Winners
Thanks to our sponsors, nearly $100,000 in prize money was awarded to these teams.
Grand Prize
Customizable Hydrogen Production
Lake Roosevelt High School, Coulee Dam
Catherine Kerns, Elizabeth Owen, Peter Rise
Advisor: Stephen Dent
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Societal Challenge
First Place
Cool Schools Campaign
Redmond High School, Redmond
Zachary Doleac, Joseph Hegge, Emily Guo, Laura Wang, Jamie Hall
Advisor: Mike Town
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Second Place
Algae Farming for Biodiesel
Heritage High School, Vancouver
Kevin Reilly, Grant Hampton
Advisor: Gwen Thompson
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Third Place
Evergreen Transportation Initiative
Kennewick High School, Kennewick
Ittai Orr, Samuel Henager, Catherine Schweppe, Shruthi Baskaran
Advisor: Twila Wood
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Behavioral Challenge
First Place
Global Climate Change Takes a Toll
Redmond High School, Redmond
Katherine Catlin, Akanksha Saxena
Advisor: Mike Town
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Second Place
Change Starts Now: An Environmental Revolution
Tacoma School for the Arts, Tacoma
Jake Stortini, Mac Tadie, Joe Holcomb, Isaac Solverson, Emi Brizuela
Advisor: Cyrus Brown
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Third Place
Earth Food
Redmond High School, Redmond
Elena Stelzner, Stephanie Myer, Melvin Taing
Advisor: Mike Town
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Technological Challenge
First Place
Sequestering CO2 in Concrete Production
Bellingham High School, Bellingham
Sam Lewis, Calvin Atkins, Dylan Albrecht
Advisor: James Yoos
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Second Place
Hydrogen Hybrid
Rosalia High School, Rosalia
Kristina Peterschick, Dan Lazcano, Trevor Sheld, Chelsea Sims, John Kuhn
Advisor: Dee Peterschick
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Third Place
Bio-Link
Heritage High School, Vancouver
Steven Jackson, Aaron Newbill, Corey Schwear
Advisor: Darlyn Wendlandt
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Design Challenge
First Place
Green Ridge
Lewis and Clark High School, Spokane
Eric Brandon, Nick Linton
Advisor: Rick Biggerstaff
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Second Place
Entering the Future Efficiently
The Seattle Academy, Seattle
Austin Dickson, Mariah Gentry
Advisor: Mary Gentry
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Third Place
Diesel Secret Energy: Bus Biodiesel
Camas High School, Camas
Christina Ge, Jacob Freedman, Kathleen Guy, Evan Klein
Advisor: Gary Moller
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Additional Awards
Best Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration
Energy Conservation Starts at Home
Camas High School, Camas
Carolyn Foster, Joanna Guo, Garrett Wilgus
Samuel Greene
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Best Multimedia Presentation
Harnessing the Rain
Ballard High School, Seattle
Dylan Miller, Danielle Yeasting, Mia Montagna
Advisor: Joe Kelly
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Most Innovative
Zania XL
River's Edge High School, Richland
Desirae Cook, Jessica Olsen, Chris Brown, Shelly Becker, Derick Schroeder
Advisor: Ann Autrey
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Most Likely to Succeed in the Marketplace
Solar Energy
Jackson High School, Mill Creek
Daphne Wei, Alysha Kha
Advisor: Xue Mei
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Audience Favorite
Hybrid Vehicle
Colfax High School, Colfax
Darren Miller, Wayne Miller
Advisor: Kirby Dailey
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"The winning entries showed extraordinary innovation. Some of the student teams looked for new solutions and approaches, while others applied existing ideas in novel ways."
—M.Grant Norton
Co-chair, Imagine Tomorrow
Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Programs,
College of Engineering and Architecture, Washington State University
News Stories
The Seattle Times
Hey, kids: We made the global-warming mess, can you clean it up?
WSU Today
Energy competition lights up 350 students
Earth Day founder says youth must seize torch
The Lewiston Tribune
Science contest focuses on fossil fuel alternatives (pdf)
The Wenatchee World Online
Lake Roosevelt students win