ECE and Architectural Studies Team win 2nd Place at Wilkes Center Student Innovation Prize

University of Utah electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. candidate Xiang Huo and teammate Samantha Eddy, an architectural studies senior and member of the Navajo Nation (Diné Bikéyah), earned second place — and $10,000 — in the inaugural Wilkes Center Student Innovation Prize. Their project, “Decarbonize the Diné: A Prefabricated Solar-Driven Communal Solution with Passive Survivability,” proposes a holistic, modularized solution to decarbonize the tribal land.