2018 State Finals | K-12 InVenture Prize

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State Finals Winners

Elementary Division

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The WatchMi

1st Place
Students | Liam Hannah, Henry Kirkland, and Harrison Williams
Teacher | Kirsten Perla
Due West Elementary School | Cobb County

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All-in-One Eraser

2nd Place (tie)
Students | Sydney Ma, Aiden Lynch, and Jessica Dolph
Teacher | Sherreen Bahr
Addison Elementary School | Cobb County

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The Rainbow Tire

2nd Place (tie)
Students | Aria Christopher, Jack Duerre, and Anisha Signh
Teacher | Nancy Parsons
Davis Elementary School | Cobb County

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Lightning Shock Sticker Sensor

3rd Place
Students | Christopher Corrao, Michael Muldoon, and Jesse Nierderjohn
Teacher | Julia Varnedoe
Mt. Bethel Elementary School | Cobb County

Middle Division

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Team Automatic Magnivision

1st Place
Students | Marc van Zyl
Teacher | Kathie Lanman
JC Booth Middle School | Fayette County

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Better Sound, Better Health

2nd Place
Students | Pooja Kanyadan
Dodgen Middle School | Cobb County

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The Goodie

3rd Place (tie)
Students | Daniel Barreto, Muhammed Zelmat, and Inaya Ansari
Teacher | Ehab Jaleel
Amana Academy Charter School | Fulton County

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Water Heater Sensor

3rd Place (tie)
Students | Ariana Islam, Karina Shah, and Sarayu Reddy
Teacher | Yasin Kaya
Fulton Science Academy | Fulton County

High Division

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Hydraptor

1st Place
Students | Rishab Rao, Alexa Holdmeyer, and Noah Bruckner
Teacher | Ann Baxley
Walton High School | Cobb County

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Kinesthetic Approach to Muscle Memory

2nd Place
Students | Isabella Parker
Teacher | Paulette Allard
Harrison High School | Cobb County

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SuperNoma

3rd Place
Students | Johaer Jilani
Teacher | William Daly
Collins Hill High School | Gwinnett County

Specialty Awards

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Kistick

IronCAD Award
Students | Jason Cho and Hyungjoon Jun
Teacher | Ann Ruhala
East Coweta High School | Coweta County

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Flex Fit

TAG Manufacturing Award
Students | Sam Toole and John Cetner/h6>
Teacher | Tonia Schofield
Grady High School | Atlanta Public Schools

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Travel on Foot Roller

People's Choice Award
Students | Darby Graham
Teacher | Debi Carnaroli
Matt Elementary School | Forsyth County

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Simply Care Bins

Best K-2 Overall
Students | Walker Allinson and Kayden Sell
Teacher | Laura Fedorchuk
Kelly Mill Elementary School | Forsyth County

Butter Butter Butter

Best in 3rd Grade
Students | Haleigh Bagwell and Reese McCarthy
Teacher | Laura Fedorchuk
Kelly Mill Elementary School | Forsyth County

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State Finals Spotlights

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Jasmine Burton

Keynote Speaker

Jasmine is a graduate from Georgia Tech's School of Architecture having studied Industrial Design. During her undergraduate career, Jasmine founded Wish for WASH, LLC., a social impact startup intended to bring innovation to sanitation after her senior design team was the first all-female team to win the Georgia Tech InVenture Prize competition for their invention, the SafiChoo toilet in 2014. Jasmine continued to pursue her passion for hygienic, equitable, and sustainable sanitation as a 2016-2017 Rotary Global Grant Scholar and graduated with her Master of Science in Public Health. Since graduating, Jasmine worked at the Toilet Board Coalition in addition to Wish for WASH to work towards systemic change in the sanitation sector as a social impact designer advocating for universal health.

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Cameron Schriner

IronCAD Representative

IronCAD is a proud partner with K-12 InVenture Prize and sponsor of IronCAD software to participating K-12 InVenture Prize teachers and students over the course of the year. IronCAD also sponsors the IronCAD Award, which is awarded to the top team using IronCAD in their design and prototyping.

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Scott Frank

GIPA Representative

The Georgia Intellectual Property Alliance (GIPA) is a proud partner with K-12 InVenture Prize and sponsor of first place division winners awarded a professional patent search and, if feasible, a patent filing.

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Bryan Stewart

TAG Manufacturing Representative

TAG Manufacturing is a proud partner with K-12 InVenture Prize and sponsor of the TAG Manufacturing Specialty Award.

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2018 U.S. Nationals | National Invention Convention and Entrepreneurship Expo

Elementary School Division
Lightening Shock Sticker Sensor

Christopher Corrao, Michael Muldoon, Jesse Niederjohn, Grade 5

3rd Place in 5th Grade

Sports, Games, Entertainment, and Toys Award

Middle School Division
Automatic Magnivision

Marc van Zyl, Grade 7

Technologies/Wearables Award

High School Division
Kinesthetic Approach to Muscle Memory

Isabella Parker, Grade 9

Accessibility Award

Hydraptor

Rishab Rao, Alexa Holdmeyer, and Noah Bruckner, Grade 10

Best Engineering Award

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Thank you to our partners and sponsors for another incredible year!

Partners


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Sponsors

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Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing
Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership
H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering

The following companies support this program.


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TAG Manufacturing, Inc.


The listing of corporate logos on this site does not constitute an endorsement by Georgia Tech.

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