{"id":17326,"date":"2023-10-04T11:44:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T16:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/?p=17326"},"modified":"2025-10-20T15:19:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T20:19:29","slug":"cs-grad-students-win-best-sustainability-app-award-by-engie-at-hackiowa-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/cs-grad-students-win-best-sustainability-app-award-by-engie-at-hackiowa-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"CS Grad Students Win Best Sustainability App Award by ENGIE at HackIOWA 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Congratulations to the following Computer Science graduate students who won the \u201cBest Sustainability App Award by ENGIE\u201d at HackIOWA 2023:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Pranay Mandadapu<\/strong>, advised by Rohit Kate, associate professor, computer science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Yogitha Palukuri<\/strong> (also President of Google Developer Club student organization), advised by Susan McRoy, professor and chair, computer science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Siddartha Pullakhandam<\/strong>, advised by Susan McRoy, professor and chair, computer science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lakshmi Sai Kartheek Surabhi<\/strong>,<strong> <\/strong>advised by Christine Cheng, associate professor, computer science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The hackathon took place at the University of Iowa on September 23, 2023, and was comprised of 60 teams, 30 of which specifically worked on a challenge presented by ENGIE North America, focusing on sustainability and energy systems. 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