2008: Winning Solutions

The Problem: Energy Independence Meets the Law of Unintended Consequences

M3 Challenge Champions, Summa Cum Laude Team Prize: $20,000

High Technology High School, Lincroft, NJ
Ethanol – Not all it seems to be 
Coach: Raymond Eng
Team: Thomas Jackson, Kelly Roache, Afanasiy Yermakov, Jason Zukus

M3 Challenge Runner Up, Magna Cum Laude Team Prize: $15,000

Manalapan High School, Manalapan, NJ
Going Green Does Not Save You Green 
Coach: Jessy Friedman
Team: Michael Bacsik, Jephthah Liddie, Joshua Newman, Thomas Sozzi, Kevin Tien

M3 Challenge Third Place Team, Cum Laude Team Prize: $10,000

Shrewsbury High School, Shrewsbury MA
Unintended Consequences: A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of Ethanol on the World's Food Supply
Coach: Catherine McDonagh
Team: Anand Desai, Ruby Lee, Shengzhi Li, Anirvan Mukherjee, Lingke Wang

M3 Challenge Fourth Place Team, Meritorious Team Prize: $7,500

Holmdel High School, Holmdel, NJ
The Hidden Costs of Ethanol 
Coach: Josephine Blaha
Team: Eric Chung, Alaap Parikh, Ashutosh Singhal

M3 Challenge Fifth Place Team, Exemplary Team Prize: $5,000

Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Flemington, NJ
Ethanol: The Future of America's Energy Independence? 
Coach: David Gelb
Team: Brandon Comella, Gawain Lau, Kelvin Mei, Nevin Raj, Yiwen Zhan

M3 Challenge Sixth Place Team, First Honorable Mention TeamPrize: $2,500

Wheeler School, Providence, RI
Ethanol – To good to be true?
Coach: George Lewis
Team: Brett Musco, Cameron Musco, Christopher Musco, Christopher Shaw, Karan Takhar