Finalist
Welcome to the Jungle
Who we are
The Welcome to the Jungle team is accelerating the discovery of rainforest biodiversity using innovative, affordable, and autonomous tools. From data capture to its socioeconomic valuation, the team is creating an end-to-end solution to quickly and comprehensively assess a rainforest's biodiversity that incorporates autonomous technology with indigenous insights and global viewpoints. This competition is an inflection point towards much improved access and understanding of the rainforest and our collaborative, multi-disciplinary approach promises to have a big impact.
Our Team
Undergraduate StudentS
- Patrick Grider
- Patrick Dunne
- Naia Lum
- Khang Pham
- Andrew Steetz
- Ethan Jenssen
- IIT Interprofessional Projects Program (IPRO) Xprize Rainforest Development Team
- Spring '22
- Fall '22
- Spring '23
- Fall '23
News
Dec 15, 2023 - An article (Saving the World, One Prize at a Time) was published in Unmanned Systems.
Acknowledgement
Our team thanks Jim Albrecht (Illinois Tech, FE ’53, M.S. ’55) for his generous contribution, which covered Illinois Tech's travel expenses for the semi-final competition in Singapore and will continue to support our travel expenses for the upcoming finals in Amazonas, Brazil.
Our team thanks the Institute for Digital Forestry at Purdue University for the generous contribution, which covered Purdue team members' travel expenses for the semi-final competition in Singapore and will continue to support our travel expenses for the upcoming finals in Amazonas, Brazil.