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Today's young inventors are tomorrow's technological and entrepreneurial leaders. The $30,000 Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize seeks to recognize and inspire these burgeoning inventors and innovators.

The $30,000 Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize is awarded to a Rensselaer senior or graduate student who has created or improved a product or process, applied a technology in a new way, redesigned a system or in other ways demonstrated remarkable inventiveness. Award winners gain invaluable exposure to the science, business and investment communities through national press around this award.

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• Implantable Sensors

  Rebecca Wachs has invented a new implantable sensor with the ability to wirelessly transmit data.

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• Brighter, Smarter, & More Efficient LEDs

  Ming Ma has developed a new method to manufacture LEDs that are brighter, more energy efficient, and have superior technical properties.

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• More Resilient Buildings & Bridges

  Navid Attary has created a seismic protection device to boost the resiliency of bridges and buildings to earthquakes.

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• Safer Detection of Hazardous Gases

  Fazel Yavari has developed a new sensor that opens the door to a new generation of gas detectors for use by bomb squads, defense and law enforcement officials.

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• Jumpstarting Tissue Regeneration

  Christopher Rivet's innovation could be an important new tool in preventing paralysis resulting from spinal cord trauma, cancer, diabetes, or a host of other diseases.

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• Smarter and Greener Power Systems

  Zepu Wang has developed a new advanced material to coat electrical components and allow the transmission of higher voltages across national power infrastructures.

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• Safer Detections of Bombs

  Benjamin Clough has developed a novel method for extending the distance from which powerful terahertz technology can remotely detect hidden explosives, chemicals, and other dangerous materials.

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• Better Breast Cancer Screening

  Sevan Goenezen has developed aninexpensive new method for using ultrasound and advanced algorithms to differentiate between benign and malignant tumors with a high degree of accuracy.

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• Ultrasound Data Transmission

  Tristan Lawry has demonstrated a new system that uses ultrasound to simultaneously transmit large quantities of data and power wirelessly through thick metal walls, like the hulls of ships & submarines.

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