Take a leadership role in the premier
Pacific NW cleantech competition sponsored by the UW!
The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
(CIE) is interviewing students to fill positions on the UW Environmental
Innovation Challenge (EIC) Executive Committee. If you have a desire to make an impact, the UW Environmental
Innovation Challenge is your opportunity.
The time commitment for a position on
the EIC Executive Committee will be an average of 2-4 hours per week, including
bi-weekly hour-long committee meeting as needed, with the majority of work
October through February. Membership on this committee does not
preclude your entry into the Challenge on April 4, 2013.
We’re looking for 3-5 representatives
from various campus departments to work with co-chairs Chris Walker and Renuka
Prabhakar. Candidates should have some
combination of the following qualifications:
·
Current, undergrad or grad student in
science, engineering, environment, business or policy.
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Communication skills, comfortable
speaking in public.
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Organization and attention to detail.
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Enthusiasm for innovation,
competition, and/or environmental challenges.
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And, at least 1 person who is
interested in social media marketing.
Representative responsibilities:
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Act as liaison to campus departments
(Engineering, College on the Environment, Business School, etc.). Speak with
advisors, faculty and student groups to encourage participation in the UW EIC.
·
Identify new opportunities to
communicate with students and recruit top talent to participate in the UW EIC.
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Assist in planning events to connect
individuals with teams, mentorship, ideas and resources.
·
Create and execute plan to promote
campus attention to UW EIC; Foster the value of UW EIC as a unique, major
regional event.
Contact the EIC Co-chairs directly if you are interested. Include a resume and a
short statement about why you are interested and why you think you would be a
good fit for this committee.
UW EIC 2012/2013
Co-chairs:
Chris Walker, cbwalker@uw.edu - Chris is
currently a first-year full-time MBA candidate at the Michael G. Foster School
of Business. Prior to business school,
he earned a Ph.D. from the U.W. Environmental Engineering department where his
research focused on environmental microbiology.
Recently, he worked as an environmental consultant for Geosyntec
Consultants, assisting clients on water and energy-related environmental
issues.
Renuka Prabhakar, rprab@uw.edu - Renuka is
currently a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of
Washington. Both her master’s and doctoral research is based upon a novel glass
recycling technology that she developed during the 2010 EIC. Renuka is also the
CEO of EnVitrum, a UW start-up that is focused on commercializing the
technology in the green building industry.
