5/22/2012

Contacts:
David Bahr, Imagine Tomorrow, dbahr@wsu.edu, 509-335-8654
Mike Wolcott,  NARA,  Wolcott@wsu.edu, 509-335-6392 
Charles Burke, NARA Communications and Publicity Director, ccburke@wsu.edu, 509-335-3018
Tina Hilding, Communications Coordinator, WSU College of Engineering and Architecture, thilding@wsu.edu, 509-335-5095


Students from four states propose real energy solutions and compete for $100,000

PULLMAN, Wash.- Top high school students from across the Pacific Northwest converged on Washington State University May 18-20 to compete in the fifth annual Imagine Tomorrow problem-solving competition.
 
Nearly 450 students from 46 different schools in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana worked in teams to present 112 projects for creating a more sustainable, fuel-efficient future.
 
The top teams in each of four challenge categories — technology, design, behavior and biofuels—earned $1,000 for each team member and $5,000 for their teams. In all, the competition awarded more than $100,000 in prizes.
 
"Every year I think it can’t get any better—and it does,” said Craig Parks, WSU psychology professor and member of Imagine Tomorrow steering committee. "The bar just keeps going up.”
 
Once again, imagination, innovation, creativity and enthusiasm were abundant in projects that ran the gamut from top-drawer, sophisticated research to ideas that were ingenuously simple.
 
More than 50 businesses, organizations and individuals helped sponsor the event, including  Boeing, Bank of America, Weyerhaeuser and the Northwest Alliance for Renewable Resources (NARA).
 

For more information about the competition, go to WSU News here.

Winning entries by category are as follows:

Behavior
1st place:  Project #77, Oracle Growing Tomorrow
From:  Sentinel High School, Missoula, MT
 
2nd place:  Project #54, The Bike Wind Map Project
From: Ellensburg, WA
 
3rd place:  Project #115, Save with CYI
From:  Interlake High School, Bellevue, WA
 
4th place:  Project #29, Scrap Power
From:  Lake Roosevelt High School, Coulee Dam, WA
Biofuels
1st place:  Project #84, Designing a Photosynthetic Bioreactor
From:  Cascade High School, Cascade, ID
 
2nd place:  Project #68, Unconventional Biofuels
From:  Moscow High School, Moscow, ID
 
3rd place:  Project #21, Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulosic Waste
From:  Bellingham High School, Bellingham, WA
 
4th place:  Project #100, Biofuels Fueling Our School
From:  LaCenter High School, LaCenter, WA
The Design Challenge
1st place:  Project #34, Nature’s Filter
From:  Camas High School, Camas
 
2nd place:  Project #82, Eco-Friendly Middle School
From:  Ellensburg High School, Ellensburg, WA
 
3rd place:  Project #56, Aquaponics – Agriculture of the Future
From:  Camas High School, Camas, WA
 
4th place:  Project #85, Hydrogen Generation from Microbial Electrolysis
From:  Arch Bishop Murphy High School, Everett, WA
The Technological Challenge
1st place:  Project #78, Enhancing a Nuclear Fusion Reactor
From:  Todd Beamer High School, Federal Way, WA
 
2nd place:  Project #74, The Envi –An Environmental Diaper
From:  Ballard High School, Seattle, WA
 
3rd place:  Project #116, Solar Capture System
From:  Stanwood High School, Stanwood, WA
 
4th place:  Project #28, IHEMS
From: Union High School, Camas, WA
 
AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Most Innovative
Project #92, Azane
Interlake High School, Bellevue, Washington
Most likely to succeed the marketplace
Project #74, The Envy – An Environmentally Friendly Diaper
From:  Ballard High School, Seattle, WA
Community Impact Award
Project #8, Urban Gardens
From:  Pullman Christian School
Global impact award
Project #29, Scrap Power
From:  Lake Roosevelt High School, Coulee Dam, WA
Advisors’ favorite
Project #40, Off-Grid Waste Water Treatment
From:  Hudson’s Bay High School, Vancouver, WA
Most inspirational
Team #36, Recycling:  Not Just for the Money, but for a Better Community
From:  Wapato High School

NEWLY PARTICIPATING AWARDS
Idaho Congressional District #1
Project #84, Designing a Photosynthetic Bioreactor
From:  Cascade High School
Montana, Congressional District #1
Project #77, Oracle:  Growing Tomorrow
From:  Sentinel High School, Missoula
Oregon Congressional District #4
Project #83, Closed System Renewable Energy
From:  Kings Valley Charter School, Philomath (Phil-OH-muth)
WA Congressional District #1
Project #85, Hydrogen Generation from Microbial Electrolysis
From:  Arch Bishop Murphy High School, Everett
WA Congressional District #2
Project #90, Stabilized Permanent Magnet Levitation
From:  Lake Stevens High School
WA Congressional District #3
Project #100, Biofuels Fueling our Schools
From:  LaCenter High School
WA Congressional District #4
Project #55, Recycling Made Easy
From:  East Valley High School, Yakima
WA Congressional District #5
Project #53, HoCo Fridge/Heater
From:  Asotin High School
WA Congressional District #6
Project #80, Reflective Paint
From:  Henry Foss High School, Tacoma
WA Congressional District #9
Project #58, Alternative Transportation System
From:  Yelm Extension School