These winning entries in the 2024 EngineerGirl Writing Contest showcase the lifecycle of everyday items and the types of engineering involved along the way. Congratulations to all winners and finalists!
Hiya Ghosh
3rd grade at Eagle Point Elementary School (Oakdale, Minnesota)
Toothpaste Engineering is Super Exciting!
First Place
Addie DeMarco
5th grade at Albert M. Greenfield School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Engineers Throughout Lifecycle of Paper
Honorable Mention
The Amazing Journey Of A Bicycle: From Earth To Engineering by Sydney Swaby
5th grade (Conyers, Georgia)
From the Desk of the Microwave by Alyssa Blough
4th grade (Lake Oswego, Oregon)
The Eternal Life Cycle of Paper by Courtney Chin
3rd grade at Highland Oaks Elementary School (Arcadia, California)
Eesha Vanamala
8th grade at Brooklawn Middle School (Morris County, New Jersey)
First Place
Dalia Azam-Naseeruddin
8th grade at Stanford Online High School (Washington, DC)
Second Place
M. Goodwin
Our Lady of the Lake Catholic School (Portland, Oregon)
Engineering Limitless Lash Altitude
Third Place
Aaliyah Azeez
7th grade at Perry Meridian Middle School
The Life Story of a Smartphone
Honorable Mention
Max Gerhardt
6th grade at Primoris Academy (River Vale, New Jersey)
Honorable Mention
An Outlet for Imagination: Keyboards by Showrya V.
7th grade at Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School (Bridgewater, New Jersey)
To Pebbles, Your Loyal Apple Watch by Ruozhen Ma
7th grade at Canyon Vista School (Austin, Texas)
Ready, Set, Wash: The Life Cycle of a Washing Machine by Aria Fan
7th grade Canyon Vista Middle School (Austin, Texas)
Life of a Pencil by Samar Bist
7th grade at Smith Middle School (Glastonbury, Connecticut)
Life is a Circle: A Never Ending Story by a Mechanical Pencil by Edward Kim
8th grade at Seoul International School (Seoul, South Korea)
A Tale fo Two Sand Grains by Anagha Kuricheti
6th grade at Cab Calloway School of the Arts (Hockessin, Delaware)
Aiden Choi
10th grade at Saint Paul Preparatory Seoul (Seoul, South Korea)
Second Place
Divyansha Nashine
11th grade at Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School (Bridgewater, New Jersey)
Odyssey of the Hero of Oral Hygiene: the Electric Toothbrush
Third Place
Ahana Gupta
9th grade at Dhirubhai Ambani International School (Mumbai, India)
Honorable Mention
Serena Tsai
10th grade at ISF Academy (Hong Kong)
Preservation of Knowledge: The Life Cycle of a Ballpoint Pen
Honorable Mention
Lithium-ion Batteries - The Unsung Engineering that Keeps Us Scrolling by Amelia Joseph
11th grade at The International School Bangalore (Bangalore, India)
An Engineering Masterpiece in Disguise by Esha Penmatsa
Cary, North Carolina
White Poison by Riya Koya
10th grade at Carmel High School (Carmel, Indiana)
Libre: Empowering Global Communities Living with Diabetes by Vivian F.
9th grade in Charlottesville, Virginia
