Inventors Fair Award Ceremony

Inventors Fair Award ceremony was tonight at the historic Edison Park Elementary school.  The total prizes, awards and scholarships granted at the event totals almost $80,000. Winners range from first grade to seniors in High School.

Stacy Adams of WINK News in Fort Myers was mistress of ceremonies and presented dozens of prizes to winners in each grade participating.  The awards were for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place. A grand Fair Award was granted to a winner in the senior (high school and middle school) and in the junior (elementary school) Divisions.

Special Awards were given by individual, organization and agency donors based on the criteria set by the donor and separate from the method used to score Grade-level awards.  The highlights of the evening included approximately $6000 in digital consumer goods granted by Sony Electronics, scholarships from Edison State College, Hodges University and the James and Eleanor Newton Scholarship.  Other popular Special Awards were parade invitations from the Edison Festival of Light, framed event posters by Doug McGregor, several Imaginarium Creativity Award that include family memberships, a Edison and Ford Winter Estates Inventors Summer Camp award, cash donations from the Edison Inventors Association, multiple Seminole Gulf Railway Advancement of Transportation awards, the William McHenry Envision Sales and Marketing Award, Gator Cage Awards.

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Special Category Awards 2013

Special Category Awards (*Awards based on special achievements and qualifications designated by the donors.)

Parade Invitations to Division Winners:

Jonathan Malik                                                 Daniel Lopez                                      Amanda Podlasek

Doug MacGregor’s Framed Event Posters

Argonauta Scholarship Award* is presented to a student with a clear purpose of balancing technological advancements with the preservation of the natural environment.

Earth Shine Institute represents the Charles A Lindberg Foundation. Representatives selected 7 projects between the Science and the Inventors Fairs to be interviewed.  This year one project out of the 7 met the full approval of the committee. It is an honor to just to be considered for this coveted award. The Imaginarium Science Center would like to recognize Green Floats inventor Mackenzie Robbins & Remote Control Recycler Alexander Peden for being considered.

Imaginarium “Creativity”Award Family membership & opportunity to exhibit display at the Imaginarium Sci Fest February 23 during Edison Festival of Light “Day of Discovery”

Saturday, February 23 • 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Include exhibits, games and presentations by a number of regional and national organizations. The Imaginarium will also be providing discounted admissions in honor of the Edison Festival’s 75th Anniversary (Admission to the Village is free).  www.edisonfestival.org

Dennis Kerry 1st grade                  Cloud Cover

A movable visor in the form of a cottony cloud that shades your face from the sun.

Nail Nullifier                                       Shannon Dougherty                                       Cape Elem

MediGrip                                                             Elizabeth Perdue                                              Cape Elem

Under the counter child-proof prescription vial opener

5th Jonathan Dziwanowski           Brilliant Bus Stop                             Cape Elem

Edison Ford Winters Estates Inventors Summer Camp Award

Elijah Bearman 4th Grade Terra Mag

Joshua Tomasik 4th Grade Parkinsons Electric Chair

Edison Inventors Association Awards

Presented by Edison Inventors Association President Joe Gross

$25 award to each of the following inventors:

Rural Pharmacy Access  Ternovia Hunter & Rex Gonzalez  Dunbar High

Altitude Popinator                           Brian Delaney                                                    Lemon Bay

Pressure Stabilization of Carbonated Drinks in Flight

Green Floats                                      MacKenzie Robbins                                        Punta Gorda

Dock flotation system using recycled plastic bottles

Nail Nullifier                                       Shannon Dougherty                                       Cape Elem

MediGrip                                                             Elizabeth Perdue                                              Cape Elem

Under the counter child-proof prescription vial opener

$50 award group

Lil Biker Rod N’ Tackle Caddy                       Alexander Wyatt              River Hall

REXSA –robotic exoskeleton                       Daniel Lopez                      LA Ainger

$100 award group

Lend a Hand                                       Luke Chin-A-Foeng                                         Varsity Lakes

Special sensory hand device for the visually impaired

Red Tide                                                              Amanda Podlasek                                            Canterbury

Minaturized filtration system for salt water polutants

Seminole Gulf Railway ($500) Advancement of Transportation Awards

Presented by Robert Fay

Honorable Men. No Crasher U Turn  Carleigh Mongillo 4th Seagate Elem

3rd runner up  Green Floats        Mackenzie Robbins 6th Gr    Punta Gorda

2nd runner up  Nail Nullifer         Shannon Dougherty 4th Gr   Cape Elem

1st Place The Swiper                       Carly Achinapurina  4th     Pinewoods Elem

Magnetically sweeps the road of nails and screws

William McHenry Envision, Sales & Marketing

Mentorship Award ($1500 value)

Photobioreactor               Rodrigo Montano and Javier Bartolom     Dunbar High      generates Spirulena Algae – an edible source of food often high in nutrients

Or Eric Conner                                   Athletic Prosthetic –                        Dunbar

1 hour initial phone meeting to discuss goals and the plans.

30 minute phone meeting per week for 6 to 8 weeks to review.

½ day meeting—In person if it works out!  To present the plans and goals and next steps.

GATOR CAGE AWARDS- (A $2,000 value with much more at stake)

Have you ever watched Shark Tank on TV?

Inventors present their products or ideas to a group of investors.

Any or all of the investors can decide to put money into the venture.

This is not a grant or a loan. It is an investment with the ultimate goal of generating profits for all involved.

Southwest Florida has its own brand of Shark Tank and it is called

GATOR CAGE!

This is a creation of the Entrepreneur Society of Naples or ESON.

This first time award recognizes 4 students who have been selected by members of ESON. Karl Gibbons, one of the members, is here tonight

to present these students with the opportunity to be coached by mentors before going into the Gator Cage to see if they can convince one or more investors to help finance the venture!  Students do not compete against one another in the Gator Cage.  Whether or not the student receives funding is based on the inventions own marketability.

The Winners are:

5th grade Alexander Wyatt         Lil Biker Rod N’ Tackle Caddy              River Hall

A Fishing Caddy

6th Grade  MacKenzie Robbins   Green Floats                                                        Punta Gorda

8th grade Luke Chin-A-Foeng      Lend a Hand                                                Varsity Lakes

8th grade Daniel Lopez                  REXSA                                                                  LA Ainger

Regional Inventors Fair Recognition Awards for outstanding support by a Faculty member, Administrator, or Volunteer

SONY Volunteer of 15 years Joe Byers –the best door guard our organization could have hoped for!

Diplomat Middle School Teacher Tammy LaBelle who has helped bring the invention program to two middle schools.

Southwest Florida Community Foundation

James & Eleanor Newton $4,000 Scholarship

designated for a middle school student.

8th grade Daniel Lopez                  REXSA                                                                  LA Ainger

Hodges University Associate Degree Scholarship*

A high school student who demonstrates a keen understanding of the entrepreneurial process as it relates to the invention process.

11th – Kasidit “David” Tipayaosoth   Wind Turbine   Dunbar

12th – Rodrigo Montano and Javier Bartolom     Dunbar High      Photobioreactor

Edison State College Two Year Scholarship

Overall Performance and Knowledge of the Invention Process

12th Shomari Sparks and Jonathan Amezquita        Dunbar High

After the Power

Jonathan Amezquita After the power Dunbar 3rd Place Rodrigo Montano Photobioreacter Dunbar team Javier Bartolome   Dunbar           Overall High : Amanda Podlasek Red Tide Canterbury

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   Jim Helms says:

   February 5, 2013 at 9:29 am

   The coverage provided by the Lehigh Acres Gazette of the Science and Inventors Fair has been exceptional. Thank you for bringing us the good news on East Lee County and all of Southwest Florida. Jim Helms

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