From Student Inventors to School Safety Startup: How Georgia Tech’s K-12 InVenture Prize Sparked a Journey of a Lifetime

Image of inventors Rohan Kumar and William Susskind discussing their school safety platform QuickSecure.
Oct 09, 2026 - Atlanta, GA
Georgia Tech’s K-12 InVenture Prize helped two high school students turn a school safety invention into QuickSecure, a fast-growing startup serving schools.

Georgia Tech’s CEISMC at Center of $65 Million Federally Funded Statewide Initiative Combining AI and Manufacturing Innovations

Students in Thomasville, Ga. present their own inventions as a part of Georgia Tech’s expanding K-12 InVenture Prize competition program. 
Apr 05, 2023
Georgia AIM will support a total of nine inter-related projects throughout the state and is designed to increase job and wage opportunities in distressed and rural communities and among historically underrepresented and underserved people.

Judges needed for K-12 InVenture Prize competition

Jan 30, 2023 - Atlanta, GA
Georgia Tech volunteers sought as judges for K-12 InVenture Prize competition.

South Georgia Innovation Day Showcases Student Inventors

Feb 17, 2023 - Thomasville, GA
Approximately 140 elementary through high school students participated in South Georgia Innovation Day last Friday, February 10, presenting their own inventions as a part of Georgia Tech’s K-12 InVenture Prize competition.
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