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27 Years of Student Prize Winners
Pathways to Invention features 12 of the 118 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize winners. Learn more about the continuing achievements of all these incredible inventors.
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Measuring the Impact of Invention
Our 26 Lemelson-MIT $500K Prize inventors have had a significant impact on our society, economy, and culture, confirming that the ripple effect is real. Read the study by the RAND Corporation to discover the significance of the inventors’ contributions.
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Becoming an inventor changed a career path for this teen
Learn how Katia’s Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam® started from ground zero, first defining a problem in their community, then onto developing a device that uses sensors to gauge the progression of neuropathy and key disease indicators by measuring blood flow and oxygen content in a foot for diabetics. And, they received a patent!
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Carolyn Bertozzi: lifelong explorer!
Carolyn Bertozzi discovered the magic of science as a child and never stopped exploring, even after achieving such honors as receiving the Lemelson-MIT Prize and becoming a Nobel laureate.
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Failure moved the Kinnos team ahead!
Try, try, try again became the motto for the Kinnos team, when they discovered that the first big test of their product failed due to the cold weather.
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Teens take on drink spiking
The all-female Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam® from e3 Civic High in San Diego developed a method to test when a drink has been spiked. Their journey is a true display of passion and perserverance in action.
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Angela Belcher: never give up!
Growing up near Texas Medical Center in Houston provided Belcher with opportunities that fueled her exploration of science when she was in eighth grade.
