{"id":163379,"date":"2025-07-29T16:43:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=163379"},"modified":"2025-08-04T12:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T16:10:12","slug":"great-lakes-blue-tech-challenge-semi-finalists-annonced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=163379","title":{"rendered":"Great Lakes Blue Tech Challenge semi-finalists announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CONGRATULATIONS to Traverse City\u2019s Wave Lumina, which makes its home in NMC\u2019s Parsons-Stulen Building, and the nine other teams that surged ahead to the semi-finals of the Great Lakes Blue Tech Challenge\u2014an NMC-sponsored competition that addresses important issues facing the Great Lakes and its watershed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.agriwater.tech\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agriwater<\/span><\/a> (Tennessee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benchmarklabs.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benchmark Labs<\/span><\/a> (New York and California)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bluegreenbiogas.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BlueGreen Services<\/span><\/a> (South Carolina)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elergreen.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">elerGreen<\/span><\/a> (Ontario, Canada)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gwtr.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Water Technologies<\/span><\/a> (Indiana)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacuum.ai\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lacuum<\/span><\/a> (Ann Arbor, Michigan)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lwnc.ca\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lakewater Nutrient Capture<\/span><\/a> (Manitoba, Canada)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meknology.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meknology<\/span><\/a> (Southfield, Michigan)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blinq.me\/FUSXgPzJaRhq\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sequestro<\/span><\/a> (Ann Arbor, Michigan)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wavelumina.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wave Lumina<\/span><\/a> (Traverse City, Michigan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Michigan is home to four of these innovators, who are on the brink of transforming freshwater science and technology, and will pitch their groundbreaking solutions live via Zoom on August 1 before a panel of judges. The top three pitches will move on to the final round on October 1 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/greatlakes25.oceansconference.org\/\" data-prosemirror-content-type=\"mark\" data-prosemirror-mark-name=\"link\">Oceans25<\/a> conference in Chicago!<\/p>\n<p>The stakes are high: $60,000 in prize money! Their ideas could revolutionize how we understand, protect, and utilize our most vital freshwater resources.<\/p>\n<div data-node-type=\"mediaSingle\" data-layout=\"center\" data-width=\"\" data-prosemirror-content-type=\"node\" data-prosemirror-node-name=\"mediaSingle\" data-prosemirror-node-block=\"true\">\n<div title=\"Attachment\" data-id=\"\" data-node-type=\"media\" data-type=\"external\" data-collection=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0?ui=2&amp;ik=dc455112cc&amp;attid=0.1&amp;permmsgid=msg-f:1839072424737689698&amp;th=1985b2a060b4d062&amp;view=fimg&amp;fur=ip&amp;permmsgid=msg-f:1839072424737689698&amp;sz=s0-l75-ft&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ9LxVAp3R9Cwo4MAa_ybDtHKO2O1ux9ygyNis20sHOfWiuGWBe2h0QtOv231v_L0_F3HdLICmfMVdj4qTGrwN1A5VPrivA4bh4KWLgfgSdVgwpNBqhzac-Q20U&amp;disp=emb&amp;realattid=ii_mdpwiomo0&amp;zw\" data-alt=\"\" data-prosemirror-content-type=\"node\" data-prosemirror-node-name=\"media\" data-prosemirror-node-block=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CONGRATULATIONS to Traverse City\u2019s Wave Lumina, which makes its home in NMC\u2019s Parsons-Stulen Building, and the nine other teams that surged ahead to the semi-finals of the Great Lakes Blue Tech Challenge\u2014an NMC-sponsored competition that addresses important issues facing the Great Lakes and its watershed. 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