Past Collegiate Inventors Competition Winners
Learn about the student inventors who have excelled in the Collegiate Inventors Competition®. You can search our past competition winners by name, year or university.
Pendeo-epitaxial Growth of III-Nitrides for Use in Microelectronic Devices
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Thomas Gehrke
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Kevin J. Linthicum
PeritoneX
End-stage renal disease can be fatal, and with the limited availability of kidney transplants, hundreds of thousands of people require renal replacement therapy to survive. Peritoneal dialysis (PD), a convenient, at-home form of this therapy, carries a high risk of infection. To reduce this risk, the PeritoneX is designed to disinfect PD systems. This syringe-based mechanism can improve lives by minimizing the potential for infection without increasing the time or dexterity required to perform PD.
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Tejasvi Desai
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Sarah Lee
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Eugene Oh
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James Qin
Phosphorylation Mapping of Proteins
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Zachary Knight
Phosphouminoglycosides: Potentially Curative Strategies of Chemotherapy for End-Stage or Hormonally-Refractive Cancer
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Rohini Muthuswami
PionEar
Ear infections are a leading cause of healthcare visits worldwide, affecting more than 700 million people annually. Ear tubes, used to treat chronic ear infections, have several limitations. As many as 40 percent fail due to issues including clogging, bacterial adhesion, premature extrusion and the inability to effectively transport fluids out of the middle ear space. PionEar uses a bioinspired combination of novel 3D-printed designs and a liquid-infused material to combat these issues with the goal of reducing unnecessary revision surgeries to replace failed ear tubes.
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Nicole Black
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