2010 Collegiate Inventors Competition Finalists

Graduate Finalists

Alice Chen
Harvard University / MIT
Humanized Mouse via Tissue-Engineered Liver Mimetics for Drug Development
Advisor: Sangeeta Bhatia

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Erez Lieberman-Aiden and Nynke L. van Berkum
Harvard/MIT
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Hi-C: Method for Genome Sequencing in Three Dimensions
Advisors: Eric Lander, Job Dekker

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Feng Shen and Wenbin Du
University of Chicago
High Throughput Multiplex Nanoliter PCR on a SlipChip
Advisor: Rustem Ismagilov

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Bozhi Tian and Tzahi Cohen-Karni
Harvard University
Three Dimensional, Flexible Nanoscale Field Effect Transistors as Intracellular Probes
Advisor: Charles Lieber

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Thomas Vierbuchen
Stanford University
A Method for Reprogramming Skin Cells into Functional Neuron-Like Cells
Advisor: Marius Wernig

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Undergraduate Finalists

Devon Anderson, Jonathan Guerrette, and Nathan Niparko
Dartmouth College
Absorbent, Bioresorbable Surgical Sponge
Advisor: Douglas Van Citters

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Michael Harm, Gregory Capece, and Nicholas Rocha
Lehigh University
MPlug
Advisor: Pasquale Costa

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Leyla Isik, Salina Khushal, Michael Shen, and Emilie Yeh
Johns Hopkins University
Intelligent Surgical Drill for Improved Orthopedic Surgery
Advisor: Robert Allen

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Mark Jensen
Brigham Young University
Continuous Fabrication of Composite Lattice Pole Structures
Advisor: David Jensen

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Jacob Murray, Paul Wettin, Carla Heathman,
and Jeffrey Sweeney
Washington State University
USB Data Transfer and Storage Device
Advisor: Denny Davis

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