Congratulations to Our 2024 Grand Prize and First Place Winners!
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.
Special thanks to our esteemed panel of judges.
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Since Tech Briefs magazine launched the Create the Future Design contest in 2002 to recognize and reward engineering innovation, over 15,000 design ideas have been submitted by engineers, students, and entrepreneurs in more than 100 countries. Join the innovators who dared to dream big by entering your ideas today.
Read About Past Winners’ Success Stories
Special Report spotlights the eight top entries in 2023 as well as past winners whose ideas are now in the market, making a difference in the world.
Click here to read moreA ‘Create the Future’ Winner Featured on ‘Here’s an Idea’
Spinal cord injury affects 17,000 Americans and 700,000 people worldwide each year. A research team at NeuroPair, Inc. won the Grand Prize in the 2023 Create the Future Design Contest for a revolutionary approach to spinal cord repair. In this Here’s an Idea podcast episode, Dr. Johannes Dapprich, NeuroPair’s CEO and founder, discusses their groundbreaking approach that addresses a critical need in the medical field, offering a fast and minimally invasive solution to a long-standing problem.
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| Michael Akins Senior Consultant WorleyParsons Reading, PA |
Malath Arar Senior Engineer General Electric Schenectady, NY |
Dean Baker Doctor Physics for Industry Auckland, New Zealand |
| Nate Bernklau Design Engineer John Deere Davenport, IA |
Douglas Bradley Composite Materials Specialist General Dynamics Sterling Heights, MI |
Stuart Brown Managing Principal Veryst Engineering Needham, MA |
| Kyle Bunch Research and Development Scientist Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland, WA |
Jeff Crompton Principal AltaSim Technologies Columbus, OH |
Juergen Denker Senior Research Engineer TK Polysius Beckum, Germany |
| Mitch Finn Engineering Manager Medtronic Fridley, MN |
Venkat Gaddam Electrical Engineer Medtronic Neurological Minneapolis, MN |
Alan Goelzer Group Manager Jacobs Consultancy Durham, NH |
| David Jorde Senior Development Design Engineer Solar Turbines Inc. San Diego, CA |
Pankaj Kalore Engineer Siemens Buffalo Grove, IL |
James D. Lane Automation Engineer BP Durango, CO |
| James Lauer Lean 6 Sigma Masters Black Belt Caterpillar Morton, IL |
Matthijs Klomp Doctor eAAM Driveline Systems Trollhattan, Sweden |
Nora McGuiness Global Marketing & Communications Nordson EFD East Providence, RI |
| Scott Moore Senior Staff Technologist Alliant Techsystems Anoka, MN |
Stephen Osborne Senior Electrical Engineer Stanley Black & Decker Towson, MD |
Sergio Pacheco Program Manager Freescale Tempe, AZ |
| Anilkumar Pandit Senior Consulting Engineer GE Energy Bangalore, India |
Pramod Patil Assisted General Manager Suzlon Energy Ltd. Pune, India |
Samuel R. Phillips Consulting Engineer Samuel R. Phillips Consulting Grass Valley, CA |
| Antonio Quintieri Senior Engineer Procter & Gamble Stombeck Bever, Belgium |
Carlos E. Ramirez Valenzuela Researcher Institute De Investigaciones Electricas Cuernavaca, Mexico |
Kiran Reddy Senior Research Scientist Kimberly Clark Corp. Roswell, GA |
| Peter Seiler Principal Materials Engineer Medtronic Mount View, MN |
Susan Stanton Principal SBCI Sunbury, OH |
Darren Stevenson Researcher University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL |
| Glenn Strahs Technology Manager U.S. Department of Energy Washington, DC |
David Strei Principal Engineer Rosemount Inc. Chanhassen, MN |
Paul Schwendinger Program Manager Honeywell Golden Valley, MN |
| Thomas J. Steinbrunner Electronics Engineer National Air and Space Intelligence Center Wright-Patterson AFB, OH |
Vladimir Theodorof Engineering Specialist Caterpillar Dunalp, IL |
Michael Vidal Director of Quality Nordson EFD East Providence, RI |
| Rich White Mechanical R&D Engineer Agilent Technologies Wilmington, DE |
Brandon L. Winslow Clinical Engineer Providence Health and Services Portland, OR |
Jian Zhang Principal Systems Informatics Analyst Amgen Thousand Oaks, CA |
PURPOSE
Landing of an aircraft is a very important phase of flight. It is also a very challenging task in terms of safety. Automatic landing systems have been installed in aircraft but require aiding instrumentation on the runway.
Even with the many recent advances in battery technologies, the limited un-recharged range of electric vehicles in comparison to their gasoline counterparts is a “deal breaker” for many potential purchasers. In extreme climates (hot or cold),
Problem: In large stores such as Walmart, it's a bit difficult to find things sometimes efficiently. The guided shopping, computers and signs' sentiment are neat features; but, they are not intelligent enough in case that a customer want to take products in an efficient way and a shortest path.
Proper dental care is very important to an individual's overall health and general well-being. Additionally, proper brushing can significantly reduce the expense and discomfort of dental restorations, cleanings, and examinations - which is why there are now many mechanical aids available for cleaning teeth.
My proposal is for the implementation of an augmented reality network for technical field workers based on a combination of technologies. Components from makers such as, Google, Vuzix, Tektronix, Agilent, and others are currently being used or they are being researched.
Classical machining operations largely fall into the "subtractive manufacturing" category - operations that remove material from a solid billet to form the desired part. In recent decades, however, new forms of "additive manufacturing" have become available. In these cases,
Very high magnetic fields (>1 Tesla) are needed to operate Magnetic Resonance Scanners. The equipment (superconductors coils or rare earth permanent magnets) which generates such fields are one of the reasons for the high cost of the scanners.
The mixer is one of the basic building blocks of any communication receiver and transmitters. Mixers translate signals from one frequency band to another.
Star Wars began with Luke Skywalker working on a moisture farm. Moisture farming was the only way to get enough water to sustain life on the desert planet of Tattooine. This hat was designed as a portable moisture farm.
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