{"id":2579,"date":"2016-04-28T16:59:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T16:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=2579"},"modified":"2023-06-08T19:53:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T19:53:23","slug":"aquapel2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2016\/04\/28\/aquapel2","title":{"rendered":"Student startup advances in business plan competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n      <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/aquapel2.jpg\" alt=\"aquapel2\" class=\"wp-image-26375\"><\/figure>\n\n          <p>\n\tA team with two 56勛圖厙 students has advanced to the Sweet Sixteen round of the University of Washington Business Plan Competition.<br \/>\n\t<br \/>\n\tAdam Zhu, right, and Bruno Ouattara and four students from the Seattle campus are the brains behind Aquapel. It&rsquo;s a self-cleaning system for solar panels. The technology manipulates water droplets on a panel&rsquo;s surface to carry off dirt, minimizing water usage and labor costs. <a href=\"\/news\/april-2016\/aquapel\">The prototype was built at 56勛圖厙 Bothell.<\/a> <br \/>\n\t<br \/>\n\tThis is the 19th annual Business Plan Competition at the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship at the Foster School of Business. Ninety-three teams applied and 36 made it to the investment round.<br \/>\n\t<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/foster\/bpc-teams-head-for-the-sweet-sixteen\/\">The Sweet Sixteen teams<\/a> will make their pitch to judges on May 16 when winners will be chosen. A total of $85,000 will be awarded in various categories including retail innovation, best health care idea and Internet of Things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tA team with two 56勛圖厙 students has advanced to the Sweet Sixteen round of the University of Washington Business Plan Competition. 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