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Students work independently or in teams on\ninventions that will be presented to and judged by a panel of experts.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s finalists are:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEntripic Wake: A rigid, portable,\nand customizable obstacle\/rail system for extreme water sports\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGraeme Wicks \u2013\u0026nbsp;Polymer, Fiber\nand Textile Engineering, Louisville, KY \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESpencer Price \u2013 Industrial Design, Appalachian State University, Salisbury,\nNC\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERe-hand: Software assisted home-use\nhand assessment and rehabilitation device\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAlkindi\nKibria - Biomedical Engineering, Rockville, MD\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EElizabeth\nLeMar \u2013 Biomedical Engineering, Roswell, GA \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EKunal\nDean MacDonald - Biomedical Engineering, Macon, GA \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDaphne Vincent - Biomedical\nEngineering, McDonough, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECourseShark: An online system for\ncreating and sharing college class schedules\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Gregg Cobb \u2013\nComputer Science, Mountain View, CA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; James Rundquist\n\u2013 Computer Science, Acworth, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECardiacTech: Chest retractor for bypass\nsurgery\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003EKevin\nParsons - Mechanical Engineering, Sugar Hill, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMathew Lee \u2013 Biomedical\nEngineering, Atlanta, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPriya Patil \u2013 Biomedical Engineering, Atlanta, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBenji Hoover \u2013 Mechanical Engineering, Flowery Branch, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJosh DeVane \u2013 Mechanical Engineering, Atlanta, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EStylii: An extraordinarily precise\nand pressure-sensitive capacitive stylus\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMatthew Stoddard \u2013 Industrial\nDesign, Clarksville, TN \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EChristopher Vollo \u2013 Electrical\nEngineering, Alpharetta, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDEfT Pad: Touchscreen device giving\nguitarists the functionality of a distortion pedal\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDavid Burke \u2013 Computer Engineering, Canton,\nGA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBradley\nKeller \u2013 Electrical Engineering, Gainesville, GA \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESarosh\nAli Shahbuddin \u2013 Electrical Engineering, Rock Hill, SC\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMichael\nBarrington Stone - Electrical Engineering, Augusta, GA\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJarred\nVallbracht \u2013 Electrical Engineerig, Covington, GA \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe two winning inventions from\neither individuals or teams will be selected and will receive: \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA cash prize of $15,000 for first\nplace or $10,000 for second place.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA free U.S. patent filing by Georgia\nTech\u0027s Office of Technology Licensing (each valued at approximately $20,000)\nfor both the first and second place winners.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAutomatic acceptance to the summer\n2012 Class of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/flashpoint.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EFlashpoint\u003C\/a\u003E, a Georgia Tech startup accelerator program.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn\naddition, a $5,000 \u201cPeople\u2019s Choice\u201d award, provided by the Georgia Tech\nResearch Corporation, will be presented. The live audience and broadcast\nviewers will have the opportunity to help select the winner of this award by\nvoting on the Internet or texting in their favorite finalist. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EInVenture Prize\nco-host, Pogue, is a personal-technology columnist\nfor The New York Times and NYTimes.com and a tech correspondent at CBS News,\nCBS News Sunday Morning, NPR - Morning Edition and a\nfrequent of PBS series NOVA. He is also a contributor at CNBC.com and Blogger\nat Pogue\u0027s Posts. Pogue studied music, English\nand computer science at Yale University. He graduated summa cum laude, with a distinction\nin music.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ECo-host\nBahareh Azizi earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in biochemistry\/biotechnology in 1999\nfrom Michigan State University and then moved to Atlanta to pursue a doctoral\ndegree from Georgia Tech in biochemistry. Since completing her Ph.D. in 2005,\nAzizi has worked at Georgia Tech and Oxford College of Emory University as an\neducator, researcher and administrator. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u2019s\nInVenture Prize judges will be Deborah Kilpatrick, senior vice president at CardioDx;\nDavid Phelps, president and chief executive officer of CreoSalus and Paul Ollinger, who is a Facebook alumnus, social media advisor\nand comedian. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition\nto airing on GPB, the 2012 Georgia Tech InVenture Prize competition will be\nstreaming online at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gpb.org\/\u0022\u003Ewww.gpb.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nInVenture Prize is free and open to the public. 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