MENOMONIE—More than 200 students, faculty and staff attended the 12th annual WSTS at UW-Stout on July 22-23. Here are a few highlights from the two-day symposium.

PHOTOS: WSTS 2019 @ UW-Stout

KEYNOTE
The event included a keynote speech by Timm Boettcher, president/CEO of Realityworks, called “Bringing Ideas to Life by Working With Others.”

INNOVATORS OF THE YEAR
WiSys honored three with the Carl E. Gulbrandsen Innovator of the Year Award at an Innovation Awards Banquet. This year’s honorees include:

• UW-Green Bay Assistant Professor Md Maruf Hossain
• UW-Platteville senior Caleb Dykema
• UW-Parkside senior Cassie Van Hoof

POSTER SYMPOSIUM WINNERS

• 1st Place Poster: Kaitlyn Timmins  // UW-Platteville // “Protecting the Planets from Microbial Contamination” 
• 2nd Place Poster: Nathanael Braukhoff, Austin Fitzgerald, Evan Majerus, Zhiwei Yang  // UW-Platteville // “Applying Predictive Models to Course Curriculums for Early Struggling Students”
• 3rd Place Poster: Akanksha Gurtu  // UW-Green Bay // “Sustainable Conversion of Contaminated Water into Potable Water”
• Robert R Wise Award: Kaitlyn Timmins  // UW-Platteville // “Protecting the Planets from Microbial Contamination” 

READ MORE: UW-Platteville’s Kaitlyn Timmins wins WiSys Poster Symposium

INNOVATION SHOWCASE WINNERS

• 1st Place Innovation: Seneida Biendarra, Brian Tuttle  // UW-Platteville // “Skillzboard”
• 2nd Place Innovation: Carol Brehmer, Ebanie Schmidt  // UW-Green Bay // “PIVOTAL”  
• Tim Higgins Innovation Award: Seneida Biendarra, Brian Tuttle  // UW-Platteville // “Skillzboard”

READ MORE: UW-Platteville students’ ‘Skillzboard’ wins WiSys Innovation Showcase

PHOTOS: 2019 WSTS Poster Symposium & Innovation Showcase

WISYS QUICK PITCH STATE FINAL WINNERS

• 1st Place: Emily Lehmann  // UW-Stout
• 2nd Place:  Alexander Siebers  // UW Oshkosh
• 3rd Place:  Lucas Frey //  UW-Platteville
• People’s Choice Award: Lucas Frey  // UW-Platteville

READ MORE: UW-Stout’s Emily Lehmann wins Quick Pitch State Final at 2019 WSTS

UW-STOUT
The event included great local participation by UW-Stout leaders. Chancellor Bob Meyer welcomed attendees and Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Patrick Guifoile provided a wrap-up talk.