Param Jaggi (born April 18, 1994) is an American
inventor
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and the chief executive officer of Hatch Technologies. Previously, he was founder and CEO of EcoViate.
He is known for building Algae Mobile, a device that converts carbon dioxide emitted from a car into oxygen.
Jaggi was featured in
Forbes ''30 under 30'' in 2011
and 2012.
He was named an INK Fellow and participated in the 2013 INK Conference. Jaggi was also a speaker at TEDxRedmond in 2013 and is on the board of
USA Science and Engineering Festival
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. In 2013, he was featured in CNN's
The Next List
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CNN announced cancellation in September 2013.
Each week, the show profiled innova ...
.
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, he joined
Austin College
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fraternity and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Sustainability and Economics.
Inventions
He started working with environmental and energy technologies at the age of 13. When he was 14, he built an algae-based bio-reactor.
[ In 2013, he started working on a thermo-voltaic system that would harness wasted heat from the motor vehicle.][
]
Algae Mobile
Jaggi built the first model of Algae Mobile, a device that converts carbon dioxide emitted from a car into oxygen,[ in 2008. He got the idea of building the device when he was learning to drive. In 2009, he filed a patent for it,][ which was approved in 2013.]
Personal life
Jaggi is of Indian descent,[ and currently resides in Washington, D.C.]
Awards and honors
*2011 - Nominated for Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year.
*2011 - EPA's Sustainability Award at Intel International Science FairPopular Science
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'Top 10 High School Inventors'[
*2011 - Featured in ]Mental Floss
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' ''Whiz Kids: 5 Amazing Young Inventors''
*2011, 2012 - Featured in Forbes
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''30 Under 30's'' energy category[
]
References
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Living people
Austin College alumni
Vanderbilt University alumni
People from Plano, Texas
1991 births