Congratulations to the Winners of the 2011 Create the Future Design Contest!

Grand Prize:

αScreen Fast and Cheap Bacteria Detection
Monika Weber, Christopher Yerino, Hazael Montanaro, Kane Siu Lung Lo, and Mark Reed, Yale University

Category Winners:

Consumer Products
UVA+B Sunfriend
Karin Edgett, Capitol Edge, and Shahid Aslam, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Electronics
iPecs Tech
Michael Leydet, College Park Industries

Machinery & Equipment
Hybrid Rotor Compressor for Natural Gas Extraction
Jeremy Pitts and Pedro Santos, OsComp Systems

Medical
XVIVO Organ Perfusion System
Chris Jaynes, Tom Taccini, and Tim Klug, XVIVO Perfusion

Safety & Security
AquaSonus Passive-Sonar Pool Alarm
William C. Roberts, Bob Hoenig, and Paula Bailey, AquaSonus.com

Sustainable Technologies
TO:CMA Spherical Generator
Angel Francisco Martinez, Delia Beatriz Martinez, and Trupti Bulbule, Cornell University

Transportation
Dynamic Aero-Shroud Oscillating Jet
Rebecca Farr, Endwell Daso, Victor Pritchett, and Ten-See Wang, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Top Ten Most Popular Entries:

UVA+B Sunfriend
Karin Edgett, Capitol Edge, and Shahid Aslam, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

TO:CMA Spherical Generator
Angel Francisco Martinez, Delia Beatriz Martinez, and Trupti Bulbule, University of Texas at Austin

Magneto-Spheres
Francisco Javier Martinez Garcia, Adrian Eugenio, and Alatorre Adame, ITESM

Bicycle Crank System with Dead Spot Elimination
Jairo Jaimes

Stair Climbing Wheelchair
Shahram Alipourazadi, UBC

Multifunctional Dental Apparatus
Jairo Jaimes

Multifunctional Portable Beds
Julia G. Davila

Smart Valve Box and Cover
Mike Wisniewski, University of Connecticut

Tsunami Survival Capsule
Julian Sharpe, IDEA International

Landin Engine
Peter Landin