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Create the Future Design Contest
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Create The Future Design Contest
Winners

 

Contest Winners for 2007

Grand Prize
$20,000 USD

"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

Machinery/Equipment

"Cargo Management System"

by Jeremy Connell, Blacksburg, VA, USA

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*
Prize: $250 USD (10)

by Steven Stark, MPK Co., Champlin, MN, USA

by Jasmine Zhao, Jasy Technologies, San Jose, CA, USA

by Diego Traballini, Cordoba, AR

by Santhosh Arasan, Visteon Technical & Services Centre, Chennai, IN

by Hau Yu Lei,   San Francisco, CA, USA

by Thomas Miller, Huntley, IL, USA

by Swami Nathan Subramanian, Chennai,  IN

by Kumar Mayur Sinha, National Institute of Technology, Jaipur,  IN

by William Albertson, Clinton Township, MI, USA

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

"Low-Cost Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Monitor"
by
Hari Singhal, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, India

Consumer

"The Power Strip That Works"
by
Jake Zien, Carnegie Mellon University, Milwaukee, WI, USA

"Energy-Saving Kettle"

by Andrew Blee, Rugby, UK

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

"Inline Peristaltic Pump"

by Daniel Brunermer, The Ex One Company, Leechburg, PA, USA

Transportation

"Submerged Water-Jet Marine Propulsion" (not published on site)

by Brian O'Connor, Encinitas, CA, USA

"Truck Trunk Storage Unit"

by Gavin Wolchina, Calgary, AB, Canada

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