R2i2's mission is to foster student growth by stimulating creativity, encouraging leadership, promoting teamwork, and building entrepreneurial skills while engaging the global community. The following pages document several projects that Next Energy engineering students are completing with the help of several community partners. In particular, we would like to express our appreciation to the following organizations for their generous financial assistance in helping us solve local and global problems:
- Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition
- Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams
- Global Teacher Grant (ECA Bureau, Department of State)
- South Carolina DHEC Champions of the Environment grant
- Kids Ride Clean Essay Contest winner (received an EV bus)
- Sparkleberry Fair Teacher Grant
- Richland County Soil and Water Conservation District