April 19, 2023
EnergyTech University Prize (EnergyTech UP)
Calling themselves Heliotrope, Tran, who is earning her doctoral degree this year in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering under the mentorship of Professor Eray Aydil, and Bloomquist, a doctoral candidate who works with Professors Aydil and Miguel Modestino, entered a competition sponsored by the Department of Energy’s Office of Technology Transitions. The EnergyTech University Prize (EnergyTech UP), as it is called, attracted almost 200 teams from across the country, and at the April 3 national finals, held in Austin, Texas, the pair took home first-place honors and a cash award of $50,000.