Edison High School

The 2024-2025 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams were selected by a panel of esteemed judges after several months of researching problems within their community that could be addressed with a technological solution. Teams will continue to learn more about the problems they selected in the first half of the grant year. Technological solutions will be prototyped, tested, and modified in the second half of the grant year. The technological solutions—inventions—will be showcased at MIT during EurekaFest, June 9-11, 2025. Team progress can be followed through Inside InvenTeams, a monthly newsletter.

Problem Statement:

The New Jersey Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report has identified medium to high levels of pollutants in various points of the Raritan River – a water body that supplies drinking water of more than 1.8 million residents. The Edison High School InvenTeam seeks to address various pollutants. The team’s technological solution will utilize a sustainable method to minimize the presence of nitrates, phosphates, and heavy metals in the Raritan River without relying on expensive, energy-intensive solutions.