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Student Idea Competitions!
Student Idea Competition
The Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship is excited to partner with the Sacramento State Colleges to provide a creative outlet to pursue your innovative, problem-solving ideas!
Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM) Idea Competition
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Check out the winners of the Student Idea Competition for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM)!
1st Place: FireGression - Smith Purdum, MS in Chemistry
2nd Place: Healthy Ware - Tarandeep Singh, Chemistry
3rd Place: Indoor Skate Park - Brandon Adonai Gonzalez, Mathematics
Please reach out to the Carlsen Center email with any questions!

College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) Idea Competition
Here are the winners of the Student Idea Pitch Competition featuring students in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS)!
- 1st Place: aligner access - Taylor Mackin, Mechanical Engineering
- 2nd Place: Call Flow – Edgar Sandoval, Computer Engineering
- 3rd Place: A tie between:
Campus Eats – Abubeker Hussen, Mechanical Engineering;
Mohamed Ismail, Computer Science; Isaiah Parker, Business HR
And
Green & Gold Club – Ruqshana Amiri, Mechanical Engineering

A&L, HHS and SSIS Idea Competition
Arts and Letters, Health and Human Services, Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies winners include:
- 1st Place: JBV – Vanessa Vang, Nutrition & Psychology
- 2nd Place: Nutra Compass – Justin Mickle, Nutrition; Luke Bonaparte Kinesiology; Dhruv Singh, Computer Science
- 3rd Place: Go-Getter – Ike Bischof, Communications
College of Business Idea Competition
1st Place: Vael
2nd Place: Green Energy
3rd Place: Mobile Munchies Machine