Fall 2022 Hackathon

Green Economies

GreenHacks x ROSEI Fall 2022 Hackathon

October 14-18th, 2022

There's an ongoing debate about whether the pursuit of economic growth is at odds with sustainability. Due to the profit-driven nature of certain industries, the day-to-day goods and services are manufactured by unsustainable practices. Economic growth ultimately requires energy, but the fossil fuels reserves are finite and climate change is making extreme weather events the new norm. Meanwhile, the new era of blockchain technology demands even more energy inputs, posing further strain on the environment. In this year's hackathon, we encourage everyone to reflect on the meaning of sustainable development and seek to propose ways to avoid compromises between economic growth and the environment.

Track 1

Track 2

Track 3

Speakers, Experts, and Judges

Winners

Team 15: GreenSource AI

Team 5: Earth

Team 21: Konvert

Team 8: Store to Pantry

2022 Hackathon Sponsors

Ralph S. O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI)

The Ralph O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute brings together the extensive energy-related activities already underway at JHU and focuses on developing impactful programs to address transformation of the energy sector to address climate change.

FastForwardU

FastForwardU is JHU’s hub for student entrepreneurship and innovation, serving students from all disciplines and campuses. FastForward U works with all students, from undergrad to post-doc, to support their entrepreneurial pursuits and turn good ideas into investable businesses.

ACEEE

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) develops transformative policies to reduce energy waste and combat climate change, aiming to build a vibrant and equitable economy that uses energy productively, reduces costs, protects the environment, and promotes the health and well-being of everyone.

MEIA

MEIA supports solar, wind, batteries, energy efficiency, grid modernization, carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS), and any other technology that reduces greenhouse gas emissions or provides negative emissions benefits in the electric, oil and gas, residential, commercial or industrial sectors.

JHU Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

JHU ChemBE students work together on topics ranging from the development of new therapies to conquer cancer and the creation of earth-friendly biofuels and other sources of energy to the design of molecular electronics and more.

EA Engineering, Science, & Technology, INC.

EA is a 100% employee-owned public benefit corporation that provides environmental, compliance, natural resources, and infrastructure engineering and management solutions to a wide range of public and private sector clients.

JHU Materials Science and Engineering

JHU MatSci faculty and students continuously innovate - fabricating nanostructures, leveraging artificial intelligence and data science to discover new materials, and pushing the boundary of knowledge by peering at the structure of materials at the atomic scale using the most advanced characterization tools available.

JHU Computer Science

JHU Computer Science's faculty and students collaborate across Johns Hopkins divisions to advance discovery in areas ranging from AI, computational biology and medicine and information security to machine learning, robotics, and speEch and language processing.

Mo.Na. Gems

Mo.Na. Gems strives to protect Mother Earth, reducing plastic waste in the fashion industr by developing earrings from bioplastic -- Mo.Na. gems look like synthetic plastic and come in trendy shapes, but are 100% biodegradable. When discarded, the gems break down into their natural components, leaving a minimal environmental footprint.

A Level Captial

A Level Capital is a student-led venture firm that empowers the Johns Hopkins entrepreneurial ecosystem by investing in Hopkins alumni/affiliate-led startups. By cultivating a network of founders and leaders, they directly expose the JHU student body to the startup world, ensuring that JHU produces not only some of the brightest scientists and engineers, but some of the greatest founders and business leaders.

Hackathon Photos

At the 2022 Hackathon, we had a variety of professional development events, speakers, games, games with giveaway prizes, and entertainment throughout the whole weekend! And of course... lots of food!