Trinity College

Trinity College Summit Innovation Challenge

Our collaboration with Trinity College started in 2023 and we have been the main sponsor of the Summit Innovation Challenge over the past 3 years.

Organized by Trinity’s Center for Entrepreneurship, the Summit Innovation Challenge is the annual marquee event for first-year students taking part in the two-year Tyree Innovation Fellowship Program. Students take on an invention exercise to learn about creative-problem solving, persuasive communication, teamwork, and the innovative mindset. Students evaluate problems and learn methodologies to develop solutions, from concept to prototyping. Students pick a problem to work on and invent their own solution. They then pitch their inventions at the annual Summit Innovation Challenge judged event.
An electronic pet collar that communicates with a smart car sensor to reduce the chances of an accident between pet and vehicle was the winning business proposal in this year’s Trinity College Summit Innovation Challenge. The product, dubbed the Paw Patroller, was pitched by Trinity students Cooper Edwards ’28, Andrew Gabriel ’28, and Owen Reilly ’28. Reilly developed the idea after he got into a car crash with an animal.

https://www.trincoll.edu/entrepreneurship/our-events/

https://www.trincoll.edu/news/smart-pet-collar-wins-trinity-colleges-innovation-challenge/