Our Winners

  • Americas: Wilson High School, Florence (SC), United States

    Florence team
    Proposed a variation of a composite roofing shingle to help reduce temperatures and lower energy consumption/cost for homeowners. These shingles would be less expensive and require less maintenance than asphalt, reducing associated runoff waste.

  • Europe, Middle East & Africa: Nový PORG, Prague, Czech Republic

    middle east team
    Developed a concept for a mapping application that enables users to select the best mode of transportation and route to a destination to minimize carbon emissions. The app also includes ways to identify if certain routes are accessible for persons with disabilities.

  • Asia Pacific: Kamnoetvidya Science Academy, Wangchan District, Thailand

    thailand team
    Created a solution of a website that shows real-time flood data, with push alerts, to help drivers avoid dangerous and/or impassable areas.

  • China: China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, China

    china team
    Devised a contactless transit that repurposes wasted energy for improved efficiency.

  • Americas: Center for Industrial and Services Technological Studies

    america team​

    Students from the winning team in Mexico proposed a portable bath to help prevent falls in the bathroom, a common location for falls due to slippery floors and often small, tight spaces.

  • Europe, Middle East & Africa: GEMS Wellington Academy

    Dubai team​

    The winning student team proposed a connected, motorized wheelchair to help older populations navigate Dubai's shopping malls, which are among the largest in the world.

  • Asia Pacific: Institute of Technical Education

    Asia team​

    The winning student team imagined the 'WheelySTIK' – a motorized piece of equipment that mimics caregivers' actions to lift and support the movement of older, less mobile people, thereby reducing the risk of injury to the caregivers.

  • China: Nanchang University in Nanchang

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    Students from Nanchang University imagined a smart escalator that can identify passengers in wheelchairs and adjust its steps to create a stable, moving platform for passage.

  • Japan - ICT (International College of Technology) Kanazawa

    The student team created a website and app to monitor crowd levels and help revive tourism in Shiramine, where the local economy has suffered due to COVID-19. The app provides real-time data to help visitors more safely and comfortably visit the most popular local tourist attractions, while still avoiding crowds and adhering to occupancy limits.

  • Hong Kong - SAR ELCHK Yuen Long Lutheran Secondary School

    Students focused their ideas on improving access in and out of local wet markets. From designing a user-friendly app called Foodson, to a robot that can shop for and deliver fresh groceries, the students’ solutions were customized to meet the needs of those who have less experience with online purchasing and technology.

  • Singapore - Institute of Technical Education

    The students created a face mask with a lightweight skin thermometer for real-time temperature checks. The mask helps reduce the time it takes for temperature checks prior to taking public transit, making the daily commute faster while easing concerns about coming into contact with someone who is ill.

  • China

    Shanghai Jiaotong
    University Zhejiang
    University Beijing Institute of Technology
    Nankai University
    Chongqing University

    After careful research on China’s population, the student teams created mobility solutions to make transportation easier for the country’s large aging population.

  • Germany - Romain Rolland Gymnasium

    Students developed solutions to improve the daily commute. Two focused on reducing the risk of infection and technology to support social distancing. The third solution was designed to make cities more bicycle-friendly – more effectively moving bicycles up/down escalators and onto trains.

  • Spain: Colegio Virgen de Europa

    The student team identified solutions to decrease the spread of COVID-19. They developed touchless solutions and alternative methods to access stores, restaurants, and public transportation.

  • Brazil: SENAC

    Students created a QR code solution that monitors and improves the check-in process for people in public spaces. People provide some simple, personal health information to an online site to access and assess data on crowd levels at each location.

  • Connecticut, USA: Bloomfield High School

    Students proposed innovative solutions for improving contactless grocery pick-up options. They used UV lights, conveyer belts and drones to help provide options for people who do not feel comfortable shopping in a store due to COVID-19.

  • California, USA: Jordan High School, Long Beach

    Jordan School

    The student team developed an app to integrate data into public transportation systems – specifically, city buses. The app tracks number of passengers and identifies the best – and safest – time to ride the bus. Additionally, research was done to find improved air filtration and purification systems for buses – helping commuters feel safer during the pandemic.

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Inspiring and supporting young innovators as they pursue inclusive mobility solutions for underserved and underrepresented communities

As the company that is Made to Move You™, mobility is central to our vision: to give people freedom to connect and thrive in a taller, faster, smarter world.

Through this innovative program, launched in 2020, we are engaging young minds to imagine new mobility solutions for people everywhere. Just as important, by giving these students safe, hands-on experiences under the mentorship of Otis experts, we aim to spark an early, lifelong interest in STEM – science, technology, engineering and math.

With a solid grounding in STEM subjects, students will be better prepared for the rapidly evolving skilled workforce, which is estimated to have 85 million unfilled jobs globally by 2030.1

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Get to know our innovators 

We believe in the power of connectivity – and every day, we bring it to life: From building more integrated technology to creating cohesive solution ecosystems.

Katie Engineer

Katie  (USA)

I started at Otis nearly 20 years ago. I joined – and stayed – at Otis because of the interesting and fulfilling work I can do.

My projects solve real-world problems, and I can immediately see the impact my work has on our products and the people who use them. No two days are the same – there are always new challenges to tackle, and I really enjoy getting the chance to solve technical problems.

I am amazed each day that after nearly 170 years, Otis continues to innovate and deploy new technologies, and we continue to be a leader in the industry that we founded.

Engineer Raghavendra

Raghavendra  (India)

The most exciting thing about my job at Otis is how I can bring connectivity to elevators, customers and service engineers.

Connectivity allows us to monitor our elevators in real time to identify and address quality defects before they even happen.

When machines can hear and ropes can talk, data can take shape. There are innumerable possibilities of innovation!

Engineer Katie

Katie  (USA)

At Otis, connectivity means connecting the elevator to the world around us. It means using Compass360TM to connect to the fastest elevator for you and using eCall to enter a call for an elevator from your personal phone.

Connectivity means adding elevators to the Internet of Things and continuing to improve the passenger experience.

As a new engineer, I am already working on networking and testing for these systems. I am in graduate school (through Otis’ Employee Scholar Program) for Systems Engineering and have been able to apply my learning in my everyday work.

Engineer Tarique

Tarique  (USA)

I love working at Otis because I get to incorporate new technology like machine learning and optimization into the elevator dispatching algorithm.

To me, connectivity is important because it gives us the opportunity perform very resource demanding computation outside of the elevator system but then use the results to create the elevator dispatching logic.

It streamlines the process and helps us work more efficiently!

Engineer Carlo

Carlo  (Milan)

I love technology, especially when we have the unique opportunity to push the edge like with Gen360TM. Our Otis 360 team represents an amazing mix of competencies. We have engineers with more than 20 years of elevator industry experience working with new people from top class industries like IoT and automotive. ​

​Connectivity is big challenge. We want every new product to be IoT native and capable of competing in with other connected products and services beyond elevator business.​

Engineer Louis Lu

Louis  (China)

I have worked at Otis for 14 years, and this is an exciting time as we introduce new technologies in our products, transform to an increasingly agile workplace and collaborate with teams across the globe.

We are always working together to deliver complex system solutions and products such as bringing the first Otis OneTM program to China and APAC!