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UC San Diego's Triton Innovation Network (TriNet) Challenge Returns for Second Year
The Triton Innovation Network (TriNet) at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) is gearing up for its second annual TriNet Challenge. This event, sponsored by the Scripps Foundation, aims to bring together faculty, staff, and students with business leaders to bring innovative ideas to market.
One of the projects competing in this year's challenge is the "Mitigation of Natural Hazards and Structural Monitoring using GPS/Seismic Technology." Led by Yehuda Bock, a Geodesist at Scripps Research, this project focuses on warning of imminent collapse and damage due to seismic activity, winds, heavy traffic, and other natural hazards. The project optimally combines GPS and seismic data to provide early warnings and potentially save lives.
Another contender is SEA-EYE, an underwater hyperspectral imaging technology for exploration and health assessment of the oceans. This technology, developed by Dimitri Deheyn, an Associate Project Scientist at Scripps, has the potential to revolutionize certain aspects of science and oil and mineral prospecting.
The TriNet Challenge also highlights commercially promising, environmentally focused technologies. One such project is NuGarden, a system aimed at providing urban individuals with a simple and effective way to produce quality fruits, vegetables, and herbs in their own homes. This project is a collaboration between the Rady School of Management and Scripps.
Last year's winning idea was the Aequoreus Pharma Innovation project, a collaboration between two TriNet schools, targeting a business market between the pharmaceutical industry and academia.
Semifinalists for this year's challenge will be paired with business advisors from the von Liebig Center for mentoring and guidance. The final TriNet Challenge event will be held on January 17, 2013, at 6 p.m. in Wells Fargo Hall at the Rady School of Management. Registration for the event is free and open to the public, but required, as space is limited.
The TriNet Challenge offers opportunities for networking, personalized mentoring, and potential funding for entrepreneurially minded scientists and engineers. For more information on past TriNet Challenge projects, you may want to visit the TriNet website or contact the Triton Innovation Network directly.
- Entrepreneurially minded scientists and engineers could potentially gain funding for their projects through the TriNet Challenge, an annual event aimed at bringing innovative ideas to market.
- Business leaders will be present at the TriNet Challenge to network with faculty, staff, and students, providing opportunities for learning in the field of entrepreneurship.
- Online education platforms could be beneficial for those looking to improve their knowledge in areas like finance, investing, education-and-self-development, and business, as they prepare to take part in competitions like the TriNet Challenge.
- The TriNet Challenge highlights a variety of projects, such as real-estate ventures like NuGarden, which aims to help urban individuals grow their own fruits and vegetables, and even technological advancements like SEA-EYE, an underwater imaging technology for ocean exploration and health assessment.
