Param Jaggi
American inventor and CEO
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Param Jaggi (born April 18, 1994) is an American inventor[citation needed] and the chief executive officer of Hatch Technologies.[1] Previously, he was founder and CEO of EcoViate.[2] He is known for building Algae Mobile, a device that converts carbon dioxide emitted from a car into oxygen.[3] Jaggi was featured in Forbes 30 under 30 in 2011[4] and 2012.[5]
Param Jaggi | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 18, 1994 |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physical Sciences |
He was named an INK Fellow and participated in the 2013 INK Conference.[6] Jaggi was also a speaker at TEDxRedmond in 2013[7] and is on the board of USA Science and Engineering Festival.[8] In 2013, he was featured in CNN's The Next List.[9]
Early life and education
Jaggi’s parents encouraged him to pursue science since he was a child. As a child, he pursued projects related to environment and world problems. After completing his education from Plano East High School,[10] he joined Austin College in 2011.[11] When he was 15, he began working with alternative energy sources and a year later he started working in a lab at University of Texas, Dallas. He has also worked at a patent law office.[2] In 2012, he attended Vanderbilt University where he became a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Sustainability and Economics.[12]
Inventions
He started working with environmental and energy technologies at the age of 13.[13] When he was 14, he built an algae-based bio-reactor.[2] In 2013, he started working on a thermo-voltaic system that would harness wasted heat from the motor vehicle.[12]
Algae Mobile
Jaggi built the first model of Algae Mobile, a device that converts carbon dioxide emitted from a car into oxygen,[3] in 2008. He got the idea of building the device when he was learning to drive. In 2009, he filed a patent for it,[14] which was approved in 2013.[15] Since 2009, he has made different models of Algae Mobile.[14] In February 2010, he won top prize in the Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair at Fair Park for Algae Mobile[16]
In 2011, he participated in ExxonMobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair and qualified to advance to the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)[17] At the ISEF, he won the Environmental Protection Agency's Patrick H. Hurd Sustainability Award for Algae Mobile 3.[18]
Personal life
Awards and honors
- 2011 - Nominated for Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year.[22]
- 2011 - EPA's Sustainability Award at Intel International Science Fair[23]
- 2011 - Featured in Popular Science 'Top 10 High School Inventors'[18]
- 2011 - Featured in Mental Floss' Whiz Kids: 5 Amazing Young Inventors
- 2011, 2012 - Featured in Forbes 30 Under 30's energy category[4][5]