2024 Winners

GRAND PRIZE

NETrolyze: A Novel Immunotherapy for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Sam Currier and Priyan Weerrappuli, Extrinsic Immunity, West Bloomfield, MI, USA

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE CATEGORY

Laser-generated Anti-icing and Anti-fogging Transparent Materials
Chi Vinh Ngo and Chunlei Guo, AlchLight LLC, Rochester, NY, USA

Honorable Mention – Aerospace & Defense Category

Daltonomous – Cyber-physical Defense for Autonomous Systems
Alex Dalton, Pritam Dash and Prasanna Karthik, Daltonomous Inc., Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Boundary Layer Ingesting (BLI) Ducted Fan for Silent Flight
Feroz Ahmed, Ismaeel Zaman, Djamel Rezgui, and Mahdi Azarpeyvand, University of Bristol, Bristol, England

Safe2Ditch Technology
Jesse Midgett, Louis Glaab and Patricia Glaab, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA

STARS - A Deployable CubeSat Telescope Superstructure for Near Earth Asteroid Detection and Planetary Defense
Athip Thirupathi Raj, Adrien Bouskela, and Jekan Thangavelautham, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

AUTOMOTIVE/TRANSPORTATION CATEGORY

Multi-modal Traffic Detection System
Tyson Thomas and Aditya Kurupati, Transensys LLC, San Francisco, CA, USA

Honorable Mention – Automotive/Transportation Category

RDB55 Rim-driven Brushless Thruster for Underwater Applications
Mohamed Keshk, M-T-K, Cairo, Egypt

LiqFric – the Future of Friction – Time for a Model Change
Roman Milczarek, Niels Wittigniels, and Ute Wittig, LF GmbH & Co. KG, Leverkusen, Kazakhstan

Cost-effective High-performance Sustainable Lightweight Automotive Body Structures
Lewis Motion, WEAV3D Inc., Norcross, GA, USA

Real-time Non-surfactant Emulsion Fuel Supply System
Yahya Wira Jazair, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

ELECTRONICS CATEGORY

Thin-film Thermoelectric Cooling Device
Rama Venkatasubramanian, Luke Osborn, Jeff Maranchi, Meiyong Himmtann, Jonathan Pierce, Richard Ung, Katy Carneal, Robert Armiger, and Katie Kerrigan, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD, USA

Honorable Mention – Electronics Category

Semiconductor Factory in a Box
Ahmed Busnaina and Sudhir Jain, Nano OPS Inc., Burlington, MA, USA

Ultra-low Power Standoff Acoustic Leak Detection
Michael Hasselbeck, MicroPhonon, High Springs, FL, USA

The Safeguard Cane
Leong Kah Meng, Chan Bun Seng,Kang Eng Siew, Ngeu Chee Hau, and Ng Khai Le, Southern University College, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Dynamically Tunable RF Filters
Sam Belkin, CarboMed, San Diego, CA, USA

MANUFACTURING & MATERIALS CATEGORY

RHOBARR Barrier Dispersions Platform
Allyson Marianelli, Dow Inc., Collegeville, PA, USA

Honorable Mention – Manufacturing & Materials Category

MAD3: Software Toolkit for Robust Predictions of Plastic Anisotrophy in Metals
David Montes de Oca Zapiain and Hojun Lim, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA

A Major Breakthrough in Global Climate Goals
Jan Thoren, Xiomara Garcia, and Ron Suverkrop, NanoArchitech Inc., Gilroy, CA, USA

Controlled Polymer Ablation Powered by Vulcan: A Novel Pre-treatment Process for Adhesive Joining of Lightweight FRP Assemblies with a Quality Control System
Abhilasha Tomar, Plasma Bound, Dublin, Ireland

ACRYSOL RM735-BF: A Biocide-free and Solvent-Free Associative Rheology Modifier for the Waterborne Architectural Coatings Industry
John Rabasco, Sipei Zhang, Wenqin (Sunny) Wang, Jessica Kathy Seidman, Erica Frankel, Tara Conley, Edwin Baraniak, David Heinley, Gerry Valdez, and Kuldip Patel, Dow Inc., Collegeville, PA, USA

MEDICAL CATEGORY

A Smart Contact Lens for Glaucoma Management
Hamdi Torun, Arda Deniz Yalcinkaya, Gunhan Dundar, and Ozgur Kaya, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Honorable Mention – Medical Category

Vivally
Beth Labreche and Jill Schiaparelli, Avation Medical, St. Paul, MN, USA

Wearable, Non-invasive, Continuous Blood Pressure Monitors for Maternal Health
Xina Quan, Zhenan Bao, Keith Drake, Doug Halperin, Junjun Liu, Art Muir, Peter Noymer, Dave Richardson, Thomas Roxlo, and Will Sutherland, PyrAmes Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA

Minimally Invasive Tissue Sealing (MITS) Patch
Sarah Wu, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Revolutionizing Gene Therapy Delivery with Polymeric Nanoparticles (PNPs) and the HIT SCAN™ Platform
Krista Smith, Andrea McCue, Tony Duong, Allison Secard, Katie Lianez, Gabe Meister, Emma Coughlin, and Russell Kittel, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH, USA

ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION CATEGORY

Astroant: A Miniature Symbiotic Robot Serving on the Outside Surfaces of Spacecraft, Rovers, and Landers for Inspection and Diagnostic Tasks
Fangzheng Liu, Nathan Perry, Tobias Roeddiger, Sean Auffinger, Joseph Paradiso, and Ariel Ekblaw, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, USA

Honorable Mention – Robotics & Automation Category

Robotic Puller to Enhance Safety and Sustainability in Energy Transmission
Clyde Webster and Rohan Patel, Crest Robotics, Concord, Australia

Hybrid Multi-legged Reconfigurable Robot for Search and Rescue Operations
Alex Ramirez Serrano, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Biorobotics
Erik Engeberg, Maohua Lin, and Santiago Guerra, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

WaterStrider: A New 56-mg Controllable Microswimmer Driven by a New 1-mg Unimorph SMA-Based Actuator
Conor Trygstad, Washington State University, Maple Valley, WA, USA

SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY CATEGORY

Cosmetic Silica Upcycled from Rice Husk as a Natural Alternative to Microplastic Powders
Anne-Marie Vincent, Jean-Luc Garaud, Giada Tonet, and Cedric Toh, Dow Silicones Belgium SRL, Seneffe, Belgium

Honorable Mention – Sustainable Technology Category

Plastalyst
Robert Kunzmann and Tadashi Kubo, AC Biode, Hesperange, Luxembourg

Three-Dimensional Printing of Natural Wood
Md Shajedul Hoque Thakur, Muhammad M. Rahman, and Chen Shi, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

Electrolyzers that Live Outside and Underwater: A Path to Safe, Resilient, Gigawatt-scale Clean Hydrogen Production
Elias Greenbaum, GTA Inc., Dunwoody, GA, USA

Enhancing Wheat Seed Membranes via Low-Pressure-Vacuum Plasma Treatment for Salinity-Resilient Strategic Crop Cultivation
Abdel Fattah Elgendy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

TOP TEN MOST POPULAR ENTRIES

Contemporary Dum Biryani Cooker
Manaswini K, Krethika K, and Saatvik K, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Puducherry, India

Intelligent Wheel Safety System: AI-Enhanced Tire Safety and Sustainability with Wheel Airbag Technology
Abdulkadir Baba Hassan, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria

Portable Assisted Breathing System Schilling-Pack J-1
Jonar Cubillan, 3JC Technologies, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Biorobotics
Erik Engeberg, Maohua Lin, and Santiago Guerra, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

Smart Canvas to Design an Optimum New Product Through Regenerative Process
Viswanath Nemani, Accenture, Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Digital Twin of 3D Printer
Pratik Mane and Yash Pawar, Sanjivani College of Engineering, Shrirampur, India

Crono: Digital Time-switch to Drive Automation
Harshal Lunawat, Sujit Sonawane, and Rushikesh Kulkarni, General Industrial Controls, Pune, India

"Rakshak" - An IoT Wearable Wild Animal Distraction Device
Kiran Wakchaure, Saksham Kulkarni, Sai Lokhande, Raj Gavhale, and Sai Bankar, Sanjivani University, Kopargaon, India

Biosensors Assisted Urban Waste Water Treatment Plan with Improved Efficiency
Muthushree R, Aakash M, and Gaayathri RC, Bannari Amman Insitute of Technology, Erode, India

Watch Tower: 360° Ground-to-Air Detection System
Yetkin Degirmenci, Montgomery, TX, USA