Cohort 7 Hybrid Finals

March 29, 2023

Finalists for Chain Reaction Innovations’ (CRI) Cohort 7 will pitch their technologies on March 29, 9-5 p.m. to be considered for a program fellowship that will begin in June 2023.  The group will be reviewed by CRI’s Advisory Council.

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. The public is invited and registration is required. In-person spots are limited and will be open until filled.

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CRI Cohort 7 Finals Schedule

9:00 a.m. – 9:14 a.m.  Welcome Remarks

9:14 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. Session 1: Quantum | Energy Storage | Building Technology

12-minute pitch, followed by 10-minute Q/A, and 2 minutes for panelists to record notes

  • 9:14 a.m. Berk Diler Kovos – SynthBits: Illuminating Designer Quantum Bits for Sensing
  • 9:38 a.m. Patrick Sullivan – Safe, Sustainable, and Affordable Flux XII Flow Battery
  • 10:02 a.m. Tim Ritter – High Entropy Materials for High-Capacity Lithium-Ion Batteries
  • 10:26 a.m. Rawand Rasheed – Retrofit Dehumidifier for Substantial Air Conditioner Energy Reduction

10:50 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.  Break

11:00 a.m. – 12:12 p.m.  Session 2:  Energy Generation | Electric Utilities

12-minute pitch, followed by 10-minute Q/A, and 2 minutes for panelists to record notes

  • 11:00 a.m. Mason Rodriguez Rand/Kevin O’Sullivan – Recycling of Molten Salts in Pyroprocessing for Advanced Nuclear
  • 11:24 a.m. David Brost – Human-Centered Machine Learning Algorithm for Utilities and Households
  • 11:48 a.m. Laura Stoy – Recycling of Coal Fly Ash for Rare Earths and Concrete

12:12 p.m. – 12:17 p.m.  Sponsors’ Remarks

12:17 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.    Lunch Break

1:10 p.m. – 2:46 p.m.  Session 3: Water | Vehicle Technology | CO2 Utilization

12-minute pitch, followed by 10-minute Q/A, and 2 minutes for panelists to record notes

  • 1:10 p.m. Brittany Kendrick – Solar Powered Atmospheric Water Generator
  • 1:34 p.m. Tim Fairley Wax – Biomembrane Filtration: Unlocking Energy Recovery from Waste Streams
  • 1:58 p.m. John Krzeminski – REV Force – Technology to Decarbonize and Reduce Engine Emissions
  • 2:22 p.m. Terence Collier – Enabling CO2 Recycling to Hydrocarbon Fuels Using 3D Nanoparticles

2:46 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.  Break

2:55 p.m. – 4:31 p.m.  SESSION 4: Advanced Manufacturing & Materials

12-minute pitch, followed by 10-minute Q/A, and 2 minutes for panelists to record notes

  • 2:55 p.m. Alexis Noelli Pena/Lauren Blake – Man-Made Bioengineered Protein-Based Fibers to Replace Petroleum-Derived Textiles
  • 3:19 p.m. Revanth Damerla – Grasp Robotics – Robotic Hand with Human Hand Capabilities
  • 3:43 p.m. Cory Perkins – Low-Cost Materials and Processes for Coating Glass Used in Solar Markets
  • 4:07 p.m. Julie Ming Liang – Bacterial Secretion for High Efficiency Protein Production

4:31 p.m. – 4:35 p.m. CLOSING REMARKS

  • Dick Co, Director, Chain Reaction Innovations

Special Thanks to the Cohort 7 Finals Sponsors

 

 

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