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= <span p style="fonttext-familyalign:times new roman,times,serifright;">Overview[[File:Lemelson MIT.png]]</spanp> =

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span styleOverview ="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">The Lemelson-MIT National Collegiate Student Prize is an awards competition open to teams of two to five undergraduates and individual graduate students. The scholarship is open to students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is administered by MIT's School of Engineering. Prizes are also administered by partnering institutions such as Rensselaer and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.</span></span>

= <span style="font-familyThe [http:times new roman,times,serif;">Purpose</span> =/web.mit.edu/invent/a-student.html Lemelson-MIT National Collegiate Student Prize] is an awards competition open to team of two to five undergraduates and individual graduate students. The scholarship is open to all students attending any U.S. institution and is administered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology's School of Engineering.

<span stylefont face="fontCalibri, sans-size:medium;serif"><span style="font-familysize:times new roman,times,serif14px;">The student prize showcases student inventions and encourages the pursuit of innovative processes. The nationally renowned award program encourages and inspires young people to pursue innovative studies and career paths that center around creative problem solving. The purpose of this competition is to promote inventions that will boost the economy, sustainable environments and positively impact lives globally.Video Overview:</span></spanfont>

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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span stylePurpose ="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">The prize is for a product that has already been invented by a student or group of students rather than for a proposed idea. Patents for student inventions are preferred though not required for application submission.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">The student prize competition has two prompts each yearshowcases student inventions and encourages the pursuit of innovative processes. These prompts rotate The nationally renowned award program encourages and consist of two inspires young people to pursue innovative studies and career paths that center around creative problem solving. The purpose of this competition is to promote inventions that will boost the following categories for invention submissions: "Cure it!" - re-imagine healthcare, "Eat it!" - reimagine food and agriculture, "Drive it!" - re-imagine transportation, "Use it!" - reimagine devices and tools, "Wear it!" - re-imagine consumer productseconomy, "Network it!" - re-imagine how products create sustainable environments and services are delivered through web-based networkspositively impact lives globally.&nbsp;</span></span>

<span style="font-size[[File:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1bc175f3-845b-312a-2dc0-8b0239de8b96"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MIT is an internationally renowned institution therefore the supportive network that students, groups, and their inventions could gain access to through the affiliation with this prize is certainly a unique opportunity for enhanced exposure to science, and business networks and communitiesUCIrvine Banner Big. &nbsp;</span></span></span></span>png]]

= <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Impact Achieved For Students and Campus</span> Distinct Differences From Other Offerings =

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Students The prize is for a product that has already been invented by a student or teams group of students receive rather than for a cash prize of $10,000 or $15,000 proposed idea. Patents for undergraduate and graduate students, respectively. Award winners also received national recognitionstudent inventions are preferred, exposure to science, business and other valuable communities that aid in implementation as well as a trip to MIT though not required for the EurekaFest held annually in Juneapplication submission.&nbsp;</span></span>

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">The prize is not only a tool to recognize but to financially enable students to bring their already established inventions to makrer and to encourage the continual work towards experimentation and innovative thinking and action.National Collegiate Student Prize Competition has two prompts each &nbsp;</span></span>year. These prompts rotate and consist of two of the following categories for invention submissions:

<span style=*"fontCure it!" -- reimagine healthcare*"Eat it!" -- reimagine food and agriculture*"Drive it!" --size:medium;reimagine transportation*"><span style=Use it!"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;- reimagine devices and tools*"Wear it!" -- reimagine consumer products*"Network it!">[http://web.mit.edu/invent/pdf/student-prize-poster.pdf http://reimagine how products and services are delivered through web.mit.edu/invent/pdf/student-prize-poster.pdf]</span></span>based networks

<span style="font-size:medium;"br/><span style="font-family:times new romanMIT is an internationally renowned institution,timestherefore the supportive network that students,serif;">Partner Campuses involved:</span></span>groups and their inventions can gain access to through affiliation with this competition is certainly a unique opportunity for enhanced exposure to science and business networks and communities.

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span styleImpact Achieved for Students and Campus ="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Cal tech (previous participant)</span></span>

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new romanStudents or teams of students receive a cash prize of $10,000 or $15,000 for undergraduate and graduate students, respectively. Award winners also receive national recognition,timesexposure to science,serif;">University business and other valuable communities to aid in the implementation of Illinois-Urbana<their inventions as well as a trip to MIT for the [http://span><web.mit.edu/span>invent/eurekafest.html EurekaFest] held annually in June.&nbsp;

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new romanThe prize is not only a tool for recognition,times,serif;">Rensselaer</span></span>but also to financially enable students to bring their established inventions to market and to encourage the continual work toward experimentation and innovative thinking and action.

<span style="font-sizeFor the 2013 competition, view this [http:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">(Include images, where possible, and campuses involved)</span></span>web.mit.edu/invent/pdf/student-prize-poster.pdf promotional poster].

= <span style="font-familyPartner campuses involved with the Student Prize Competition include:times new roman,times,serif;">Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus</span> =

*Cal Tech&nbsp;*University of Illinois -&nbsp;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlZVAy6NHLQ <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Video of event</span>]*Rensselaer&nbsp; - (( [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y79ERGe7-0 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Video of 2010 event</span>]<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size:medium11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)), ((</span>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y79ERGe7-0 <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:times new romanArial; color: rgb(17,times85,serif204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Video of 2011 event</span>]<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pending information/ </span>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71IMEYUwGow <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Video of 2011 event</span>]<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">))</span>

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= <span style="font-sizecolor:medium#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-16f6774a-eddc-9949-4a92-17c28643a375"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:times new roman,times,serifArial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(617) 253Lemelson-3352&nbsp;MIT Student Prize</span></span></span> =

= <span style="font-sizecolor:medium#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-16f6774a-eddc-9949-4a92-17c28643a375"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:times new roman,times,serifArial; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[mailto:shannon1@mit.edu shannon1@mitThe $10-50k Lemelson-MIT Student Prize honors promising collegiate inventors around the country.edu]&nbsp;</span></span><br/span> =

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<span style="fontLemelson - MIT Prize -size&nbsp;[http:medium;"><span style="font//lemelson.mit.edu/winners/feng-familyzhang http:times new roman,times,serif;">The Lemelson-MIT Program</span></span>lemelson.mit.edu/winners/feng-zhang]

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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration-line: underline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WheelSense: An Open-Source Smart Add-On System for Wheelchairs</span> Lemelson - MIT Prize -&nbsp;[http://lemelson.mit.edu/studentprize http://lemelson.mit.edu/studentprize] = Past Student Prize Winner Profiles = <u>2013</u>&nbsp;-&nbsp;[[File:Nikolai Begg.jpg]] Winner: Nikolai Begg, Ph.D Candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Nikolai was recognized for his exemplary work in the field of biomedical devices. Specifically he has created a puncture access mechanism which decreases the risk associated with preparing incisions for procedures such as epidurals among others.&nbsp;<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Begg is now </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Research Manager, Surgical Innovations at Medtronic.</span></span>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikolaibegg/ <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His LinkedIn can be found here</span></span>]<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;)</span></span><div><br/></div><u>2012</u>&nbsp;-&nbsp;[[File:Miles Barr.png]] Winner: Miles Barr, Ph.D. Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT. Awarded the student prize for his innovation in solar cell technology. He recognized the high cost attached with fabricating and installing solar cells and responded by using a process called chemical vapor deposition (CVD) to fabricate organic photovoltaics. As a result, Barr was able to fabricate solar cells directly onto everyday surfaces such as paper and textiles.&nbsp;<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Barr is now the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CEO at Ubiquitous Energy, Inc.</span></span>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/miles-barr-10401765/ <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His Linkedin can be found here</span></span>]<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span></span><div><br/></div><u>2011</u>&nbsp;-&nbsp;[[File:Alice A. Chen.jpg]] Winner: Alice A. Chen, Graduate student at Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. A self described artist, Chen never considered herself an engineer or believed she would invent anything. She was recognized for her groundbreaking work on creating a humanized mouse with tissue engineered human liver. Her invention has given scientists a tool in better understanding the human liver's response to drugs and infectious disease.&nbsp;<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family:times new romanArial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Chen is currently Director of Product Management,timesReproductive Health. </span>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliceannchen/ <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Her LinkedIn can be found here.</span>]<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span><div><br/></div><u>Other notable winners</u> Carl Dietrich, founder of Terrafugia & inventor of the street-legal airplane Transition. Nate Ball, founder of Atlas Devices & inventor of ATLAS Powered Rope for emergency responders and soldiers and host of PBS Kids show,serifDesign Squad Nation. = Moving Forward = Founded in 1992 by the inventor Jerome Lemelson and his wife Dorthy, the Lemelson Prize has been helping fund young innovators for over 20 years. Due to the success of the program and its resolute pursuit of encouraging youth to dream big in order to solve big, the prize has begun to expand outside of Cambridge. Universities may apply to host the prize at their school and showcase some of their brightest inventors.&nbsp; <span id="docs-internal-guid-16f6774a-ede0-4027-8b11-151c48962298"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(( </span>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MZEbTb6C0w <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bio of Jerome Lemelson</span>]<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">))[[File:Lemelsonmit eurekafest.gif]]</span></span> = Steps Required to Bring Competition to Your Campus = Press Release: The prize is now open to all undergraduate and graduate students at U.S. Universities!&nbsp;[http://web.mit.edu/invent/n-pressreleases/n-press-13CSP.html http://web.mit.edu/invent/n-pressreleases/n-press-13CSP.html] Groups a undergraduate students as well as individual graduate students from your campus are encouraged to apply by this year's deadline,&nbsp;<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">please go to our website for further information and deadlines.</span> Student Prize Website:&nbsp;[http://web.mit.edu/invent/a-student.html http://web.mit.edu/invent/a-student.html] [https://lemelsonmit.slideroom.com/#/Login https://lemelsonmit.slideroom.com/#/Login] = Contact Information = ''Joshua Schuler and Kerri Mills''<br/>The Lemelson-MIT Program<br/>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br/>School of Engineering<br/>77 Massachusetts Avenue<br/>Building 10-110<br/>Cambridge, MA 02139<br/span>Phone: (617) 253 - 3352<br/span>[mailto:Lemelson_Awards@mit.edu Lemelson_Awards@mit.edu] Contributors: Corina Pigg and David Freiburger&nbsp;  [[Category:Organizations]]