Portland State Magazine Winter 2017

WINTER 2017 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 25 Speakers at the Cleantech Challenge included (left to right) Lemelson Foundation Director Carol Dahl, PSU President Wim Wiewel, PSU Center for Entre- preneurship Executive Director Angela Jackson and Business Oregon Commission Director Chris Harder. Cricket Flours, developed by recent University of Oregon graduates Charles Wilson and Yesenia Gallardo, won the $10,000 grand prize for creating healthy oils and protein powders made from crickets and mealworms. Portland-based Voodoo Doughnut and Sesame Donuts used their cricket powder to craft new donut flavors especially for the event. Tree Dog, created by Oregon State University students Dylan Gould and Zach Caprai, won the $5,000 People’s Choice Award. Tree Dog is a safe tree-cutting system that holds a cut tree in place and directs its fall. The second-place prize of $5,000 went to Liquid Wire from Portland State. Mark Ronay (pictured here) and Bahar Ajdari invented a flexible, highly conductive print- able fluid to power electronic devices in clothing and soft robotics.