The 2025 Contest is Now Open for Entries!
Submit your best new product ideas in any of seven categories for a chance at $25,000 USD and other great prizes. Here’s how to get started.
Help build a better tomorrow
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 All the 2024 Winning Inventions
Special Report spotlights the eight amazing winners in 2024 as well as honorable mentions in each category, plus the top ten most popular entries as voted by our community.
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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“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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| Piero Aversa Chief Engineer - Global Powertrain NVH Ford Motor Company Dearborn, MI |
Dean Barker R&D Manager Fisher and Paykel Healthcare Auckland, New Zealand |
Nate Bernklau Senior Drivetrain Engineer John Deere Davenport, IA |
| Thierry Boulanger MedTech Professional Air Liquide Newark, DE |
Doug Bradley Advanced Development Engineering Manager Plasan Wixom, MI |
Sabin Carpiuc Software Engineer The MathWorks Ltd. Cambridge, England, UK |
| Kevin Cook Vice President, Marketing & Communications Space Foundation Colorado Springs, CO |
Jeff Crompton Principal AltaSim Technologies Columbus, OH |
Evangelos Diatzikis Fellow Engineer Siemens Energy Inc. Orlando FL |
| Barry Dieser Director of Information Technology Signicast LLC Hartford, WI |
Thomas Dineen Systems/Software Engineer Honeywell International Glendale, AZ |
Sunil Dixit Technical Fellow Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems El Segundo, CA |
| Mitch Finne Engineering Manager Medtronic Plymouth, MN |
Roger Harmon Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff Motorola Mobility LLC Chicago , IL |
Jim Hathaway Manager, Production Programs Northrop Grumman Aerospace Redondo Beach, CA |
| Virginia Hogan Senior Manager, Marketing - Masking, Global Dymax Corporation Torrington, CT |
Travis Holland Mechanical Engineer Corpus Christi Army Depot Corpus Christi, TX |
Robert Holzhauer Electrical Cost Engineer FCA Northville, MI |
| Dave Hosey Engineering Manager Midmark Corporation Versailles, OH |
John Hoyle Lead Engineer Johnson Controls, Inc. Plymouth, MI, USA |
Mary Hubbard Department of Defense - Army Huntsville, AL |
| Tony Ieraci Senior Manager, Marketing Communications, Global Dymax Corporation Torrington, CT |
David Jorde Development Consultant Jorde Development Fallbrook, CA |
Paulo Jorge Engineering Specialist Bombardier Toronto, ON, Canada |
| Pankaj Kalore Engineer Midmark Corporation Lincolnshire, IL |
Shivaram Kamat Senior Consultant Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. Pune, Maharashtra, India |
Yathiraj Kasal Program Manager, Additive Manufacturing Honeywell Technology Solutions Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Ewen Kellar Principal Project Leader TWI Ltd Cambridge Cambridgeshire, UK |
Ankit Kothari Godrej & Boyce Mfg Co Ltd Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Jacque La Valle Senior Electrical Engineer Naval Air Systems Command Patuxent River, MD |
| Wallace Latimer Product Manager Coherent Wilsonville, OR |
Dzung Le Reliability Manager Schlumberger Jurong, Singapore |
Joseph Lipman Director of Device Development Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY |
| Pascal Martinez Extremely Large Telescope Dome and Main Structure Deputy European Southern Observatory Garching bei Muenchen, Bavaria, Germany |
Edgardo Matus Senior Design Engineer MABE Queretaro, Qro, Mexico |
Adrian Nastase Chief Electronics Engineer Newport Corporation Irvine, CA |
| Paul Nussbaum Assistant Dean, College of Engineering Tech ECPI University Richmond, VA |
Stephen Osborne Senior Project Engineer Stanley Black & Decker Towson , MD |
David Ouellette Lead Designer General Electric Plainville, CT |
| Anilkumar Pandit Senior Consulting Engineer GE Industrial Solutions Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
Samuel Phillips Consulting Engineer Samuel R. Phillips, Consulting Engineer Grass Valley, CA |
Marek Piechocinski MEMS Design Engineer Cirrus Logic Edinburgh, UK |
| Ron Pietrowski Technical Expert Con Edison New York, NY USA |
Antonio Quintieri Principal Engineer Procter & Gamble Waterloo, Belgium |
Paul Rachielles Director Marketing, Global Dymax Corporation Torrington, CT |
| Niat Rahman Senior CAE Engineer General Motors Warren, MI |
Felipe Requenes American Standard Monterrey, Nuevo Leon , Mexico |
Mario Rogers Product Engineer Sears Seating Mfg. Davenport, IA, USA |
| Joe Salerno Electrical Designer ENengineering Warrenville, IL, USA |
Sue Schinkel Manager, Marketing Engineering Komatsu America Corp. Rolling Meadows, IL |
Alex Selvarathinam Aeronautical Engineer Sr Staff Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Fort Worth, TX |
| Gary Sera CEO and Director TEEX Iola, TX |
Mary Ann Smith Regulatory Policy Head, Digital Medicines and Devices Novartis San Carlos, CA |
Maria Stazzone Marketing Manager Qosina Ronkonkoma, NY |
| Ed Tan Tan Electrical Engineering Designer Hello Inc. San Francisco, CA |
Vladimir Theodorof Engineer Specialist Caterpillar Inc. Dunlap, IL |
William Vetterling Research Fellow ZINK Imaging Billerica, MA |
| Rich Wells Assistant Professor Harding University Searcy, AR |
Michael White Bosch Plymouth, MI |
Puck Yan Principal Professional Staff Johns Hopkins University Laurel, MD |
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