Participating universities presented their engineering solutions for issues affecting the planet. Finalists showcased their innovations virtually this year due to COVID-19.
In the end, it was a team of six students from Brazil who took home first place for their innovative idea that could benefit millions of people with a vision impairment.
Teams representing Texas A&M, James Madison University, Greece, Brazil and Wales will meet in College Station for a showcase and final competition April 23-24 for a chance to win the $3,000 top prize.
24 universities across the world took part in an intensive design experience hosted by the Texas A&M College of Engineering that tackled common global challenges.
By Kim Foli Ikpo, Texas A&M University College of Engineering Highlights Student teams named first and second place winners during Texas A&M’s Invent for the Planet teamed up to create an inexpensive light source to take to market in Myanmar. More than half of Myanmar’s citizens don’t have access to electricity,…
