Finalists

Meet the 2021 3M Young Scientist Challenge Finalists

Abhinav Anne

Hometown: Plainfield, Illinois

Grade: 7th

School: Clifford Crone Middle School

School District: Indian Prairie School District 204

Project Description: Abhinav developed a way to extend the safety and shelf-life of blood products with Nitric Oxide producing Polyurethane bag.

3M Mentor: Tesha Alston Dampier

Samarth Mahapatra

Hometown: Marietta, Georgia

Grade: 8th

School: Dodgen Middle School

School District: Cobb County School District

Project Description: Samarth deployed edge computing and advance vision algorithms to help people with vision impairments cook with ease.

3M Mentor: Dr. Döne Demirgöz

Snigtha Mohanraj

Hometown: Ansonia, Connecticut

Grade: 8th

School: Engineering and Science University Magnet School

School District: New Haven Public Schools

Project Description: Snigtha discovered Ferro-Sponge, a novel way to remove microplastics and oil from contaminated water.

3M Mentor: Anne Gold

Veda Murthy

Hometown: Fairfax, Virginia

Grade: 7th

School: Carson Middle School

School District: Fairfax County Public Schools

Project Description: Veda developed the Cognitive Emotion Interpretation Application (CEIA) that helps teachers and caregivers interpret the emotions an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) child is expressing.

3M Mentor: Dr. Vasav Sahni

Viraj Pandey

Hometown: San Jose, California

Grade: 7th

School: Bret Harte Middle School

School District: San Jose Unified School District

Project Description: Viraj synthesized and innovatively applied graphene quantum dots (GQDs) to help track endangered species.

3M Mentor: Dr. Patrick Zimmerman

Sarah Park

Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida

Grade: 8th

School: Bolles School-Bartram

School District: The Bolles School

Project Description: Sarah developed Spark Care+, a personalized music therapy treatment for mental health disorders using artificial intelligence (AI), galvanic skin response (GSR), and photoplethysmography (PPG).

3M Mentor: Dr. Ann Fornof

Moitri Santra

Hometown: Oviedo, Florida

Grade: 7th

School: Jackson Heights Middle School

School District: Seminole County School District

Project Description: Moitri developed a novel optimized gel composed of Chitosan and Citric acid to induce algae coagulation and settlement in Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) effected bodies of water to reduce the suffocation and death of animal life and toxins that could lead to health problems for humans.

3M Mentor: Dr. Kannan Seshadri

Danielle Steinbach

Hometown: Morgan Hill, California

Grade: 7th

School: Harker Middle School

School District: The Harker School

Project Description: Danielle used deep neural networks to more accurately diagnose and treat neurological disorders and brain diseases.

3M Mentor: Sarah Frisco

Aadrit Talukdar

Hometown: San Jose, California

Grade: 7th

School: Basis Independent Silicon Valley

School District: Private

Project Description: Aadrit developed a scalable and reusable shipping box that can be used for online order shipments to reduce or eliminate the use of oversized boxes and excess packing materials.

3M Mentor: Mary Brown

Sydney Zhang

Hometown: San Diego, California

Grade: 8th

School: Mesa Verde Middle School

School District: Poway Unified School District

Project Description: Sydney developed a low-cost, high-sensitivity method for early diagnosis of dry eye disease (DED).

3M Mentor: Jonah Shaver

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