Great Race Innovation Chase Winners Announced
| Published: 04/14/2008 |
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Teams from eight universities competed in the Great Race Innovation Chase in Milwaukee April 12. Hosted by Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), the event required students to be innovative and creative as they scoured the city for clues in a competition modeled after the popular television shows, "The Amazing Race" and "The Apprentice."
With the ultimate goal of creating a marketing strategy for Chevrolet that features their new, environmentally-friendly engine technologies such as the E-85, Hybrids and, ultimately, the Chevy Volt, (an electric car), the teams completed tasks on the MSOE campus, at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Discovery World and Holz Chevrolet.
Sponsors of the event included MSOE, the Uihlein/Spitzer Endowed Fund for Entrepreneurship, Holz Chevrolet, OnStar, GMAC Financial Services and the KEEN (Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network) grant. MSOE plans to make this an annual event. In the coming weeks, video storylines will be added to http://www.innovationchase.com/.
Congratulations to all of the teams that participated in the event.
First Place - MSOE - $2,000:
Gene Wright, coach, Robert Printz, captain, Andrew Bronson, Jake Kattner, John Shih and Lue Yang
Second Place - IIT - $1,500:
Dr. David Pistrui, coach, Nikhil Mandrekar, captain, Sebastian Babel, Adam Berg, Roman Kofman and Tony Morales
Third Place - Valparaiso - $1,000:
David Walther, coach, Drew Saad, captain, Brad Schaum, Tom Siepman, Brian Walsh and Alex Welch
Forth Place - Marquette - $500:
Dr. George Corliss, coach, Ashton Douglas, captain, Oppong Agyemang, Navarro Bowe, Alyssa Gayle-Guerrero and Adeola Giwa
Fifth Place - MIAD - $400:
Dr. John Caruso, coach, Brett Stenson, captain, Loren Foster, Ashley Greene, Steve Hyma and Kyle Nesbitt
Sixth Place - Lawrence Tech - $300:
Dr. Don Reimer, coach, Angelina Card-Brown, captain, Ali Bernard, Leslie Granados, Patrick Morin and Mike Nolte
Seventh Place - UIC - $200:
James Downing, coach, Andrew Stover, captain, Ryan Brandys, Aaron Miles, Darnell Shields Jr. and Joel Villegas
Eighth Place - Bradley - $100:
Dr. Eden Blair, coach, Luke Soltis, captain, Jackie Kimmel, Brian McMahon, Brad Soyak and Luke Wingstrom
MSOE is an independent university with about 2,500 students. MSOE offers 17 bachelor's degrees and 10 master's degrees in the engineering, engineering technology, architectural engineering and building construction, computer, business and health-related fields.