Connecticut Invention Convention
2020 Connecticut Invention Convention State Finals UPDATE
Inventors are registered, judging is happening! National Finalists will be notified on May 18th, through our registration system. All other award winners, which there will be plenty: Recognized Inventors, Sponsor Awards, Invention Log and Display Board Awards, will be announced during our Award Ceremony.
Timeline
Congratulations to all 587 young inventors who submitted their projects. Judging our many awards is happening now!
Invoicing of schools happening the week of May 18th.
5/18 U.S. Nationals inventors will be notified via email with their invitations and further instructions on graduating their registration.
(All other awards will be announced in the Award Ceremony in June.)
The week of 6/15 Awards Ceremony hosted on CIC social media channels to announce all award winners.
Invention Convention U.S. Nationals Finalists
Congratulations to our U.S. Nationals Finalists: 108 inventors, from 76 schools, will advance to represent our program in the online Nationals event.
| Last Name | First Name | Invention Title | Grade | School | |
| Samson | Kathryn | Fountain Filter | 8 | Annie Fisher STEM Magnet School | |
| Leszczynski | Emily | EcoWrap | 6 | Ashford School | |
| DiMauro | Maya | survIVe | 5 | Bear Path Elementary | |
| Torello | Peter | Write Way Glove | 5 | Bear Path Elementary | |
| Shove | Riley | Super Shot Hockey Trainer | 5 | Bennet Academy | |
| Crippen | Rex | You've Got Mail | 4 | Botelle Elementary School | |
| Almstead | Marin | No Waste Bird Feeder | 4 | Branchville Elementary School | |
| Amin | Eshan | Toy Scraper 2.0 | 3 | Brookside Elementary School | |
| Steffenson | Josie | Sock Lock | 1 | Buckley Elementary School | |
| Steffenson | June | Super Marshmallow Roaster | 3 | Buckley Elementary School | |
| Gosselin | Graham | Sure Contact Cane | 5 | Burr Elementary School | |
| Cruz-Irizarry | Daiven | Logutron | 4 | Center Elementary School | |
| Kohler | Benjamin | Quick Cleats | 5 | Center Elementary School | |
| Powell | Ethan | Propeller Shield 2.0 | 5 | Center Road School | |
| Kelly | Brennan | The Keystrapper | 6 | Chapel Street Elementary School | |
| Pethrick | Josie | Egg Savior | 4 | Chapel Street Elementary School | |
| Petraglia | Dylan | Careful Campfire: A Fire Safety App | 4 | Chapel Street Elementary School | |
| Srinivasan | Sagarika | Vista | 9 | Cheshire High School | |
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| Abramson | Sophia | Pop-Up Crosswalk | 5 | Chester Elementary School | |
| Romano | Abigail | E-Mote | 5 | Columbus Magnet School | |
| Lindsey | Xavier | Jellitensils | 7 | CREC Academy of Science and Innovation | |
| Cogle | Alexander | The Expand-A Box | 2 | CREC University of Hartford Magnet School | |
| Morrissey | Jonah | The Block Blocker | 5 | Deep River Elementary School | |
| Wilson | Caterina | The Pencil Pod | 5 | Deep River Elementary School | |
| Ortiz Jr. | Genesis | IMPACT | 8 | Discovery Magnet School | |
| Dawson | Simon | Ultimate extend-a-chair | 5 | Dwight Elementary School | |
| Crocker | James | Lockdown Lookout | 7 | East Granby Middle School | |
| Zukowski | Katrina | Smile Straw | 6 | East Shore Middle School | |
| Davis | Ana-Lois | CPR Smart Gloves | 8 | East Windsor Middle School | |
| Davis | Peter | The Hot Cap | 6 | East Windsor Middle School | |
| Matyschsyk | Rachel | Caught Red Handed | 5 | Eli Terry Elementary School | |
| Delaney | Quinn | Seat-O-Matic | 5 | Fletcher W. Judson Elementary School | |
| Lopez-Wortman | William | Erasine: An Automatic Smartboard Eraser | 12 | Greens Farms Academy | |
| Marzen | Tyler | Ghost: Securing Voice Assistants through Air-Gapped Systems | 12 | Greens Farms Academy | |
| Karunaratne | Ravindu | FIRE ESCAPOD | 6 | Hamden Hall Country Day School | |
| DiMartino | Sierra | Brush On The Go | 6 | Harborside Middle School | |
| Roberts | Emily | Post Surgery Scarf | 6 | Har-Bur Middle School | |
| Glista | Annalie | Save Time Laundry | 4 | Harwinton Consolidated School | |
| Penake | Hadley | The Puppy Guard | 5 | Holland Hill Elementary School | |
| Belding | Katie | Shorty Stepper 2.0 | 5 | Jack Jackter Intermediate School | |
| Bunting | Charlotte | The Upsie Daisy | 3 | Jack Jackter Intermediate School | |
| Vitanza | Zoë | BOOKZALL | 5 | Jennings Elementary School | |
| Blanco | Mya | Back In The Game | 8 | John Wallace Middle School | |
| Barndt | Natalie | Stop-A-Wreck | 7 | Lyme Old Lyme Middle School | |
| Karpinski | Simon | JumpSmart | 7 | Lyme Old Lyme Middle School | |
| Antonucci | Jasmine | Environmental: Healing Blanket | 11 | Manchester High School | |
| Wilker | Sasha | The Dogaciser | 4 | Marvin Elementary School | |
| Selvaratnam | Kiran | Auto Fresh. | 5 | McKinley Elementary School | |
| Calabrese | Lillian | Pollution Solution | 5 | Mile Creek Elementary School | |
| Cheela | Meghana | Lymph-flow | 11 | Milford High School Inventors Club | |
| Kothapalli | Nihitha | Sober AI | 10 | Milford High School Inventors Club | |
| Vipparla | Rachna | Viru-Cleanse | 11 | Milford High School Inventors Club | |
| Kazarian | Liana | Zero Mess Tray | 5 | Mill Hill Elementary School | |
| Ross | Annabel | TintSki | 5 | Mill Hill Elementary School | |
| Bracco | Benjamin | Head Space - Headphone Accessory | 4 | Nichols Elementary School | |
| Kinsler | Kymel | Protecti-Wear | 5 | North Windham Elementary School | |
| Vertefeuille | Enzo | The Book Chair | 5 | North Windham Elementary School | |
| Savkar | Avaneesh | No child left behind | 5 | Orchard Hill Elementary School | |
| Patel | Krishiv | Tubular Trash Tin | 6 | Perry Hill Upper Elementary School | |
| Kumbar | Gauri | Water Conservation in Aquaponics | 4 | Philip R. Smith Elementary School | |
| Anderson | Lorelei | Changelings - A Soccer Cleat Revolution | 6 | Plainfield Central Middle School | |
| Flamengo | Lahndon | Class Coaster 2020 | 5 | Polk Elementary School | |
| Dellaselva | Jc | Sani*Stall | 4 | Pond Hill Elementary School | |
| Anderson | Melodie | The Forget Me Not | 8 | Putnam Middle School | |
| Seniff | Kale | Warning Waves | 5 | Rock Hill Elementary School | |
| Strickland | Rosemary | The Lockdown Desk | 8 | Roton Middle School | |
| Turnbull | Ryan | Wide Awake 2.0 | 7 | Roton Middle School | |
| Hahn | Atticus | The Mouse Clean Coat | 4 | Rowayton Elementary School | |
| Wayland | Bess | The Fidgeta | 4 | Rowayton Elementary School | |
| Belanger | Michael | The EZ Bag | 4 | Samuel Staples Elementary School | |
| Nani | Evan | Book Holder 2.0 | 4 | Samuel Staples Elementary School | |
| Anderson | Georgia | Sudz for the Sea | 5 | Scotland Elementary School | |
| Connally | Hazel | The Buddy Blanket | 4 | Scotland Elementary School | |
| Tote | Matilda | Angel Wings | 6 | Second Hill Lane School | |
| Baneat | Alexander | IfFOUND | 7 | Shelton Intermediate School | |
| Manzo | Marissa | Forget Me Knot (homework app) | 8 | Shelton Intermediate School | |
| Sanborn | Luke | Seek WiFI | 8 | Shelton Intermediate School | |
| Palliyath | Yuvraj | ChessLog | 4 | South Side School | |
| Dilaj | Brianna | Mosquito Umbrella Protector | 1 | Southeast Elementary School | |
| Gordon | Shannon | Handy Cane | 5 | St. Rita's School | |
| Harms | Giulia | Travel Buddy | 5 | St. Rita's School | |
| Kirkman | Liam | Zipper Shield | 4 | St. Rose of Lima School | |
| Kelly | Gretchen | EASIM - Ecofriendly Automatic Sidewalk Ice Melter | 6 | Stafford Elementary School | |
| Pourkavoos | Ariana | Dampening, Quantifying, and Recording Tremor | 7 | Talcott Mountain Academy of Science' Mathematics and Technology | |
| Southam | Jasper | The Pathfinder | 8 | Talcott Mountain Academy of Science' Mathematics and Technology | |
| Starr | Elias | Child Checker | 6 | Talcott Mountain Academy of Science' Mathematics and Technology | |
| Nevers | Madison | The Safe Spiller | 6 | Thomaston Center School | |
| Sedgwick | Abigail | Baby Croat | 6 | Thomaston Center School | |
| Simoes | Chloe | BaRs | 6 | Thomaston Center School | |
| McKown | Audrey | Calm Noms | 7 | Tolland Middle School | |
| Shah | Aashvi | Candy-Gradable Wrapper | 7 | Tolland Middle School | |
| Zahner | Wilsey | The Book Board | 6 | Tolland Middle School | |
| Cook | Quinn | The Tent Finder | 4 | Totoket Valley Elementary School | |
| Azima | Liv | Do Hair Anywhere Brush | 3 | Tracey Elementary School | |
| Bishop | Lizzy | The Hair-Up Hat | 5 | Veterans Park Elementary School | |
| Danve | Shrirang | Cozy Helmet | 3 | West Hill Elementary School | |
| May | Juliet | Cubes 4 All | 3 | West Hill Elementary School | |
| Newman | Julia | The Computer Doodler | 7 | West Rocks Middle School | |
| Oatis | Connor | The Protest Pack | 6 | West Rocks Middle School | |
| Smith | Sydnie | The Slider Binder | 6 | West Woods Upper Elementary School (Farmington) | |
| Blumenreich | Sophia | The Bit Blaster | 6 | Westside Middle School Academy | |
| Sudarsanam | Sandhya | Robo Hoister | 6 | Westside Middle School Academy | |
| Flugrad | Brooke | Chicken Spinner | 5 | William H. Hatton Elementary School | |
| Belding | Abigail | The Easy Exit 3.0: The Descent | 8 | William J. Johnston Middle School | |
| Chakravorty | Pranit | The Opposite Blanket | 3 | Windermere Intermediate/Elementary School | |
| Bleakley | Morgan | The Bubblinator | 4 | Wolfpit Elementary School | |
| Herzog | Kenley | Trash Can Stan | 4 | Wolfpit Elementary School |
Young Inventor of the Year Award
Announcements coming soon...
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