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Jov|er Fernondez-Hon
Age 7 - lrverls l|oor c|ear|rg roool
Age 8 - w|rs
FLL aWard lor
roool des|gr
Age 9 - Veels 0r. 0adg|| ard
rears roW re |earred as a ooy lo
srare r|ce W|lr lre poor |r r|s
v|||age. Rece|ves aulograpred
palerl screra lor 0r. 0adg||'s
uv Waler pur|l|er. F|rsl corlacl
W|lr a soc|a| erlreprereur ro|e
rode|. 3eed p|arled |r Jav|er.
!avler lernandezPan Spark of Invent|on then Insp|rat|on to Serve the oor
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Age 9 3ees lre
Leme|son Foundat|on
exr|o|l or |rverlors al
8oslor V03,
parl|cu|ar|y draWr lo
0r. Asro| 0adg||.
Age 11 - v|s|ls wor|d Expo |r
Japar. Tours lre 0oorors
u|rnour 3oroers roc| lr|age
v|||age. 0eep|y roved oy
exper|erce. 0ec|des lo use
r|s |ove ol |rverl|or ard
erg|reer|rg lo serve lrose |r
poverly.
Corce|ves ol 'lrverlors
W|lroul 8orders.
Age 14 - lrcorporales |nventors
w|thout orders (|w} as a N00
lo |ead leers lo |rverl lecrro|ogy
so|ul|ors lor rea| proo|ers laced oy
'olrer 90 ol lre Wor|d ||v|rg |r
poverly.
lw8 rollo: 'ever roo youn ro
make a o|llerenoe.
AWarded seed lurd|rg lror Asro|a
Youlr verlure.
Age 15 - Leads a lear ol
leeragers lo creale a rurar
poWered relr|geralor as ar |w
0emonstrat|on projecl.
!avler lernandezPan Soc|a| Innovat|on ro[ects
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Age 15 - lrverls VER8AT|LE, a corprerers|ve a|gaepoWered
sysler lor lreal|rg Wasle, produc|rg relrare ard o|oo|| as lue|,
produc|rg lood lor rurars ard ||vesloc|, sequesler|rg
greerrouse gases Wr||e produc|rg oxyger.
3e|ecled lror 300 erlr|es lror 30 courlr|es lo W|r lre Ashoka
Leme|son "|nvent Your wor|d" $20,000 Crand Pr|ze.
!avler lernandezPan Soc|a| Innovat|on ro[ects
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Age 1 - w|rs lre 8p|r|t of |nnovat|on Award |n
Renewab|e Energy lor A6wa (Allordao|e C|ear waler),
Jav|er's |rverl|or lor creal|rg c|ear dr|r||rg Waler lror
rur|d a|r us|rg lre rereWao|e erergy sources ol W|rd,
geolrerra|, ard so|ar. Targels lre V|||err|ur 0eve|oprerl
0oa| lor |rprov|rg Wor|dW|de access lo lresrWaler.
Add|l|ora||y, ACwa Was se|ecled lor correrc|a||zal|or
lrrougr lre 6onrad Foundat|on Porta| prograr. Tr|s
roror |s oesloWed upor or|y ore |rverl|or eacr year.
Press re|ease rllp://WWW.corradaWards.org/corrur|ly/lrecorradlourdal|oro|og/2010/0Z/13/learacWajo|rslrecorradporla|/
@eam ACWa Io|ns the Conrad orta|
n Aprll 11Lh aL nASA's Ames 8esearch CenLer !avler lernandezPan won Lhe
8enewable Lnergy Challenge caLegory ln Lhe 2010 SplrlL of lnnovaLlon Awards program
Pls ACWa producL uses geoLhermal heaL Lo condense and purlfy waLer from humld alr for
use ln rural areas across Lhe globe ln addlLlon Lo wlnnlng Lhe SplrlL of lnnovaLlon Awards
!avler has been recognlzed by opular Sclence magazlne for hls ldeas and has founded a
noLforproflL organlzaLlon lnvenLors WlLhouL 8orders Lo help brlng new Lechnologles Lo
rural poverLy sLrlcken areas of Lhe world
uurlng Lhe 2010 lnnovaLlon SummlL members of Lhe Conrad loundaLlon's orLal
commlLLee were able Lo revlew Lhe flnallsLs' presenLaLlons Lo help deLermlne who wlll be
lnvlLed Lo [oln Lhe orta| !avler showed amazlng lngenulLy ln hls deslgn and a greaL
deslre Lo conLlnue wlLh Lhe developmenL of hls producL 1he orLal wlll help !avler Lake
hls producL Lo Lhe commerclal markeLplace" sald nancy Conrad Chalrman of Lhe Conrad
loundaLlon We caLalyze our sLudenLs' passlons lnLo real opporLunlLles for Lhem Lo
creaLe Lechnologles LhaL can solve 21sL cenLury challenges" CongraLulaLlons Lo !avler and
1eam ACWa! We're looklng forward Lo Lhe greaL opporLunlLles Lo come
!avler lernandezPan Soc|a| Innovat|on ro[ects
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paLenLpendlng
Age 1 - Eslao||sres lre Jav|er Fernandez-han
Exce||ence |n 6ommun|ty Award lor leers Wro
derorslrale excepl|ora| craracler ard corrur|ly
serv|ce. AWards scro|arsr|ps lor lrree leeragers
lror a very poor corrur|ly |r Vuroa|, lrd|a Wro
vo|urleer as leacrers |r a scroo| lor poor cr||drer.
3cro|arsr|ps prov|de lor a year's Worlr ol scroo|
lu|l|or, lees, ooo|s, ur|lorrs, ard supp||es.
rllp://WWW.youluoe.cor/Walcr?v=AlFE|JT2C9g
!avler lernandezPan Soc|a| Innovat|on ro[ects
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Age 1 - Creales lre |nnovat|on Foundry - H|E Wr|cr |s a v|rlua|
co||aooral|or ol yourg soc|a| |rrovalors lror lrd|a ard lre u3A lo so|ve
a spec|l|c proo|er |r a deve|op|rg corrur|ly. wor|s |r parlrersr|p W|lr
Vy lrd|a PoWered (VlE), a N00 oased |r Vuroa|, lrd|a lral operales a
scroo| lor yourg cr||drer ol Tr|oa| aoor|g|res |r Vuroa|, lrd|a. Tre
oojecl|ve |s lo |rverl a Way lo use |rexpers|ve |oca| raler|a|s lo reou||d
lr|s scroo| Wr|cr Was daraged oy rorsoors |r Ju|y, 2010.
Aller rorlrs ol |rlerse Wor| oy lre |nnovat|on Foundry - H|E lears
|r Vuroa| ard louslor, lre VlE scroo| Was reou||l ard reopered or
Varcr
lr
, 2011.
Recerl|y added a lear lror Cuperl|ro, Ca||lorr|a lo re|p gererale
lurd|rg lor r|cro|oars lor lre v|||agers Wrose cr||drer are served oy
lre VlE scroo| |r Vuroa|.
hLLp//lnnovaLlonfoundrymlewordpresscom/
!avler lernandezPan Soc|a| Innovat|on ro[ects
Tre lourders ol Vy lrd|a PoWered (VlE).