrodynamic Labs (UBC Okanagan – Kelowna): Issue – stormwater contamination. Solution: A gravity-based filtration system that removes oil, dust and petroleum contaminants from water. The team includes: Cole White- Robinson, Jacob Sol, Samira Samad Khan, Rudransh Kumar, and Jayden Wong.
The teams will now compete against each other, and three other teams, for $50,000 in seed funding and placement in a start-up incubator to further refine their solution and bring it to market.
The finals are set for mid-June.
Students teams from APSC 169 submitted a number of proposals to the competition as part of the curriculum. The course is taught this semester by Sabine Weyand.
Learn more at https://www.obwb.ca/top-five-teams-announced-in-b-c-aquaha…/