2023 Innovation Summit Finalists

drumroll please… we are proud TO introduce the student teams who will compete in the INNOVATION SUMMIT of the 2022-2023 conrad challenge.

The below teams received the highest scores from the judges within their categories during the Innovation Stage. Five teams in each category have been named Finalists. As a result, they will participate in the 2023 Innovation Summit. In addition, five alternate teams are listed in each category, those teams will be invited to the Innovation Summit in the event a Finalist team is unable to attend.  

Congratulations to our Finalists, Alternate Finalists and all Conrad Innovators! You never cease to amaze us! 

Aerospace & Aviation

 

Bloomx2FM

California, USA

Valley Christian High School

Aarna Nair & Allaire Fahy

Coach: Dmitry Kulshitsky

While on deep space missions, astronauts must be able to grow fresh food to maintain a healthy diet, but there is limited space and time available to do so. BloomX2FM is a device that can emit both radio and sound waves in a controlled way to stimulate plant growth while in space and address this current challenge. 

BUZ

Republic of Korea

Korean Minjok Leadership Academy

Junseok Kang, Seongwoo Min, Yongwook Kim, Jinho Kim, Jungwoo Kim

Coach: Sukbum Hong

To address the large amount of space debris currently present, SAM (Satellite Annihilation Module) is a module that removes malfunctioning satellites from orbit. This fast, light, and compact module will be installed on a satellite before its launch and can be activated when the satellite malfunctions.  

HUBRIS (Halbach Universal Brain Resonance Imaging System)

Arkansas, USA

Bentonville West High School

Nayana Swain & Sangamitra Reshmy

Coach: Ean Nebel

It is proven that astronauts' brains undergo structural changes after spending significant time in space. To address these challenges, HUBRIS, a portable, affordable, lightweight MRI was created exclusively to be installed inside a space station and utilized in real-time while in space to monitor these changes. 

Orbnet:
Nested Netting Whipple Shield Technology

United Kingdom

Oxford High School

Katharina Mills, Matilda Harrison, Alice Millar

Coach: Adrian Kewell

Orbital debris as small as a micrometer can cause significant damage to space hardware which is costly to companies and can greatly impact mission timelines. Orbnet slows down and collects small pieces of orbital debris in a reusable way, thereby reducing the risk of damage to satellites.  

Xena Airspace

Texas, USA & Puerto Rico

Baldwin School of Puerto Rico, Lake Belton High School

Meghna Pramoda, Siona Pramoda, Jillian Webb, Rachel Kim

Coach: Krupa Srinivas

Globally, airlines are responsible for about one billion tons of CO2 emissions (projected to triple by 2050). Real-time route optimization (cloud software) can offset emissions and cost without compromising safety. Xena Airspace is a cloud-based calculation engine that delivers optimal routes between requested cities and pairs into customers' flight systems.  

AEROSPACE & AVIATION ALTERNATE FINALISTS:

  1. Aviora Solutions

  2. Clear cosmos

  3. locus

  4. Sagorf Industries

  5. s-asid: semi-Autonomous Spacecraft inspection drone

 

Cyber-Technology & Security

Presented by: Dell Technologies

 

Drive Drippy

Arizona, USA

Hamilton High School, Basis Mesa

Chloe Zhan, Baochan Fan, Rachel Kan, Andy Ma, Vinesh Kothari

Coach: Vinay Kothari

Every year, there are over 500,000 accidents involving trucks and buses, approximately 52% of which involved driver fatigue or drowsiness. Drippy’s NeuroDrive provides a noninvasive method to mitigate this risk through a wearable monitor that can accurately detect and alert the driver to drowsiness within seconds. 

Locket Health

Virginia, USA

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Kushaan Vardhan, Anika Gulati, Shikha Raghuram, Mihir Kulshreshtha

Coach: Gaurav Kulshreshtha

Locket Health is a revolutionary period tracking app built on a peer-to-peer blockchain framework, ensuring complete security and privacy for our users. The app allows users to securely and privately track their menstrual cycles and fertility, with the added benefit of using blockchain technology for added security and reliability.

NeuLit

California, USA

Evergreen Valley High School, Presentation High School, Silver Creek High School

Tvisha Irigi, Amulya Dussa, Neha Parthasarathi

Coach: Srinivasa Irigi

Literature plays a quintessential role in our lives, especially among the youth, containing endless knowledge not only academically but also creatively. However, not many platforms provide users with a sustainable and secure way to publish or consume this media. Neulit is a platform dedicated to building that marketplace for literature giving users the ability to publish their works into NFTs, as well as view and buy published works from other creators. 

NeuroSole

California, USA

Monta Vista High School

Mridula Srinivasan & Shridhula Srinivasan

Coach: Gayathri Padmanabhan

Currently an accurate and affordable diagnosis system for Parkinson’s Disease does not exist and near 30% of the time the disease is misdiagnosed. NeuroSole is a portable, cheap, non-invasive, and easy-to-use early diagnostic system. This product consists of an insole and an app that utilizes artificial intelligence to detect Parkinsonian gait in patients. 

SIREN

California, USA

Gunderson High School, Mission San Jose High School, Monta Vista High School, Santa Clara High School

Rebecca Wang, Audrey Wang, Swarnya Srivastava, Caitlin Nguyen

Coach: Adamya Srivastava

In response to the surge of  school shootings, SIREN accurately detects gunshots and immediately calls law enforcement with a network of sensors placed throughout a school. It also alerts students, faculty, administrators, and parents and provides real-time mapping of the suspect’s location through SMS text communication.

Window Net

Republic of Korea

NLCS Jeju

Jinwoo Chun, Junghwan Choi, Sehun Jeong, Joonseok Kang, Yongwon Cho

Coach: Dominic Atherton

To gain more control over the ventilation and security of a building, the Window Net is an interlinked network that provides wireless access to windows and air conditioners through a novel Bluetooth-mesh network. This network addresses numerous challenges including lower costs to the user, reducing waste, and easily enforcing environmental measures to business operations.

* UNABLE TO ATTEND
THE 2023 INNOVATION SUMMIT

CYBER-TECHNOLOGY & SECURITY ALTERNATE FINALISTS:

  1. ADMAS

  2. HABIT CASH

  3. SALUS ARMOR

  4. Universal Messaging

Energy & environment

 

ASK

Texas, California, USA

Stanford Online High School

Sumedha Katakam, Keshav Narang, Andrew Mullikin

Coach: Janet Keating

Designed to provide an easier transition to renewable solar energy, ASK is a revolutionary solution that integrates advanced photovoltaics, energy storage, and thermal absorbers into a single unit. The design eliminates the need for external batteries, reduces energy loss and increases efficiency by up to 20%.  

Bee-Bot

California, USA

Van Nuys High School

Tyler Chiu, John James, Trenton Ayson, Connor Chiu, Hovhannes Narinyan

Coach: Ben Chiu

With the decline of bee populations and 80% of the world’s produce relying on pollination, Bee-Bot supports crops and prevents food insecurity in underserved communities dependent on gardens/farms. This aerial drone is capable of pollinating crops and increasing yields by 25% - 50% using proprietary technology and leveraging computer vision (ML) to automate its flight path for increased efficiency.  

BioWear

North Carolina, USA

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics & Green Level High School

Adithi Radhakrishnan and Manya Bhagat

Coach: Kat Cooper

Due to rapidly changing clothing trends, companies are utilizing cheap materials to generate inexpensive and low-quality clothing at the expense of the environment. BioWear is a clothing company committed to converting bio-waste into bio-based fashion through environmentally friendly processing. With the use of under-utilized jackfruit waste, this sustainable fashion line utilizes biodegradable fabric that prevents waste. 

Conduco

Thailand

Kamnoetvidya Science Academy School

Doonyapat Pornpanawan, Pattaradol Leerojanaprapa, Thawin Serivivatanavongse, Pimpraewa Putharukkit, Theeraphat Trongmetheerat

Coach: Yutichai Mueanngern

Fixing broken circuits in electronics can be difficult and costly. Conduco is a cost-effective and high-performing conductive carbon paste created to reduce the manufacturing cost while also providing income to local farmers with the utilization of cacao pods. 

Smart Trash Station

Florida, USA

American Heritage School

Zetian (Zion) Xu, Ke (Kirk) Chen, Jiajing Tu, Xinyue (Betty) Ying, Xujie Cheng

Coach: Mark Ma

Replacing shopping centers’ old-fashioned trash systems, the Green Station is integrated with advanced smart waste management and advertising to not only make shopping centers cleaner but also enhance the shoppers’ experience.   

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT ALTERNATE FINALISTS:

  1. casc

  2. Delavo

  3. Ecohero

  4. team amino

  5. UVa led Water Purifier

Health & Nutrition

 

Anti-Tremor Utensil

Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok Patana School

Thomas Gao and Lucas Lim

Coach: James Myers

Designed specifically for people with mobility issues such as Parkinson's disease, this utensil is powered by a chip that helps stabilize the utensil, allowing people with tremors or decreased dexterity to eat more easily. This product will improve their quality of life by increasing independence and lowering support. 

* UNABLE TO ATTEND
THE 2023 INNOVATION SUMMIT

Connected Crosswalk Assistance

Virginia, USA

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Rohith Yelisetty, Arnav Bhalla, Anirudh Mantha, Adithiya Balaguru, Tanush Kallem

Coach: Sumeet Bhalla

Visually impaired individuals are 46 percent more likely to get into a vehicle-related pedestrian accident when compared to individuals with perfect vision. Connected Crosswalk Assistance allows for the remote activation of crosswalks in addition to warning users of potential dangers while crossing the street.  

GumShield

Cary, North Carolina

Mills Park Middle School

Jamie Cheng, Kashika Paul

Coach: Jiaming Liu

Team GumShield’s innovation will address the detrimental effects of gingivitis and periodontitis. These are gum diseases that not only result in tooth loss but also affect the general health as periodontitis is directly correlated with heart disease, diabetes, and stroke.

The DisPATCH

Tokyo, Japan

Seisen International School

Kohko Kamimura, Michelle Chan, Seung Yi Han, Eon Ko

Coach: Charles Cabiles

Addressing the rising cases of elderly solitary death, the DisPatch is a non-invasive means of identifying and alerting solitary deaths to relevant authorities through pulse detection technology and Bluetooth mechanisms. 

UltraGrasp

Virginia, USA

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Shaurya Jain and Anish Suvarna

Coach: Muralikrishna Suvarna

Current prosthetic technologies are expensive and often involve invasive procedures.  

UltraGrasp is a prosthetic forearm that is not only cost-effective and non-invasive, but also comfortable autonomous, and environmentally friendly. This is completely autonomous, eliminating electromyography and providing simple attachment-removal methods for patients.  

UV Shield

North Carolina, USA

South Iredell High School

Narayani Garg, Indu Gadiraju, Sindhu Gadiraju

Coach: Bruce Macartney

To address harmful UV exposure in homes, UV Shield is a shade technology that filters harmful radiation to reduce overall UV exposure and risk of skin cancer to those inside the home.  

FOTO

Shanghai, USA

Shanghai YK Pao School

Isabel Chang, Yifei Lai, Yanyue Zheng, Yining Xu

Coach: Na Zang

Team FOTO designed a fluorescent probe and a portable test kit to achieve real-time monitoring of meat and seafood freshness. The system’s fundamental component is the fluorescence-emitting organic sensor molecule. This molecule accurately detects the level of food spoilage biomarker present in a sample and displays a fluorescent response, enabling the quantitative assessment of food freshness.

* UNABLE TO ATTEND
THE 2023 INNOVATION SUMMIT

HEALTH & NUTRITION ALTERNATE FINALISTS:

  1. Economic Plasma-Based Wound Healing

  2. One Pad

  3. RegenerAID

NIGERIA AMBASSADOR CHALLENGE WINNER

 

S.A.D

Lagos, Nigeria

Greensprings College

David Onukwugha, Segun Balogun, Adewale Saliuokeola

Coach: Joshua Raimi

An employment-based service operation, determined to help bring people on their feet, and provide anyone, regardless of their education, experience and history aboard to help them stand by themselves, and create a successful business or career in any existing field of employment.

China AMBASSADOR CHALLENGE WINNERs

 

Friction Spark

Beijing, China

Beijing 101 Middle School

Wanqing Zhang, Zijie Hong, Boyan Gao, Chik Sum Jayden Gu

Coach: Haodong Feng

Our innovation allows satellites to automatically reenter the atmosphere and burn up at a lower cost than traditional methods of de-orbiting. Our innovation increases the area-to-mass ratio to increase the air resistance of the satellite, slowing down the satellite and allowing it to fall back into the atmosphere and burn up much faster.

Multi-functional Smart Cane

Shanghai, China

Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy

Jinshu Liu, Renfei Ryan Wong, Pinran Gao, Zizheng Wu, Haoran Gao

Coach: Yinfan Pan

Multi-functional Smart Cane is designed to make walking indoors and outdoors more convenient and safe for the visually impaired by scanning the user’s environment and notifying them about what is happening around them.

The Aquamarine Company

Shanghai, China

Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School and Shanghai YK Pao school

Hanlin Li and Jiayue Weng

Coach: Chao Wen

The Aquamarine Company has created a product called the Bionic Fin-propelled Underwater Quadrupled Robot. The bot collects garbage underwater, protecting and purifying the water environment for private owners and the public.

VROBO

Guangzhou, China

Guangdong Guangya High School, Basis International School Guangzhou, Guangzhou Foreign Language School, Nansha College Preparatory Academy

Liangyu Cai, Honghan Chen, Peiying Chen, Ziyue Shen, Haohan Sun

Coach: Weihang Wang

VROBO is an online VR industrial robotics training course for teenagers covering robotics configuration, assembly, programming, and electronic control. Besides, we’ll be building a Metaverse Robotics Innovation Community, where teenagers can exchange innovative ideas face-to-face and cooperate in building robots.

Jungle Future

Shanghai, China

Shanghai American School and Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy

Yik Chun John Peng and Fei Xiong

Coach: JingJuan Shi

Jungle Future allows for an increase in the speed and efficiency of a logistics system. Our solution utilizes multiple smaller modular robots that can be used either individually or assembled to carry cargo. Based on the cargo, the system can automatically identify the number of robots and their configuration. The system can also replace the many transfer steps between systems during the cargo transfer process into a single system.

* Virtual Finalist in the 2023 Innovation Summit

Lovaqua

Beijing, China

RCF Experimental School, The High School Affiliated to Renmin University International Curriculum Center

Yumo Liu, Yibo Wang, Sicheng Meng

Coach: Xunhe Zhang

Lovaqua is a water bottle with a water filter and water quality detector. When water flows past, it is filtered and has its quality detected, followed by the indication of water safeness through a flashing red, yellow, or green light. With its compact design and low price, people can clean their water anywhere. With the number of workers subjected to this issue, Lovaqua can make a difference and provide them with safe water anywhere.

* Virtual Finalist in the 2023 Innovation Summit

Innova-nation winner

 

Erilux

Panamá

Colegio Brader

Claudia Luna Mejía Cerdas, Ana Paula Duque Aguilar, Emiliano Arellano Vega

Coach: Karin Sempf

Current streetlights are costly, and many are obsolete with today’s technology.  Erilux seeks to innovate the energy industry with self-sustaining streetlights powered only by wind energy. These lights are grid-independent and require simple maintenance with a storage system that collects energy continuously to illuminate streets for the twelve hours needed.  

NONPAREIL INSTITUTE

 

AMBERFLOW

Texas, USA

nonPareil Institute, Austin

Kirk Salinas, Cade Insall

Coach: Joel Schildwachter

ACINITY

Texas, USA

nonPareil Institute, Houston

Grant Moore, Jonathan Chu, John French

Coach: Oga Okwoche

HACK-O-METER!

Florida, USA

nonPareil Institute, Orlando

Grant Moore, Jonathan Chu, John French

Coach: Oga Okwoche