2013 Contest Winners

Elementary School (Grades 3-5)

Sydney Ricks

Sydney Ricks

Grade 5 -(Suffolk, Virginia, United States)

Stroke Survivors Get A New Grip on Life


First Place

Taryn Welch

Taryn Welch

Grade 5 -(Rancho Santa Margarita, California, United States)

Engineers-Providing Hope for the Future of Heart Disease


Second Place

Tvisha Patel

Tvisha Patel

Grade 4 -(Charlotte, North Carolina, United States)

Life Saving Engineering Invention: The Berlin Heart


Third Place

C.J. Black

C.J. Black

Grade 4 -(San Diego, California, United States)

Prevent with A Stent


Honorable Mention

William Reinberger

William Reinberger

Grade 5 -(Lebanon, Ohio, United States)

Artificial Hearts


Honorable Mention

Other Finalists

Bacteria's Doom Device - Diarrhea by Nitya Jella
Grade 5 -(Norcross, Georgia, United States)

Keeping Pace by Tanay Knapen
Grade 4 -(Charlotte, North Carolina, United States)

Time is Brain by Britt Nerad
Grade 5 -(Hinsdale, Illinois, United States)

Engineering and Emphysema by Elizabeth Paul
Grade 5 -(Fairfax, Virginia, United States)

Stroke by Mason Seitz
Grade 5 -(Mason, Ohio, United States)

Emphysema by Lance Towe
Grade 5 -(Liberty Twp, Ohio, United States)

Middle School (Grades 6-8)

Stacey Edmonsond

Stacey Edmonsond

Grade 8 -(Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States)

Robots: Therapy of the Future


First Place

Saisha Agrawal

Saisha Agrawal

Grade 8 -(Fremont, California, United States)

Look, I Can Breathe!


Second Place

Kira Woods

Kira Woods

Grade 8 -(Littleton , Colorado , United States)

Let the Blood Flow


Third Place



Katie Spangler

Grade 6 -(Loveland , Ohio , United States)

Heart Disease


Honorable Mention

Other Finalists

The Miracle Pill by Olivia Boyd
Grade 7 -(Littleton , Colorado , United States)

Saving the Lives of Thousands One Heart at A Time by Patrick Bruns
Grade 6 -(Loveland, Ohio , United States)

Preparing for a Pandemic: Collaboration is the Key by Ashar Dishita
Grade 6 -(Mumbai, Maharashtra , United States)

Biomedical Advances for Strokes by Matthew Fuchs
Grade 7 -(Kinsport, Tennessee , United States)

The Real "Golden Retriever" by Ian Goulding
Grade 8 -(Littleton , Colorado , United States)

Emphysema and Treatment through Engineering by Ruhin Homchowdhury
Grade 6 -(Austin , Texas , United States)

Engineers and Influenza... by Pierce Loomis
Grade 7 -(Little Rock , Arkansas , United States)

Engineering a Better Breath by Sarah Palumbo
Grade 8 -(Boca Raton, Florida , United States)

Pacemaker: Engineers Solution to Heart Disease by Skylar Simpson
Grade 6 -(Owing, Maryland , United States)

Emphysema by Juin Yeh
Grade 8 -(Kent , Washington, United States)

High School (Grades 9-12)

Samira Bandaru

Samira Bandaru

Grade 11 -(Madison, Connecticut, United States)

The Mechanical Heart


First Place

Jessica Dutton

Jessica Dutton

Grade 11 -(Billings , Montana, United States)

Coronary Stent Development


Second Place

Julia Reed-Betts

Julia Reed-Betts

Grade 10 -(Naples, Florida, United States)

Oxygen Tanks Are Not Only A Tool for Scuba Divers


Third Place

Ravina Hingorani

Ravina Hingorani

Grade 12 -(Trumbull , Connecticut, United States)

Engineers Help Us Breathe


Honorable Mention

Gi Na Lee

Gi Na Lee

Grade 11 -(Daejeon, South Korea)

Engineers Fight Back Against Influenza


Honorable Mention

Other Finalists

Diarrhea: The Disease of Poverty by Mahaa Ahmed
Grade 10 -(Sicklerville, New Jersey , United States)

Emphysema: The Unsuspected Killer by Sarah Bender-Resnik
Grade 10 -(Rohnert Park , California , United States)

Gesture Therapy: Video Game Rehab for Stroke Survivors by Emma Burger
Grade 11 -(New York City, New York, United States)

Steps to Killing A Stroke by Trey Cornish
Grade 10 -(Raleigh , North Carolina , United States)

Angioplasty for Heart Attacks: Reaching into All Corners of the Engineering Field by Ruby Guo
Grade 10 -(Morganville, New Jersey , United States)

Robots for Stroke Treatment by Nur Kose
Grade 10 -(Newark , Delaware , United States)

Diarrhea....It's NOTHING to laugh about. by Tymber Long
Grade 10 -(Lincoln, Nebraska, United States)

The Heart that Doesn't Beat by Carly Nolen
Grade 11 -(Virginia Beach, Virginia , United States)

CT Scanners by Madison Palmieri
Grade 10 -(Hunt Valley , Maryland , United States)