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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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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.

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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.

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A ‘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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Thank you from our Sponsors

“At COMSOL, we are very excited to recognize innovators and their important work this year. We are grateful for the opportunity to support the Create the Future Design Contest, which is an excellent platform for designers to showcase their ideas and products in front of a worldwide audience. Best of luck to all participants!”

— Bernt Nilsson, Senior Vice President of Marketing, COMSOL, Inc.

“From our beginnings, Mouser has supported engineers, innovators and students. We are proud of our longstanding support for the Create the Future Design Contest and the many innovations it has inspired.”

— Kevin Hess, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Mouser Electronics

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2011 Contest Judges

Davide Borghi	Technology Specialist	Tetra Pak
Stuart Brown	Managing Principal	Veryst Engineering, LLC
Paul S. Buccos	Senior Engineer	Varian Ion Implant
Paul O. Davis	Senior Platform Engineer	GE Home & Business Solutions
Tim Garner	Technical Fellow	Delphi
Parag Gupta	Principal Engineer	Stryker
Avkash Chauhan	Senior Escalation Engineer	Microsoft Corp.
Carl Gomes	Senior Mechanical Team Leader	Motorola
Kenneth Huening	Vice President, Automotive and Military	Maxim Integrated Products
Michael Jammal	Program Manager	Rockwell Automation
David Jorde	Senior Development Design Engineer	Solar Turbines, Inc.
Pierluigi La Montagna	Industrial Designer -- EUR-ERG	Technip Italy S.p.A
Paul Morgan	Senior Engineer	Micron Technology
James Lauer	6 Sigma Master Black Belt	Caterpillar, Inc.
Anwei Liu	Mechanical Engineer	Newport Corp.
Kamlesh Pande	Chief Consultant & Adjunct Professor	Forbes Marshall & IIT Bombay
Paul Rebmann	Team Manager, Mechanical R&D	Nagravision S.A.
Ralf Reiser	R&D Manager	Mars, Inc.
Sriram Sambandamurthy	Principal Systems Engineer	MEDRAD, Inc.
Abraham Si	Director, IC Design	Maxim Integrated Products
C. Nils Smith	Assistant Vice President	Southwest Research Institute
Yogesh Soni	Founder & CEO	Mattozetta Technologies
Sailesh Tangirala	Senior Analytical Engineer	Ferno-Washington, Inc.
Vladimir Theodorof	Engineer Specialist	Caterpillar, Inc.
Rich White	Mechanical R&D Engineer	Agilent Technologies
Ray Yingling	Director, External Alliances	Eastman Kodak Company