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IDSA Challenge 2014 Austin

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Kansas City Challenge 2014

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Honeybee 2050 Challenge

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Previous Network Activities

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Challenge 2010-2011 Outcomes

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References and Videos

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Design is to Doing...


Click here to read the entire article as published in the Summer 2011 IDSA Innovation Journal.






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