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High School

DuPont Manual High School

Team Members:
Vallabh Ramesh

Academic Advisor:
Kunal Kate, PhD

Winning Design: Sustainable and Effective Composite Repairs Using Novel 3D Printed Patch Designs

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Undergraduate

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Cornell University

Team Members:
Ammar Barbee
Grace Oyama
Julian Stoller
Grace Yu

Academic Advisor:
Sam Chiappone

Winning Design: Micro Solar based Steam-Powered Desalination Plant

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Slippery Rock University

Team Members:
Jennifer Chicra

Academic Advisor:
Jheng-Wun Su, PhD

Runner-Up: Sustainable 3D Printed Traction Spikes for Enhanced Winter Mobility

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California State University, Northridge

Team Members:
Wayne Li
Daniel Zerkovsky
Andy Ordonez

Academic Advisor:
Sepideh Abolghasem, PhD

Honorable Mention: Sustainable Telecommunications: A portable, solar-powered balloon for remote connectivity and disaster response

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Graduate

University of Georgia

Team Members:
Varunkumar Thippanna
Martin Taylor Sobczak

Academic Advisor:
Kenan Song, PhD

Winning Design: Fabrication of Wind Turbine Blade Solid Wastes for High-Performance Composite Fibers

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University of Waterloo

Team Members:
Ali Mohammadnejad
Manyou Sun
Saeed Maleksaeedi

Academic Advisor:
Ehsan Toyserkani, PhD

Runner-Up: Novel bio-inspired electrode design for affordable green hydrogen production

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Clemson University

Team Members:
Mahdi Pirani

Academic Advisor:
Saeed Farahani, PhD

Honorable Mention: A Novel Sustainable Low-cost Tooling via Hybrid Manufacturing Technology

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