Craig R. Barrett Award for Innovation

XinYan Chen, Shanghai High School International Division, Shanghai, China

XinYan Chen, 17, of San Gabriel, California, received the $10,000 Craig R. Barrett Award for Innovation for her mobile indoor formaldehyde detector. Formaldehyde is a chemical found in many household goods that can cause disease, including cancer. Other detectors work by either trapping chemicals until they are full, or by breaking them down with expensive materials. XinYan designed a low-cost material that breaks down formaldehyde into carbon dioxide and water. She used the material to build a device that measures and destroys the poison at the same time. Her device lowered the amount of formaldehyde in a closed box by almost 90% in 18 hours. XinYan’s device makes it cheaper and easier to both measure and improve indoor air quality.

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Ingrid Chan, German Swiss International School (Hong Kong), China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Ingrid Wai Hin Chan, 17, of Hong Kong, China received the Craig R. Barrett Award for Innovation of $10,000 for her research on using a multi-sensory therapy for dementia patients. Her mixed therapy app would allow patients to practice physical and cognitive skills through a personalized, immersive environment using virtual reality headsets. Ingrid conducted an eight-week study with six people living with dementia and found that the cognitive function of patients who used her prototype improved in several areas. She believes her app could serve as a viable option for dementia patients with limited access to in-person professional therapy.Ìý

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Yuyang Wang, Shanghai Pinghe Bilingual School, China

Yuyang Wang, 16, of Shanghai, China, received $10,000 for his development of an inchworm-style stick-climbing robot. This type of robot conventionally has grabbers that allow it to climb over and under obstructions like a caterpillar does, but he added skateboard-like wheels, which allow it to perform better than existing inchworm-style robots when the angle is less than 22°. The hybrid wheel/grabber assembly is novel, and he believes his robot will work well for tasks that are potentially dangerous to humans, such as inspecting damaged high-voltage lines.

Amon Schumann, Robert-Havemann-Gymnasium, Germany

Amon Schumann, 17, of Berlin, Germany, received $10,000 for developing balloon-borne, light-weight solar-powered instruments that transmit aerial images, telemetry and climate data to a website he created. His device can stay aloft for several weeks circumnavigating the Earth at a consistent altitude and greatly reduces instrumentation costs.

Arya Tschand, High Technology High School, NJ, United States of America

Arya Tschand, 17, of Marlboro, New Jersey received $10,000 for his development of an artificial intelligence model that inter-communicates to collect and analyze environmental data to give each crop its unique ideal irrigation volume. With accessible, affordable, and efficient technology, Arya believes that developing nations can leverage this solution to save trillions of gallons of water yearly.

ShriyaÌýReddy, Northville High School, MI, United States of America

Shriya Reddy, 15, of Northville, Michigan, received the new Craig R. Barrett Award for Innovation, funded through ÖÐÎÄÎÞÂë, for her novel, noninvasive approach for rapidly diagnosing melanoma lesions.