2009 Contest Winners

Elementary School (Grades 3-5)

Meg Rominiecki

Meg Rominiecki

Grade 4 -(Pennsylvania, United States)

Junk Recycler


First Place

Kip Williams

Kip Williams

Grade 5 -(Texas, United States)

Artificial Ball and Socket Joint


Second Place



Sarah Logan Campbell

Grade 3 -(Ohio, United States)

A New Form of Transportation


Third Place

Lillith Bulawa

Lillith Bulawa

Grade 5 -(New York, United States)

What is That?


Honorable Mention

Other Finalists

Tom Binns
Grade 5 -(Hawaii, United States)

Nate Bultemeier
Grade 5 -(Texas , United States)

Clare DeCampli
Grade 4 -(Delaware, United States)

Connor Grummer
Grade 5 -(North Carolina, United States)

Isabelle Swanson
Grade 4 -(Massachusetts, United States)

Zack Wolf
Grade 5 -(Arkansas, United States)

Middle School (Grades 6-8)

Nora Belkhayat

Nora Belkhayat

Grade 7 -(Virginia, United States)

The Spit-Baller


First Place

Nialah Wilson

Nialah Wilson

Grade 8 -(Virginia, United States)

The Doramel


Second Place

Amber Litke

Amber Litke

Grade 7 -(South Dakota, United States)

Imagine That It Could Be A Power Core!


Third Place



Kate Yuhas

Grade 8 -(Michigan, United States)

The Cure to Vitamin D Deficiency


Honorable Mention

Other Finalists

Jenny Alpaugh
Grade 7 -(Georgia, United States)

Kelsey Campbell
Grade 8 -(Vermont, United States)

Divya Gopinath
Grade 6 -(New York, United States)

Aleksa Mule'
Grade 7 -(Virginia , United States)

Jamie Sprinkle
Grade 6 -(Texas, United States)

Helen Wang
Grade 8 -(Texas, United States)

High School (Grades 9-12)

Qingliu Yang

Qingliu Yang

Grade 12 -(Texas, United States)

New Energy and Luminance by Organic Solar Cells and OLEDs


First Place

Ashley Thomas

Ashley Thomas

Grade 9 -(Washington, United States)

The Revolutionary Light Wave Body Imaging Device


Second Place

Mark Davis

Mark Davis

Grade 9 -(South Carolina, United States)

When Time is Truly Of the Essence


Third Place



Owen Wilson

Grade 9 -(Virginia, United States)

New and Improved Plasma Cutter


Honorable Mention

Other Finalists

Kyle Beckstrom
Grade 10 -(Kansas , United States)

Langdon Fennell
Grade 10 -(South Carolina, United States)

Betty Garcia
Grade 10 -(Texas , United States)

Sara Harrison
Grade 10 -(New York, United States)

Phil Jiang
Grade 11 -(California, United States)

Jenni Krigbaum
Grade 10 -(Idaho , United States)

Jason Lee
Grade 12 -(Michigan, United States)

Kourtney Nannarone
Grade 9 -(Ohio , United States)

Emily Nyers
Grade 10 -(South Carolina, United States)

Aditya Singh
Grade 12 -(Maharashtra, India, United States)

Stephanie Song
Grade 12 -(California, United States)

Patrick Walker
Grade 10 -(South Carolina, United States)