{"id":15092,"date":"2016-10-19T15:39:31","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T15:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=15092"},"modified":"2016-10-20T15:38:49","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T15:38:49","slug":"americas-top-young-scientist-challenge-2016-winner-maanasa-mendu-from-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/americas-top-young-scientist-challenge-2016-winner-maanasa-mendu-from-ohio\/","title":{"rendered":"13-year-old Indian American Maanasa Mendu from Ohio is America\u2019s Top Young Scientist of 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
Yesterday, the Discovery Education Network announced the winner of the title \u201cAmerica\u2019s Top Young Scientist\u201d of 2016 and a scholarship worth $25,000 to the bated breath of the nation after three days of scientific challenges during the grand finale in St. Paul, Minnesota.<\/p>\n
\nThe winner is Maanasa Mendu, a 13-year-old Indian American girl from Mason, Ohio<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong> She won the Young Scientist Challenge 2016 for her cost-effective device to generate electricity from wind power in an eco-friendly way. This eight-grade student of William Mason High School gave the Indian American community another reason for celebration this Diwali<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Maanasa Mendu ideated a solution on learning that America gets only 4% of its total energy from wind power. She developed the solution into a biocompatible device after her return from a trip to India<\/a><\/span><\/strong> where she discovered the lack of basic needs such as electricity and clean water in the everyday lives of many people to her utter surprise. (Watch a video of her invention below)<\/strong><\/p>\n