Now in its sixth year and open to all University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduates, the contest awards cash prizes to those whose ideas are judged most creative, novel, innovative, patentable and likely to succeed in the marketplace. Students will also compete for the Tong Prototype Prize , awarded to the team that develops the best prototype of their invention. Winners will be announced in the afternoon of Edison Day, the College of Engineering's annual celebration of Thomas Edison's birthday. The Doors are Open.
All events are free and open to the public.
Mete Kural was the winner of last year's The Schoofs Prize for Creativity for his novel solar collection device. Water is removed by gravity, vacuum pressure along the filter area and positive pressure over the sludge surface.