The University of Houston’s inaugural “Coogs for Energy” Hackathon has crowned its champions, with the top two teams heavily featuring students from the Cullen College of Engineering.
The event, hosted by UH’s Division of Energy and Innovation’s Energy Transition Institute, pitted 10 teams against each other to find the best solutions to some of the region’s most pressing challenges. The competition was sponsored by the Glen Bailey Foundation and ran on Feb. 21 and Feb. 22.
Team Ecosix took first place, followed by Coog-nitive Sparks. They earned cash prizes of $6,000 and $3,000 respectively.
Team Ecosix consisted of:
- Olanrewaju Daramola, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- David Odim, Computer Science in NSM
- Afra Azim, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Israel Trejo, Computer Science in NSM
- Glenys Yevi, C.T. Bauer College of Business
- Koseku Buzugbe, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
The members of Coog-nitive Sparks are:
- Milad Rezaie, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Fateme Sabet, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Parisa Yousefi, C. T. Bauer College of Business
- Bardia Nabavi, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Abdollah Zakeri, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Delaram Mehrabaneshtehardi, Education
Congratulations to the winning teams and to all of the Coogs that participated!
For more information, and Q&As with the winning teams, click here!