2021 COnrad Virtual Innovation Summit Finalists
drum roll please… The Conrad Challenge is proud to introduce the student teams who will PARTICIPATE IN THIS YEAR’S CONRAD VIRTUAL Innovation Summit.
The below teams scored highest within their category in Round 2: The Business Plan, where their submissions were reviewed by an expert panel of judges. As a result, they will participate in the final round of the 2020-2021 Conrad Challenge.
Congratulations to our Finalists and all Conrad Innovators! You never cease to amaze us! :)
NOTE: Alternate Finalists are listed at the bottom of the page, if you are an alternate, your team has a chance to participate if a finalist team cannot participate in summit. Keep an eye on your email and we will reach out to your team.
Aerospace & Aviation
AerometrX
Texas, USA
Frisco Heritage High School & Memorial High School
Khush Gupta, Piyush Rath, Charan Madaka, Pratyush Patra & Siddhaarth Mayekar
AerometrX is a product designed to utilize Korotkoff waves to locate areas where the blood pressure within the body drops during its time in space. This product is a fully functional compressive suit that uses microsensors across the body to act as a Doppler Gate in sensing these Korotkoff waves.
Cryptex
Conrad Challenge China Winner*
Kang Chiao International School East China
Yijie Hsu, Chengyu Wu, Zhuoxuan Shi & Changhyun Choi
CrypteX is an aerospace and aviation business specialized for CubeSats to provide a more certain and safer route for space travel.
Eir Clean Company
New Jersey, USA
Haddon Heights High School, Salem County Vocational Technical School & Salem High School
Kirsten Nelson, Gabriella Antunes, Natalie Catalano & Ella Bianco
The ValkEIRe is an autonomous robotic tool, created to sanitize the cabin of an aircraft, using sensors to navigate down the center aisle as it cleans it using two forms of disinfectant. The product uses retractable arms that use UVC light and sprayers to efficiently sanitize every high tough surface from passengers.
S.H.A.L.P.S.
Texas, USA
St. John’s School & Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
Grisha Nikulin & Semyon Nikulin
The Space Habitat Air Leak Prevention System (SHALPS) is an autonomous system that introduces a novel, efficient, reliable and accurate way to detect, and eliminate air leaks aboard Space Habitats. Their product uses an interconnected network of oxygen sensors that are strategically placed around the exterior of the given space habitat.
SkyeLabs
North Carolina, USA
North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics, Maiden High School & Green Hope High School
Pracheeti Shikarkhane, Suhani Ramchandra, Noelle Poovey, Callista Holleschak & Hrishika Roychoudhury
EcoGel is an aerogel made from banana fiber cellulose, a waste product of banana production. This product is a lightweight, low-density, highly porous, and low in thermal conductivity aerogel alternative used as insulation in spacecrafts, space stations, rovers, and lunar labs.
Cyber-Technology & Security
CAVES
Virginia, USA
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology
Anirudh Bansal, Darius Kianersi & Suraj Uppalapati
The Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Encryption System (CAVES) is an all-in-one security system utilizing blockchain to prevent cyber-attacks on autonomous vehicles such as self-driving cars. This product is designed to prevent data tampering and illegal modification on the network, therefore reducing risk of vehicle control takeover cyber attacks.
Deep Identification
Conrad Challenge China Winner*
Victoria Shanghai Academy
Jiaxing Guo & Xiaohan Yang
Deep Identification’s design will be an application that focuses on fake news identification. Using this application, the users only need to enter the news, press enter, and wait for the result provided.
ScarepestAI
California, USA
Evergreen Valley High School
Pranav Palleti, Ashok Devireddy & Pranav Prabhuram
Scarepest AI is an advanced farm security system that utilizes motion detection, camera traps, and machine learning to identify and deter pest animals that are encroaching into farmland. This product is accessible via mobile app and can be accessed at any time to manage system's activity, settings, and usage.
Sense
Virginia, USA
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology
Akshan Sameullah & Autin Mitra
Sense allows data scientists to easily present, market, and release their voice or image-based ML models, with minimal knowledge in app or web development. Their product aims to provide disease diagnosis through a great user experience for both researchers and consumers.
TARDIS
Virginia & California, USA
Dougherty Valley High School, Phillips Andover Academy, Canyon Crest Academy & Falls Church High School
Charles Duong, Neel Redkar, Claire Wang & Andrew Gao
TARDIS is an effective, accessible, and ethical solution to neurological disorders and mental health conditions that uses an EEG (electroencephalogram) and a small processing chip to collect data on brain waves. This product aims to create and provide wider access to neurotechnology for those in need.
Warped Perception
Virginia, USA - The United Kingdom - Saint Lucia
The Queens School, St. Joseph’s Covent & The Potomac School
Mika Dewar, Athena Debeauville & Megan Scott
Warped is a user driven interface primarily focused on identifying deepfake videos in social media and across the internet. The goal of this product is to make it easy and convenient to identify videos from social media that have been manipulated.
DELL TECHNOLOGIES: sUSTAINABLE PACKAGING
Dublo
Vancouver, Canada
St. John’s School and St. George’s School
Kevin (Jinde) Zhang & Yihan (Alisa) Zhu
Sprout is a biodegradable material with ingrained seeds that germinate when planted. This material is made from recycled substances, such as waste coffee grounds and fibrous residues. This product aims to be the base material for a myriad range of sustainable products in the future.
HoneyPack
Colorado, USA
Peak to Peak Charter School
Alexandria Scriber, Shreya Senthilkumar & Riley Hall
HoneyPack Packaging Systems, provides recyclable and biodegradable packaging solutions for your needs. HoneyPack foam is made from potato starch. Their product aims to be a renewable alternative that reduces the amount of plastic packaging foam in waste streams.
Inside the Box
Florida, USA
Gulliver Preparatory School
Porter Bowen, Alejandro Antorcha, Sabrina Sharma, Daniel Hagenlocker & Victoria Hagenlocker
Inside The Box uses corn and wheat grains to create biodegradable electronics packaging that provides all of the functionality of the standard corrugated cardboard shipping box and styrofoam inserts typically found in electronic packaging.
Puffy
Massachusetts, USA & The Republic of Korea
The Lawrenceville School, Harrow International School, Episcopal High School & Deerfield Academy
Yongjin Park, Claire Kim, Hanjoo Koo & Jiwoo Paek
Puffy is a new form of packaging that can be used as an environmentally-friendly alternative to the traditional form of packaging, using puffed rice as the main material. Their goal is their product to be compostable at consumer's own backyard or garbage disposal unit.
Replacing Plastic with Banana Leaves
Ian Hamilton and Anna Tagge
Innovative packaging using Banana Leaves to replace plastic products for a environmentally-friendly alternative to packaging.
Special Guests of the Conrad Challenge from non-Pareil Institute who is creating better futures for adults with Autism.
Energy & Environment
BEAR
California, USA
Dartmouth Middle School
Anvit Mishra, Bianca Gao, Abigail White, Matsya Vinodh & Jason Cheong
The BEAR is a device that detects and extinguishes wildfires using a thermal imaging camera, motion sensor, Bluetooth tracker, and a gear-driven rotary sprinkler that will each help put out and find fires.
EutroPod
Illinois, USA
Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy
Siddharth Tiwari, Rishitha Boddu, Philip Yi & Jasmine Liu
EutroPod is a highly concentrated solution of denitrifying enzymes used to combat eutrophication. This product alters the chemical structure of nitrates and nitrites by converting them into a form that is safe for the environment.
Eye of Horus
Conrad Challenge China Winner*
YK Pao School, Tabor Academy & Peddie School
Linxuan Ma, Yushan Yuan, Fangyu Li
Eye of Horus constructs an optimized system that connects thermal cameras and deep learning AI to guards against poachers and rescue injured animals. Representing protection, health, and restoration, Eye of Horus can also be abbreviated into the EOH system.
K-Cellulose Mask
The Republic of Korea
Chadwick International School & Seoul International School
Nahyun Park, Ahyeon Jeong, Seungbee Park, Michelle Bok & Joane Seol
The K-Cellulose Mask is a reusable face mask made out of the waste of cellulose. This mask is designed to reduce the environmental burden of disposable masks as well as protect users from potential infection from harmful viruses.
Promethean Energy
New Jersey, USA
Hillsborough High School
Allison Lee, Ryan Lee, Sennet Senadheera, Pooja Kedia & Derek Wang
The Gel Inverter is a photovoltaic inverter that aims to harness solar energy in a more efficient manner. This product goal is to replace bulky capacitors with a single supercapacitor boosted by a layer of 3D-printed graphene aerogel.
SmartBin
California, USA
Cupertino High School, Fremont High School & Monta Vista High School
Rishita Shah, Sudithi Manthati, Anagha Badriprasad & Sonia Swamy
The SmartBin uses aluminum waste to generate energy, primarily in the form of hydrogen. Their goal is to directly target the problems of failing recycling programs, ineffective micro-grid options, and carbon emissions by bringing recycling to the edge.
Team Ecomigo
Conrad Challenge Nigeria Winner*
Lagoon Schools, Lagos
Cherie Eze, Tolu Oluyede, Eniola Olomolatan & Omonigho Umusu
‘EnviroCop’ is an app that will assist waste management authorities and citizens with a cost-effective, reliable, and user-friendly communication platform
Health & Nutrition
Alexis-1/Medi-i
New York & Ohio, USA - The Republic of Korea
Deerfield Academy, Laurel Springs School & Saint Paul Preparatory School
Wooju Lim, Alexander Judelson, Isha Rao, Ingu Hwang & Jeung dae Hwang
ALEXIS-1 is an AI-driven, user-friendly, software that assists physicians by removing specular reflections, detecting, highlighting, and classifying polyps, measuring polyp sizes, and increasing image resolution, both individually and as a combination during colonoscopy.
COCOON
California, USA
Spring View Middle School & BASIS Independent Silicon Valley
Neal Prakash & Zoe Nat
Cocoon is an infant multilayered swaddling blanket device that specializes in providing the Kangaroo Mother Care experience, it not only provides a thermoregulated environment, but also recreates the parent’s heartbeat and smell. The goal of this product is so that parents and caregivers in developing countries can give their infants care even when they're not continuously available.
EVAC
Pennsylvania, USA
State College Area High School
Peter Liu & Emily Zhang
Extraoral Vacuum Aerosol Cup (EVAC) is an aerodynamically optimized suction cup that is designed to capture aerosols exiting from a patient’s mouth during dental procedures. The goal is to greatly reduce the risk of infection and decreasing overall airborne disease transmission.
Sound Vision
Conrad Challenge China Winner*
The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University & WLSA Shanghai Academy
Kexin Hang & Sichun Wang
Sound Vision is committed to developing a novel gesture recognition technology to help persons with hearing-impaired to communicate with other people.
Specula
California, USA
Menlo-Atherton High School, College Preparatory School & Mission San Jose High School
Ishan Jain, Neeraj Rattehalli & Andrew Liang
Specula is an automated approach for the remote diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases, particularly for those with communication impairments such as infants, the elderly, and the deaf. This product consists of VR glasses that demo a typical eye test while simultaneously recording eye movements through a camera appendage.
VaxWatch Tech
Virginia, USA
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology
Simrith Ranjan, Jessica Ye, Thrisha Sakamuri & Vihaan Mathur
VaxWatch Technologies uses blockchain to track vaccine distribution from the manufacturer to the consumer. It will also have a feature that tracks and prevents adverse effects and unusual symptoms. The goal of this product is to ensure a stable vaccine supply chain for vaccine manufacturing companies while also creating connections between these companies and vaccine consumers.
VITA
Conrad Challenge China Winner*
Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy
Qing Gu, Tiantian Lian, Weizhe Mao, Zhihan Wang & Weixin Tao
Vita-bands uses cutting-edge technology to integrate common health indicators and combine traditional TCM pulse-taking medicine.
Oceans: THe plastic pollution Problem
Catalysing Solutions
Isle of Man
King William’s College
Ava Treutler, Ruairi McNally, Christina Adcock, Catherine Atkinson & Anna Cregeen
DigestEZ is a rubbish bin that uses plastic eating enzymes to break down certain types of plastics. The aim of this product is to stop more plastics from ending up in the oceans and reduce the overall levels of plastic polluting the planet as a home digester for everyday plastic waste.
Jaynel Scovera
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Saigon South International School
Chaewon Lee & Gyuseok Bae
The Scovera Mask is a cost-effective, fully-biodegradable face mask capable of capturing particles ranging from PM10 - particulate matters with diameter less than 10μm - to ultrafine PM. The goal of this product is to protect users from high levels of particular matter in our atmosphere that causes great respiratory threats using a biodegradable air filter.
LumiNet
California, USA
Monta Vista High School
Riya Ranjan & Anushka De
LumiNet is a completely biodegradable fishing net that reduces plastic pollution and uses light at specific wavelengths to protect marine wildlife that are victims of bycatch. This product is made from a blend of biodegradable polymers used to reduce the plastic pollution in the oceans and protecting species of fish caught for commercial use.
Plastisearch
Virginia, USA
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology
Ron Nachum, Arjun Jagannathan, Shrey Gupta & Vikas Medavarapu
Plastisearch is a waterproof device that uses Raman spectroscopy, coupled with computer vision and machine learning, to determine microplastic densities in bodies of water. The goal of this product is to reduce ocean pollution and preserving animal wildlife.
PolyCatch
Virginia, USA
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology
Satvik Matta, Shivank Bhimavarapu & Aditya Kompella
PolyCatch is a mesh that catches microplastics emitted from the washing machine as a result of washing clothes. The goal of this product is to filter out microplastics and to keep the oceans green.
Sail-E
Conrad Challenge China Winner*
Shanghai Pinghe Bilingual School, Shanghai American School & Milton Academy
Lan Hai, Yufei Fu & Jiacheng Mao
SAIL-E is a service that modifies ELB (End-of-Life boats) to become a unique and improved alternative of electric, water debris collecting boats. Our service aims to tackle the problem of ocean waste with waste - by modifying waste boats and yachts to be remotely controlled, garbage collecting vessels.
FSFW: Re-purposed Farmlands & Tobacco Crops
O’Diapers
Japan
Hiroo Gakuen Senior High School
Mayu Yamamoto, Ami Takamatsu, Erika Kishino, Naomi Jack & Hazuki Takahashi
O’Diapers is an eco-friendly adult diaper made out of tobacco cellulose fibers to replace the pulp that makes up 50% of traditional diapers. This product is designed to solve challenges that concern tobacco farmers, elderly consumers, and the overall well-being of the environment.
PectiGrow
Nevada, USA
Ed W. Clark High School
Jang Choe, Darren Zhong & Brandon D'Souza
PetiGrow is a pectin-based superabsorbent polymer (SAP) that incorporates tobacco and pectin from citrus peels. By combining these ingredients, this product aims to create a natural pesticide that is environmentally friendly and economical.
SoaBacco
California, USA
Evergreen Valley High School
Advaiith Pathi, Likhith Vijaykumar, Tejas Vaze, Saicharan Vaidhyanathan & Vinh-Huy Ngo
SoaBacco is a soap that is derived from tobacco seed oil. This is non-addictive tobacco based hygiene product will aid tobacco farmers and reduce the amount of cigarette consumption.
TobPacko
Florida, USA
FW Buchholz High School
Himal Bamzai-Wokhlu, Angela Gao & Nia Jobson
TobPacko is designed to repurpose the use of tobacco plants into a environmentally friendly, 100% biodegradable, biomaterial that replaces non-biodegradable, synthetic packaging materials like styrofoam.
ToPADcco
Maryland, USA
Centennial High School
Yuri Lee & Emily Xing
The ToPADcco pad is a biodegradable, aloe-and-menthol-infused, tobacco-based menstrual pad. This product aims to combat the misuses of tobacco/nicotine in the tobacco industry and the discomfort of feminine hygiene products by building these feminine hygiene products as eco-friendly and comfortable.
FSFW: Eliminating & Reducing E-Cigarette Waste & USAGE
EKAQO
The Republic of Korea
Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies
Suyun Uhm, Ilsung Cho & Haley Kim
CAJUUL is an e-cigarette that can facilitate maintenance and provide customer services based on ID and the application. The features within this product make it easier for the user to dispose of the e-cigarette correctly using an eco-friendly component with refillable pods.
Mediquit
California, USA
Milpitas High School
Sashv Dave, Kathan Sheth & Ved Joshi
Kwit is a cross-platform mobile application that provides teens addicted to smoking with resources and strategies designed to free them of the urge to smoke and enable them to leave their addiction behind. This product consists of three distinct channels, each targeting different aspects that might fuel someone's addiction.
NicoTime
Pakistan
Lahore Grammar School
Aleena Sultan, Nataliya Nadeem, Imtisal Ayyaz & Aleena Abbas
NicoTime is an adaptation of existing e-cigarettes, which is designed to regulate the nicotine consumption of smokers. This product consists of a mobile app that provides a platform for users to interact and motivate each other to quit smoking
no morE-Waste
New Jersey, USA
Watchung Hills Regional High School
Moha Trivedi & Sujay Boyapalli
no morE-waste produces biodegradable refillable e-cigarette pods that greatly reduces the number of incorrectly disposed e-cigarette pods. This product serves as a safe way to protect the environment while using e-cigarettes.
ALTERNATE FINALISTS
AEROSPACE & AVIATION
FerroClean
Inferno
Solar Sweepers
CYBER-TECHNOLOGY & sECURITY
Go FISH
SmartSheet
Virtuoso
Dell Technologies: Sustainable packaging
Bio Banana Bag
Concord
Kanksha and Shrika
enERGY & eNVIRONMENT
H2OOT
QuickPark
Synthetic Limestone
HEALTH & nUTRITION
Autonutrium
CranioComplete
Surrectus
OCEANS: tHE PLASTIC POLLUTION PROBLEM
ADORI
ChelonAI
Deplastic
FSFW: Re-purposed Farmlands & Tobacco Crops
E-Tobacco
Industrial Ethanol Distribution
TobacCine
fsfw: Eliminating & Reducing E-Cigarette Waste & USAGE
BWB
JAM
VapeEscape
Good luck to all of these amazing teams! See you all on April 28-30 for the Conrad Virtual Innovation Summit!
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