2018-2019 WAS one for the record books!

The 2018-2019 Conrad Challenge drew over 450 student teams from around the world! Thirty-five teams were named finalists, including the winning teams from our regional Conrad Challenges hosted in Australia and Nigeria. These teams attended the Innovation Summit at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex from April 23-26, 2019.

2019 WINNERS  

Aerospace & Aviation Challenge

PETE CONRAD SCHOLARS: 
EnerX SYSTEMS
Vinamr L. Sachdeva, Om Gupta, Shiv Sethi, Naman Dhingra and Anirudh Chauhan
Delhi Public School R.K. Puram, New Delhi, India

  • ENTHUSE (Engine Thrust Surge System) is a system that decreases the impact of weather on air traffic movement.


POWER PITCH WINNER: 
RECON
Michelle Tung, Romi Asad, Akash Karri, Jason Tran and Thomas Yang
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, North Carolina, USA

  • The M.A.R.C.S. (Motion-Adaptive Radiation Control Suit) is a suit that comfortably protects astronauts from cosmic radiation.
     

Cyber-Technology & Security Challenge

PETE CONRAD SCHOLARS: 
FALCON STARTUPS
Mitchell Phelan, Bhavesh Kapadia and Victoria Cartano
Australia
(Also - Winners of the 2019 Australian Conrad Challenge)

  • The Pad Pay is an EFTPOS machine that incorporates the biometric security device of a fingerprint scanner to safeguard customer data.


POWER PITCH WINNERS: 
PROTECTIVE EYEZ
Dominque Bacchetti and Erika Hick
Collinsville High School, Illinois, USA

  • Protective Eyez is a safety device that prevents sexual assault by sounding an alarm and alerting authorities.
     

Energy & Environment Challenge

PETE CONRAD SCHOLARS: 
SAFE
Adyant Shankar, Jeffrey Lam, Joshua Gao and Samuel Greenberg
Nashua High School South, New Hampshire, USA

  • S.A.F.E. (Sound: The Alternative Fire Extinguisher) is a device that utilizes low-frequency sound waves to extinguish wildfires.


POWER PITCH WINNERS: 
PINESIGHT AI
Ethan McFarlin and Taylor Harkley
Thomas B. Doherty High School, Colorado, USA

  • Pine Sight is a machine-learning powered smartphone app for park rangers to improve ground-based surveillance of Mountain Bark Beetle infestations.

 
TRASHLESS
Nattapob Pornpalanamai, Napat Saokomut, Nachcha Soongswang, Passavorn Limmeechokchai and Pimchaya Chaipermsak
Kamnoetvidya Science Academy, Thailand

  • FastDrop is a trash bin that automatically separates trash to improve recycling.

Health & Nutrition Challenge

PETE CONRAD SCHOLARS: 
FIREBIRD MEI
Amana Fujikawa, Erika Robottom, Sofyani Tatipamula, Debangi Mohanta and Emi Sun
Seisen International School, Tokyo, Japan

  • eSecure is a compact epinephrine auto-injector encapsulated in a thermally insulated smartphone case.


POWER PITCH WINNERS: 
APOLLO NEUROTECH
Charles Ma and Alex Zhang
Montgomery Blair High School, New Jersey, USA

  • TremorWear is a device‑independent tremor‑suppression library designed to add smart‑suppression features to wearable tremor orthosis.

Transforming Education Through Technology Challenge

PETE CONRAD SCHOLARS: 
SPEAK EASY
Omar Imtiaz, Olivia Bangs, Divyesh Khatri and Roberto Martelli
The Village School, Texas, USA

  • VoxLion is an application that allows students to better prepare for and deliver presentations by providing real-time, comprehensive feedback.

POWER PITCH WINNERS: 
SIMULATED EDUCATION
Ameya Rao, Shreeya Kodali and Namya Kodali
William G. Enloe High School, North Carolina, USA

  • EARL (Engaging and Augmented Reality Learning) Classrooms is a platform that houses Virtual and Augmented (Mixed) Reality simulations to enhance the learning experience.

Smoke-Free World Challenges

India

PETE CONRAD SCHOLARS: 
SPICEARRETTES
Tenzin Nangsal, Paris Kiehl and Mana Setayesh
Peak to Peak Charter School, Colorado, USA

  • Spicearettes are safer, natural, and more affordable cigarette-like bidi alternatives that are composed of abundant Indian spices known to combat nicotine addiction.

POWER PITCH WINNERS: 
AAROGYA SOLUTIONS
Kushagra Gupta, Aaditya Kashyap, Nishkarsh Srivastava and Ahaan Sinha
Delhi Public School R.K. Puram, India

  • NEMACI is a low cost system that equips government clinics and dispensaries to provide lower-grade bidis to smokers based on their current addiction levels while simultaneously introducing smokers/farmers to alternative products.

Malawi

PETE CONRAD SCHOLARS: 
LRK LABS
Ashika Kuchhangi, Kelly Yang, Era Dewan and Yukati Gupta
Mission San Jose High School, California, USA

  • Esprí is a cosmetic (makeup) that utilizes an innovative formula based on tobacco peptides to create a flawless, buildable full-coverage foundation for various skin tones.

POWER PITCH WINNERS: 
TOBACCO-CIDE
Sarah Wang and Jennifer Ye
Enloe High School, North Carolina, USA

  • Tobacco-cide is a natural pesticide generated from the tobacco plant that effectively targets certain harmful pests without wounding helpful insects.

United States

PETE CONRAD SCHOLARS: 
VapeMate
Jaiden Reddy, Deven Reddy, Shivam Saran, Rishi Saran and Tanush Saran
Ed W. Clark High School, Nevada, USA

  • VapeMate is a mobile application that can track, quantify, substantiate, and prevent vaping through an attachment that fits right onto an e-cigarette and a mobile application that records, processes, and displays data on e-cigarette use for the user.

POWER PITCH WINNERS: 
CalTab Solutions
Luc Almony, Anya Berchtold, John Douthit and Clara Tracy
Peak to Peak Charter School, Colorado, USA

  • The CALTAB pod and juice uses vaporized super leaves as a less addictive and healthy substitute to Juuls and e-cigarettes.

Additional Awards:

Chairman's Innovative Teacher Award

  • KRISTIE LETTER, PEAK TO PEAK CHARTER SCHOOL
    LAFAYETTE, COLORADO, USA

America’s Navy Gemini Awards

Awarded the team who best reflected the Navy characteristics of teamwork, diversity, innovation and hard work

  • SPEAK EASY
    Omar Imtiaz, Olivia Bangs, Divyesh Khatri and Roberto Martelli
    The Village School, Texas, USA
     

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Technology Award

Recognized the team who best incorporated existing NASA technologies that were made available to the Finalists or have the potential to utilize NASA technology in their products.  

  • EnerX SYSTEMS
    Vinamr L. Sachdeva, Om Gupta, Shiv Sethi, Naman Dhingra and Anirudh Chauhan
    Delhi Public School R.K. Puram, New Delhi, India

  • KATANG LABS
    Kabir Goel, Gayatri Bhattacharya and Tanish Goel
    Delhi Public School R.K. Puram, New Delhi, India

    • SkyAI is an intelligent drone-based security system that allows events of any size to be secured safely and efficiently through flexibility of use and automatic interventions.
       

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex - Good Citizen Award

The Good Citizen Award is administered by our partners at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and Delware North Corporation, and is given to the team who presented the most appreciation and respect during the event.  

  • Malawi Hurt 2 Health
    Isabella Brakhage, Vikkas Muralidharan, Jeffrey Chen and Ander De Onaindia
    Peak to Peak Charter School, Colorado, USA

    • Malawi Hurt 2 Health designed organic bandages made from tobacco products.
       

 
 

2018 - 2019
Full lists of GENIUS!