Impressing judges with projects ranging from a unique alternative to traditional cancer treatment to a high-performance e-bike that folds into the size of a backpack netted six senior-year engineering teams $10,000 each in the annual Norman Esch Entrepreneurship Awards for Capstone Design contest.
The winning teams, narrowed down from 10 in the pitching competition, took three minutes each to explain their innovations in the online event held March 31.
For the past eight months, students have been working on their Capstone Design projects both remotely and on campus when pandemic-related restrictions were eased.
One of those projects, Petalos, a novel gastrointestinal endoscope, earned one of the $10,000 prizes along with $3,000 as the winner of the Sedra People’s Choice Award.
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