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Invent for the Planet 2019 - The sun never sets on innovation

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Feb. 15-17, 2019

Invent for the Planet - The sun never sets on innovation.

For 48 hours, more than 600 college students from 25 universities around the world joined Texas A&M University virtually to tackle some of the most challenging issues facing the planet today. From water insecurity solutions to stopping the spread of disease and creating new technology for the classroom, this competition test the limits of creativity and resourcefulness. Will your idea help save lives and improve life on Earth? From Feb. 15–17, the sun won’t set on innovation.

About the Event

A 48 hours challenge of intensive engineering design experience considering planet impact subjects. Generating ideas that have the potential to change the world.

UFRJ and CEFET/RJ will participate together with a joint Brazilian team.

LOCAL COMMITTEE

FACILITATORS / COORDINATORS

Marcelo Amorim Savi

Pedro Manuel Calas Lopes Pacheco

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE / MENTORS

Ana Lucia Ferreira de Barros

Cristina Gomes de Souza

Dayse Haime Pastore

Luciana Loureiro da Silva Monteiro

Ricardo Alexandre Amar de Aguiar

Sergio de Almeida Oliveira

JUDGEMENT COMMITTEE

Eduardo Ogasawara (CEFET/RJ)

Fernando Duda (COPPE/UFRJ)

Fernando Sepulveda (COPPE/UFRJ)

Lavinia Borges (COPPE/UFRJ)

Marco Antonio Barbosa Braga (CEFET/RJ)

Sofiane Achiche (Polytechnique Montréal)

IT COORDINATORS

Ηeraldo Filho

Renan Rogick de Lima Moreira

MEDIA COORDINATORS

Bruno Franco

Mariana Thereza Pereira Sant´Anna

MORE INFORMATION

Texas A&M video

MECANOM

TOP FIVE WINNING TEAMS

Team Tupã from CEFET/RJ (Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca) and UFRJ (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) was selected by external judges as one of the Global Top Five Teams from the first-place teams of 25 universities of 16 countries.

Global Top Five Teams (IFTP 2019)

Check out the photos from CEFET/RJ-UFRJ teams: Invent for the Planet 2019 - Fotos CEFET/RJ

FINAL COMPETITION - WINNING TEAMS

The Global Top Five Teams participated in the Final Competition at Texas A&M University on April 23-24. Team Tupã from CEFET/RJ (Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca) and UFRJ (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro) won the first-place in Invent for the Planet 2019 Final Competition. The team from Brazil developed an innovative idea that could benefit millions of people with a vision impairment.