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Thank you to all the students and volunteers who participated in this year's challenge.

 Check back soon for the next competition dates.

The Challenge

The Micro Grand Challenge is modeled after the international grand challenges event and provides students the opportunity to leverage creativity and research, while working towards solving for the future.

Prize

The winning students will partner with Dr. Minteer on an OURE research project for the next academic year. 

Past Challenges
Spring 2024 challenge

Noah Johnson won first place in S&T’s first Micro Grand Challenge in April. He proposed sodium rather than lithium-ion batteries to store wind and solar power.

Meet the winner  
Spring 2025 challenge

Abigail Richner, a senior in engineering management and Harshit Agarwal, a senior in physics both won first place at the spring event. Students were challenged to rethink carbon dioxide capture and sequestration technologies.
Meet the winners