Spring 2025 Innovation Challenge

Flowing Forward

GreenHacks Spring 2025 Innovation Challenge

February 21-22nd, 2025

Flowing Forward: Sustaining Our Water Use for Tomorrow

Water is fundamental to the function of life on Earth, from the largest ecological scales to routine daily habits. From washing dishes to heating and cooling homes, water is an integral part of our lives. The mismanagement of water resources has caused a strain on our water supply, resulting in inequitable access to clean and abundant water. The water-related challenges of the next decade are unprecedented and encompass diverse focus areas. Given the overwhelming significance of water to not only the planet but people as well, the world requires a revolutionized approach to sustainable water consumption. Moreover, the way in which we have interacted with precious aquatic ecosystems has been evidently disruptive, which can cause a slew of cascading harmful impacts. In this challenge, we ask you to grapple with these pressing issues and plot a new way forward for a sustainable future.

Tracks

Track 1

Track 2

Track 3

Speakers, Mentors, and Judges

Winners

Judge's Picks

1st Place: Team N - PolyGone

2nd Place: Team B - Chem-E-Clean

3rd Place: Team M - Eat the Oil

2025 Hackathon Sponsors

Gold Level 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.

Wrigley Capital

Wrigley Capital is an investment company focused on using quantitative techniques to analyze the best opportunities to trade in the energy industry.

Silver Level Sponsors

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.

Bronze Level Sponsors

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.

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.

JHU Center for a Livable Future

The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) works with students, educators, researchers, policymakers, advocacy organizations and communities to build a healthier, more equitable and resilient food system.