Honda recently announced the winners of the first iDream Student Challenge at the 2010 Honda Initiation Grant Technical Horizon Symposium in Columbus, Ohio. With a focus on technologies that advance the quality of human life, the iDream Student Challenge is a scholarship program designed to inspire new thinking to everyday challenges and foster a spirit of innovation among the leaders of tomorrow.
This year’s competition included 19 teams of Ohio State science and engineering students whose projects offered creative engineering solutions and innovative technologies in one of three categories: electronics, mobility and materials. A total of $60,000 was awarded to the top three teams in each category as well as to the viewer’s choice winner, a team chosen via online voting. Five MSE students won a total of $14,000 prizes for their projects submitted to the iDream Student Challenge in Material Category.
Under the mentoring of Nitin Padture, one of the CEM supported REU students, Kelvin Hux and his teammate’s participanting project won the 1st place with $8,000 prize.
1st Place – $8000 prize
Smaller Memories to Remember
Aakrit Prasad – MSE
Kelvin Hux – MSE
Faculty Mentor – Nitin Padture
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2nd Place – $4000 prize
Team “Eye” Dream
Craig Leslie – MSE
James LeBlond – CivEng
Josh Pritchard – MechEng
Faculty Mentor – Satya Seetharaman
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3rd Place – $2000 prize
Piezo People
Tim Lach – MSE
Evan Uchaker – MSE
Faculty Mentor – Heather Powell
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