Innovation Day 2026

As the culmination of a year of coursework in the CIJE STEAM high school engineering curriculum, students are tasked with conceptualizing, creating, and engineering their own inventions. At Innovation Day, on May 28, 2026, students presented their outstanding accomplishments. Scroll down to see the winners.

Watch the 2026 Award Ceremony

Innovation Day 2026 Winners

Assistive Technology
1st Place — EcoStick | HAFTR High School
2nd Place — The Smart Cane | Solomon Shechter of Long Island

Best Use of AI/ML
1st Place — BagPath | Leffell School High School
2nd Place — Eye-Drive | Manhattan High School for Girls
3rd Place — Safe Sight | Scheck Hillel High School

Best Promotional Video
1st Place — FloodGuard | Shevach High School
2nd Place — Neuro Glow | Scheck Hillel High School
3rd Place — No Weigh | Bais Yaakov High School of Baltimore

Best Website
1st Place — Polar Pillow | TA of Baltimore
2nd Place — GGM AquaTech | Lev Bais Yaakov
3rd Place — Hyperflex | Posnak High School

Engineering for Children
1st Place — The Soaper Helper | Bais Yaakov High School of Baltimore
2nd Place — Safely Snuggled | Hebrew Academy of Cleveland – Yavne

Engineering for Commercial Products
1st Place — SubZero Solutions: Auto | Hillel High School
2nd Place — SPS LINK | TABC

Engineering for Entertainment & the Arts
1st Place — SafeHit | Mesivta Ateres Yaakov
2nd Place — Onrei Bottle | Yeshiva Darchei Torah

Engineering for Healthcare
1st Place — Wrist Assured | Central
2nd Place — Mi-Logger | Bi-Cultural Hebrew Academy

Engineering for Jewish Life
1st Place — Zmanim Clock | TABC
2nd Place — Retractables | Leffell School High School

Engineering for Pets
1st Place — ThermaPup | Golda Och Academy
2nd Place — Doggy Doorbell | NSHA High School

Engineering for Transportation
1st Place — The GlareSafe | Mesivta Ateres Yaakov
2nd Place — GREENWAVE | DRS

Engineering Household Solutions
1st Place — JavaSpot | Mesivta of Greater Philadelphia
2nd Place — BurnAlert | The Frisch School

Environmental Engineering
1st Place — Helion | The Frisch School
2nd Place — MicroCatch | Bruriah High School

Best Engineering Award — AM Session
Fair A — Skintel | Bruriah High School
Room 1 — Refreshr | Leffell School High School
Room 2 — Neuro-Nose | The Frisch School
Room 3 — Shabbat Signal | Solomon Shechter of Long Island
Room 4 — Steady Spoon | SAR
Room 5 — Remind Me Clock | Golda Och Academy
Room 6 — ThermaPup | Golda Och Academy
Room 7 — Safe Slope | Leffell School High School
Room 8 — ParKing | Shulamith LI
Room 9 — Snapsis | The Frisch School
Room 10 — GG | Ramaz

Best Engineering Award — PM Session
Fair B — Meta Pet | TA of Baltimore
Room 1 — Film Flex | TABC
Room 2 — Safe Hit | Mesivta Ateres Yaakov
Room 3 — Grid64 | Northwest Yeshiva HS
Room 4 — FoldMaster | DRS
Room 5 — Safe Bite | SKA
Room 6 — Aleph Learn | Northwest Yeshiva HS
Room 7 — Pots Patch | SKA
Room 8 — Termo Rav | Hebrew Academy of Cleveland – Yavne
Room 9 — The Bomm | BY Baltimore
Room 10 — Connect Case | Manhattan High School for Girls
Room 11 — Cuddle Talk | Manhattan High School for Girls

Best Pitch Award — AM Session
Fair A — NanoSpacer | Bruriah High School
Room 1 — Sereniq | Leffell School High School
Room 2 — Cast It | Leffell School High School
Room 3 — Dropix | Golda Och Academy
Room 4 — Helion | The Frisch School
Room 5 — Neat Sheet | Leffell School High School
Room 6 — Brick Bot | Leffell School High School
Room 7 — MicroCatch | Bruriah High School
Room 8 — Safe Stride | JEC
Room 9 — Orbit | Bruriah High School
Room 10 — Keep Attendance | Golda Och Academy

Best Pitch Award — PM Session
Fair B — Smart Loc | Berman
Room 1 — Bio Cap | Rambam
Room 2 — Erev Vision | Mesivta Ateres Yaakov
Room 3 — Java Spot | Mesivta of Greater Philadelphia
Room 4 — Polar Pillow | TA of Baltimore
Room 5 — Kidz Band | Berman
Room 6 — Cramp Comfort | Bi Cultural Hebrew Academy
Room 7 — Wrist Assured | Central
Room 8 — Clever Cupboard | BY Baltimore
Room 9 — Safe Merge | BY Baltimore
Room 10 — Lose the Booze | BY Baltimore
Room 11 — Spoil

Awards & Projects From Previous Years