NCET is pleased to announce the winners of the 6th Annual Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition. The awards were announced last evening at the Awards Dinner and Gala at the Atlantis Casino Spa Resort in Reno.

• First place in the graduate division and the $20,000 prize went to Glyzen Technologies from UNR for their plan to develop a process to remove biodiesel waste.
• UNR’s Outbox Records, LLC took first place in the undergraduate division and the $20,000 prize for their plan to promote a music-recording label through digital music and social networking.
• Second place in the graduate division and the $10,000 prize went to UNR’s Biometric Recognition, Inc. for their plan for a product involving hand-based recognition and authentication system.
• UNR’s Innovative Protection Systems took second place in the undergraduate division and the $10,000 prize for their plan to create advanced handheld protection devices.
• Third place in the graduate division and the $5,000 prize went to UNLV’s TIKI ICE for a low calorie, Italian Ice product.
• UNR’s Nevada Paper Fuels took third place in the undergraduate division and the $5,000 prize for their plan to develop an industrial process which converts waste paper into cellulosic ethanol.

For the fourth year, NCET presented the Lt. Governor’s Award, sponsored by NV energy, to the business plans that best employed clean, renewable or efficient energy technologies and service. NOVAE Nanotechnology from UNR won the Lt. Governor’s award and $5,000 for their plan to provide high quality single-walled carbon nanotubes with reduced production costs.

You can find a complete list of winners with team information including team members, faculty advisor and business plan descriptions here