Past Winners

Year

 

Commercial Track

Social Track

2009
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1st
Place

NextRay

Low dose and high quality X-Ray images

MedPLUS

Provide excess US medical supplies to developing countries

2nd  Place

Clinical Sensors

Nitric oxide (NO) sensors for the early detection of sepsis, the leading cause of death in non-cardiac ICUs.

medCount

More effective tuberculosis diagnosis

 

2008
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1st
Place

Mei Lu

Miniature golf to China’s middle-class.

Carolina Liquid Assets

A ceramic water purifier for Cambodia’s poor.

2nd  Place

Applied Micro Products

Environmentally friendly wood preservative.

Greener Greek Initiative

Custom-tailored energy auditing and consulting service.

2007
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1st
Place

SizeMeUp

Online sizing software.

Universal Nut Sheller

Simple peanut sheller 98% more effective than by hand.

2nd Place

Knowble, Inc

Online networking and communications tool for researchers.

Know Your Plate

Sustainable agriculture taking the farmers’ market online.

2006
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1st
Place

TRG Online

(now New Media Campaigns) Managing online voter-campaign marketing.

Zebra Crossings

Fair-trade wedding gifts created by artisans in economically disadvantaged areas.

2nd Place

Health e-Lunch Kids

Online service offering healthy lunches delivered to children in schools and camps nationwide.

Rival Magazine

Magazine that aims to promote collaboration on service projects among students at UNC and Duke University.

2005
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1st
Place

RemedEase

First-aid product for stopping nosebleeds.

New Worlds Through Literature

Literature and libraries donations services.

2nd Place

CollegeGrocer.net

To-the-room grocery delivery for students who live on the UNC campus.

Nourish International

Implements sustainable strategies to alleviate global malnutrition.