GRAND PRIZE WINNER

HI-LIGHT - Solar Thermal Chemical Reactor Technology for Converting CO2 to Hydrocarbons
Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao, Jessica Akemi Cimada da Silva, David Erickson, and Tobias Hanrath, Cornell University; Jason Salfi and Clayton Poppe, Dimensional Energy, Ithaca, NY, USA

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE CATEGORY WINNER

Airfoil Performance Monitor (APM)
John Maris, Puthy Soupin, Ludovic Laberge, and Marie-Hélène Larose, Marinvent Corporation, Saint-Bruno, Quebec, Canada

Honorable Mention – Aerospace & Defense Category

Development of Breathing System for Divers Based Upon Separation of Dissolved Air from Water
Alan Bodner, Zichron Yaakov, Tsafon, Israel

Hybrid Miller Cycle Rotary HCCI Engine for RQ-7 Class Drones
Roderick Newstrom, Garland, TX, USA

Space Exploration for All Using FemtoSats
Jekan Thangavelautham, Aman Chandra, Mercedes Herreras-Martinez, Andrew Warren, and Erik Asphaug, Arizona State University – SpaceTREx, Tempe, AZ, USA

Ultra-High-Speed Magnetically Levitated Reaction Wheels for Small Satellites
Arda Tuysuz, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

AUTOMOTIVE/TRANSPORTATION CATEGORY WINNER

Heavy Duty Aftermarket Super Truck
George Sturmon, Edward Murray, Susan Schmidt, Joshua Medling, and Glenn Harris, Enviro-Cool, Sullivan, MO, USA

Honorable Mention – Automotive/Transportation Category

SHOT - Lightweight Engine Starting System Without Battery/Starter
Michel Bernier, BRP, Quebec, Canada/Ski-Doo Engineering Team – USA, Canada and Austria

Plasma Deposition of Metal in Composite Panels
Erik Weiser, Roberto Cano, Brian Jensen, and Stephen Hales, NASA Langley Research Center; Joel Alexa, Lockheed Martin, Hampton, VA USA

Lightweight, Wear Resistant Metal Matrix Composite Brake Rotors
Lori Bracamonte and James Withers, ATS-MER, LLC, Tucson, AZ, USA

RADIALcvt (Continuously Variable Transmission)
Jan Naude, Varibox CVT Technologies, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

CONSUMER PRODUCTS CATEGORY WINNER

Conformal Battery
Russell Kittel, Krista Smith, Kathryn Chamberlain, Steve Risser, Christopher Jackson, and Megan Moore, Battelle, Columbus, OH, USA

Honorable Mention – Consumer Products Category

GAIA
Brent Chase, GAIA, Columbia, MD, USA

IAGIES - Impact Absorbing Gel Infused Exoskeleton
Melissa Chavez, Justin McGinnity, Cody Piercey, and Tanil Ozkan, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

SignAloud
Thomas Pryor, SignAloud, Seattle, WA, USA

SkyRunner
Stewart Hamel, SkyRunner, LLC, Shreveport, LA, USA

ELECTRONICS/SENSORS/IoT CATEGORY WINNER

Integrated Multi-Color Light Emitting Device Made with Hybrid Crystal Structure
Yeonjoon Park, National Institute of Aerospace (NIA), and Sang Choi, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA

Honorable Mention – Electronics/Sensors/IoT Category

World’s First Cost-effective Multispectral Sensor-on-Chip Solutions
Tom Griffiths, ams AG, Austin, TX, USA

Portable Rapid Sensor for Detection of E. Coli in Water
Parmiss Mojir Shaibani and Amirreza Sohrabi, Roshan Water Solutions, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Hearo - Internet of Sound
Hakan Lidbo and Max Bjorverud, Libido Music AB, Stockholm, Sweden

Environmental Sensing in the IoT with BME680: Unlimited Applications Become Possible
Silvia Mayer and Thomas Block, Bosch Sensortec, Reutlingen, Land Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

MACHINERY/AUTOMATION/ROBOTICS CATEGORY WINNER

EJBot: Versatile Climbing Robot for Industrial Vessel Inspection
Mohamed Gouda Alkalla and Mohamed Fanni, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Ad-daqahliyah, Egypt

Honorable Mention – Machinery/Automation/Robotics Category

Synchronous Reluctance Machine
Douglas Richard, DDU Magnetics, Lynwood, IL, USA

Orbitless Drive
Leo Stocco, Orbitless Drives Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Development of Multi-Material 3D Printer Using Fused Deposition Modeling
Tey Jing Yuen and Yogeswaran a/l Mohan, University Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Cheras, Selangor, Malaysia

Single Sleeve Mounting Pulleys, Gears, Sprockets on Keyless Shaft
Tad Staniszewski, Asymmetric Fasteners Inc., Hackettstown, NJ, USA

MEDICAL CATEGORY WINNER

Arterial Everter
Jeffrey Plott, Adeyiza Momoh, Ian Sando, Brendan McCracken, Mohammed Tiba, Kevin Ward, Jeffrey Kozlow, and Paul Cederna, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Honorable Mention – Medical Category

Electroactive Material for Wound Healing
NASA Langley Research Center’s Technology Gateway, Hampton, VA, USA

Kaleyedos Imaging Device: A Telemedicine Solution to Retinopathy of Prematurity
Erica Schwarz, Sami Messai, Becca Miller, Seony Han, Richard Chen, Aditya Murali, and Prerna Singh, Kaleyedos, San Francisco, CA, USA

High Visibility Biopsy Needles
Muhammad Sadiq, Ian Quirk, and Mike Irvine, Active Needle Technology, Abingdon, Oxford, UK

Quartet H2O LDD Actively Cooled Lateral Surgical Fiber Optic
Stephen Griffin, InnovaQuartz LLC, Phoenix, AZ, USA

SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES CATEGORY WINNER

Energy Saving Filter for Removal of Heavy Metals from Water
Volodymyr Khranovskyy, R. Yakimova, Ivan Shtepliuk, P. Lima de Carvalho, and A. Pinto, Talent Molecule LDA, Braga, Portugal

Honorable Mention – Sustainable Technologies Category

Pollution-Free Paper (Self-erasing Ink Enables Reuse)
Carl Yee, Blue Planet Ink, San Diego, CA, USA

ecoSPEARS - A Non-invasive True Solution to PCB Pollution in Contaminated Waterways
Samuel Johnson, Sergie Albino, and Ian Doromal, ecoSPEARS, Winter Springs, FL, USA

MicroEVAP™ Water Purification System
Karen Sorber, Micronic Technologies, Wise, VA, USA

SPIRP - Solar Powered Irrigation Resonance Pump
Sue Becconsall and Alec Becconsall, Longcroft Engineering; John Allport, Simon Malins, and Goodarz Khodabakhsi, University of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK

TOP TEN MOST POPULAR ENTRIES

VSSUT Student Satellite
Apurwa Masook, Bodhisattwa Sanghapriya, Jaswasi Sahoo, Sovan Panda, Sudarshan Samal, and Tatwamsiddha Nanda, Idea Innovation Cell, Sambalpur, Odisha, India

Hoisting Device Combined with the Hydraulic Dump System of Pick-up Bed
Shailesh Parkhe, Shahnavaz Abdulla Shah, Sandip Bhausaheb, Lokhande Ganesh, and Jamnadas Ghule, Chandwad, Maharashtra, India

MEDDIAR - A Medical Diary
Mayank Talwar, Nayan Sharma, and Jatin Rana, Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Future Dustbin
Nilaabh Vinay, Gugale Arjun, and Vikram Soni, Creative Minds, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Netmory
Mikhael Lerman, Manestate, San Jose, CA, USA

Space Gravity Suit
Georgios Profitiliotis, Elena Veli Giorgos, Ntalis Vasilapostolos Ouranis, and Vicky Stefanouli, NTUA, Athens, Greece

Chassis System That Reduces Hill Accidents
Manoj Sharma, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India

From Solar Thermal to Electrical Energy (24/7)
Marwan Sallouta, Abu Dhabi, Abu Zabi, United Arab Emirates

Groundnut Decorticator and Separator
Rahulkanth Sh, Saran R, Santhosh B, Raghul A, Easwari Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Advanced Space Debris Disposal System
Ritesh Deokar, Anish Gorantiwar, Kunal Nalamwar, Krishna Hundekari, Rohit Gujarathi, and Akashay Verma, MIT Pune, Pune, Maharashtra, India

 

 

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2017 Entries

>> All
>> Aerospace & Defense
>> Automotive/Transportation
>> Consumer Products
>> Electronics/Sensors/IoT
>> Machinery/Automation/Robotics
>> Medical
>> Sustainable Technologies

2017 Participants

>> Entrants
>> Judges

2017 Results

>> Top Votes
>> Winners
>> Top 100

Malath Arar Staff Engineer General Electric Company Lynn, MA	Piero Aversa Chief Engineer - Global Powertrain NVH Ford Motor Company Dearborn, MI	Dean Barker R&D Manager Fisher and Paykel Healthcare Auckland, New Zealand
Pierluigi Benedini Senior Technical Engineer Aptuit Verona, Italy	John Bennett Senior Manager, Fuels Afton Chemical Limited Bracknell, Berkshire, UK	Richard Berger Senior CAE Engineer PTC - Performance Cars General Motors Corp. Warren, MI
Tathagata Bhattacharya Senior Research Engineer ArcelorMittal (Global R&D) East Chicago, IN	Laxmidhar Biswal Chief Expert BOSCH Bangalore, Karnataka, India	Doug Bradley Advanced Development Engineering Manager Plasan Wixom, MI
Xinjin Cao Senior Research Officer National Research Council Canada Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Sabin Carpiuc Software Engineer The MathWorks Ltd Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK	Miguel Castillo VP Technology Development Aernnova Madrid, Spain
Anne Coleman Marketing Manager US Digital Vancouver, WA	Chris Cook Product Development Engineer Dana, Inc. Paris, TN	Jeff Crompton Principal AltaSim Technologies Columbus, OH
Bryn Dixon Studio Design Engineer GM Cadillac Design Warren, MI	Francesco Ferretti Product Design Engineer Apple Inc. Cupertino, CA	Jon Fifield Chief Engineer Astronics AES Kirkland, WA
Mitch Finne Engineering Manager Medtronic Plymouth, MN	Brian Gleason Chief Engineer Southwest Airlines Co. Dallas, TX	Clint Hamre Sr. Manager Toyota Motor North America Wittmann AZ
Roger Harmon Member of the Technical Staff Motorola Mobility LLC - Lenovo Chicago, IL	Jim Hathaway Manager, Production Programs Northrop Grumman Aerospace Redondo Beach, CA	Robert Holzhauer Electrical Cost Engineer FCA Northville, MI
Dave Hosey Engineering Manager Midmark Corporation Versailles, OH	Abhinav Jain Program Engineering Lead BorgWarner Auburn Hills, MI	Joshua Johnson Chief Engineer - Chassis Design Honda R&D Americas, Inc. Raymond, OH
Bharath Konda Research Engineer ArcelorMittal East Chicago, IN	Belal Krad Mechanical Component Engineer General Electric Houston, TX	Deepak Kulkarni Horiba India Ltd Pune, Maharashtra, India
Pravin Kulkarni Manager-Design Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd Nashik, MH, India	Jacque La valle Senior Electrical Engineer Naval Air Systems Command Patuxent River, MD	Dzung Le Reliability Metier Manager Schlumberger Jurong, Singapore
Sean League Director of Spacecraft Engineering SpaceFab.US Laguna Niguel, CA	Joseph Lipman Director of Device Development Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY	Pascal Martinez Manager, Extremely Large Telescope Dome and Main Structure European Southern Observatory Garching bei Muenchen, Bavaria, Germany
Lauralyn McDaniel Industry Manager SME Dearborn, MI	Paul Menig CEO Tech-I-M Sherwood, OR	Kevin Moore Sr.Principal Engineer Barrios Technology Houston, TX
Viviane Morais Innovation Team Leader MAHLE Engine Components Farmington Hills, MI	Christa Myers Chemical Process Engineer CRB Consulting Engineers Cary, NC	Adrian Nastase Chief Electronics Engineer MKS Instruments/Newport Corporation Irvine, CA
Paul Nussbaum Asst. Dean Engineering Tech. ECPI University Richmond, VA	Bernard Ordy Aircraft Operability Expert for Systems Airbus SAS Blagnac, France	Stephen Osborne Lead Project Engineer Stanley Black & Decker Towson, MD
Gustavo Palacio Supply Chain Director Andean Region Kimberly Clark Co. Bogota, Cundinamarca, Colombia	Jayesh Patel Director of Engineering Services Robert Bosch Battery Systems LLC Orion, MI	Rupali Patil Lead Engineer John Deere Pune, Maharashtra, India
Samuel Phillips Consulting Engineer Samuel R. Phillips, Consulting Engineer GRASS VALLEY, California	Marek Piechocinski Design Engineer Cirrus Logic Edinburgh, UK	Ron Pietrowski Technical Expert Con Edison New York, NY
Constantin Puiu Project Engineer General Motors Pontiac, MI	Atul Puranik Product Engineer Eaton Corporation Pune, Maharashtra, India	Jeffery Puschell Principal Engineering Fellow Raytheon El Segundo, CA
Antonio Quintieri Principal Engineer Procter & Gamble Waterloo, Belgium	Niat Rahman Senior CAE Engineer General Motors Warren, MI	Samson Rajakumar Senior Manager, Transmission Systems Tatamotors ltd Pune, Maharastra, India
Mario Rogers Product Engineer Sears Seating Mfg. Davenport, IA	Joe Salerno Senior Drafter ENengineering Warrenville, IL	Alex Selvarathinam Aeronautical Engineer Sr Staff Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Fort Worth, TX
Archisman Sen Renault Nissan Alliance Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India	Gary Sera CEO and Director TEEX Iola, TX	Kuldip Singh Systems Engineer Harris Corporation VAN NUYS, CA
Mary Ann Smith Regulatory Policy Head, Digital Medicines and Devices Novartis San Carlos, CA	Mike Stokes Principal Design Engineer Ethicon Endo-Surgery Cincinnati, OH	Ed Tan Senior R&D Electrical Engineer Novasentis Incorporated Berkeley, CA
Robert Taylor Technology Manager, Lubricants Shell Global Solutions UK Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK	Petrica Tudosa R&D Engineer/IRT&NDT Specialist Alstom CH Rieden, Aargau, Switzerland	Adnan Turkey Senior Professor, College of Engineering and Inform DeVry College of New York New York, NY
Rafael Vieira R&D Engineer DENSO Santa Barbara dOeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Torbjorn Virdung Technical Expert, Complete Vehicle CFD Volvo Car Corporation Gothenburg, Sweden	Adam Wolf Manager Technology Development and ECU Hardware John Deere Power Systems Cedar Falls, IA
Bruce Woollard Engineering Fellow Raytheon Tucson, AZ	Puck Yan Principal Professional Staff Johns Hopkins University Laural, MD	Richard Yen SVP, Automotive and Global Markets Team Altair Engineering, Inc. Troy, MI
Yanchai Zhang Engineer Specialist Caterpillar Dunlap, IL

 

 

The following entries received the highest overall scores from the panel of judges.
They are listed in alphabetical order by title.

3D Printing for Civil Construction

A Means of Increasing EV & ICE Vehicle Range Using Normally Wasted Suspension Energy

A New Low Cost, Efficient, Self-Driving Personal Rapid Transit System

Aculon NanoProof® Surface Treatments

Advanced Autostereoscopic Display for Avionics Applications

Airfoil Performance Monitor (APM)

All Electrical Jet Engines - Turboarcjet

ApnoSafer, a Wearable for Sleep Apnea

Arterial Everter

Automatic Torque Limiter For Electric Screwdrivers

Background Oriented Schlieren using Celestial Objects (BOSCO)

Cardiac Rhythm Management with an Atraumatically Anchored, Multichamber Epicardial Lead

Conformal Battery

Contact Lenses Engaging the Ocular Microbiome to Prevent Inflammations of Cornea

Crowdmap for Sexual Violence

CubeCab

DataDriven - The Machine-Learning Mechanic and Diagnostic-as-a-Service Platform

Development of Breathing System for Divers Based Upon Separation of Dissolved Air From Water

Development of Multi-Material 3D Printer Using Fused Deposition Modeling

Diamond Based Winding Insulation for Electrical Machines

ecoSPEARS - A Non-invasive True Solution to PCB Pollution in Contaminated Waterways

EJBot: Versatile Climbing Robot for Industrial Vessel Inspection

Electric Field Imaging System

Electroactive Material for Wound Healing

Energy Saving Air Conditioning Unit

Energy Saving Filter for Removal of Heavy Metals from Water

Environmental Sensing in the IoT with BME680: Unlimited Applications Become Possible

EV-ICE Heavy Duty Truck Hybrid Retrofit Technology

FeverPhone: Point of Care Diagnosis of Acute Febrile Illness using a Mobile Device

Focused Impedance Method (FIM) for Lungs Ventilation and Other Measurements of the Human Body

Futuristic Safe Injection System-2020

GAIA

GATOR Gear

Gravity Power Plant

Guidance System for Visually Impaired Athletes

Hafnium Filter to Make X-Ray CT Safer for Children

Hard Armor Shoulder Plates

Hearo - Internet Of Sound

Heavy Duty Aftermarket Super Truck

HemoPen(TM) by Aïma: Revolutionizing Personal Healthcare

High Flux Computer Processor Cooler

High Visibility Biopsy Needles

HI-LIGHT - Solar Thermal Chemical Reactor Technology for Converting CO2 to Hydrocarbons

Hybrid Miller Cycle Rotary HCCI Engine for RQ-7 Class Drones

Hydro Belt For Emergency Flotation

Hyper4 - High Efficiency Internal Combustion Engine

IAGIES - Impact Absorbing Gel Infused Exoskeleton

Innovative Electrical Plasma Water Treatment Technology For Elimination of Emerging Contaminants

Innovative, Custom Patient Specific Solutions for Instrumented Spine Surgery

Integrated Multi-Color Light Emitting Device Made With Hybrid Crystal Structure

Intelligent "Flat Pack" Structures for Space

Intra-abdominal Surgical Robot

Kaleyedos Imaging Device: A Telemedicine Solution to Retinopathy of Prematurity

Lightweight, Compact, High Output Generator

Lightweight, Wear Resistant Metal Matrix Composite Brake Rotors

Mesh Sprayer Device (MSD); Liquefied Mesh Delivery System

MicroEVAP(TM) Water Purification System

Miniaturized Reconfigurable Filter on Planar Technology for Mobile Communications

Mobility Assist: A Multifunctional Sit-to-Stand and Ambulation Therapy Device

MRI-Based Hydration Monitor: A Tool for Managing Congestive Heart Failure

New Fibre-based Sensor to Quickly Detect Structural Problems in Bridges and Dams

Open Source Retinal Camera (Open Indirect Ophthalmoscope)

Orbitless Drive

Oscillating Field Electrical Stimulator (OFS) for Regeneration of the Spinal Cord

PeriGuide - Safe Treatment for Cardiac Tamponade

Pickup Truck Fuel Saver - DragShield

Plasma Deposition of Metal in Composite Panels

Pollution-Free Paper (Self-erasing Ink Enables Reuse)

Portable and Non-invasive Electrical Device for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease (Cor-IS)

Portable Rapid Sensor for Detection of E. Coli in Water

Power-Blox

Quartet H2O LDD Actively Cooled Lateral Surgical Fiber Optic

RADIALcvt (Continuously Variable Transmission)

Radically New and Highly Aerodynamic LLNL Geometries for the Next-Generation of Heavy Vehicles

RideSafe

SafeKey - GPS Enabled Keys

Secure Coding Framework

SHOT - Lightweight Engine Starting System Without Battery/Starter

SignAloud

Single Sleeve Mounting Pulleys, Gears, Sprockets on Keyless Shaft

Sipsee®

SkyRunner

SmartVaccine

Space Exploration for All Using FemtoSats

SPIRP - Solar Powered Irrigation Resonance Pump

Supercor VFI-689/Vortex Force Impeller System for Rocket Motor Turbopumps

Synchronous Reluctance Machine

Textile Temperature Sensor

The AgRover: A Multipurpose Agricultural Vehicle for Africa

Through Glass Integrated V2X Antenna for DSRC Communication

TINNITLESS

Tunable Bioplatforms for Electronic and Photonic Applications

Turbocharging the Single-Cylinder Four Stroke Engine

Ultra-High-Speed Magnetically Levitated Reaction Wheels for Small Satellites

Untralow Resistance Electrodes For Galvanic Electrochemical Cells

Viento HD - True 1920 x 1200 Thermal Camera

Voided Polymer Imaging Technology for Thermal Paper

Wearable Treatment for Infant Jaundice

World’s First Cost-effective Multispectral Sensor-on-Chip Solutions

Zero-Slip Steering Differential for both Automotive and Track-Steered Vehicles