2022 COnrad CHALLENGE Finalists
drumroll please… we are proud introduce the student teams who will compete in the final round of the 2021-2022 conrad challenge.
The below teams received the highest scores from the judges within their categories in Round 2: The Business Plan. For the first time ever, ten teams in each category have been named Finalists. As a result, they will participate in either the 2022 Innovation Summit (Houston, TX) or the Virtual Finals Showcase.
Congratulations to our Finalists and all Conrad Innovators! You never cease to amaze us!
Finalist teams (specifically Team Member 1) will direct communication from the Conrad team (either phone call or virtual meeting) by Friday, March 4 inviting them to one of these Round 3 events.
Aerospace & Aviation
Aeromos
Oregon, Massachusetts & New York, USA; South Korea
Faith Bible Christian School, Korea International School, Berkshire School, North London Collegiate School, Emma Willard School
Hojun Lee, Donghoon Lee, Min Seok Lee, Jeong gyoun Song, Jeewoo Kim
Aeromos is using 3D printing technology and organic (polymer) aerogel to build insulation for housing on Mars. The insulation mixes materials polyethylene and boron nitride and mechanical property to prevent space radiation and ensure humans a more permanent presence in space.
AstraCell
Georgia, USA
Lambert High School
Ishan Mahajan, Varnica Basavaraj, Srirag Tatavarti, Sarvesh Prabhu
AstraCell is an innovative alternate fuel cell technology that alleviates traditional fuels’ safety and durability concerns while optimizing cost and efficiency. Additionally, AstraCell benefits the environment by using a new biological component system. It is a profitable yet environmentally beneficial solution.
Astrasuns
North Carolina, USA & India
East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill High School, Blue Ridge
Ravi Deshpande, Srinath Iyer, Sanika Kulkarni
PEER-M Mat (Paraspinal Exercise with Elastic Resistivity in Microgravity) is a yoga mat that combats muscle mass loss, back pain and decreased mental health in space for astronauts. The PEER-M Mat simulates the force of gravity on the body by using Therabands and other exercise equipment to add tension and resistance to the body while performing certain yogic postures targeted for the back muscles to exercise.
Atmos
North Carolina, USA
North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics
Rhea Modey, Archita Khaire, Pratham Patel, Aditya Mehta, Naveen Ramasamy
In tribute to NASA's Columbia mission, Fibron is a well-functioning decelerator that enables landing of spacecraft at higher altitudes with a heavier payload and greater precision to ensure no amount of heat or pressure can tear apart plans for manned missions on Mars.
CosmoVests
India
Amity International School
Hridyanshu, Madhav Sharma, Arnav Gupta, Raghav Agrawal
CosmoVest is a hybrid spacesuit utilizing mechanical counter-pressure and conventional gas-filled pressure systems to help astronauts and space tourists venture out onto different planets and the International Space Station. This innovation combats musculoskeletal injuries, rigidity and decompression sickness, excessive material accessories and damage to the existing spacesuit.
Eir Clean Co.
New Jersey, USA
Salem County Vocational Technical High School, Haddon Heights High School, Kingsway Regional High School
Kirsten Nelson, Ella Bianco, Natalie Catalano,
ValkEIRe is a fully autonomous device to sanitize aircraft. This device will close the cleaning divide found between different airlines and aircraft. With a focus on high-touch areas such as tray tables and seats, the ValkEIRe will utilize both UVC light and disinfectant mist to reach all these surfaces.
Self-Healing Polymeric Insulators for Electric Wires
Illinois, USA
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Elaina Xiao, Nathaniel Gao
In tribute to Apollo 1, the Self-Healing Polymeric Insulators for Electrical Wires team develops and commercializes self-healing polymeric insulators for electrical wires. So, if the insulator is damaged, the chemicals in the insulator have a polymeric reaction that repairs the damages and prevents tragedies.
SSLAIT (Solar System Location and Interplanetary Telecommunication)
Germany & United Kingdom
St. Albans School, Sandringham School, State International School Seeheim (SISS)
Max Amos, Harry Nsubuga, Jayden Jabaru, Aarav Garg, Roham Sarabi
SSLAIT (Solar System Location And Interplanetary Telecommunication) provides a fast interplanetary communication and accurate location network for spacecraft. It enables communities based on planets and moons to encrypt communication with spacecraft and other colonies in an efficient, effective and reliable manner.
Terrabit
South Korea
CityHill Academy, Valor International Scholars, Wellesley High School, Seoul Foreign School, St. Paul Preparatory Seoul
Inae Kim, Youngchan Lee, Daniel Park, Yujin Suh, Kiyoon Nam
Terrabit is a construction vehicle designed to help colonize Mars. Instead of bringing construction materials from the earth, Terrabit collects sulfur, sand and gravel on Mars with minimum energy. Like the Mars Rover, it will travel the surface and start construction at the most suitable location.
Tune
North Carolina, USA
Apex High School
Owen Chitester, Arnav Nanda
Tune is auto-focusing glasses to be used by astronauts and space travelers during spaceflight to address spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome and sudden vision changes throughout their experience in space as a result of shifting cranial fluid.
Cyber-Technology & Security, presented by dell technologies
2nd Choice Team Name
Georgia, USA
The Westminster Schools
David Cho, Ryan Elchahal
The Sleepy Driver Detector is an apple watch application that works to prevent roadside deaths at a macro scale by keeping drivers fully awake and aware while driving. This functionality is fulfilled through three separate sub-sections of our device: the usage of a physical camera device to detect drowsiness, an evaluation of vitals, and a notification to the driver.
Anya Ghosh
India
Loreto House
Anya Ghosh, Pari Gupta
Travel 360° is an app that provides all the travel-related amenities on a single platform, including all the various aspects of travel, including transportation, accommodation, and entertainment.
Audax
Michigan, USA
Novi High School
Anirudh Annavarapu, Jonathan Doredla, Arnav Patri, Shashank Chidige
Audax is the comprehensive solution to one of the biggest growing modern inconveniences: the property system. With the property registry system being outdated, Audax helps verify the property, fights title fraud and accelerates the property deed process.
Diverge
California, New York & Massachusetts, USA
Jericho Senior High School, Roxbury Latin, Del Norte High School
Kevin Zhu, Kevin Wang, Ellen Xu
Diverge is a personalized health care tool that can detect when a user is approaching or experiencing a manic state through a live sharing of motor activity and EEG data. This product empowers patients to take control of their mental health.
Edu-Vision
Washington, USA
Charles Wright Academy
Yuyang Lou, Tiancheng Chu, Yixuan Yang
Edu-Vision analyzes users' interest by directly tracking eye movement in an online application as a solution to teenagers who are unsure of their favorite area of interests and helps them explore those interests.
Electralert
Virginia, USA
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Tanish Jain, Tanmai Kalisipudi
Electralert is a driver alert system that helps combat driver fatigue and inattention with a pair of smart eyeglasses built with cutting-edge brain-sensing technology and integrated with the vehicle’s driver assistance system.
Ganges
Ohio, USA
Columbia University, William Mason High School
Laalitya Acharya, Laasya Acharya
Using a Convolutional Neural Network approach, Ganges is a cohesive device designed to rapidly and accurately analyze microscopic images of water to detect microbial contamination that may cause water-borne diseases.
Lumino.net
Canada
Merivale High School, John F. Ross Collegiate Vocational Institute
Justin Oh, Jiwon Son, Jiani Li, Aidan Cui
Lumino.net aims to relieve traffic congestion and better protect the safety of drivers and pedestrians with AITOS (AI-based intelligent traffic optimization system) and AINS (AI-based intelligent navigation system).
MinecraftWolf
California, USA
Cupertino High School
Arihan Yadav, Aarush Yadav
UniversalMessaging makes speech, vision, and hearing impaired people live a full life both in the real world (e.g. video conferencing) and metaverse. This product enables people with speech, vision and hearing disabilities to communicate with people who do not understand sign language.
Phish Byte
Florida, USA
Gulliver Preparatory
Joshua Trattler, Leonardo De Paoli, Jacob Getson, Harry Sharma, Ava Seymour
Phish Byte is software that allows individuals to securely and safely browse the internet. Phish Byte uses machine learning that imitates how humans use the internet and protects users from phishing attacks.
Energy & environment
Adorbsy
Vietnam
Concordia International School Hanoi, International School Ho Chi Minh
Huyen Luong, Quynh Anh Tran, Uyen Bui
Adorbsy is a menstruation product that is environmentally friendly made out of dragon fruit peel. This product is biodegradable and produced domestically but also to help resolve the problem of food waste.
AgriVision
California & Virginia, USA
Polytechnic School, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Sabrina Zhang, Anthony Zhao, Ethan Zhang, Winston Gan
Agrivision’s flagship product is a fully-autonomous robot designed for on-site crop disease detection and diagnosis. This product will reduce food waste via stellar plant health analysis and thereafter alleviate food waste’s contributions to climate change and by extension world hunger.
ECap
Texas, USA
Uplift North Hills Preparatory
Abdullah Hussain, Abdullah Habib
ECap is a powerful capacitor system that provides auxiliary charge to electric vehicles (EV) in addition to their existing lithium batteries. It is comprised of a capacitor charger that the driver can attach to his/her vehicle and fungible capacitors. The system increases the range of the vehicle and is a convenience for travelers in remote areas where access to charging stations is limited.
GreenSwing
California, USA
The Nueva School
Amrutha Rao, Charlotte Rosario
GreenSwing, a low-cost, easy-to-use device, harvests renewable energy from the kinetic energy of a door swing to electrify homes in an environmentally friendly way. With multiple units attached to doors in a home, this product can function as a personal energy system to power almost any household appliance.
METHANE CH4NGE
Virginia, USA
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Samanvitha Dammalapati, Saloni Shah, Yashna Hasija
METHANE CH4NGE reduces methane emissions from wetlands and bodies of water. This product accomplishes this by the filtration of methane emissions underwater for Government, Agricultural Areas, and Retailers.
PyroTamer
California, USA & South Korea
Saint Paul Preparatory Seoul, San Mateo High School, Cupertino High School, Gunn High School
Jaein Kim, Jermaine Lei, Daniel Cha, Matthew Lee
PyroTamer is a mobile app that helps firefighters optimize access to critical equipment and focus on stopping wildfires as quickly as possible. This application will have the ability to plot resource locations and filter them based on what the firefighters need.
Rise the pRICE
Thailand
Kamnoetvidya Science Academy
Charlita Sinmak, Kittapas Kitsanadecha, Patchanan Onchomchan
Rice Husk Supercapacitor is produced to benefit electric vehicles. The product can be charged relatively fast and has a longer lifetime since its method of collecting energy is static and no wearing down of electrodes.
SAVADO - Rethink 360
California & Texas, USA
AWTY International School, Esperanza High School
Vedant Sharma, Shivali Sharma
SAVADO 360 are beauty products focused on sustainability that create demand and supply for organic products by raising awareness about environmental issues.
SeaClean
Massachusetts & California, USA; South Africa
Middlesex School, Mission San Jose High School, St John’s College
Andrew Cao, Fuyi Yang, Yu Tang Shan
SeaClean is a marine pollution mitigation station that targets plastics. It is powered by a hybrid renewable energy platform that utilizes wind, solar and tidal power. SeaClean is highly configurable due to its modularized design.
Wonder
Turkey
Diyarbakir Bahcesehir College Science and Technology High School
Gul Karen Aca, Yaren Yurt, Bejan Tekay, Gulbin Atli, Poyraz Bahcivan
Animal Savehicle helps protect animals that may be under individuals' cars. It detects mobility to give a warning to the driver indicating that there is an animal inside of the car components or bottom of the vehicle before the vehicle starts.
Health & Nutrition
Babymometer
Florida, USA
Gulliver Preparatory
Yvette Chamoun, Florentine Bullrich, Christine Lezama, Naomi Dreicer Liberman
The Babymometer is a device aimed to monitor the baby throughout the night by tracking an infant’s temperature and alerting parents when the temperature exceeds 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Bat Eyes
India
Inventure Academy
Surya Turaga, Joe Alapat
Bat Eyes is a hand-strapped device that uses a LIDAR sensor to help the visually impaired navigate their spaces. The LIDAR sensor increases their ‘bubble of awareness’, providing more accurate descriptions of the user's surroundings.
Bio-Periods
Colorado, USA
Peak to Peak Charter School
Josephine Karr, Isabella Brady, Dagny West
Bio-Periods are tampons made out of completely biodegradable materials, affordable, and widely accessible to customers. This product will benefit society by helping against "period poverty" in areas that do not have access and provide an environmental solution to menstruating individuals.
DATUM
South Korea
Seoul International School, Winchester College
Sungji (Lindsey) Lim, Sungyeon (Paul) Lim
DATUM - Diagnosis And Treatment Utilizing Music is a website program that uses artificial intelligence to help diagnose the patient quicker and more accurately than other assessments and heal the patient of their mental disorder.
iCane
Illinois, USA
Illinois Math and Science Academy
Umika Arora, Rian Carter
iCane is a culmination of technology and a common medical device that works to ensure the safety and security of its users. iCane consists of the following major components: a flashlight, SOS button and location tracking.
OXYPLY
South Korea
Seoul Foreign School, Asia Pacific International School, Seoul International School
William Kim, Michelle Yoo, TaeJoo Lee
OXYPLY strives to be a cost-efficient medical oxygen regulator substitute to conventional regulators, tailored to the needs of infants in developing countries. They serve two functions: regulating the oxygen flow rate and regulating the oxygen concentration.
SOS280
Virginia, USA
Rockridge High School, Stonehill Middle School
Abhinav N Potineni, Cheluvi Siri Potineni
SOS280 is a mobile app that provides intervention at the Initiation & Experimentation phase of substance abuse. It uses the Natural Language Processing Machine Learning model which allows for real-time monitoring and detecting of substance abuse based on social media posts.
Vivascribe
California, USA
Milpitas High School, Del Norte High School, Simi Valley High School, Los Altos High School, Mission San Jose High School
Neeral Bhalgat, Rachel Wei, Kevin Sebastian, Cedric Chan, Ethan Yuan
Vivascribe is a journaling app designed to help older generations better connect and share memories with their family to combat feelings of social isolation. It helps guide older generations through the process of eternalizing their most important memories with custom prompts and then sharing their journals with their family members.
VORA: Visual Object Recognition Aid
California, USA
Sage Hill School, Woodbridge High School
Melody Yu, Katherine Hua
The VORA app assists the visually impaired by recognizing objects in front of the phone camera and speaking out the object locations to help the users get a better understanding of their environment.
Zeno
California, USA
Dougherty Valley High School, Silver Creek High School, Evergreen Valley High School, Valley Christian Junior High School
Anya Iyer, Amala Valiveti, Eshaani Singh, Diya Vatsavai
Zeno is a mobile app that efficiently approaches Parkinson’s diagnosis and conducts an initial detection from the comfort of users’ homes using vocal biomarkers that appear in the early stages of the disease.
FSFW: Re-purposed Farmlands & alternative uses of Tobacco (and its by-products)
BIOCON
Nigeria
Dansol High School
Omobolanle Sadela, Oluwatomisin Coker, Olaoluwa Oluwashade, Oluwatumininu Daada
The TTOB-converter is designed to convert tobacco into multiple energy sources which will allow the increase in the cultivation of tobacco and divert its use from the smoking industry which is the leading cause of premature death. The converter processes tobacco into byproducts that can be used to make fertilizers for farmers, hair cream treatments, and anti-aging treatments.
TOB-FILTER
Thailand
Saengthong Vitthaya School
Waradon Sayaputra, Chanwit Chaimano, Warit Kaewjinda, Khawkla Pongsaha, Kritsanapat Kaewloi
TOB-FILTER is an environmentally friendly air filter innovation utilizing tobacco fibers. The product uses Silver Nano that can inhibit the growth of bacteria when placed on one side of the air filter to trap the bacteria from entering inside. It also uses Gold Nano that can change carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide.
Creative Composites
California, USA
Leland High School, Lynbrook High School
Priyanka Supraja Balaji, Sahana Gopalan
Tobosite is an innovative and high-performing bio-composite material made from tobacco plants and pineapple leaf fibers, utilizing the natural properties of both biomaterials for industrial applications. The product is naturally durable, contains radiation shielding, processes efficiently, high supply and is cost-effective.
Project: Fraction-1
Colorado, USA
Peak to Peak Charter School
Sydney Lewis, Emma Casini, Alden Sanders
Fraction-1 Vitamins are supplements containing protein that are targeted towards assisting malnourishment within famine areas in Africa. Simultaneously, this product will help redirect the use of tobacco in addictive and abusable products.
Safftory
Thailand
Kamnoetvidya Science Academy
Theeradon Sakpetch, Supphanat Anantachaisophon, Naphat Panniam, Khanut Boonjong, Phandej Soisamuth
SAFFAS is an innovative active composite possessing antimicrobial and antioxidant properties designed to transform the food packaging industries as well as agricultural industries. The product helps prolong the shelf-life of food, fresh produces, and meat by the gradual release of volatile organic compounds extracted from safflower’s components.
Tobacado
Michigan, USA
Troy High School
Riya Dutta, Deepti Aggarwal
Tobacado simplifies the conversion process to avocado farming by first educating farmers on the detrimental environmental and medical effects of tobacco farming and the mechanisms and means of conversion. Then, enables their transition process by providing them with our newly developed genetically modified (GM) avocado seeds that are drought-resistant for the farmers to use instead of tobacco.
TobacCine
Georgia, USA
Lambert High School
Brian Yoo, Vishnu Dontu, Sahil Sood
TobacCine successfully manufactures vaccines by using plants as bioreactors, which is faster, cheaper, and less complicated than the current method of using chicken eggs to grow vaccines. TobacCine utilizes modern technology and RNA interference to prevent the tobacco plant from developing crown gall disease.
Tobelli
Illinois, USA
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Rashmi Alawani, Shria Halkoda
Tobelli is a biodegradable food packaging innovation that repurposes the cellulose found in tobacco to create a thin, food packaging film that not only aids in the storage of food but also its preservation. The product is a bioplastic material that wraps and covers food, thereby diffusing its preservative chemicals onto the product and increasing its shelf life.
The Recombinants
California, USA
Dublin High School
Anish Kataria, Katie Cheng
The Recombinants utilizes tobacco plants from existing farms as bioreactors to mass-produce recombinant proteins for customers and tailor specifically to remedies the current struggles of tobacco farmers: exchange, extraction, and education.
Xylo-filter
Colorado, USA
Peak to Peak Charter School
Ziba Ahamad, Shreya Senthilkumar
The Xylo-filter is a portable filter that when attached to a tap water source, can eliminate any pathogens. The product provides a non-harmful alternative to tobacco use and it is affordable, accessible in developing countries, and effective at purifying water.
NIGERIA AMBASSADOR CHALLENGE WINNER
Bio Girls
Abuja, Nigeria
Government Science and Technical College
Esther Lawal, Margaret Ofordum, Amina Mohammed Zanna
Bio-Girls reusable sanitary pads is made from waste banana trunks in the Health and Nutrition Category. This natural and biodegradable product also benefits farmers by proposing a sustainable alternative to repurpose the banana trunk material.
China ambassador challenge winners
Instant Flight
China
Nansha College Preparatory Academy
Jing Liu, Yunfan Zeng, Lichuan Qiu
Instant Flight has created the eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) small commercial aircraft, JK-03 to create a fast and comfortable method to travel in the Aerospace and Aviation Category. JK-03 provides a highly efficient, comfortable and quiet travels while fulfilling airworthiness requirements. It is safe and reliable, bringing users a new zero-emission air travel.
Bluetooth
Singapore, China
Temasek Junior College, Suzhou High School of Jiangsu Province, Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy
Zhiyi Gui, Mingyang Jiang, Yixuan Zhao
Bluetooth is an online platform to schedule dental appointments, track profiles, communicate with others, and educate users about dental care in the Cyber-Technology and Security Category. This product also includes a forum for users to communicate directly with their dentists and ask questions about dental assistance.
RayDan
China
Shanghai American School
Tianzhi Xu, Ray Sun
Mechanical Worm is a small, soft-bodied, multipurpose exploration robot that mimics real-life worms to explore caves, pipes and ventilation systems to reduce the risk of rescue missions and promote a safe alternative to explore these hard to reach areas in the Cyber-Technology and Security Category.
Wind Runner
China
Beijing 101 Middle School International Department
Yuanchenxi Gao, Zihan Guo, Beila Wen, Manlin Zhang
Wind Runner designed an intelligent wind-resistant road sign that is able to change the direction of the separated panels of the sign board according to the direction and the speed of the wind detected using a sensor in the Energy and Environment Category. The product is powered by solar panels, making it environment-friendly and clean.
FastY
China
The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University, Beijing No.2 Middle School International Department
Tianyi Huang, Bo Li
FastY’s product FY004 is creatively designed to target HER2 and CD3 on single-chain Fv, so it can serve as a bridge connecting HER2 positive tumor cells and T cells, and promote the anti-tumor activity of the T cells in the Health and Nutrition Category.
Hypnos
China
Shanghai High School International Division
Justin He, Edwards Tong, Jixiang Dou, Xi Wen Zhang
Hypnos was created to ease the drowsiness and impaired cognition caused by sleep inertia through a wearable headband that utilizes 810-nm near infrared (NIR) photobiomodulation to boost cellular metabolism and increase blood flow in the Health and Nutrition Category.
Floating Firmament
China
Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy, Ngee Ann Secondary School
Zhixiang Xu, Yicen Zhang, Tianyi Ding, Qiuyi Luo
Floating Firmament’s a pair of kayaks that enable crew members to manually deal with unexpected situations in the Energy and Environment Category. This product is driven by electricity so that the leaked oil would not be ignited due to the combustion of diesel within conventional kayaks and reduce the chance of causing vibrations at the sea surface and dispersing oil into the ocean.
Dell nonpareil winner
Armed with Knowledge
Texas, USA
NonPareil Institute
Brent Thompson, Wyatt Behrend, Zachary Putnam
Armed with Knowledge is a 2D action platformer game that teaches players about ransomware through metaphorical examples and demonstrates strategies to avoid malicious attacks in the Cyber-Technology and Security Category. With an unlimited chance to play the game, players will be fully educated on how to avoid ransomware.
Innova-nation winner
EKOM
Panama
Coelgio Agustiniano Nuestra Señora del Buen Consejo
Juan Diego Rodríguez, Hilario Castillo
EKOM is a digital platform that allows people to access to organizations and its eco-friendly products and services in the Cyber-Technology and Security Category. This platform requires verified information from the organization for users to ensure transparency.