Several teams from the University of Nevada, Reno had high placings on April 24 during the 2009 Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup competition, held in Reno. A record 56 teams competed and nearly $110,000 in prize money was awarded.

University of Nevada winners included:

Graduate winners

Second place ($10,000 prize): Northern Nevada Nanotubes. Team members: Alison Pyne (Finance); Justin Culver (Chemical Engineering); Umer Javed (Chemical Engineering); Tim Stutz (Chemical Engineering); Stuart Greenfield (Economics); Andrew Strolin (Business). Faculty adviser: Gary Valiere, Management.

Third place ($5,000 prize): Dine Around Town. Team members: Yuliya Patsay (MBA); Heather Struble (MBA); Siganga Wawdo (MBA). Faculty adviser: Cynthia Birk, Accounting.

Undergraduate winners

Second place ($10,000 prize): Carbon Gold. Team members: Palkin Zed (Materials Science and Engineering/Marketing); York Smith (Chemical Engineering). Faculty adviser: Mano Misra, Materials Science and Engineering.

Lt. Governor’s Award winners

Presented to best energy-related business plan:

Undergraduate winner: ($5,000 prize): Carbon Gold. Team members: Palkin Zed (Materials Science and Engineering/Marketing); York Smith (Chemical Engineering). Faculty adviser: Mano Misra, Materials Science and Engineering.

Graduate winner ($5,000 prize): Appliance2.0 Solutions. Team members: Alexander Cerjanic (Electrical Engineering); Connor McCune (Electrical Engineering); Alex Carr (Engineering Physics); Kingsley Anoshiri (Electrical Engineering). Faculty adviser: Yantao Shen, Electrical and Biomedical Engineering.

NCED Commissioners’ Award

Presented to best business plan for economic development needs of rural Nevada:

$2,500 prize: Clean Bean. Team members: Jason Strull (Material Sciences); Rao Kondamudi (Material Sciences). Faculty adviser: Mano Misra, Materials Science and Engineering.

Faculty Awards

Faculty Adviser Recognition Awards: Sergiu Dascalu and Mano Misra.

University teams that were also finalists:

SolAir Solar-Thermal Air conditioning/heating: Chase Houston (International Business/ Minor: Japanese); Kitte Karhohs (International Business/ Minor: Chinese); Derek Metz (Mechanical Engineering); David Gough (Accounting and Finance). Faculty adviser: Ted Batchman, Engineering.

Sustainable Energy Solutions: Susannah Lee (Chemical Engineering); Garrett Chamber Chambers (Business); Kenneth Harden (Business). Faculty adviser: Carl Nesbit, Chemical Engineering.

Energy Expansion & Design: Ben Harris (Business); Steven Martinez (Mechanical Engineering). Faculty adviser: Gary Valiere, Management.

Solar Cents: Non-tracking Solar Collector: Gregory Kraus (Mechanical Engineering); Cheryll Go (Mechanical Engineering); Mike McKee (Mechanical Engineering) Will Temple (Mechanical Engineering). Faculty adviser: Candice Bauer, Engineering.

Muse Interactive: Ben Brown (Computer Science/Mechanical Engineering Dual); Wesley Lee (Computer Science); Josh Greenspan (Computer Science). Faculty adviser: Sergiu Dascalu, CSE, and Devrin Lee.