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Contest
Winners for 2007
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| Grand
Prize |
$20,000 USD
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"Litroenergy:
New Light Source Material"
by Steven
Stark, MPK Co., Champlin, MN, USA |
| Winning
Entry in Each Category |
Prize: HP Workstation
(6) |
Medical |
"A
3D Ultrasonic Neuronavigation System for Real-Time Image-Guided
Brain Surgery"
by Ajay Mahajan,
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Murphysboro, IL,
USA |
Consumer |
"LED
Cocoon Tent"
by Stephen Boynton,
Orem, UT, USA |
Safety
and Security |
"Personnel
Beacon/Locator for Mine Workers"
by Joseph Hollmann,
Spectral Biopsy, Kansas City, MO, USA
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Machinery/Equipment |
"Cargo
Management System"
by Jeremy Connell,
Blacksburg, VA, USA
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Transportation |
"Internally
Radiating Impulse Structure (IRIS) Engine"
by Corban Tillemann-Dick,
Tendix LLC, Denver, CO, USA |
Sustainable
Technology |
"LEDTRICITY"
by Ted Bristow,
Creative Electric, Kailua Kona, HI, USA |
Honorable Mentions are listed below. |
Top
Ten Most Visited Entries*
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Prize: $250 USD (10) |
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by
Steven Stark, MPK Co., Champlin, MN, USA |
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by
Jasmine Zhao, Jasy Technologies, San Jose, CA, USA |
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by
Diego Traballini, Cordoba, AR |
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by
Santhosh Arasan, Visteon Technical & Services Centre, Chennai,
IN |
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by
Hau Yu Lei, San Francisco, CA, USA |
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by
Thomas Miller, Huntley, IL, USA |
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by
Swami Nathan Subramanian, Chennai, IN |
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by
Kumar Mayur Sinha, National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, IN
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by
William Albertson, Clinton Township, MI, USA |
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by
Anil Dhole, Bajaj Auto Ltd, Pune, IN |
| *
Entry view counts were subject to scrutiny and manual adjustments,
affecting the final ranking. Use of spam techniques and
posting in irrelevant forums were not considered appropriate for
this contest and entry view tallies were adjusted to reflect this.
See the FAQs for further explanation
of appropriate promotional methods. |
Honorable
Mentions by Category |
| Medical |
"Multi-Stroke
Auto Disable Syringe"
by PR Suresh Samuel, Chennai, India
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| "Low-Cost
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Monitor"
by Hari Singhal, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India
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| Consumer |
"The
Power Strip That Works"
by Jake Zien, Carnegie Mellon University, Milwaukee, WI,
USA
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| "Energy-Saving
Kettle"
by Andrew Blee, Rugby,
UK
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| Safety
and Security |
"Household
Water Treatment Device"
by Paul Berg,
Corvallis, OR, USA |
| "Cycling
Self-Checking Block Valve for Use in Critical Shutdown Systems"
by G. Paul Baker,
Jr., Safety Cycling Systems LLC, Denham Springs, LA, USA |
| Machinery/Equipment |
"Self-Locking
Ball Bearings"
by Tad Staniszewski, Asymmetric Fasteners Inc., Hackettstown, NJ,
USA
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| "Inline
Peristaltic Pump"
by Daniel Brunermer,
The Ex One Company, Leechburg, PA, USA
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| Transportation |
"Submerged
Water-Jet Marine Propulsion" (not published on site)
by Brian O'Connor,
Encinitas, CA, USA
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| "Truck
Trunk Storage Unit"
by Gavin Wolchina,
Calgary, AB, Canada
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| Sustainable
Technology |
"Wave
Energy Harnessing Device"
by Michael Raftery,
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA |
| "Enery
Saving Clothes Dryer"
by Danny Blount,
Sulphur Springs, TX, USA
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Useful Links
Notes |
All
entries were judged and ranked according to criteria described
in the Rules.
Entry
view counts were manually inspected and may have been adjusted
based on log analysis and according to criteria for acceptable
self-promotion described in the FAQs. |
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