Finalists, Mentors and Judges

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.

2022 Honorable Mention
Austin Ewing
The Automated Car Garden
Austin developed The Automated Car Garden
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2022 Honorable Mention
Delisha Manuel
Piezoelectric Roads
Delisha developed Piezoelectric Roads
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2022 Honorable Mention
Isha Joshi
Tracking Parkinson’s Symptoms and Stages with HandPD Dataset in a Mobile App
Isha developed Tracking Parkinson’s Symptoms and Stages with HandPD Dataset in a Mobile App
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2022 Honorable Mention
Pratyush Sathish Kumar
Low carbon mat comprises packaging waste materials
Pratyush developed a concept for Low carbon mat comprises packaging waste materials
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2021 Honorable Mention
Anika Pallapothu
Predict using AI
Anika developed a system to Predict using AI.
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2021 Honorable Mention
Ella Reeves
BioBottles
Ella developed a recyclable system called BioBottles.
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2021 Honorable Mention
Varini Kadakia
Reducing Air Quality Index
Varini developed a potential solution for reducing the air quality index
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