These 79 inventors were invited to present their inventions to teams of judges as part of the National Invention Convention hosted by The Henry Ford. They joined an estimated 500 inventors from all over the United States in Dearborn. Michigan from June 7-9, 2023. They met with other inventors and saw what is happening among young student inventors – as well as toured The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation – one of America’s outstanding museums. Several of our inventors were winners.
Congratulations to them all!! They are listed alphabetically by last name.
| Inventor | Grade | School | Invention |
| Annapurna Addepalli | 5 | Beryl Heights Elementary | Motorcycle Accident Prevention Plan (MAPP) |
| Liana Aguilar | 6 | Alianza Charter School | The Liana Pillow Boop |
| Cameron Akhavan | 7 | Parras Middle | Mining Fever: A Game About California History |
| Zane Alejandro | 5 | Ada W. Harris Elementary | Bio-Ball |
| Anant Arora | 7 | Magruder Middle | Human Powerd Energy Harvester |
| Avish Banerjee | 5 | Hickory Elementary | PRO-SAFETY (Preventive Risk Observation And Safety Alert Technology For Industry) |
| Kylie Barnard | 6 | Bradley Elementary | Carbrella |
| Chloe Barraza | 6 | Julia Lee Performing Arts Academy | Stall-O-Gap-Eliminator |
| Kristopher Neil Bayog | 3 | Bradley Elementary | “D” MedBox |
| Anaya Bera | 4 | Chadbourne (Joshua) Elementary | (PURA-X) Purification of Unsanitary Rainwater in Action by Xylem |
| Anish Bhethanabotla | 10 | Independent Inventor | Retivision – An Advanced and Economical Method for Precise Fundus Disease Detection via Retinal Imaging and Deep Learning |
| Andre’ Jaire’ Botnem-Richardson | 4 | Yukon Elementary | Leaky Pipe Indicator (LPI) |
| Abigail Burgner | 4 | Arlington Elementary | Dynamite Detangler |
| Ethan Chung | 3 | Lincoln Elementary | Transforma-Tee |
| Charlotte Cook | 7 | American Martyrs School | Becoming Aware |
| Violet Cummings | 3 | Victor Elementary | Panic Protector |
| Santiago De La Isla | 6 | St. Dominic Savio School | Trick or Treat? |
| Era Dharwadkar | 5 | Argonaut Elementary | PuttSnap |
| Zachary Dien | 3 | Hickory Elementary | The EaZy Eats Kit |
| Vincent Dikdan | 7 | Holy Trinity School | Navigation Glasses |
| Jack Driscoll-Natale | 11 | Pacific Collegiate School | H20 Monitoring For All: Solar Powered High-Frequency Water Quality Monitoring Device with Direct Continuous WiFi Data Uploading |
| Beckham Evers | 3 | Birney Elementary | Go Get’em Game |
| Charlotte Fan | 8 | Manhattan Beach Middle | Terreus |
| Cora Fields | 3 | Adams (John) Elementary | Gear Buddy |
| Sofia Flores | 6 | Julia Lee Performing Arts Academy | Stall-O-Gap-Eliminator |
| Jason Garcia | 5 | Burbank Boulevard Elementary | Car Can |
| Axel Gates | 5 | Ada W. Harris Elementary | Bio-Ball |
| Olivia Gomez | 7 | American Martyrs School | QuiqCut |
| Leah Gonzalez | 6 | St. Dominic Savio School | The Cleaner Rover |
| Risha Gupta | 5 | Towers Elementary | Forget Me Not Bag |
| Caroline Hetrick | 4 | Walteria Elementary | Roll-O-Matic |
| Farrah Hokanson | 5 | Ada W. Harris Elementary | The Anxiety Detector |
| Addie Howard | 5 | Ada W. Harris Elementary | The Anxiety Detector |
| Katherine Hua | 11 | Woodbridge High | eGuide |
| Zoe Hurd-Andaya | 8 | St. Lucy Catholic School | Handy Hair Trap |
| Chidera Ikeokonta | 4 | Arnold (Joseph) Elementary | Kick-o-stand |
| Olachukwu Ikeokonta | 4 | Arnold (Joseph) Elementary | Kick-o-stand |
| Toshifumi Kimura | 5 | Victor Elementary | An Aid System for Easy Pouring from a One Gallon Milk Jug |
| Benjamin Kurz | 8 | American Martyrs School | Emergency Seizure Kit |
| Christopher Kwon | 5 | Holy Trinity School | RainBrella (Raincoat+Umbrella) |
| Timothy Kyle | 5 | St. Catherine Laboure School | Instrumental Ladder |
| Nidhi Lawange | 11 | Basis Independent Silicon Valley | DanceItRight:Self Correction System for Dance Moves Using Machine Learning |
| Kylie Maldonado | 6 | Watsonville Charter School of the Arts | Mega Mag |
| Jake Maniscalco | 8 | American Martyrs School | Instant Sanitizer |
| Madeline Marshall | 8 | Holy Trinity School | Put A Sock In It! |
| Kanika Marubadu | 7 | Jefferson Middle | Lock-It Pocket |
| Madison Moules | 4 | Bradley Elementary | Carbrella |
| Wyatt Newbill | 8 | Manhattan Beach Middle | Terreus |
| Emma Nulty | 5 | Anza (Juan de) Elementary | Cookie Shipping Container |
| Aarav Patel | 4 | Gateway School | CheckPak |
| Austin Pieracci | 6 | Bradley Elementary | Blue Brush |
| Robyn Pitterling | 4 | Vine Hill Elementary | The No Scrunching 3000 |
| Gianna Pozzi-Loyola | 5 | Watsonville Charter School of the Arts | Boot-iful |
| Kingsley Reyes | 2 | Julia Lee Performing Arts Academy | K-Connect |
| James Riley | 5 | Washington Elementary | Fridgie – Frigid Delivery System (FDS) |
| Livia Rinaldi | 5 | Main Street Elementary | Power Powder |
| Bethany Robles | 5 | Main Street Elementary | Power Powder |
| Celso Salinas-Holz | 6 | Alianza Charter School | The Hiker Finder |
| Eloisa Sanchez | 2 | Birney Elementary | Super Duper Pooper Scooper |
| Dhrishti Shah | 5 | Saratoga Elementary School | Helper Holder |
| Vita Sharrett | 6 | Lawrence E. Jones Middle School | Magnetic Chip Bag |
| Xenia Sherwood | 6 | Watsonville Charter School of the Arts | The Pure Pet Portal |
| Sevigny Shin | 3 | Arlington Elementary | Extenda Mic |
| Asher Snitzer-Beck | 5 | Gateway School | InjectiCare Kit |
| Riya Srivats | 3 | E. M. Grimmer Elementary School | Diet Chips |
| Drew Stillittano | 3 | Birney Elementary | Go Get’em Game |
| Karthik Subramanian | 10 | American High School | AquaMate – An Innovative IoT Solution to Track Water Intake and Provide Reliable Alerts |
| Emi Tanimura | 5 | Riviera Elementary | EcoPhant Watering Can |
| Reimi Tanimura | 3 | Riviera Elementary | Wrap-N-GO Pencil Holder |
| Aubrey Uwins Johnson | 6 | Lawrence E. Jones Middle School | Magnetic Chip Bag |
| Olivia Vang | 2 | Arlington Elementary | The Forever Headband |
| Sarah Varghese | 7 | Ridgecrest Intemediate | LOST IT? LOC8 IT! – A lost and found app for the blind |
| Manav Vhanakaware | 6 | Jefferson Middle | Aladdin, the Magic Lamppost |
| Quinette Winifred | 6 | St. Peter the Apostle Catholic School | The Snake Scarer |
| Grace Woo | 1 | Vista Grande Elementary | Mud Be Gone |
| Alyssa WorkmanTorres | 6 | Ceiba College Preparatory Academy | Safe-Ped |
| Charlotte Wright | 7 | American Martyrs School | Becoming Aware |
| Haley Yang | 1 | Anza Elementary | Anti Gravity Tissue Case |
| Natiri Yerena | 6 | Alianza Charter School | Hands-Free Leash Holder |