Finalists, Mentors and Judges
The 2025 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.
2025 New York State Merit Winner
Aaradhya Vijay
Physical agents coordinating to automate warehouse operations
2025 Delaware State Merit Winner
Aarav Garimalla
Augmented Reality Safety Belt for Inclusive Travel
2025 Connecticut State Merit Winner
Aaron Shamshtein
Solenclar
2025 New Jersey State Merit Winner
Aashritha Pasam
WILDAS - WILdfire Detection Alert System
2025 Arizona State Merit Winner
Akshay Lakshminarasimhan
Exploring the Interplay Between Earth's Magnetic Field, Solar Activity, and Climate Variability on Human Settlements
2025 North Carolina State Merit Winner
Andromeda Dennis
Using Solar Energy to Make the Recycling of Styrofoam more Economically Feasable
2025 Virginia State Merit Winner
Aneruddha Das
Digital Detox: Monitoring and Managing Digital Addiction in Children and Adolescents
2025 Minnesota State Merit Winner
Arika Kundu
CRISP
2025 Pennsylvania State Merit Winner
Aryash Shyam
GreenBeam - Autonomous Laser Weed Control
2025 New Mexico State Merit Winner
Ashvita Prasankumar
Innovative Fire Safety: Utilizing Common Household Items as Fire Retardants
2025 Alabama State Merit Winner
Brahama Mubarak Budhwani
Bonding with the Enemy : NaDES as Nature's Solution to the Microplastic Crisis
2025 Oklahoma State Merit Winner
Clayton Rohla
Using Bats As An Alternative Pest Control Method
2025 Kentucky State Merit Winner
Deepak Praveen Kumar
PathoShield: A solution designed to prevent the succession of pathogens, through effective applications
2025 Hawaii State Merit Winner
Elliott Mannis-Young
A low-cost fire-retardant foam generator for household use
2025 Florida State Merit Winner
Hannah Lee
Harvesting Microalgae Using Ferrofluid and Biopolymer for Bioenergy Production
2025 Nevada State Merit Winner
Henry Tran
The Effectiveness of Urine and Eggshell Together as Fertilizer.
2025 Oregon State Merit Winner
Jithuli Weerasekera
Which Species of Algae Degrades Microplastic Most Efficiently?
2025 Georgia State Merit Winner
Jooyoung Kim
High Gender Determination in Layer Strains Using Acoustic Methods
2025 Massachusetts State Merit Winner
Kaia Minn
Lemon bioplastic seed pouches for reforesting our planet
2025 California State Merit Winner
Kashvi Sethi
Carbon-Capturing Roads: Fighting Climate Change
2025 Missouri State Merit Winner
Macy Sowell
Bioelectric Marine Tracking System
2025 Illinois State Merit Winner
Nasima Zair
ParkIQ
2025 Washington State Merit Winner
Nolawi Bruk
Artificial Gecko skin: A Revolutionary Technology
2025 West Virginia State Merit Winner