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U-CHALLENGE (UTILITIES CHALLENGE)

The U-Challenge will provide students the unique opportunity to gain access to the data about the residence halls here at Texas A&M University. Students will use this information, and draw upon the expertise of the staff from Utilities and Energy Services and Residence Life, to learn about the current proficiency of the buildings and propose ways to increase the buildings’ efficiency to a panel of staff, faculty, and administration. All majors and classifications are encouraged to participate. For more information, download the Utilities Challenge Outline. To apply, complete the U-Challenge Application online.

U-Challenge Informational Session

Applications are now closed and the 8th Annual 2025 Utilities Challenge has commenced.

7th Annual U-Challenge (2023-2024)

Team Neeley

 

Undergraduate Level 

  • 1st Place : Team Neeley 
  • 2nd Place: Team Eppright

 

 

Graduate students

 

  • 1st Place: Team Appelt
6th Annual U-Challenge (2021-2022)

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Undergraduate Level 

  • 1st Place (Tie): Team Legett 
  • Left to right: Jaedyn Medrano (Leader), Sylvia Wegwu, Thomas Rios, Archer French 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st Place (Tie): Team Moses

Left to right: Jeremy Tietz (Leader), David Luo, Wilinia Hamilton

 

Graduate students

 

  • 1st Place: Team Moses 
  • Left to right: Digvijay Barad (Leader), Niank Shah, Smit Shah, Manisha Rao 
5th Annual U-Challenge (2020-2021)

Undergraduate Level

1st Place: Team Neeley

Left to right: John Hathaway (Leader), Case Alexander, Nicole Svetlov

2nd Place: Team Hart

Left to right: Jaedyn Medrano (Leader), Jeremy Tietz, Jack Sheng

Graduate Level – N/A

4th Annual U-Challenge (2019-2020)

Undergraduate Level

1st Place: Team 3 – Appelt Hall

4th Annual U-Challenge | 1st Place | Undergraduate

Left to right: Eamonn West, Jessica Rodriguez-Nino, Mayka Coutino Ramirez, Chau Nguyen (Leader), Jasmine Paredes

2nd Place: Team 4 – Dunn Hall

4th Annual U-Challenge | 2nd Place | Undergraduate

Left to right: Yubin Kim, Sabrina Cervantes Vizcaino (Leader), Alex Chung, Jaedyn Medrano, Samuel Dixon

Graduate Level

1st Place: Team 4 – Krueger Hall

4th Annual U-Challenge | 1st Place | Graduate

Left to right: Ronak Anil Patil, Bhagyashree Belokar (Leader), Xi Zhao, Sourav Bandyopadhyay

2nd Place: Team 3 – Eppright Hall

4th Annual U-Challenge | 2nd Place | Graduate

Left to right: Amin Isazadeh (Leader), Haleh Moghaddasi, Shinwoo Lee, Suraj Alimi, Prajesh Arvind Jangale (not pictured)

3rd Annual U-Challenge (2018-2019)

Undergraduate Level

1st Place: Team 2 – Appelt Hall

3rd Annual U-Challenge | 1st Place | Undergraduate

From left to right: Jackson Evans, Mariah Chavez, Bryce Alexander (Leader), Jasmine Nunez, Aswinpraabu Anbarasan

2nd Place: Team 5 – McFadden Hall

3rd Annual U-Challenge | 2nd Place | Undergraduate

From left to right: Mosun Sogunle (Leader), Virginia Hinds, Leslie Riojas

Graduate Level

1st Place: Team 2 – McFadden Hall

3rd Annual U-Challenge | 1st Place | Graduate

From left to right: Jonathan Monthe, Hasan Saeed (Leader), Jonathan Barnes, Oreoluwa Adetimirin, Guillermo Lash

2nd Place: Team 1 – Haas Hall

3rd Annual U-Challenge | 2nd Place | Graduate

From left to right: Sanat Kumar, Sunjeev Venkateswaran, Nutan Patil, Pallavi Kumari, and Naveen Mishra (Leader)

2nd Annual U-Challenge (2017-2018)

Undergraduate Level

1st Place: Team 2 - Wells Hall

2nd Annual U-Challenge, 1st Place, Undergraduate

From left to right: Bruno Penagos (Leader), Yumarly Suarez, Tatyana Atherley, Rafael Dugarte, Christian Rodriguez Fuenmayor, Jose Bendana

2nd Place: Team 6 - Dunn Hall

2nd Annual U-Challenge, 2nd Place, Undergraduate

From left to right: Abdul Rahman Khan, Chance Rushing (Leader), Walker Van Hook, Yung-Hsin Tung

Graduate Level

1st Place: Team 2 - Davis-Gary Hall

2nd Annual U-Challenge, 1st Place, Graduate

From left to right: Salih Emre Demirel, Shachit Shankaran Iyer, Mohammed Alvi, Ishan Bajaj (Leader), Akhil Arora, Spyridon Tsolas

2nd Place: Team 1 - Aston

2nd Annual U-Challenge, 2nd Place, Graduate

From left to right: Kirk Ammerman, Josiah Coad, Ally Souris, Erica Metheney (Leader)

1st Annnual U-Challenge (2016-2017)

Undergraduate Level

1st Place: Team 1 – Davis-Gary Hall

Team Members: Amanda Tague, Jason Stevens, Janie Iracheta, Joshua Paredes

2nd Place: Team 2 – Mosher Hall

Team Members: Alessandro Scinicariello, Tamara Monroy, Giovanni Fuentes, Kush Naik, Oluwaseyi Moronfoye, Jayde Scott Young

Graduate Level

N/A

U Challenge Sponsor

Residence Life would like to thank Johnson Controls for being the sole sponsor of the U-Challenge.

 

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