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Ophir Vermesh, $30,000 Lemelson-Caltech Student Prize winner, of the California Institute of Technology presents the Integrated Blood Barcode Chip (IBBC), with the potential to change how clinical-based blood protein biomarkers are measured.
Video profile of BP Agrawal, 2010 Winner of the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability.
Although their interests and paths diverge sharply, these young inventors share a passion to improve lives.
On March 3rd, the Lemelson-MIT Program announced the 2010 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize winner at Erez Lieberman-Aiden, graduate student at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, was named the winner of the prestigious $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize. Lieberman-Aiden, one ...
Dartmouth College Engineering Professor and Mascoma co-founder Lee Lynd received the inaugural $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability in 2007. Lynd was honored for his inventive achievements and research into alternative fuels.
Joseph DeSimone, Chancellor's Eminent Professor of Chemistry at of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is a polymer expert who has inventions in green manufacturing, nanomedicine and medical devices. His lab-to-market entrepreneurship and commitment to ...
Johnson High School InvenTeam from St. Paul, Minn., received a 2006 InvenTeam grant from the Lemelson-MIT Program to invent a portable hydraulic press that can create a product from recycled sawdust waste that accumulates in its wood shop class. The InvenTeam exhibited its invention at a ...
Joel Selanikio, winner of the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability, presents his open source mobile software tool that aids in disease surveillance and the collection of public health data in developing nations at EurekaFest 2009 at MIT in June.
Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams are teams of high school students, teachers, and mentors that receive grants up to $10,000 each to invent technological solutions to real-world problems. The InvenTeam initiative aims to excite high school students about invention through ...
Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams are teams of high school students, teachers, and mentors that receive grants up to $10,000 each to invent technological solutions to real-world problems. The InvenTeam initiative aims to excite high school students about invention through ...
The George T. Baker Aviation School from Miami, Fla., received a 2007 InvenTeam grant from the Lemelson-MIT Program to invent a lightweight, portable, solar-charged traffic signal. The InvenTeam exhibited its invention at a showcase held at MIT in June 2007.
The Lemelson-MIT Program partnered with the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) in Portland, Oregon on Saturday, October 30th for a day-long event showcasing invention and innovation. Presented by the Lemelson-MIT Program, EurekaFest at OMSI featured hands-on educational stations ...
Students from the Williamston High School InvenTeam in Williamston, Michigan explain their invention, an offshore rip current alert system, as well as their InvenTeams experience.
Students from the Sidwell Friends School InvenTeam in Washington, D.C. explain their invention, a power generator using gray water, as well as their InvenTeams experience.
Students from the Shenzhen Middle School InvenTeam in Shenzhen, China describe their InvenTeams project, an embedded structural bicycle lock, as well as their InvenTeams experience.
Students from the S.S. Seward Institute InvenTeam in Florida, New York explain their invention, a solar-powered steam autoclave, as well as their InvenTeams experience.
6/21/12 1:00pm - 4:00pm Presentation by the Williamston High School InvenTeam from Williamston, Michigan Offshore rip current alert system
6/21/12 1:00pm - 4:00pm Presentation by the Lynden High School InvenTeam from Lynden, Washington Self-balancing recumbent tricycle
