Two UBC entrepreneur teams comprised of engineering and commerce students placed in the New Ventures World Competition held in Lincoln, Nebraska, April 9-10. Omniwrite received third place and a $1,000 prize; Aegis received Honourable Mention and a $500 prize. Two additional teams—H2knOw and Aeos Biomedical—competed in the international competition. All teams were developed through partnerships formed in the Applied Science 486/New Venture Design course.
Congratulations to the students on the teams: Jine Jine Li, Andy Tsai, Ivan Bezhyn, Annabelle Gerber and Melissa Mills; Winnie Lai, Edwin Jaury, Christopher Chan, Scott Schaffter and Peter Stein; Ivan Tang and Megan Franklin; Patricia Backlund, Colin O’Neill, Nicholas Seto, Wylie Spencer, Emi Yamada and master’s student John Holt.
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