Two teams represented Boise State University at the 2018 Hult Prize regionals.
Northstar Energy team competed in San Francisco, California, in early March. Team members are Jessica Carolina, Eldar Sakebaev and Ali Sharifi Shalmani.
“We do want to change the world by following our dreams and passions in social entrepreneurship,” said Sakebaev. “We are a skillful and diverse team with the goal of delivering innovative, reliable and affordable energy storage solutions and transforming the lives of 10 million people by 2025.”
Advancing to regional competition in Melbourne, Australia, were Lynn Catlin, Danielle Hittle, Rhett Suciu and Stuart Wetzel.
“Our team is composed of an engineer, soldier, sociologist and a scientist,” explains Suciu. “We are diverse in our backgrounds, but similar in our pursuit of an MBA as well as our desire to change and help the world. We know that transformational change requires transformational partnerships. We will share our idea in Melbourne in hopes to secure $1M in seed money to change millions of lives.”Â
The Hult Prize is an international competition which brings together the best and brightest students in colleges and universities to solve world issues. The 2018 challenge is to build a scalable, sustainable social enterprise that harnesses the power of energy to transform the lives of 10 million people by 2025.
This is the sixth year in a row that Boise State has had a team(s) advance to the Hult Prize regional finals.