Finalists, Mentors and Judges

The 2023 3M Young Scientist Challenge Finalists and State Merit Winners have been announced!
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.

2023 State Merit Winner
Aanshi Shah
An Innovative Method to Produce Electricity Using Sound

2023 State Merit Winner
Aniket Tadinada
INFERNO

2023 State Merit Winner
Arin Bhandari
Sewage Electricity Generator

2023 State Merit Winner
Arman Kazi
Solution to the Communications problem in Neuromuscular Disease Patients

2023 State Merit Winner
Chilok Mak
Neuro Necklace: Automated Migraine Prediction and Prevention using Physiological Sensors, Artificial Intelligence, and Personalized Aromatherapy

2023 State Merit Winner
Dev Gadhia
The Zotarolimus-Rosuvastatin Eluting Biodegradable Stent: A Novel Coronary Stent that can treat patients with Hyperlipidemia and Coronary Artery Disease

2023 State Merit Winner
Greeshma Vinoy
Bio-Inspired Structure for Impact Resistance

2023 State Merit Winner
Hanna Suzuki
Quantitative Analysis of Space Weather and its Visualization

2023 State Merit Winner
Henry Martin
Kinected - Ambient Intelligence through Hand Gestures

2023 State Merit Winner
Iffat Iftekhar
LCEDP - Liver Cancer Early Detection Plan

2023 State Merit Winner
Jamie Cheng
GumShield: An In Situ Hydrogel Spray to Treat Gum Disease

2023 State Merit Winner
Jasmine Parran
Solar Roadways + Energy Trappers

2023 State Merit Winner
Kayley Xu
Respiratory Sound Classification Using AI -- A Machine Learning Approach to Auscultation Interpretation

2023 State Merit Winner
Meha Seshan
P.A.T - Portable Allergen Tester

2023 State Merit Winner
Mila Nguyen
(M A R V i L) Marine Autonomous Research Vessel i O T Linked; Improving Data Collection for the Optimization of Seagrass Growing Conditions

2023 State Merit Winner
Neel Hiremath
"CPR CHECK"

2023 State Merit Winner
Rithvik Suren
Muon-Powered Electricity Generator

2023 State Merit Winner
Rohith Nuthakki
AITS: AI Trash Sorter

2023 State Merit Winner
Sania Rehman
Modeling Continuous Water Quality in Real-Time with IoT and an Arduino Kit

2023 State Merit Winner
Shubham Panchal
Piezoelectric Micro Power Generator

2023 State Merit Winner
Siddhant Mahapatra
Hocus Focus – A Solution for Autonomous Detection of Concentration Lapses and Real-Time Corrective Feedback for Better Attention.

2023 State Merit Winner
Subhang Bhatti
REDUCE: Reduced-cost Environmental Detection Using Color Enhancement

2023 State Merit Winner
Vick Tan
A Biodegradable Fish Hook: An alternative way to help clean our oceans.

2023 State Merit Winner