Global Semifinalists Shine Bright
Learn about the Diamonds that make the competition possible
In a record-breaking year, the Diamond Challenge 2020 engaged more than 5,000 students from 55 countries and 32 states. With 29 Pitch Event Partners and 17 Student Advisory Board Members, the competition's reach continued to soar. At the final stage of the competition experience, 73 semifinalists, the top 9.5% of participants, were chosen to showcase their talents on the global Diamond Challenge stage. The Summit experience culminated in a two-hour awards ceremony. See how the virtual event unfolded.
Meet the Teams:
Business Innovation Semifinalists
Social Innovation Semifinalists
Meet the Finalists
Business Innovation
First Place: Astrofilter (USA, North Carolina)
Jennifer Ye, Rindha Sudhini, Shravya Sompalli, Sriya Mantena and Timothy Anglin (Advisor)
Astrofilter is a self-cleaning filter designed to remove debris from spacecraft ventilation systems, increasing the efficacy of CO₂ removal units.
Second Place: Fision Lens (USA, Illinois)
Emily Shao, Eva Tuecke, Karla Horsch (Advisor) and Krisha Patel
Fision is a thin, film-like plastic that adheres directly onto the surface of existing glasses lenses to make prescription updates.
Third Place: Ditch Dat! (USA, Hawaii)
Annamaria Miru (Advisor), Summer Royal and Thomas Noochan
Ditch Dat’s novel, patent-pending pediculicide (headlice treatment) invention kills headlice and headlice eggs in a safe, effective, affordable and eco-friendly manner.
Social Innovation
First Place: Exoheal (India & Saudi Arabia)
Asfia Zubair (Advisor), Faria Zubair and Zain Samdani
Exhoheal is an affordable post-stroke robotic device accompanied by a doctor-patient communication app to help paralyzed patients recover 30% faster.
Second Place: InGeniusLearn (Virginia, USA)
Andrew Tran, Feng Yu (Advisor) and Rayan Yu
inGeniusLearn is a comprehensive software application that hyper-personalizes education with real-time confusion detection and immediate student feedback.
Third Place: EZ Water (Pakistan)
Adan Tanveer, Hasham Tanveer, Parsa Sohail, Sheeza Tanveer and Usama Tanveer (Advisor)
EZ Water is determined to defy the challenge of affordability and accessibility to provide clean drinking water to masses globally.
