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Energy & Environmental Nanotech Center @UTAustin, EE @ACSMatLett, AE @ScienceAdvances

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Such a great honor to receive the 2025 Grand Global Prize for Innovation in Water @GPIW_Prize award! Also a true recognition to all outstanding students and supportive faculty that I have pleasure to work with over years! Hook’em @UTAustin @CockrellSchool @utmechengr @EnergyU
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Guihua Yu, winner of the Grand Discovery Prize in the Global Prize for Innovation in Water.

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A moment for the beautiful colors of campus 🌷
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Thank you @WelchFoundation for featuring this award! Very grateful of continued great support from @WelchFoundation, as Welch grant has played a critical role in enabling our exciting research discoveries related to water sustainability! @UTAustin @CockrellSchool @utmechengr
The Welch Foundation@WelchFoundation

Congratulations to 2022 #HackermanAwardee Guihua Yu on winning the Grand Discovery Prize in the 2025 Global Prize for Innovation in Water! He’s recognized for pioneering hydrogel systems enabling solar-driven water purification and global water solutions.

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Global Prize for Innovation in Water (GPIW)
Global Prize for Innovation in Water (GPIW)@GPIW_Prize·
The Global Prize for Innovation in Water wraps up its third edition, reinforcing its global presence and championing solutions that will shape the future of water.
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Global Prize for Innovation in Water (GPIW)
Global Prize for Innovation in Water (GPIW)@GPIW_Prize·
Guihua Yu, winner of the Grand Discovery Prize in the Global Prize for Innovation in Water.
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Congrats again @Weixin_Guan and Yaxuan! Big thanks to @UTAustin @CockrellSchool @utmechengr @EnergyUT for award highlights @InventorsHOF ! #Water #Energy #Sustainability
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Weixin Guan and Yaxuan Zhao, @UTAustin materials science and engineering graduate students, won the 2025 Collegiate Inventors Competition graduate category with their invention called AirGel, a solar-powered device that captures moisture in the air and releases it as water. The duo marks UT’s first graduate win since the competition’s inception in 1990, earning $10,000 and a patent acceleration certificate as they aim to combat water scarcity problems worldwide. thedailytexan.com/2025/11/04/inc…

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The Daily Texan@thedailytexan·
Weixin Guan and Yaxuan Zhao, @UTAustin materials science and engineering graduate students, won the 2025 Collegiate Inventors Competition graduate category with their invention called AirGel, a solar-powered device that captures moisture in the air and releases it as water. The duo marks UT’s first graduate win since the competition’s inception in 1990, earning $10,000 and a patent acceleration certificate as they aim to combat water scarcity problems worldwide. thedailytexan.com/2025/11/04/inc…
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Congratulations to student teams from @WashU, @UTAustin, @Calvin_Uni and @Cornell 🎉 The teams were recognized in the Collegiate Inventors Competition, connecting inventive spirit and entrepreneurship. Thanks to @InventorsHOF for hosting the competition!
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Congratulations to @Weixin_Guan and Yaxuan Zhao, graduate researchers with the Texas Materials Institute and @utmechengr at the @CockrellSchool for winning both the @InventorsHOF Collegiate Inventors Competition® graduates championship and People’s Choice Award! Learn more about their invention "AirGel", a solar-powered atmospheric water-harvesting device produces clean drinking water using hydrogels made from agricultural and food waste, here ➡️ bit.ly/4n69jfj #CIC2025
Inventors HOF@InventorsHOF

The votes have been tallied and the 2025 Collegiate Inventors Competition People’s Choice and Graduate Winner is AirGel from @UTAustin! #CIC2025 @Weixin_Guan

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A team of @cockrellschool students are finalists in the Collegiate Inventors Competition for their device that extracts drinking water from humidity! One week from now they'll compete in this an annual competition that has rewarded innovations, discoveries and research by college and university students for the past 35 years. Read more ➡️ utex.as/46P8sK1
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Inventors HOF
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Started from a @DARPA project to provide soldiers with safe water sources in deserts, @UTAustin @weixin_guan and Yaxuan Zhao developed AirGel, a gel-based solar water harvester that produces 6-12 liters of water daily using minimal power. bit.ly/3PO8wm2 #CIC2025
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Excited to share this student news: Weixin and Yaxuan selected for National CIC Graduate Finalist @InventorsHOF for their AirGel technology for solar water harvesting from air! @UTAustin @CockrellSchool @utmechengr @EnergyUT
Weixin Guan@Weixin_Guan

🚀 Honored to be a Finalist in the @inventorsHOF Collegiate Inventors Competition! @UT_YuGroup 💡 Our invention AirGel integrates material+system innovation for clean water. 🗳️ Help us win the People’s Choice Award: vote daily + share! Every vote matters. #CIC2025 #cleanwater

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Weixin Guan@Weixin_Guan·
🚀 Honored to be a Finalist in the @inventorsHOF Collegiate Inventors Competition! @UT_YuGroup 💡 Our invention AirGel integrates material+system innovation for clean water. 🗳️ Help us win the People’s Choice Award: vote daily + share! Every vote matters. #CIC2025 #cleanwater
Inventors HOF@InventorsHOF

10 teams. 9 colleges. All pushing the boundaries of innovation. Meet the 2025 Collegiate Inventors Competition® Finalists and cast your vote to help choose this year’s People’s Choice Award winner! bit.ly/3PO8wm2 #CIC2025 #PeoplesChoice

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We recently visited Inductee Esther Sans Takeuchi at @stonybrooku to document her journey in developing the lithium/silver vanadium oxide (Li/SVO) battery technology used to power lifesaving implantable defibrillators. Catch the highlights and full story! bit.ly/4mYr14P
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Thanks @mbrwateraward for featuring our work! Honored to receive this international award that promotes global research on water sustainability! @UTAustin @CockrellSchool @utmechengr @EnergyUT
mbrwateraward@mbrwateraward

يستخدم البروفيسور جويهوا يو ضوء الشمس، والمواد الهلامية الذكية، والكتلة الحيوية المحلية لتوفير المياه النظيفة في الأماكن التي تشتد فيها الحاجة إليها، حيث تعمل مرشحاته التي تعمل بالطاقة الشمسية على إزالة الملوّثات والجزيئات الدقيقة دون الحاجة إلى كهرباء أو تجهيزات معقّدة. شاهدوا كيف يصنع ابتكاره منخفض التكلفة فرقًا ذا تأثير كبير. Professor Guihua Yu is using sunlight, smart gels and local biomass to bring clean water where it is needed most. His solar-powered filters remove pollutants and microplastics – no electricity required and no complex setup. Watch how his low-cost innovation is making a high-impact difference

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mbrwateraward@mbrwateraward·
كرّم صاحب السمو الشيخ محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم، نائب رئيس الدولة رئيس مجلس الوزراء حاكم دبي، رعاه الله، الفائزين في الدورة الرابعة من جائزة "محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم العالمية للمياه". وأكد سموّه أن دولة الإمارات ماضية في توسيع أثرها الإنساني وتوظيف ابتكاراتها لتوفير مقومات الحياة الكريمة لملايين البشر حول العالم. #جائزة_محمد_بن_راشد_آل_مكتوم_العالمية_للمياه HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, honoured the winners of the fourth edition of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award. His Highness also reaffirmed the UAE's commitment to expanding its humanitarian impact and leveraging innovation to improve the quality of life for millions of people around the world. #MBRGWA
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