BILLUND, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, LEGO® Education announced Anurudh Ganesan as the winner of the 2015 Google Science Fair LEGO® Education Builder Award for his project titled Vaxxwagon: An Innovative Eco-Friendly, “No Ice, No Electric” Active Refrigeration System for Last-Leg Vaccine Transportation. The patent-pending system will revolutionize last-leg vaccine transportation by maintaining viable vaccines in the safe and effective temperature range of 2-8°C.
The LEGO® Group has been a global sponsor of the Google Science Fair since its inception five years ago. LEGO Education has an active role working with the other global partners including National Geographic, Scientific American and Virgin Galactic to help inspire today’s budding scientists and innovators.
As the winner of the LEGO Education Builder Award, Ganesan, alongside a parent or guardian, will receive a trip to the LEGO headquarters in Denmark to: tour the LEGO® bricks manufacturing facility, take a tour of the LEGO Idea House - which displays the company’s history - receive tickets to the LEGOLAND theme park and be presented with a custom LEGO® brick design. The winner will also receive a classroom set of the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 robotics solution and have a six-month mentorship with a LEGO Education executive to learn the art of entrepreneurship.
Pelle Pedersen, senior design manager for LEGO Education served as a judge in the 2015 competition.
We are also happy to announce, in partnership with Google for Education, Aydan Meydan from Bosnia, has received The Inspiring Educator Award. This award honors the contributions of one outstanding educator who goes above and beyond to encourage their students to achieve great things. She will receive a $10,000 classroom grant from Google and a $5,000 gift card for educational products from LEGO Education.
“My teacher is a brilliant woman and not just because she is a great mathematician and is good at passing the knowledge on, but because she encourages me to think and explore,” said Ilda Ismaili, one of Meydan’s students who is a Google Science Fair finalist this year. “She tends to develop my competence and wisdom and she, in my opinion, deserves this award.”
Google was founded through experimentation and with the Google Science Fair; we hope to inspire scientific exploration among young people, celebrate scientific talent, create scientific role models and unite students around the world in the quest for learning.
For a full list of the 2015 Google Science Fair finalists and award winners, click here.
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