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Meet Our Young Innovators

Every student should have the opportunity to be a leader in STEM. By recognizing Young Innovators’ accomplishments, Carolina strives to open the door to possibilities—to nurture all students’ visions and inspire them to take their place in STEM.

Jordan Prawira

Jordan Prawira designs and prototypes wind turbines and air filtration systems.

Jacqueline Prawira

Jacqueline Prawira conducts research into alternative, renewable composites.

Talie Cloud

16-year-old Talie Cloud invented an organic insecticide using bitter melon seeds.

Christina Yepez

12-year-old Christina Yepez discovered a way to recycle Styrofoam into eco-friendly glue.

Lydia Denton

Lydia Denton

13-year-old Lydia Denton designed a car seat to protect babies from extreme heat.

Stephen Litt

Stephen Litt

Teenager Stephen Litt is contributing to cancer research with initiative, planarians, and green tea.

Neha Shukla

At 17, Neha Shukla is using technology to invent creative solutions for needs in her community.

Robert Samuel “Sam” White III

At just six years old, Sam White’s viral song led to a new picture book, You Can Be ABCs,  that features many STEM careers. 

Joaquin Haces-Garcia

Young children may be safer, thanks to Joaquin Haces-Garcia’s innovative car seat alarm.  

Devon and Trevor Langley

Devon and Trevor Langley want to make math easier for students with dyslexia, so they teamed up to create a helpful app. 

Easton LaChappelle

Easton LaChappelle’s robotic hand made from LEGOs, fishing wire, and electrical tubing led to affordable, accessible prostheses. 

Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna

Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna

Can a 17-year-old girl create cement that may prevent oil rig catastrophes? Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna shows the answer is yes!

Shemar Coombs

You may see Shemar Coombs’s innovation that keeps headphone wires tangle-free in stores one day. 

Ahmed Muhammad

Ahmed Muhammad wants kids to know that they can do science, so he created kits to inspire them. 

Annie Ostojic

Microwave ovens may cook more efficiently, thanks to Annie Ostojic’s containers and reflectors. 

Raymond Wang

Raymond Wang’s innovation may reduce disease transmission on airplanes. 

Olivia Thomas

Girls can code, and Olivia Thomas’s games and workshops prove it. 

Deepika Kurup

Deepika Kurup created a new way to purify water to make clean water more available to everyone.