{"56974":{"#nid":"56974","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Students Win Dell Competition Prize","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo Georgia Tech students, Patrick Caputo and James Molini, won the Tomberg Prize at the Dell Social Innovation Competition, an online contest that awards seed funding to student-led ventures that help solve social problems and help people in need.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOut of a field of more than 700 international entries, their venture, known as \u0022Waste to Watts,\u0022 was one of only two recipients to receive a cash prize. Mr. Caputo is an electrical engineering major, and Mr. Molini is a biomedical engineering major.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWaste to Watts has designed a low-cost, modular back-up power supply that will run devices ranging from EKGs and patient monitors to computers and household lights for several hours when the power goes out. The most expensive components of the device are made of repurposed electronic waste, one of the world\u0027s fastest growing pollution problems. Messrs. Caputo and Molini plan to complete the third iteration of their design and ship several units with student-volunteers from Duke University to hospitals in Africa to acquire a proof of concept this summer. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about \u0022Waste to Watts,\u0022 visit \u003CA href=\u0022http:\/\/www.dellsocialinnovationcompetition.com\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.dellsocialinnovationcompetition.com\/\u003C\/a\u003E.  \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Award Winning Entry Converts Waste to Watts"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Two Georgia Tech students, Patrick Caputo and James Molini, won the Tomberg Prize at the Dell Social Innovation Competition, an online contest that awards seed funding to student-led ventures that help solve social problems and help people in need.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech students win the Tomberg Prize at Dell Competition"}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2010-05-10 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:15","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-05-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-05-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"56975":{"id":"56975","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower image","body":null,"created":"1449175653","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:47:33","changed":"1475894501","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:41","alt":"Tech Tower image","file":{"fid":"190498","name":"twx23330.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/twx23330_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/twx23330_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":60499,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/twx23330_0.jpg?itok=E9NQVDBy"}}},"media_ids":["56975"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.dellsocialinnovationcompetition.com\/","title":"Dell Social Innovation Competition"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/","title":"Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"249","name":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"id":"9594","name":"Dell Social Innovation Competition"},{"id":"1259","name":"electrical engineering"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"9593","name":"James Molini"},{"id":"9592","name":"Patrick Caputo"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EJackie Nemeth\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Jackie Nemeth\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-2906\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}