The two California Invention Conventions – Southern California and Northern / Central California – sent over 90 competitors to the National Invention Convention on early June 2024 held The Henry Ford in Dearborn, MI. The names and grades of the California winners at that event are listed below:
Award | Invention | Inventor(s) |
GRADE LEVEL WINNERS | ||
Kindergarten | ||
1st Place | The Crayon Saver | Julian Redmore |
2nd Place | The Soup Expert | Anevay Chen |
3rd Place | Playing Cards Holder – Focus on Winning Not on holding Cards | Itsyana Shah |
1st Grade | ||
1st Place | Hot Food on the Go | Madison Quan |
2nd Grade | ||
2nd Place | Say the Magic Number | HaEum Yang |
3rd Place | Super Shovel | Daniel DeLauder, Forrest Pilch |
3rd Grade | ||
1st Place | See-EZ-Drops | Jayda Herold |
3rd Place | SMART-FLUSH – Flush that Won’t Startle You and Save you Water | Ivana Shas |
4th Grade | ||
2nd Place | Lock-A-Desk | Maite Flores |
3rd Place | Mobile Traffic Light System | Aaron Huang |
8th Grade | ||
2nd Place | Human Powered Energy Harvester 2.0 | Anant Arora |
9th Grade | ||
1st Place | Terreus 2.0 | Charlotte Fan, Wyatt Newbill, Reese Zhong |
10th Grade | ||
2nd Place | IoT Chair | Alexander Lee, Melissa Lee |
INDUSTRY AWARD WINNERS | ||
Education | Lock-A-Desk | Maite Flores |
Environment and Sustainability | Terreus 2.0 | Charlotte Fan, Wyatt Newbill, Reese Zhang |
Manufacturing and Tools | The Roof Object Retriever | Zachery Dien |
Safety | PATHFINDER (Personal Assistance Tool for Home Finding and Emergency Response) | Avish Banerjee |
LICENSING POTENTIAL WINNER | ||
Presented by InventRight | The Curly Girly Helmet | Charley Winton |
INVENTION PROCESS WINNERS | ||
Best Video | PATHFINDER | Avish Banerjee |
Best Prototype | See-EZ-Drops | Jayda Herold |
SPECIALITY AWARD WINNERS | ||
Aerospace | Human Powered Energy Harvester 2.0 | Anant Arora |
Connectivity | Heel Healer | Anaya Bera |
GLOBAL CHANGE WINNERS | ||
Accessibility | OraVise: A Comprehensive Self-Test Tool for Dental Issues | Param Jain, Abhinav Raja |