National Gallery for America’s Young Inventors
The National Gallery for America’s Young Inventors, located in Akron Ohio, was established to preserve great inventions by America’s youth.
Each year the National Gallery inducts up to six young inventors in grades K-12. A student Board of Directors, comprised of outstanding students from around the country, selects the inductees.
From 1998-2006, the Christopher Columbus Foundation, in alliance with the National Museum of Education, sponsored and bestowed a “Young Inventors Award” on the inductees in the National Gallery. Each inductee received a sextant, compass and $5,000 United States Savings Bond.
Here is a partial list of past recipients.
National Gallery for America’s Young Inventors 2006 Inductees Stanley Chiang, Age 18 – Fabrication of Novel Superconducting Josephson Junctions to Couple Multiple Flux States of a Quantum Bit In 2004 Stanley combined two interests – applied physics and super conductivity – in a study of the quantum bit (qubit), the unit of memory in a […]
National Gallery for America’s Young Inventors 2005 Inductees Andrew Deagon, Age 18 and Steven Frehn, Age 18 – Di-Conical Contracting Actuator Dielectric Electroactive Polymers (EAP)–polymers that expand when an electric charge is applied–is an emerging technology with high potential in a variety of applications. Fascinated by the potential, Andrew and Steven developed an actuator which […]
National Gallery for America’s Young Inventors 2003 Inductees Allan Chu, Age 18 – LZAC Lossless Data Compression: A Novel Approach to Minimum Redundancy Coding Allan’s new dictionary-based universal lossless data compression engine shrinks file sizes and improves the uploading of computer uploads. This process makes internet speed three times faster, while requiring less memory. Tessanie […]
National Gallery for America’s Young Inventors 2002 Inductees Anthony D. Jarecki, 12 – Easy Lift Trash Can After struggling to lift heavy trash bags out of the trash can and cleaning up spilled trash, Anthony designed a trash removal system to alleviate the problems. His invention consists of a large trash can with a hinged […]
National Gallery for America’s Young Inventors 2001 Inductees Christina Adams, Age 16 – Vapor Exchange/Pressure Control Wheelchair Seat Christina’s invention is designed to simultaneously control pressure and moisture, the two biggest factors leading to pressure sores in wheelchair users. It incorporates adjustable interlacing straps of material that allows free flow of air for cooler, dryer […]
National Gallery for America’s Young Inventors 2000 Inductees Edward T. Gemin, Age 17 – Heat Energy Recovery System Using Peltier Junction Modules Edward’s Heat Energy Recovery System conserves home energy by recycling the heat in water from showers, baths, clothes washers, and dishwashers. This is done by pumping the heat from the used hot water […]
National Gallery for America’s Young Inventors 1999 Inductees Richard J. Barton, Age 19 – Lapotron, Submersible Digital Lap Counter/Timer for Swimmers This device was designed for use by people who swim laps in a pool. The Lapotron automatically counts laps and times and displays this data for underwater swimmers. This device is especially useful for […]
