New York (October 23, 2003)--At a ceremony held at the New York Public Library, the Collegiate Inventors Competition announced its 2003 winners. This year's winners have found ways to generate insulin for diabetics, perform environmental testing with microscopic sensors, and make electronic circuits smaller than ever before.

Two undergraduate winners, two graduate winners, and one grand prizewinner were selected from fifteen finalist teams. Advisors for each winning team were also recognized for their contributions. The 2003 winners are:

Grand Prize Winner, $50,000
Jamie Link, Smart Dust: Programmable Silicon Particles, University of California, San Diego

Graduate Winner, $25,000
Rongchao Jin, Yunwei Charles Cao, Gabriella Mtraux, Silver Nanoprism Synthesis, Northwestern University

Graduate Winner, $25,000
Keith Aubin, Robert Reichenbach, Maxim Zalalutdinov, Micromechanical Device for Telecommunications, Cornell University

Undergraduate Winner, $15,000
Colette Shen, Insulin-secreting Cells, Harvard University

Undergraduate Winner, $15,000
Deborah Loxam-Kohl, Felting Machine for 3-D Forms, Alberta College of Art & Design

In celebration of their great achievements and in recognition of how their work will impact tomorrow's economy, the winners will be taken to the New York Stock Exchange to ring The Opening BellTM on October 24th. The winners will accompany Stephen Squires, Chief Science Officer of the Hewlett-Packard Company, a sponsor of the competition. Also in attendance will be James E. Rogan, Under Secretary of Intellectual Property for the Department of Commerce and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, another sponsor of the competition. The Collegiate Inventors Competition is a program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

All fifteen finalist teams made presentations before a final panel of eight judges on Wednesday, inclu
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Contact: Rini Paiva
rpaiva@invent.org
330-849-6916
National Inventors Hall of Fame
24-Oct-2003

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