The 9th annual Triton Innovation Challenge is a business competition that spotlights commercially promising, environmentally focused technologies generated by UC San Diego’s finest minds. Supported by the generosity of The William and Kathryn Scripps Family Foundation, the program is presented through a partnership with the Rady School of Management, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the Jacobs School of Engineering.

The competition awards cash prizes to support progressive ideas that directly impact people and nature through environmentally-focused innovations. All participants are eligible to compete for up to $300,000 in investment funding from the Rady Venture Fund and the Triton Technology Fund. Students, faculty, and staff affiliated with UC San Diego are invited to apply.

View the 2021 Triton Innovation Challenge final presentations with searchable transcriptions on the Educational Vision Technologies Bloom platform here:
https://learn.evt.ai/n/ucsd/2021_spring/triton_innovation_challenge_20212021_spring/triton_innovation_challenge_1#24a48f8e49bbd11be74894eeca396397c16ae92d

Triton Innovation Challenge Finalists:
1. Algeon Materials | presentation starts here 10:08
Fighting climate change and global waste by developing ocean-derived bio innovative materials to help commercial retailers reduce and replace non-compostable single-use items.
Kim Pendergrass, Rady MBA '22
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimpendergrass
Rose Greeley, Rady MBA '22
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rose-greeley

2. Green Steel Printing | presentation starts here 23:13
3D printing method to manufacture steel that completely eliminates CO2 emissions, decreases manufacturing costs, reduces scrap metal waste, and increases energy efficiency.
Andy Zhao, PhD, Materials Science and Engineering
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-zhao-014448a9
Olivia Dippo, PhD, Materials Science and Engineering
https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivia-dippo

3. Kryos, Personal Cooling Vest | presentation starts here 33:24
A novel portable cooling vest that provides users with a comfortable body temperature while working in hot environments.
Jose Ricardo Suarez, MD, PhD
https://profiles.ucsd.edu/jose.suarez

4. The Lichen Lab | presentation starts here 45:29
Commercializing an extremely affordable fume hood-closing alarm that improves laboratory safety and saves an average of over one thousand dollars in energy per year.
Seth Litman, UC San Diego Electrical and Electronics Engineering
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sethlitman
William Landry, UC San Diego Biology
https://www.linkedin.com/in/landrywill

5. SynBioEnergy | presentation starts here 59:52
Sustainably treating wastewater while desalinating water for drinking.
Tyler Myers, PhD, Bioengineering
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tydymy

Triton Innovation Challenge Updates:
1. Ocean Motion Technologies | presentation starts here 1:11:37
A revolutionary technology that converts the power of the ocean into sustainable, scalable, and more efficient marine hydrokinetic energy by focusing on small-scale applications.
Jack Pan, PhD, Oceanography
https://www.linkedin.com/in/byjpan

Triton Innovation Challenge:
https://rady.ucsd.edu/centers/ciid/competitions/triton-innovation-challenge

Rady School of Management:
https://rady.ucsd.edu

Scripps Institution of Oceanography:
https://scripps.ucsd.edu

Jacobs School of Engineering:
https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu