The TechConnect World Innovation Conference sponsors a best abstract award (oral or poster presentation) open to all undergraduate and graduate students. We select top abstracts in February and awardees receive free registration to the entire meeting.

For abstracts to receive award consideration, they must be submitted by November 7^th 2025 and have "Yes" selected next to "Please for consideration of this abstract for a TechConnect World Abstract Prize".

Submissions Closed

PINN-Guided Porous Hierarchical Structure for Extreme Thin Film Evaporation
University of Houston, Saber Badkoobeh Hezaveh

PRIMA: Photothermal Resonant Infrared Mechanical Analysis
Stanford University, Carina Yi JingLim

Long-Term Nitric Oxide-Releasing Aliphatic Lubricants: Infusion in Polymers for Enhanced Slippery and Antibacterial Efficacy
University of Georgia, Grace Nguyen

Soft Wearable Ionotronic Tactile Sensors from Sustainable Homocomposite Hydrogels
North Carolina State University, Casey Chason

High-Throughput Nanorheology of Living Cells Powered by Supervised Machine Learning
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid CSIC, Jaime Tejedor

SemiOrg: An Open-Data, Open-Source FAIR Data Infrastructure for AI-Driven Discovery of Semiconducting Organic Materials
North Carolina State University, Tajah Trapier

Engineering membrane-based ion-ion separation and concentration for sustainable lithium recovery
Stanford University, Kristen Abels

EcoSmart Concrete: An Energy-Efficient and Cost-Effective Solution for Sustainable Construction
Texas State University, Denisse Morales

Electrophoretic Deposition of Composite Coatings for Stabilizing High-Voltage Li-Ion Batteries
Tel Aviv University, Inbar Anconina

Decoupling Kinetic and Thermodynamic Factors for Precise Structural Control in High-Entropy Nanoparticle Synthesis
University of Pittsburgh, Jacob Smith

Graphite Supply Chain Modeling using the Global Change Analysis Model
Pacific Northwest National Lab, Maggie Liu

Toward Industrial-Scale Chitin Nanowhisker Manufacturing via Affordable Ionic Liquid Processing
Texas Tech University Reshma Panackal Shibu

TiZnCeO-Enhanced PVDF Coatings for High-Performance Piezoelectric Yarn Nanogenerators in Wearable Textiles.
University of Georgia, Amit Talukder

A Simple Method of Powdered Cellulose Carboxylation Utilizing Organic Mixed Acid Hydrolysis
Medical College of Georgia, Matthias Baladi

Dual-Action Anti-Biofouling Organogel for Enhanced Anti-Biofilm Surface Protection
University of Georgia, Myddelton Parker

Scrub n’ Sort: Producing A Dry Rare-Earth Mineral Concentrate Through Preferential Breakage, Ore Scrubbing, And Rock Sortation At The Bear Lodge Rare Earth Deposit
Colorado School of Mines, Carl Gorski

Investigation of Electrostatic Interactions in Anti-Dust Nanostructures
University of Texas, Andrew Tunell

Color morphing surfaces with effective chemical shielding
North Carolina State University, Abhigith Nair

Interplay of nanoscale abrasion and UV-aging for nanoplastic release from Low-Density Polyethylene film
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Ehsanur Rahman

Design and Optimization of Processing Pathways for Rare Earth Element Recovery from End-of-Life Products
Carnegie Mellon University, Chris Laliwala

Minimalist Time-Domain Impedimetric Frontend for Resource-Constrained Biosensing
North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Jacob Linnabary

Hybrid Ceramic–Polymer Nanocomposites for Dimensionally Stable SLA Printing
Texas State University, Rahul Sheley

Carbon Nanotube Textiles for Lunar Applications
University of Cincinnati, Prakash Giri