Thirty individuals comprising 28 startup technologies were chosen to advance to the semi-finals and compete to join Chain Reaction Innovations’ (CRI) Cohort 7. A broad range of energy innovations are represented in this year’s applicants, including energy storage and generation, water, decarbonization, circular economy, quantum, manufacturing, vehicle technologies and materials.
Responding to a nation-wide call for proposals, applications were submitted by November 30th. After reviews by CRI staff and Argonne scientists to narrow the field, the semi-finalists were chosen.
The semifinalists will pitch their startups’ technologies in a 30-minute interview to a review panel over five days during the first two weeks of February. From this group, finalists will be chosen to pitch at the finals competition on March 29, 2023.
Cohort 7 Semi-Finalists
Narciso De Jesus Aguilar, Hydrogen Operating System for Electric Vehicle
Shantonio Birch, Augmented Space Heating & Cooling
Amin Espah Borujeni, Upcycling Food Waste to High-Value Sugar Polymers
David Brost, Human-Centered Machine Learning Algorithm for Utilities and Households
Terence Collier, Enabling CO2 Recycling to Hydrocarbons Fuels Using 3D Nanoparticles
Revanth Damerla, Grasp Robotics – Robotic Hand with Human Hand Capabilities
Mert Esencan, Quantum Computing Software for Large Discrete Optimization
Tim Fairley-Wax, Biomembrane Filtration: Unlocking Energy Recovery from Waste Streams
Juan Guzman, Transforming Biobased Chemicals into Sustainable Petroleum Alternatives
Brittany Kendrick, Hydronomy Inc
Berk Diler Kovos, SynthBits: Illuminating Designer Quantum Bits for Sensing
John Krzeminski, REV force – Technology to Decarbonize and Reduce Engine Emissions
Joun Lee, A Low-Cost Denitrification Unit for US Community Water Systems
Julie Ming Liang, Bacterial Secretion for High Efficiency Protein Production
Drew Lilley, Zero Global Warming Potential Refrigeration and Heat Pumping
Alexis Noelli Pena & Lauren Blake, Man-Made Bioengineered Protein-Based Fibers to Replace Petroleum-Derived Textiles
Cory Perkins, Low-Cost Materials and Processes for Coating Glass Used in Solar Markets
Mason Rodriguez Rand & Kevin O’Sullivan, Recycling of Molten Salts in Pyroprocessing for Advanced Nuclear
Rawand Rasheed, Retrofit Dehumidifier for Substantial Air Conditioner Energy Reduction
Aaron Rose, A Reactor to Accelerate Silicate Mineralization
Tim Ritter, High Entropy Materials for High-Capacity Lithium-Ion Batteries
Kanav Setia, Cloud-Based Platform for Quantum Simulations
Priyanka G. Singh, Fully Integrated Process for Capture of CO2 from Flue Gas and its Conversion to Green Ethylene
Kevin James Speina, Using technology for the Valorization and Utilization of Food Waste
Laura Stoy, Recycling of Coal Fly Ash for Rare Earths and Concrete
Patrick Sullivan, Safe, Sustainable, and Affordable Flux XII Flow Battery
Husam Wadi, Cognizance Operation At-The-Wire in Distributed Energy Resources
Peng Yi, Equal Water
