2024 Top Innovators & Awards
Mastery of the Innovation Process
Innovative Excellence
- **The Adaptive Guitar Project – Julia Larsen & Lance Larsen
- **Chia Go Crackers – Vivian Zeng
- **Cura: A Torticollis Head Tilt Treatment Device – Suchita Srinivasan
- DepScope: A State of the Art, Machine Learning Approach to Depression Diagnosis From Remote Clinical Interviews via Multimodal Neural Networks and Large Language Models – Santosh Patapati
- OpenAid App – Dior Mbodj
Best Logbook
- The Axial Flux Magnetic Coupler – Aneesh Sattiraju
Best Research
- **Cura: A Torticollis Head Tilt Treatment Device – Suchita Srinivasan
- DepScope: A State of the Art, Machine Learning Approach to Depression Diagnosis From Remote Clinical Interviews via Multimodal Neural Networks and Large Language Models – Santosh Patapati
- OpenAid App – Dior Mbodj
Top Runner Up
- WAYTOGO – Molly Culot & Dan Mundy
- Sight Word Stars – Sophia Khaile
- Baselight – Avery Gray
- The Spotless Straw – Aanya Chitnis
- PetVision – Dylan Esposito
- The Lure Protector 5000 – Ava Faustini
- The Fungi Filter – Lily Zezula
Partner Recognition Awards
Bold Beacon (from Bold Patents)
- Suppy Water Bottle – Lily Oppenheim & Brynn Gallagher
Mystery Mastermind (from Kids’ Chemical Solutions)
- **DMM007 Detector – Dior Mbodj
- Invasive Weed Elimination using Laser-mounted Drones – the “Laser Weeder” – Nirbhuy Arun
Budding Business (from Kidpreneur)
- PICA Peek – Diyashri Ravi
Inventors Pathway (from Kid Invent Mentors)
- Karate Belt Buddy – Mae Ambruso & Lyla Johnson
- Cute Calming Critter – Milly Smith
- The Biby Suit – Lily Arron
Market Launch Roadmap (from Kid Invent Mentors)
- Safe Steer [TM] – Dhira Sharma
IP Advantage (from Mendelsohn Dunleavy, P.C.)
- The Axial Flux Magnetic Coupler – Annesh Sattiraju
- The Lure Protector 5000 – Ava Faustini
- The Fungi Filter – Lily Zezula
Powerful Prototype (from WeKinow Inventing)
- **Pocket Shovel – Cameron Crouch
Top Innovators 2024
Grades K-2
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- **DMM007 Detector – Dior Mbodj
Grades 3-5
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- **The Hands-Free Feeding Tube – Arabella Martin
- **Pocket Shovel – Cameron Crouch
Grades 6-8
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- **Bhavna: A Low-Cost EEG Headset and Artificial Intelligence Based Detection of Common Psychiatric Disorders – Anisha Marrapu
- **Tip-Tac-Toe-Trk – Sanjay Vinothkumar
- **Chia Go Crackers – Vivian Zeng
Grades 9-12
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- **Cura: A Torticollis Head Tilt Treatment Device – Suchita Srinivasan
- **OutsideConnection – Sebastian Tan
- **SenseStep – Evan Chen & Myriam Kabani
- **siftre – Ehaab Dhaliwal & Tavas Bharadwaj
- **Custom Sensor-Assisted, Noninvasive Platform for Predictive Hive Health Management for Honeybee Colonies – Suchir Kumar & Naithruv Kashyap
- **The Adaptive Guitar Project – Julia Larsen & Lance Larsen
** These innovators were invited to the Global Innovation Challenge in October 2024.
