Tech students win invention prize

By Laura Diamond

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A Georgia Tech student who invented a new style of weighted exercise  clothes won $15,000 through the institution's InVenture Prize.

Mechanical engineering major Patrick Whaley, who designed his OmegaWear workout clothes so that it improves muscle endurance, also won the $5,000 People's Choice award in the invention competition.

Aerospace engineering major Sarah Vaden developed a new method to tune drums and won second place, which comes with a $10,000 award. Vaden's invention also allows for one drum to produce different sounds.

The InVenture Prize rewards undergraduate students for their innovation, creativity and sense of adventure.

As part of the prize, which was announced Thursday night, Tech's Office of Technology Licensing also will pay to file those inventions with the U.S. Patent Office.