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Innovation for Impact: Climate Change Past Cohorts

Innovation for Impact: Climate Change is a Company-in-Residence program for emerging companies making a significant impact on the carbon balance of the planet. The program is an immersive learning experience for students as they work side by side with the companies on the deployment and market development of their breakthrough innovations. 

2022 Cohort Teams

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Michael Ficaj
Chemical Engineering | Class of 2023

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Morgan Cobb
Chemical Engineering | Class of 2023

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Sahil Shah
Masters of Energy Systems Engineering | Class of 2022

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Ananya Shah
Masters of Environmental & Sustainability | Class of 2024

Linal Perera - Team Mentor
Strategic Account Manager | Svante

Dan Miller - Team Mentor
Managing Director | Rhoda Group

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Remington Gerst
Masters of Environmental & Sustainability | Class of 2023

CO2 Capture Opportunities

Explore and analyze non-fossil opportunities for steam generation to support Svante’s CO2 capture plant in Colorado.

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Anant Sinha 
Computer Science | Class of 2024

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Samuel Goldman
Industrial and Operations Engineering | Class of 2024

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Jaqueline Taylor
Public Policy | Class of 2023

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Conor Zimmerman
Environment | Class of 2023

Robert Wong - Team Mentor
Analyst | NEXUS PMG

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Daniel Ketyer
Masters of Business Administration | Class of 2022

Identify Opportunities for Project Developments

Identify how support from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) be helpful to climate-conscious project developments.

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Jessica Zhang
Business Administration | Class of 2025

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Samuel Streng
Business Administration | Class of 2025

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Christine Belinsky
Mathematics | Class of 2023

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Rishi Madethatt
Masters of Environmental & Sustainability | Class of 2023

Sujatha Kuma - Team Mentor
Founder & Managing Partner | Ayatis

Malcolm Ross - Team Mentor
Black Swan Detector | Ayatis

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Matt Meiresonne
Business Administration | Class of 2024

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Team

Narrow down the market with the most value added for preliminary focus and develop requirements for a viable CCUS modeling software product.

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Julian Florez
Industrial and Operations Engineering | Class of 2023

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Mobin Mazloomian
Mechanical Engineering | Class of 2023

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Anya Kothari
Masters of Industrial and Operations Engineering | Class of 2022

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Abhishek Bhattacharyya
Masters of Energy Systems Engineering | Class of 2022

Sujatha Kuma - Team Mentor
Founder & Managing Partner | Ayatis

Geothermal Energy Team

Technical feasibility study for optimized geothermal revenue operations.

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Kartik Hemant Jain
Masters of Energy Systems Engineering | Class of 2022

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Sarah Ho Ping Kong
Mechanical Engineering | Class of 2023

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Ryan O'Sullivan
Economics | Class of 2024

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Yuer Wang

Masters of Public Policy, Masters of Environmental & Sustainability | Class of 2022

Rick Rosin - Team Mentor
Director - Catalyst Technologies | LanzaTech

Taylor Schulz - Team Mentor
Senior Research And Development Engineer | LanzaTech

Market Analysis

Market location and analysis for biochar byproduct from biomass waste gasification.

2021 Cohort Teams

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Jennani Jayaram
Mathematics | Class of 2022

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Ramani Tyagi
Computer Science | Class of 2023

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Eva Mason
Computer Engineering | Class of 2023

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Katie Sale
Chemical Engineering | Class of 2023

Martin Keighley - Team Mentor
CEO | Carbonfree Chemicals

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David McAndrews
Economics | Class of 2021

Mapping Carbon Pricing and Trends

Produce a heat map of carbon pricing and trends across North America, Europe and Asia, and develop hypotheses as to how this will impact the strategic investment decisions of global industrial players operating CO2 emitting processes.

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Nancy Zhou
Sustainable Systems and Environmental Engineering | Class of 2022

Joey 3

Joseph Shangraw
Materials Science and Engineering | Class of 2022

Anirudh 1

Anirudh Appachar
Materials Science and Engineering | Class of 2022

Kalina 1

Kalina Matossian
Environmental Engineering | Class of 2022

Doug Wilson - Team Mentor
Operations Supply Chain & Strategy | Gridtential

Dan Miller - Team Mentor
Managing Director |Roda Group

Environmental & Economic Benefits of Bipolar Battery Technology

Determine environmental and economic benefits of Gridtential’s bipolar battery technology that is designed to be compatible with the world's existing lead battery infrastructure. 

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Alex Attisha
Economics | Class of 2022

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Kianna Marquez
Chemical Engineering | Class of 2022

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Dhruv Thakkar
Business Administration | Class of 2023

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Kevin Thakkar
Mechanical Engineering | Class of 2022

Allan Gao - Team Mentor
Senior Process Engineer | LanzaTech

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Kalyan Nandigam
Energy Systems Engineering | Class of 2022

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Zachary Marmet
Program in the Environment | Class of 2023

Creating Valuable Commodity Using Wast CO & CO2 Streams

Examine methods of separation and associated capital and operating costs in arriving at a proposed design for specific molecules used by the company.

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Hanna Chen
Chemical Engineering | Class of 2024

Megan 3

Megan Martis
Energy Systems Engineering | Class of 2021

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Ryan Needle
Mechanical Engineering | Class of 2023

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Joey Self
Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration | Class of 2022

James Kahn - Team Mentor
Founder and Principal | SkyBaron

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Alexandra Windle
Environmental Science and Sustainability | Class of 2021

Products Made with Captured and Recycled Carbon

Building a marketplace for consumer products made with captured and upcycled CO2. 

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Shagun Parekh
Mechanical Engineering | Class of 2022

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Annika Dahlmann
Data Science | Class of 2022

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Brandon Gordon
Economics | Class of 2022

Jessica Liang 5

Jessica Liang
Public Policy and Business Administration | Class of 2023

Brett Henkel - Team Mentor
Director | Svante

Dan Miller - Team Mentor
Managing Director | Rhoda Group

Blue Hydrogen Opportunities

Market analysis for blue hydrogen opportunities. 

2020 Cohort Teams

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Shashank Prakash Nair
Energy Systems Engineering | Class of 2020

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Cansu Doganay
Mechanical Engineering | Class of 2021

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Michael Blakeslee
Economics | Class of 2021

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Adam Levey
Chemical Engineering & Engineering Physics | Class of 2021

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Abigail Martin
Environmental Engineering | Class of 2020

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Merritt Dailey
Environmental Engineering | Class of 2020

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Mengqing Kan
Natural Resources and Environment | Class of 2021

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Melissa Brei
Mechanical Engineering | Class of 2020

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Tanishq Das
Industrial and Operations Engineering | Class of 2020

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Yingying Zeng
Macromolecular Science and Engineering | Class of 2021

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