Competition Judging
The legitimacy of the Young Innovator Competition is directly tied to the
quality and legitimacy of the judging. The judging is bifurcated into
preliminary judging to
select five (5) finalists from each of the three divisions (elementary, middle
and high school) and finalist judging to select three grand prize winners from
each division.
2011 National Academy of Inventor, USF Chapter Judges
| Last Name | First Name | Department |
| Christensen | Ken | Computer Science and Engineering |
| Cannons | Andrew | College of Public Health |
| Witanachchi | Sarath | Associate Chair and Professor of Physics |
| Patel | Niketa | Department of Molecular Science |
| Willing | Alison | Department of Neurosurgery |
| Sarkar | Sudeep | Computer Science and Engineering |
| Lakshminarayanan | Balaji | Electrical Engineering |
| Hoyte | Lennox | Medicine |
| Saddow | Stephen | Electrical Engineering |
| Nolas | George | Physics |
| De Laurentis | Kathyrn | Robotics |
| Weaver | Eric | Engineering/Business |
| Clark | Noel | Psychology |
| Cameron | Don | Pathology & Cell Biology |
| Meyer-Siegler, PhD | Katherine | Associate Professor Molecular Medicine |
| Acevedo-Duncan | Mildred | Chemistry |
| Brauner | Stephen | Special Eyes, LLC |
| Dunleavy | Lawrence | Electrical Engineering |
| Harmon | Julianne | Chemistry |
| Haynie | Donald | Physics |
| Hoff | Andrew | Electrical Engineering |
| Killinger | Dennis | Physics |
| Lusk | Craig | Mechanical Engineering |
| McDevitt | Valerie | Patents & Licensing |
| Sanberg | Cyndy | Natura Therapeutics |
| Sheehan | David | Psychiatry & Behavioral Science |
| Wade | Thomas | Electrical Engineering |
| Wiencek | John | Engineering |