2009
- Winner :: Yuehua "Tony" Yu
Yuehua "Tony" Yu's new binary G-gels could enable a new generation of targeted drug delivery technologies and implantable medical devices.
Finalists
- Mei-Ling Kuo
- Ranganath Teki
2008
- Winner :: Martin Schubert
Martin Schubert’s innovation could change the way you see the world—literally. Schubert has created the first-ever polarized light-emitting diode (LED).
Finalists
- Weixiao Huang
- Paul Morrow
- Gang Wang
2007
- Winner :: Brian Schulkin
“T-rays” have been touted as the next breakthrough in sensing and imaging, but the need for bulky equipment has been an obstacle to reaching the field’s potential. Enter Brian Schulkin, winner of the first-ever $30,000 Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize.
Finalists - Eben Bayer
- Ludovico Dell'Acqua
- Greg Ten Eyck
