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Awarded each year to a senior or graduate student, the Student Prize recognizes MIT students for their inventive work. The Student Prize Ceremony showcases the finalists' inventions; and finalists speak about what it means to be inventive at MIT.
The Acton-Boxborough Regional High School from Acton-Boxborough, Mass., received a 2007 InvenTeam grant from the Lemelson-MIT Program to invent a resuable fire-fighting grenade, dubbed the DeCombuster, to supress fires. The InvenTeam presented its invention at MIT in ...
Lemelson student prize application video.
The Brillion High School from Brillion, Wis., received a 2008 InvenTeam grant from the Lemelson-MIT Program to invent an electric all-terrain multi-purpose lifting machine. The InvenTeam presented its invention at EurekaFest at MIT in June 2008.
Video profile of Dr. Ashok Gadgil, winner of the 2012 $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation for scientific solutions to the global water crisis, and energy and fuel efficiency.
Video profiling the work of Dr. John A. Rogers, winner of the 2011 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize.
Profile of Dr. Stephen Quake, winner of the 2012 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for his revolutionary work in drug discovery, genome analysis and personalized medicine.
Video profile of Dr. Elizabeth Hausler, winner of the 2011 $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability.
Cardboard, lots of duct tape and four hours to get creative. Using "wind" power, high school students from across the US build devices to lift a garbage can to the ceiling of the Boston Museum of Science during the Lemelson-MIT Program's EurekaFest 2008! Video thanks ...
A member of the Bay Path Regional Vocational High School InvenTeam in Charlton, Massachusetts explains their InvenTeam project, an assistive mechanics creeper for car repair, as well as their InvenTeams experience, at EurekaFest 2010 at MIT in Cambridge, MA.
Presentation by Dr. BP Agrawal, winner of the 2010 $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability, at EurekaFest at MIT. Dr. Agrawal discusses his community-driven rainwater harvesting system and mobile health clinics to improve the global public health system.
Presentation by Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi, winner of the 2010 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, at EurekaFest at MIT. Dr. Bertozzi discusses her work in manipulating processes that take place inside living cells for the purpose of engineering their surfaces as well as their ...
A member of the Cesar Chavez High School InvenTeam from Laveen, Arizona explains their InvenTeam project, a motorized physical therapy chair to reduce muscular atrophy, as well as their InvenTeams experience, at EurekaFest 2010 at MIT in Cambridge, MA.
A member of the Columbus High School InvenTeam from Columbus, Georgia explains their InvenTeam project, a portable, inexpensive device to predict high-probability conditions for lightning strikes, as well as their InvenTeams experience, at EurekaFest 2010 at MIT in ...
Presentation by Erez Lieberman-Aiden, winner of the 2010 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize at EurekaFest 2010 at MIT.
A member of the Greenbrier West High School InvenTeam of Charmco, West Virigina explains their InvenTeam project, a wetland assessment system for multi-spectral photography, moisture sensing and data retrieval, as well as their InvenTeams experience, at EurekaFest ...
Heather Agnew, winner of the 2010 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Caltech Student Prize, presents her work with protein capture agents for improving the performance and stability of point-of-care diagnostics.
A member of the Hillside New Tech High School InvenTeam from Durham, North Carolina explains their InvenTeam project, a residential green roofing system for sloped surfaces, as well as their InvenTeams experience, at EurekaFest 2010 at MIT in Cambridge, MA.
The Hillside New Tech InvenTeam from Durham, North Carolina, presented their invention project at EurekaFest 2010, a residential green roofing system for sloped surfaces.
