2007 Winners

First-place
Tri Fusion Technology: Nicolas Brown, senior, Rochester Community High School, Rochester; Rachel Cheeseman, senior, Harrison High School, West Lafayette; Sean Igo, senior, Central Catholic Jr.-Sr. High School, Lafayette; Taylor Jenkins, senior, Frankfort High School, Frankfort; and Tyler Schluttenhofer, junior, Benton Central Jr.–Sr. High School, Otterbein. Sue Grimes, commercialization manager for the Purdue Research Foundation Office of Technology Commercialization, mentored the team.

Second-place
Trellis Corp.: David Burke, junior, Benton Central Jr.–Sr. High School, Otterbein; Clay Carter, junior, Frankfort High School, Rossville; Robert McConnell, junior, Harrison High School, Lafayette; Zyon Rennewanz, junior, Century Career Center, Logansport; Cassandra Sprowl, senior, Benton Central Jr.–Sr. High School, West Lafayette; and Shawneci Windell, junior, Delphi Community High School, Delphi. Tim Peoples, director of Purdue Technology Centers, mentored the team.

Third-place
Skin Engineering: John Burns, junior, North Montgomery High School, Darlington; Kinga Machaty, junior, Harrison High School, West Lafayette; Kelsey Moore, senior, McCutcheon High School, Lafayette; Andrew Ramos, junior, Frankfort High School, Frankfort; and Jacob Roark, junior, Central Catholic Jr.–Sr. High School, Lafayette. Alyssa Panitch, Purdue associate professor of biomedical engineering, mentored the team.

The 2007 participating Indiana students were:

David Burke, junior, Benton Central Junior-Senior High School, Otterbein.

Miranda McCormack, junior, Benton Central Junior-Senior High School, Fowler.

Bryan Mermoud, senior, Benton Central Junior-Senior High School, Oxford.

Emily Salla, senior, Benton Central Junior-Senior High School, Earl Park.

Tyler Schluttenhofer, junior, Benton Central Junior-Senior High School, Otterbein.

Cassandra Sprowl, senior, Benton Central Junior-Senior High School, West Lafayette.

Sean Igo, senior, Central Catholic Junior-Senior High School, Lafayette.

Jacob Roark, junior, Central Catholic Junior-Senior High School, Lafayette.

Zyon Rennewanz, junior, Century Career Center, Logansport.

Tyler Johnston, junior, Clinton Central Junior-Senior High School, Michigantown.

Cameron Woodard, junior, Clinton Central Junior-Senior High School, Frankfort.

Nicholi Kauffman, junior, Delphi Community High School, Delphi.

Shawneci Windell, junior, Delphi Community High School, Delphi.

Nathan Boltz, senior, Eastern High School, Greentown.

Austin Walker, junior, Fountain Central Junior-Senior High School, Veedersburg.

Clay Carter, junior, Frankfort High School, Rossville.

Taylor Jenkins, senior, Frankfort High School, Frankfort.

Andrew Ramos, junior, Frankfort High School, Frankfort.

Alex Snyder, senior, Frankfort High School, Frankfort.

Kara Bartolone, senior, Harrison High School, Lafayette.

Tiffany Bucher, senior, Harrison High School, West Lafayette.

Rachel Cheeseman, senior, Harrison High School, West Lafayette.

Kinga Machaty, junior, Harrison High School, West Lafayette.

Robert McConnell, junior, Harrison High School, Lafayette.

Chris Stewart, junior, Harrison High School, West Lafayette.

Rachel Vierling, senior, Harrison High School, Lafayette.

Miles Gresham-Miller, junior, Jefferson High School, Lafayette.

Corbin Krenk, junior, Jefferson High School, Lafayette.

Michael Heffernan, senior, Kokomo High School, Kokomo.

Patrick Hegenow, junior, Kokomo High School, Kokomo.

James Evens, junior, McCutcheon High School, Lafayette.

Kelsey Moore, senior, McCutcheon High School, Lafayette.

John Burns, junior, North Montgomery High School, Darlington.

Nicholas Brown, senior, Rochester Community High School, Rochester.

Nick Clevenger, senior, Rochester Community High School, Rochester.

Samuel Darnell, senior, Rossville Middle/High School, Mulberry.

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