Finalists Announced in 2025 Create the Future Design Contest Sponsored by Mouser Electronics

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the New Product Introduction (NPI) leader™ empowering innovation, congratulates the finalists for the 2025 Create the Future Design Contest, a global challenge to engineers and innovators around the world to design the next great thing. Mouser, which has sponsored the contest for over a decade, is joined by valued manufacturers Intel® and Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) as co-sponsors. The annual competition is produced by SAE Media Group, an SAE International Company, and Tech Briefs magazine. COMSOL is also a principal sponsor of the contest.

“Mouser congratulates the 2025 Create the Future Contest finalists, and we applaud all of the participants and their creative ideas. Part of Mouser’s mission is empowering innovation, so we are very proud to support this global design contest,” said Kevin Hess, Mouser Senior Vice President of Marketing. “Our world is witnessing incredible advancements in electronic design thanks to today’s innovators and engineers.”

The following finalists will compete for the $25,000 Grand Prize during a live presentation round on November 7. For more information on the finalists and their designs, visit https://eu.mouser.com/createthefuture/.

• Aerospace and Defence:
  Silent Sentry: A Software-Defined Passive Sensor for Counter-Stealth and Battlefield Survivability
  Robert Moerck, Værløse, Denmark

• Automotive and Transportation:
  Multi-Modal Traffic Detection System
  Mansour Masoudi, Mill Creek, Wa, United States

• Electronics:
  100X Audio Digital-to-Analog Performance Improvement
  John La Grou, Diamond Springs, United States

• Energy, Power, and Propulsion:
  Ultra-Efficient Hydrogen Combustion for Clean, Distributed Power and Propulsion
  John Krzeminski, Fenton, United States

• Manufacturing and Materials:
  REACT®: Automated Capsule Recycling Technology for a Circular Coffee Industry
  Eduardo Perez Martinez, Madrid, Spain

• Medical:
  Blood Viscosity: The Next Vital Sign – A Wearable Breakthrough in Trauma, Sepsis, and Vascular Health
  Nilesh Salvi, Columbia, United States

• Robotics and Automation:
  Woodpeckr: Revolutionising Utility Construction
  Christian Sforza, Waterloo, Canada

Previous contests have produced more than 16,000 design ideas from engineers, entrepreneurs, and students in more than 100 countries. The Create the Future Design Contest highlights product designs that enhance humanity, improve healthcare quality, or help provide sustainable solutions. The contest was created in 2002 by the publishers of Tech Briefs magazine to help stimulate and reward engineering innovation. 

For more information, go to https://eu.mouser.com/createthefuture/.

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