Richard Lin of Jamaica, NY awarded Fall 2015 Change the World Challenge Student Innovation Competition

2015 Dec 3

Richard Lin, Class of 2018, was named a winner in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Fall 2015 Change the World Challenge Student Innovation Competition.

Lin's entry, Agora Technologies, recognized the lack of entrepreneurial resources for high school-aged students and implemented a program to mentor and coach high school teams through current business model generation tools being used in colleges around the world.

Lin is a Computer Science/Business Management major.

The Change the World Challenge competition is a twice-yearly event created to support entrepreneurship education and inspire Rensselaer students to consider ways to improve the human condition. Each semester, a $10,000 prize is shared by the winning students and student teams who develop innovative ideas and inventions. Patent application assistance is also given to the winning student proposals when applicable.

Established in 2005 by Rensselaer alumnus and entrepreneur Sean O'Sullivan '85, the Change the World Challenge competition has helped to validate new student ideas.