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NETrolyze, a novel immunotherapy for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), was named the $25,000 grand prize winner at a live finalist round held November 15 in New York. The first-in-class therapeutic injectable gel prevents the spread of TNBC, one of the most aggressive cancer types, enabling patients to avoid toxic chemotherapy and expensive treatments – potentially transforming their lives. Click here for the full list of 2024 winners. Also see the Top 100 highest scoring entries.
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Custom, compact, high performance air-cooled heat sinks, designed to meet the most demanding electronics cooling requirements in both commercial and military applications. This product is the result of the DARPA Research & Development program, entitled Micro- technologies for Air-Cooled Exchangers (MACE),
Thought Controlled Brain Machine Interface to the Internet and Virtual Reality Audio Visual Headsets
Common standard existent computer speech recognition input via microphone is used to assist an internet connected existent brain machine interface to be trained to recognize a programmable dictionary of recognized thoughts (and images). Such recognized thoughts, images, imagined words,
A through study and review embracing observed reports of several national tragedies, where guns were unauthorized to be used to perform acts of mass murders or to attempt to avoid capture after some other heinous acts and current security methods for stored and active weapons.
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October 3, 2013
Breakthrough in Low-Cost, Automated Chemotherapy Treatment
Wins $20,000 Global Design Competition
Contest Draws over 925 Innovative Product Ideas from Engineers and Students in 60 Countries
New York, NY – ChemoPatch, a game-changing, patent-pending device, is able to administer up to three different chemotherapy drugs in select doses and at specific time intervals. Drug delivery is automated, allowing patients to reduce the frequency of hospital visits. The device is undergoing CE mark approval processes in the UK and will start clinical trials in India.
The ChemoPatch is a key fob-sized device that includes multiple environmental sensors that enable consumers to run a variety of Apps — from carbon monoxide monitoring to breath alcohol testing. For mobile device developers, it offers an open platform to create new low-cost sensor applications, both for entertainment and more serious applications such as medical sensors.
ChemoPatch was among the more than 925 new product ideas submitted in the 11th annual design contest, which was established in 2002 to recognize and reward engineering innovations that benefit humanity, the environment, and the economy. This year’s design contest was co-sponsored by COMSOL (www.comsol.com), and SAE International (www.sae.org).
Alydaar Rangwala, a student at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), is part of the design team and views this invention as cutting-edge in its ability to deliver quality early-stage chemotherapy in developing countries. The existing methods for administration of these drugs have been primarily through intravenous delivery via a complex and costly pole-based infusion pump setup. As a result, infusion pumps have prevented treatment for early-stage cancers from becoming widely accessible.
“We are shocked and excited to have this tremendous opportunity to move forward with our design,” Mr. Rangwala said, ”this prize will help us to progress with the manufacturing process. We would like to extend a big ‘Thank You’ to the contest sponsors for making this happen.”
In addition to the grand prize of $20,000, first-place winners (of Hewlett-Packard workstations) were named in eight categories:
Aerospace & Defense – sponsored by TE Connectivity
Microwave Extraction of Water for Space Propellant
Edwin Ethridge
A method to reduce the cost of spacecraft launches by producing rocket propellant in-space from water.
Consumer Products
Plant Air Purifier
James Schaeffer (team leader)
An appliance that utilizes the recently discovered air-cleaning capacity of root-associated microbes living synergistically with common houseplants to trap and consume toxins in the air.
Electronics – sponsored by W. L. Gore & Associates
iPecs Pro Clinical Prosthetic Alignment and Assessment Tool
Michael Leydet (team leader)
A measurement and assessment tool to improve the fitting, adjustment, and alignment of prosthetic devices, resulting in greater mobility for the patient.
Machinery & Equipment
Fuel Flexible, Ultra-Portable Microturbine Generator
Erik Herold (team leader)
A portable power generation system that is reliable, requires little maintenance, and can operate continuously for extended periods of time.
Medical – sponsored by AVNET
Vitalflo
James Dieffenderfer (team leader)
A monitoring device that helps asthma and COPD sufferers to manage a respiratory care program through Bluetooth connectivity to a tablet, computer, or smartphone.
Safety & Security
Power Fingerprinting Monitor: Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Cyber Attack
Carlos Aguayo Gonzalez (team leader)
A cyber security solution capable of directly detecting malicious intrusions in critical infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems (ICS).
Sustainable Technologies
The Paradigm Shift in Wind Turbine Technology
Glen Lux
An environmentally friendly vertical axis wind turbine design that cuts the capital and maintenance costs of wind turbines by half, making wind power more competitive with other energy sources.
Transportation & Automotive – sponsored by AVNET
Swift Tram: High Speed Automated People Mover
Carl Lawrence (team leader)
An elevated, high-speed, automated rapid transit system that passengers can schedule on-demand using a smartphone.
Finalists were selected by senior editors at Tech Briefs Media Group and judged by an independent panel of design engineers. Visitors to the contest Web site could vote on entries, with the 10 most popular designs awarded a Sphero mobile game system by Orbotix. For more information, visit
www.createthefuturecontest.com.
About COMSOL
COMSOL, Inc. (Burlington, MA) provides software solutions for multiphysics modeling and simulation. Its flagship product, COMSOL Multiphysics, lets engineers and scientists build simulations that bring their design ideas to life. Its unparalleled ability to include all relevant physical effects that exist in the real world opens up a wide array of modeling possibilities. COMSOL's customers apply this technology to make cars and aircraft safer and more energy efficient, enhance the reception of our cell phones, search for new energy sources, explore the universe, develop medical equipment enabling more accurate diagnoses, and educate the next generation of scientists.
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About SAE International
SAE International (Warrendale, PA) is a global association of more than 138,000 engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive, and commercial-vehicle industries. SAE International's core competencies are life-long learning and voluntary consensus standards development. SAE International's charitable arm is the SAE Foundation, which supports many programs, including A World In Motion® and the Collegiate Design SeriesTM.
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The following entries received the highest overall scores from the panel of judges. They are listed in alphabetical order by title.
48V Town & Country Hybrid Powertrain
A Coordinated Powered Flexion/Extension/Rotation Prosthetic Wrist
A Device and Method for Screening for Cancer Metastasis
A New Concept of Computer Tomography with Fixed Anodes (Fixed Anodes CT, FA-CT)
Active Kinematics Suspension for a High Performance Sports Car
Aerial Arms
Air-Rops: Active Rollover Protection System
Air Filter Maintenance Alert
ATOM: A Multipurpose Tool
Audio Imager
Auto-Foil
AUTO Stop Lamp (Brake Light Bulb)
Automated Active Flow Control System based on Fluidic Oscillators for Fuel-efficient Aircraft
Avian-safe Wind Power
Beam Irradiance on Target System (BITS)
BluDAQ: Android Bluetooth Oscilloscope
Bio Fertilizers Using a Microbial Surface
Bio-Inspired Vision for Safety and Security
Carplane®
CASP Controller: Cascading Array of Sequenced Power, for ATX Supplies
ChemoPatch
Child Security Band and App
Compensator of Voltage Sags and Short Time Interruptions of Voltage at Power Grid
Deep Ocean Benthic Sampler
Electrically Conducting Proteins for Continuous Assay
Electroless 3D Micro Incubator Array
Electron Exciter
Electronic Aerial Emergency Flare
Energy Cell with Multi-layer Capacitors
Exo Dynamics - ExMS
Flexible, Inexpensive, Wireless Data Acquisition Unit
Flow Control Bridging Smart Devices with Cooking & Heating
Fuel Flexible, Ultra-Portable Microturbine Generator
Fuel Quality Sensor
Grass Powered Robot Mower
Gravity Development Board
Hybrid Micro-Composite E-Springs for Vehicle Suspension Systems
Hybrid Opposed Piston Engine - HOPE
HydroBine
INCREDICLAMP - A Safer, Stronger Machine Clamp
Intelligent Electric Roller Skates
iPecs Pro Clinical Prosthetic Alignment and Assessment Tool
Isowalk Intelligent Mobility
KloGlo
"Line-Wise" Snap-On Identifier
LOC Micro
Low Angle Sunlight Collector
LunarSail - Developing and Demonstrating a Mission-Capable Solar Sail for the Interplanetary Cubesat
Lyophilized Container for Plasma
Making Night Time Driving Safe and Automated
Manta Ray Cell Phone Detector
Microwave Extraction of Water for Space Propellant
Mobile Amputee Prosthetic Limb Management
Mycolysis - Pathogen Extinguisher
New Powertrain to Achieve 80mpg for Midsize Car
New Spinal Tap Kit for Improved Accuracy and Accessibility
OCOR Multiple Segment Lobe Pump
OrthoSensor Verasense System
Pedal Signal Correction to Improve Fuel Economy
Plant Air Purifier
Power Fingerprinting Monitor: Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Cyber Attack
Prillings for Next Generation Rocket Fuel
Prism - Urban Commuter Backpack
Pulsed Fusion Propulsion
Responsive Valve for Fuel Systems
RL Mark VI Space Skydiving Suit
Rotatable Telescopic Wingsail
Self-Powered Wireless Dimming Switch
Sensitive, High Resolution Thermal Infrared Imagers Based On Visible Digital Cameras
Simple Rapid Method of Water Quality Control
Simplest Opposed Piston Combustion Engine
Ski Helmet with Retractable Visor
Skin Assessment and Decubitus Ulcer Prevention System
Small Sample Analysis Device
Smartagger
Solar Textile: Ultra-Light, Low-Cost, Flexible, and High-Efficiency Solar Energy Harvesters
Sol Power LLC - Solar Powered Charging Stations
Speed Transmission Changer
Supercolor Multiplexing
Swift Tram: High Speed Automated People Mover
Test Strip Mixture Indicators
TH-Mission, Thumb-Sized Transmission
The Afterburning Rocket Engine
The Carbonator: Converting CO2 and Water into Plastic and Oxygen for Long-term Space Travel
The Daysimeter
The Omeguitar Project: The Ultimate Digital Song-Training Accessory
The Paradigm Shift in Wind Turbine Technology
Torque Stabilized, Vertical Lifting System
Tractional Stability Control System for Automobiles (Based on Integrated ABS and Weight Transfer Mechanism)
Two Roll Gripper End of Arm Tooling
Ultra-Miniature External Defibrillator System
UV Imager Useable In Ambient Lighting Environments
Varada Innovations
Variable Angle, Depth Controlled, High Speed Manual Cranial Access Device
Vehicle with Autonomous Operation Robocar UMech
Vibration Energy Harvesting
Vitalflo
Wave Thread Geometry Adds Strength and Durability to Applications
Wearable Bio-Sensing Platform
Wellhead Power Solution for Gas Venting
GRAND PRIZE
ChemoPatch
Alydaar Rangwala, Nikhil Mehandru, Aaron Perez and Brandon Sim
Theratech, Loudonville, NY
Category Winners
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE CATEGORY
Winner:
Microwave Extraction of Water for Space Propellant
Edwin Ethridge
Huntsville, AL
Honorable Mentions:
Sensitive, High Resolution Thermal Infrared Imagers Based on Visible Digital Cameras
Marcos Kleinerman
MetriLight, Inc., Amherst, MA
Prillings for Next Generation Rocket Fuel
Joy Mann Simmons, Joseph Resnick, Ron Stewart and Holden Lane
Perry, GA
CONSUMER PRODUCTS CATEGORY
Winner:
Plant Air Purifier
James Schaeffer, Bill Wolverton, Wayne Schaeffer and Bernarr Schaeffer
U.S. Health Equipment Co., Kingston, NY
Honorable Mentions:
Isowalk Intelligent Mobility
Ron Goldberg
Greenwood Lake, NY
Air Filter Maintenance Alert
John Pollock
Peoria, AZ
ELECTRONICS CATEGORY
Winner:
iPecs Pro Clinical Prosthetic Alignment and Assessment Tool
Michael Leydet, Richard Harrington, Alan Hutchenreuther, Vinay Bharadwaj, Chuck Krapf, Michael Link, Megan Toscas, Steven Hoover, Chris Nowak, Aaron Taszreak, Douglas Briggs, and Frank Fedel
College Park Industries, Fraser, MI
Honorable Mentions:
BluDAQ: Android Bluetooth Oscilloscope
Aubrey Kagan
Emphatec, Inc., Ontario, Canada
Simple, Rapid Method of Water Quality Control
Volodymyr Maslov and Gleb Dorozinsky
ISP NASU, Kiev, Ukraine
MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT CATEGORY
Winner:
Fuel Flexible, Ultra-Portable Microturbine Generator
Erik Herold, Jason Ethier and Ivan Wang
Dynamo Micropower, Boston, MA
Honorable Mentions:
Smartagger
Charles Kochou
Zareen P/L, Sydney, Australia
Audio Imager
Graeme MacDonald
Cube Industrial Design, Watsons Bay, NSW, Australia
MEDICAL CATEGORY
Winner:
Vitalflo
James Dieffenderfer, Mike Brown and Leigh Johnson
North Carolina State University, Apex, NC
Honorable Mentions:
OrthoSensor Verasense System
Carlos Gil
Orthosensor, Inc., Sunrise, FL
Exo Dynamics — ExMS
Jorge Sanz Guerrero, Dan Johnson, Sam Beckett, Alejandro Catalan and James Buquet
Exo Dynamics, Ann Arbor, MI
SAFETY & SECURITY CATEGORY
Winner:
Power Fingerprinting Monitor: Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Cyber Attack
Carlos Aguayo Gonzalez, Jeffrey Reed and Steven Chen
Power Fingerprinting, Inc., Blacksburg, VA
Honorable Mentions:
Line-Wise" Snap-On Identifier
Alan Sherman and Neil Koenig
Intelplex, Olivette, MO
Electronic Aerial Emergency Flare
Harry Wainwright
HLeeWainwright Tech Consulting, Bethlehem, PA
SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES CATEGORY
Winner:
The Paradigm Shift in Wind Turbine Technology
Glen Lux
Lux Wind Power Ltd., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Honorable Mentions:
Solar Textile: Ultra-Light, Low-Cost, Flexible, and High-Efficiency Solar Energy Harvesters
Ramki Kalyanaraman
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Energy Cell with Multilayer Capacitors
Denny Wheeler
Crystalline Energy Research Co., Nampa, ID
TRANSPORTATION & AUTOMOTIVE CATEGORY
Winner:
Swift Tram: High Speed Automated People Mover
Carl Lawrence, Becky English, Graham Hill, John Murino, Elaine Thorndike, Gaby Aweida, Carl Talkington, Rob Kammerling, Kim Hedberg, Nancy Balch, Ilse Gayl and Ron Gremban
Swift Tram, Inc., Boulder, CO
Honorable Mentions:
Making Night Time Driving Safe and Automated
Ofer David, Yoav Grauer, and Eyal Levi
BrightWay Vision, Haifa, Israel
Fuel Quality Sensor
Alain Lunati, Eric Hermitte, Sylvain Oberti, Xavier Capron, Tual Trainini, Christelle Kernaflen, Owsin Galtier and Thierry Gergaud
SP3H, PACA, France
BEST STUDENT ENTRY
Winner:
Vehicle With Autonomous Operation — UMech Robocar
Stanislav Kuskov, Kirill Kondratev, Pavel Karpenko, Maxim Shestak, and Ilya Shebanov
UMech University, Moscow, Russia
Click here for the list of the TOP TEN MOST POPULAR ENTRIES
Click here for the TOP 100 highest scoring entries.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR JUDGES
GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Robotic Building Construction by Contour Crafting
Behrokh Khoshnevis
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, USA
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE CATEGORY WINNER
The Polariton Interferometer - a Novel Inertial Navigation System
Frederick Moxley
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Honorable Mention:
New Class of High L/D Multi-Rotor VTOL Aircraft
Gregory Heinen
Tierra Global
Lowell, MA, USA
Intermittent Fault Detection & Isolation System (IFDIS)
Ken Anderson
Universal Synaptics Corp.
Roy, UT, USA
AUTOMOTIVE/TRANSPORTATION CATEGORY WINNER
Continuously Variable Displacement Engine
Steve Arnold
Engine Systems Innovations
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USA
Honorable Mention:
3000 Mile Capacitor Powered Electrical Vehicle
Denny Wheeler
Crystalline Energy Research Co.
Nampa, ID, USA
Lestran Orbital IVT Transmission
Hans Peter Hemmer
ASTREMO
Sankt Augustin, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
CONSUMER PRODUCTS CATEGORY WINNER
NanoFab Lab...in a Box!
Michael Zach, Anirudha Sumant, and Jonathan Moritz
EChem Nanowires
Stevens Point, WI, USA
Honorable Mention:
Quikiks - The First Totally Hands-Free Supportive Footwear
Steven Kaufman
Hands-Free, LLC
New York, NY, USA
GateKeeper: A Bluetooth Low Energy Proximity Lock for your Computer
Siddharth Potbhare
CoolCAD Electronics
College Park, MD, USA
ELECTRONICS CATEGORY WINNER
A Paradigm Shift for SMT Electronics: Micro-Coil Springs Interconnection for Ceramic and Plastic Grid Array Packaged Integrated Circuits
Jim Hester and Mark Strickland
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, AL, USA
Honorable Mention:
Wireless Bluetooth Pressure Transducer
Mark McDaniel, Rob Matthes, Dave Topmiller, and RJ Lin
Transducer Direct
Cincinnati, OH, USA
High Power, Medium Voltage Compensator of Voltage Sags and Short Time Interruptions of Voltage at Power Grid with an Energy Storage Implemented as Battery of High-Voltage Supercapacitors
Tomasz Rawinski, Jan Iwaszkiewicz, Eugeniusz Owiec, Krzysztof Zymmer, Piotr Boguslawski, Leszek Dabowski, Aleksander Milak, Jacek Perz, Mariusz Pilecki, Ryszard Strzelecki and Leszek Wolski
Electrotechnical Institute
Gdansk, Poland
MACHINERY/AUTOMATION/ROBOTICS CATEGORY WINNER
Automatic Eye Finder & Tracking System
Rikki Razdan, Alan Kielar, Pat Stearns, and Melissa White
ISCAN Inc.
Woburn, MA, USA
Honorable Mention:
PARS Rescue Robot
Amin Rigi, Hossein Saffari, Amin Mirakhorli, Masood Norozi, and Saeid Talebi
RTS Lab
Tehran, Iran
Mosolver = Motor + Resolver
Donald Labriola
Quicksilver Controls
Covina, CA, USA
MEDICAL CATEGORY WINNER
HemeChip for Early Diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease
Yunus Alapan, Ryan Ung, Megan Romelfanger, Asia Akkus, Connie Piccone, Jane Little, and Umut Gurkan
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH, USA
Honorable Mention:
ProstaGlove
Christopher LaFarge
MedicaMetrix
Wayland, MA, USA
UroCycler Automatic Bladder Management System
David Flinchbaugh
Tech Applications International
Orlando, FL, USA
SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES CATEGORY WINNER
Ecovent Systems - Making Every Room the Right Temperature
Dipul Patel, Yowl Kelman, Nick Lancaster, Shawn Rose, and Brian Bowen
ecovent
Boston, MA, USA
Honorable Mention:
Direct Solar Energy Conversion to Electricity by Low Cost Nanometer Scale Metal-Insulator-Metal Tunnel Diode Serving as a Rectifier in Rectenna Arrays
Nikolai Kislov
Nano CVD Co.
Tampa, FL, USA
Displacement Diesel Consumption with High Altitude Wind Energy from the Altaeros Buoyant Airborne Turbine (BAT)
Ryan Holy, Ben Glass, Adam Rein, Chris Vermillion, and Ephraim Lanford
Altaeros Energies
Somerville, MA, USA
TOP TEN MOST POPULAR ENTRIES
Avhiral
Pilato David
Poitou-Charentes, France
Survival Capsule
Julian Sharpe, Scott Hill, and Eddie Bernard
Survival Capsule, LLC
Mukilteo, WA, USA
Green Cruzer
Thomas Tom, Joanna Joy, Thomas Chacko, and Shruthi Lokanathan
ThomasTom
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Tea Harvester
Ranjit Kumar Das
Guwahati, Assam, India
Magnetic Engine
Nikhil Raj, P.K. Shahu, and Vishwa Mohan
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Equipment for Iron Filing Estimation in Tea
Jatindra Nath Kalita
Tea Research Association
Jorhat, Assam, India
A Solar Chimney Power Plant with a Pyramidal Shape
Dardan Klimenta, Joan Peuteman, and Jelena Klimenta
University of Priština
Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia-Montenegro
Iron Filing Extractor
Jatindra Nath Kalita
Tea Research Association
Jorhat, Assam, India
Automatic Ankle Adjustment for a Prosthetic Leg
Saketh Sai Narayana
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Gear Lever Mounted Clutch
Mahesh Narayan Wagh, Anil Vishal Ramteke, Shirish Shaunak Deshpande, Vinesh Shaneel Kaia, and Bhimrao Akshay Sawant
IKSC
Savedi, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India
GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Development of a Non-Surgical Circulatory Support Device for the Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure
Omar Benavides, Benjamin Hertzog, Jace Heuring, Reynolds Delgado, and Will Clifton
Procyrion, Inc.
Houston, TX, USA
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE CATEGORY WINNER
The N5 FILO: An Ultra-Small, Low-Cost Hazardous Gas Detector Using Novel Chip-Scale Chemical Sensor Technology
Nichole Sullivan, Abhishek Motayed, Ratan Debnath, Baomei Wen, Audie Castillo, Ting Xie, and Gavin Liu
N5 Sensors, Inc.
Rockville, MD, USA
Honorable Mention:
Sensorless Angle of Attack Indicator
Ettore De Lellis, Nicola Genito, Federico Corraro, Luca Garbarino, Dave Bibby, Sean Rieb, Kevin Jones, and Antonio Vitale
Aspen Avionics - CIRA
Albuquerque, NM, USA
A Proven System for Preventing Ground Collisions of Aircraft
Mark Skoog, Loyd Hook, Kevin Prosser, Shaun McWherter, and Jamie Willhite
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Edwards, CA, USA
AUTOMOTIVE/TRANSPORTATION CATEGORY WINNER
Smart Coating for Corrosion Detection and Prevention
Luz Marina Calle
Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Honorable Mention:
Progressive Flow Turbo Compressor Recirculation Valve
James Miller, Dave Fletcher, Matt Gilmer, Brian Graichen, Keith Hampton, and Andy Niedert
DAYCO
Roseville, MI, USA
MICHELIN X TWEEL TURF Airless Radial Tire
Olivier Brauen
Michelin, NA
Greenville, SC, USA
CONSUMER PRODUCTS CATEGORY WINNER
Modular Jet Ski; No Trailer; Affordable; High Performance
Anders Stubkjaer and John West
Bomboard LLC
Whitewater, WI, USA
Honorable Mention:
Flexolar: Ecological Flashlight
Ronny Sanchez Merino
Universidad Autónoma del Carib
Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia
iBobber Wireless Fishfinder
Alexander Lebedev and Tim Etchells
ReelSonar, Inc.
Seattle, WA, USA
ELECTRONICS CATEGORY WINNER
Real-Time Fiber Optic Sensing System
Lance Richards, Patrick Chan, Philip Hamory, Allen Parker, Anthony Piazza, and William Ko
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Edwards, CA, USA
Honorable Mention:
Bluetooth Embedded Amplifier
Ervin Scott, Chad Lampton, and Mike Lucas
Sun Hydraulics Corp.
Sarasota, FL, USA
Direct Methanol Feed Fuel Cell and System
Subbarao Surampudi, Harvey Frank, Sekharipuram Narayanan, William Chun, Barbara Jeffries Nakamura, Andrew Kindler, and Gerald Halpert
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA, USA
MACHINERY/AUTOMATION/ROBOTICS CATEGORY WINNER
Compact Long-Reach Robotic Arm
William R. Doggett, John T. Dorsey, George G. Ganoe, Thomas C. Jones, and Cole K. Corbin
Langley Research Center;
Bruce D. King
Lockheed Martin;
Charles D. Mercer
Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (STG)
Honorable Mention:
High Performance Shutter Valve
Kyle Daniels
Clarke Industrial Engineering
North Kingstown, RI, USA
Low Cost 3D Printed Linear Motion System
Scott Winroth
MakerStrong
Ayer, MA, USA
MEDICAL CATEGORY WINNER
Smart X-ray Source
Mark Eaton, Ronald Hellmer, Shuo Cheng, Hugo Leon, and Leif Fredin
Stellarray
Austin, TX, USA
Honorable Mention:
Method for Treating Cartilage Defects
Michael Lytinas
Ideas Foundation
Boston, MA, USA
Portable And Automated Sickle Cell Disease Diagnosis and Patient Monitoring Using Magnetic Levitation
Stephanie Knowlton and Savas Tasoglu
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT, USA
SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES CATEGORY WINNER
ECHY: Solar Lighting With Fiber Optics
Stephanie Le Beuze, Florent Longa, and Quentin Martin-laval
Echy
Champs-sur-marne, Ile-de-france, France
Honorable Mention:
CHP System with Internal Waste Heat Recovery
Nikolay Shkolnik
Liquidpiston, Inc.
Bloomfield, CT, USA
Spindrift Energy Device
Brian Moffat and Nicholas Tastad
Spindrift Energy
Simi Valley, CA, USA
TOP TEN MOST POPULAR ENTRIES
Puncture-Proof/Burst-Proof Tire
Sameer Panda
Tycheejuno
Sambalpur, Orissa, India
CAP Exoskeleton
Areeb Yaqoob and Keshav Gupta
New Delhi, Delhi, India
CoAxial Engine
Boyan Bahnev
Advanced Energy Sources Ltd.
Edmonton, Ab, Canada
Sensorless Angle of Attack Indicator
Ettore De Lellis, Nicola Genito, Federico Corraro, Luca Garbarino, Dave Bibby, Sean Rieb, Kevin Jones, and Antonio Vitale
Aspen Avionics - CIRA
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Cybernated Farm Systems (CFS)
Douglas Mallette, Carlo Dandridge, Dave Oswald, Neil Desmond, Sándor Nyerges, Habiba Ali, Alex Nuwagaba, Sali Enjavi, and Marty N. Mccrea
Cybernated Farm Systems
Portsmouth, RI, USA
Self Chargeable Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV)
Sukeerth Calastawad, Suhas V, Phaneesh M, and Swaraj S
Maharaja Institute of Technology
Mysore, Karnataka, India
Bullet Proof Vest Using Non-Newtonian Fluid
Seshagiri Ramachandran, Vinod Vivian G, Vinod K R, and Anne Miriam Alexander
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Development of a Non-Surgical Circulatory Support Device for the Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure
Omar Benavides, Benjamin Hertzog, Jace Heuring, Reynolds Delgado, and Will Clifton
Procyrion, Inc.
Houston, TX, USA
Piezoelectric Generator
Amirebrahim Darabi and Roozbeh Khodambashi
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA, USA
Anti-Collision Technology for Automobiles
Himanshu Vyas
SAE India
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
| Malath Arar Senior Engineer General Electric Schenectady, NY |
Dean Barker Fisher and Paykel Healthcare Auckland, New Zealand |
Kenn Bates Principal Physics Engineer Raytheon El Segundo, CA |
| Nate Bernklau Senior Design Engineer John Deere Davenport, IA |
Stuart Brown Managing Principal Veryst Engineering Needham, MA |
Francisco Caballero INTA Madrid, Spain |
| Peter Colovas Software Manager General Dynamics Land Systems Northville, MI |
Jeff Crompton Principal AltaSim Technologies Columbus, OH |
Evangelos Diatzikis Principal Engineer Siemens Energy Orlando, FL |
| Mitch Finn Engineering Manager Medtronic Fridley, MN |
John Fish Senior Manager Lockheed Martin Astronautics Co. Palmdale, CA |
Venkat Gaddam Electrical Engineer Medtronic Neurological Minneapolis, MN |
| Samuel Glass Chief Technology Advisor AREVA Lynchburg, VA |
Pankaj Gupta Senior Process Development Engineer Boston Scientific Plymouth, MN |
Gregory Hardy Senior Engineering Program Manager The Boeing Company St.Louis, MO |
| Jim Hathaway Manager, Production Pograms Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Redondo Beach, CA |
Roger Harmon Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff Motorola Mobility Libertyville, IL |
Robert Holzhauer Electrical Cost Engineer Chrysler Group, LLC Northville, MI |
| David Jorde Owner Jorde Development, Design & Consulting Fallbrook, CA |
Pankaj Kalore Engineer Siemens Buffalo Grove, IL |
Preston Kemp, Jr. Technical Leader GE Power & Water Greenville, SC |
| James Lauer Master Black Belt Caterpillar Morton, IL |
Dzung Le Reliability Manager Schlumberger Jurong, Singapore |
Yu-Tai Lee Naval Architect Naval Surface Warfare Center West Bethesda, MD |
| Dave Luckey Satellite Flight Software Lead Lockheed Martin Denver, CO |
Edward Miesak Senior Staff Scientist Lockheed Martin Orlando, FL |
Scott Moore Chief Engineer Alliant Techsystems Anoka, MN |
| Paul Moren R&D Projects Quality Manager Valeo Cergy-Pontoise, France |
G. Muralidharan Senior R&D Staff Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN |
Matt Ondler Program Director SGT Houston, TX |
| Stephen Osborne Senior Project Engineer Stanley Black & Decker Townson, MD |
Anilkumar Pandit Senior Consulting Engineer GE Industrial Solutions Bangalore, India |
Tudosa Petrica R&D Engineer Alstom CH Rieden, Switzerland |
| James Potter Controls and Calibration Manager ZF Transmissions Group Gray Court, SC |
Humberto Pretti Senior Durability Engineer General Motors Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Jeffrey Puschell Principal Engineering Fellow Raytheon El Segundo, CA |
| David Ouellette Senior Mechanical Engineer Winchester Electronics Middlebury, CT |
Antonio Quintieri Procter & Gamble Waterloo, Belguim |
Susan Stanton Principal SBCi Sunbury, OH |
| Mike Stokes Staff Design Engineer Ethicon Endo-Surgery Cincinnati, OH |
Vladimir Theodorof Engineering Specialist Caterpillar Dunlap, IL |
William Vetterling Research Fellow Zink Imaging Lexington, MA |
| Rich White Mechanical R&D Engineer Agilent Technologies Wilmington, DE |
Bruce Woollard Senior Principal System Engineer Raytheon Tucson, AZ |
Michael Wrazen Project Integrator U.S. Army Picatinny Arsenal, NJ |
| Puck Yan Principal Professional Staff Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel, MD |
| Konstantinos Antonakopoulos R&D Senior Engineer/Researcher Aker Subsea AS Oslo, Norway |
Martin Apa Chief Engineer Exelis Inc. Clifton, NJ, USA |
Malath Arar Staff Engineer General Electric – Aviation Clifton Park, NY, USA |
| Yunus Balogun Materials Engineer Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane, IN, USA |
Dean Barker Senior Engineering Specialist Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Auckland, New Zealand |
Ganesh Kumar Baskaran Principal Engineer Samsung SDS Seoul, South Korea |
| Nate Bernklau Senior Drivetrain Engineer John Deere Davenport, IA, USA |
Stuart Brown Managing Principal Veryst Engineering Needham, MA, USA |
Sabin Carpiuc R&D Engineer Continental Automotive Romania Iasi, Romania |
| Jeff Crompton Principal AltaSim Technologies Columbus, OH, USA |
Dennis Doane Distinguished Member Technical Staff Texas Instruments Plano, TX, USA |
Mitch Finne Engineering Manager Medtronic Fridley, MN, USA |
| Vishnu Gandhi Senior Design Engineer Onatrio Power Generation Courtice, Ontario, Canada |
Paul Goossens Vice President, Engineering Solutions Maplesoft Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
Christoph Hamann Dr.-Ing Continental Automotive GmbH Regensburg, Germany |
| Roger Harmon Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff Motorola Mobility LLC Chicago, IL, USA |
Jim Hathaway Manager, Production Programs Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Redondo Beach, CA, USA |
Robert Holzhauer Senior Development Engineer Chrysler Group, LLC Northville, MI, USA |
| David Jorde Owner Jorde Development, Design & Consulting Fallbrook, CA, USA |
Pankaj Kalore Engineer Miller Electric Mfg. Co. Appleton, WI, USA |
Preston Kemp Principal Engineer GE Power & Water Greenville, SC, USA |
| Gary Kemp Mechanical Engineer Staff Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Euless, TX, USA |
James Lauer Master Black Belt Caterpillar Inc. Morton, IL, USA |
Dzung Le Reliability and V&V Manager Schlumberger Jurong, Singapore |
| Yu-Tai Lee Senior Scientist Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division West Bethesda, MD, USA |
Yong Chin Lim RDD Manager Dyson Malaysia Senai, Malaysia |
Edward Miesak Scientist Lockheed Martin Orlando, FL, USA |
| Scott Moore Chief Engineer Alliant Techsystems (ATK) Anoka, MN, USA |
Paul Moren Projects Quality Manager Valeo Cergy Pontoise, France |
Stephen Osborne Senior Project Engineer Stanley Black & Decker Towson, MD, USA |
| David Ouellette Lead Designer General Electric Plainville, CT, USA |
Anil Pandit Consulting Engineer GE Industrial Solutions Bangalore, India |
Terry Partridge Technical Advisor Cummins Inc. Columbus, IN, USA |
| Richard Paw Strategic Alliance Manager Synopsys Mountain View, CA, USA |
Humberto Pretti Senior Structural Engineer General Motors San Paulo, Brazil |
Jeffery Puschell Principal Engineering Fellow Raytheon El Segundo, CA, USA |
| Antonio Quintieri Senior Engineer Procter & Gamble Waterloo, Belgium |
Niat Rahman Project Engineer General Motors Pontiac, MI, USA |
Muriel Saccoccio Engineer & Project Manager CNES (French Space Agency) Toulouse, France |
| Wolfgang-Michael Schulz Dr. rer. nat. SEMIKRON Zirndorf, Germany |
Alex Selvarathinam Aeronautical Engineer Senior Staff Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Fort Worth, TX, USA |
Susan Stanton Principal SBCi Ltd. Sunbury, OH, USA |
| Michael Stokes Design Engineer Ethicon Endo–Surgery Cincinnati, OH, USA |
Edwin Tan Electrical Design Engineer KLA-Tencor Milpitas, CA, USA |
Petrica Tudosa R&D NDT Alstom CH Rieden, Germany |
| Rich White R&D Mechanical Engineer Agilent Technologies Wilmington, DE |
Bruce Woollard Engineering Fellow Raytheon Tucson, AZ, USA |
Puck Yan Principal Professional Staff Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel, MD, USA |
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