I was listed in 'Time Magazine''s 'Thirty under Thirty' and have given three TED Talks, too.

I'm really interested in harvesting surplus energy, energy that surrounds but we never really use.

I just think we need to find a way, because we don't dispose of them very well; they have very bad chemicals in them. If we could just find a way, maybe start at a small step with eliminating batteries perhaps in small electronic devices, and then possibly in the future go bigger, that would be great.

My biggest hurdle usually has to do with concentration. I have a tendency to kind of start working on something, and then, all of a sudden, I'll totally divert and do something totally different.

It's very hard to juggle a science fair project as well as your schoolwork.

Maybe thermoelectricity will be able to power a tablet someday.