Check Out Our Solve Challenge Semifinalist Solutions!

Introducing the Solve challenge semifinalists 

The Solve judges have selected these semifinalists to present their solutions at HUBweek on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at the MIT Media Lab: 

Learn pillar: Refugee education challenge (alph. order by solution name, followed by team name or solution owner)

• Crowdsourced education platform for refugees around the world, Gail Anderson 

• Educate refugee children using internationally recognized badges, Global Students

• Design thinkers without borders, Affoue

• Developing unique thinkers, DadAndDaughterTeam

• Kiron: A blended-learning higher education model for refugees, Kiron

• Ready2Solve: Empowering global teams of students to become entrepreneurs, Ready2Solve

Fuel pillar: Carbon price challenge (alph. order by solution name followed by team name or solution owner)

• Climate Coin, Dennis Peterson

• SnoCaps, the people’s cap-and-trade, James D’Angelo

• Solar Dollars, the world currency to price and finance carbon mitigation, Global4C 

Fuel pillar: Carbon emissions challenge (alph. order by solution name, followed by team name or solution owner)

• CCS2, fix CO2 at power plants with olivine to a powder, GravityTubePressure

• Hydroponic carbon capture at source, Gas2Green4Life

• Safi Sarvi: Carbon-negative fertilizer that improves farmers' yields by 30%, Takachar/SafiSarvi

• Soil for Life carbon sequestration challenge, DanielJEarthGuardians

Congratulations to our semifinalists, and thank you to our judges and all who participated!

What’s next?

Our semifinalists will present at HUBweek (see details below). The judges will make their selections of one or more solutions in each challenge to proceed as finalists to Solve@MIT this spring. 

Most Solve events during HUBweek are free, but registration is required and space is limited, so register today [Registration Closed].

Register for Solve at Hubweek Events [Registration Closed]:

HUBweek Presents: Expanding Opportunity in the Digital Age

September 27, 10AM–12PM

Solve | Make Presentations

September 27, 2–4PM

The MIT IIC Awards Ceremony

September 27, 7:30–9:00PM

Solve | Learn Presentations

September 28, 10–11:30AM

Solve | Fuel Presentations

September 28, 2–3:30PM

Solve | Fuel Closing Keynote & Reception

September 28, 4–6:30PM