Middle school student Finnegan Miller has a love for fungi that led him to research eco-friendly packaging options. Finnegan is working to develop a packaging alternative that will allow him to ship a package made from mushroom roots. He received the Lemelson Early Inventor Prize for his project.

During finals week, the top 30 Broadcom MASTERS finalists put their problem-solving and creative-thinking skills to the test to solve challenges like creating a quantum physics board game and designing a tool to detect Parkinson’s disease.

The 2022 Broadcom MASTERS top 30 finalists highlighted their research at the Broadcom MASTERS Science and Engineering Project Showcase during Finals Week in Washington, D.C.