Finalists, Mentors and Judges
The 2024 3M Young Scientist Challenge Finalists and State Merit Winners have been announced! Use the tabs below to check out their big ideas and explore all finalists, winners, and 3M Scientist mentors!
Today’s Innovators
Get to know the diverse personalities of students, 3M Mentors, and others who have contributed their unique talents to the 3M Young Scientist Challenge. Use the tabs below to explore exciting ideas and inspirations from previous years’ challenges.
2024 Finalist
Aakash Manaswi
Carbon Dioxide to Save the Bees!
Meet Aakash. Aakash developed a natural treatment to save honeybee hives from being destroyed by the Varroa Mite.
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2024 Texas State Merit Winner
Adel Sisy
Bemo, a novel AI robot and Bemo AI, a novel AI computer
2024 Georgia State Merit Winner
Akshadha Mehta
FAP-BRIX: A PRACTICAL SOLUTION TO LESSEN PLASTIC POLLUTION
2024 Virginia State Merit Winner
Aneruddha Das
AI Bullying Prevention: A Unified Approach to Unveiling Cyberbullying with AI Sentiment Analysis, Fostering Awareness, and Empowering Students through Anonymous Reporting.
2024 Honorable Mention
Anika Jha
Fire Drones
2024 Finalist
Ankan Das
A Shape Memory Alloy Based Intelligent Walking Robot For Inspection and Surveillance
Meet Ankan. Ankan created a mobile robot whose overall motion is generated by simple motions without having to use motors or gears.
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2024 Florida State Merit Winner
Aria Badganov Martinez
Fresher Fountain 2.0
2024 California State Merit Winner
Aryan Agarwal
Watermizer - A Novel smart device to conserve water in every home.
2024 Honorable Mention
Brody Jaworski
Chemically Transforming Dead Leaves Into Adhesives
2024 Oregon State Merit Winner
Daivik Yenduri
Creating a ML based dual axis solar tracker
2024 Honorable Mention
Daryn Do
Harvesting Energy From Rain Using Triboelectric Nanogenerators in Rain Gear or Hiking and Camping Equipments
2024 Hawaii State Merit Winner
Elliott Mannis-Young
A Low-cost Monitoring Device and Software for Flash Flood Early Warning
2024 Finalist
Hanna Suzuki
Audio Augmentation for Celestial Objects: Sonifying Constellations and Mapping their Sound Logos onto the Night Sky
Meet Hanna. Hanna created an AR experience by using a constellation sonifer to scan AR markers that would identify the data through sound.
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2024 Massachusetts State Merit Winner
Johan Coisman
Using Bricks as Supercapacitors to Help Provide Energy Equity in the Developing World
2024 Utah State Merit Winner
Kethan Reddy
Organosilanes for Microplastic Cleanup
2024 Michigan State Merit Winner
Lakshya Matele
InteliEats - A Solution to Making Healthier Choices
2024 Missouri State Merit Winner
Macy Sowell
Reflective Shingles
2024 Kentucky State Merit Winner
Manit Gupta
Developing an Algorithm to Enhance the Discovery of Mersenne prime numbers - Numbers that can make encryption algorithms more efficient
2024 Minnesota State Merit Winner
Margaret Hoffman
TaskTrill - Daily Task Reminders
2024 Finalist
Minula Weerasekera
Creating an Organic Redox Battery
Meet Minula. Minula created a solution for storing energy for longer through organic compounds and a sulfur-based terhiophene.
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2024 Colorado State Merit Winner
Natalie Fowler
Fabric Sedum Canopy
2024 Washington State Merit Winner
Nolawi Bruk
Hydrogen Power - a Fix to The Energy Crisis
2024 Finalist
Prince Nallamothula
Enhancing Efficiency in Quantum Dot Solar Cells through Quantum Computational Simulations
Meet Prince. Prince created an innovative way to use quantum dots in solar cells and testing the cells through quantum chemistry.
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2024 New Jersey State Merit Winner