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 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 Florida State Merit Winner
Aria Bagdanov Martinez
Fresher Fountain 2.0
2024 California State Merit Winner
Aryan Agarwal
Watermizer - A Novel smart device to conserve water in every home.
2024 Oregon State Merit Winner
Daivik Yenduri
Creating a ML based dual axis solar tracker
2024 Hawaii State Merit Winner
Elliott Mannis-Young
A Low-cost Monitoring Device and Software for Flash Flood Early Warning
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 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 New Jersey State Merit Winner
Reanna Bhuyan Patel
For A Sustainable Future: My Zero-Energy Air Conditioning System
2024 North Carolina State Merit Winner
Reva Khaire
A Novel Machine Learning Approach to predict Post-Fire Tree Mortality Using Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR) and Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Integration
2024 Delaware State Merit Winner
Riddik Sri Satya Neetipalli
STOP WATER SCARCITY IN AN AFFORDABLE WAY
2024 Ohio State Merit Winner
Samhita Paranthaman
A Novel Two-Pronged Approach to Control Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and Mitigate Microcystin Levels in a Freshwater Ecosystem
2024 Connecticut State Merit Winner
Sashrika Das
Smart Trash Buddy
2024 Maryland State Merit Winner
Sathvik Dasari
Monitoring Air Pollution Levels Using Autonomous Drones/UAVs with Integrated Sensors and ML Technology
2024 Tennessee State Merit Winner
Shrey Arora
The EcoFiller, By Shrey Arora
2024 Alabama State Merit Winner
Sophie Zou
An Approach to Recycling More Efficiently
2024 Wisconsin State Merit Winner