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BluelnGreen (www.blueingreen.com) was founded in 2004 by ASABE member Marty Matlock and me, along with Virtual Incubation Company in Fayetteville, Arkansas. BlueInGreen is a water solutions company that provides a method for delivering dissolved oxygen, carbon dioxide, and ozone into water. Our main market is water and wastewater treatment for aeration, pH adjustment, oxidation/disinfection, and odor control. BlueInGreen won the Water Environment Federation (WEF) Innovative Technology Award in 2010 as well as the Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA) Grand Prize in 2015. We currently have more than 35 installations operating in the U.S. and Canada, treating a combined 800 million gallons of water each day. BluelnGreen employs 16 people, holds six U.S. and six international patents, and has had an economic impact exceeding $20 million to date.
Marty and I started BluelnGreen because we're both interested in making a difference in the world. We saw our invention as an immediate solution to real environmental problems, and we believed that commercialization was the fastest way to get this solution to those who needed it. Commercializing the technology helped us find funding to develop fullscale prototypes and prove the technology to the marketplace. As engineers, we enjoyed the design and development work. As university professors, immersing ourselves in the private sector allowed us to stay current on engineering practice and bring this experience...