The Top 300 MASTERS are listed in alphabetical order by last name below. Students listed under their regional fair may also have qualified through their state fair but are only listed under their regional fair on this page.  Students that were selected as a Top 300 MASTER in a prior year are noted with # next to their name. To view this list in order by Society Affiliated Fair ID, please click here.

Tanishka Balaji Aglave (#), Grade: 7th
School: Williams Middle Magnet School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Hillsborough Regional Science Fair (USFL27)
Project Title: A Novel Nanotechnology-Based Approach for the Control of the Pestalotiopsis Disease Outbreak in Florida Strawberries

Thomas Aldous, Grade: 8th
School: Colfax K-8
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Pittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair (USPA04)
Project Title: Remote Rescue Robot: Robotic Hand Controlled by Human Motion

Sahana Anamika, Grade: 8th
School: Juan Cabrillo Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: The Synopsys Outreach Foundation Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA09)
Project Title: T3 (Tattoo Touch Technology) – A Smart and Interactive IoT-Based Removable Tattoo That Relieves Anxiety

Bharath Anand, Grade: 8th
School: West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Hoosier Science and Engineering Fair Region 7 (USIN26)
Project Title: Can Nurture Emulate Nature? Evaluating the Impact of Design Choices on the Brain-Similarity of Artificial Neural Networks

James Jisung Ancheta, Grade: 7th
School: Iao Intermediate School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Maui County Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USHI03)
Project Title: Racing Asteroids – Calculating the Speed of (13125) Tobolsk

Cuinn Archer, Grade: 6th
School: Mancos Middle school
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: San Juan Basin Regional Science Fair (USCO02)
Project Title: Automatic Water

Judy Eliana Bai (#), Grade: 8th
School: Clague Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Science and Engineering Fair of Metropolitan Detroit (USMI02)
Project Title: Predicting Candidate Biomarkers for COVID-19 Associated With Leukemia in Children

Babiha Bakshi, Grade: 8th
School: Nysmith School for the Gifted and Talented
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Fairfax County Elementary and Middle School Science and Engineering Fair (USVA78)
Project Title: COVID Vision

Tate Baum, Grade: 6th
School: Edgemont Elementary
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Central Utah STEM Fair (USUT04)
Project Title: Throwing a Curve Like Kershaw

Mason Below, Grade: 8th
School: Ridgeview Charter Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Georgia State Science and Engineering Fair (USGA50)
Project Title: If We Can’t Beat It, Feed It!

Prapti Bhamare, Grade: 6th
School: Richard Hull Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Gwinnett Regional Fair (USGA11)
Project Title: The Deactivator

Aashrita Rajeswari Bhamidimarri, Grade: 8th
School: Enterprise Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Washington State Science and Engineering Fair
(USWA50)
Project Title: Addressing a ‘Root’ Cause – One ‘Drop’ at a Time

Dhroov Bharatia, Grade: 8th
School: Wilson Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science and Engineering
Fair (USTX01)
Project Title: QuakeWake: AI to the Rescue

Niyati Bhaskar (#), Grade: 7th
School: Meridian Creek Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: CREST-Jane Goodall Science Symposium (USOR06)
Project Title: Grass-Fed Bioplastics

Yash Bhatt, Grade: 7th
School: Falcon Cove Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Broward Regional Science & Engineering Fair (USFL09)
Project Title: Utilizing Ferrofluid for the Removal of Tannins, Microplastics and Heavy Metals from H2O

Aadi Nishant Bhensdadia, Grade: 7th
School: Pine View School for the Gifted
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Sarasota County STEM Fair (USFL32)
Project Title: A Home-Based, Non-Invasive Device To Detect Hyperkalemia

Ava Tan Bhowmik (#), Grade: 8th
School: The Harker School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship Presented by the Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering
Fair Association (USCA07)
Project Title: A Novel Low-Cost Portable Apparatus to Assess Face Mask and Instrument Cover Efficacy

Addison Binford, Grade: 8th
School: Peet Junior High School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Science Engineering Fair of Houston (USTX05)
Project Title: How Sweet It Is! Tea Tester

Ankit Biswas, Grade: 8th
School: Metrolina Regional Scholars Academy
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: North Carolina State Science Fair (USNC50)
Project Title: A Novel LP-Based Approach To Mitigating Launch Vehicle CO2 Emissions

Chanithu Sevhas Bodhipaksha, Grade: 7th
School: Whitford Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Beaverton-Hillsboro Science Expo (USOR04)
Project Title: Carbon Dioxide Direct Air Capture Machine

Winifred Mae Bodin, Grade: 8th
School: Benjamin Logan Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: State Science Day (Ohio) (USOH51)
Project Title: The Biological and Chemical Assessment of the Mad River Over Four Years

Nora Josephine Bolinger, Grade: 7th
School: Liberty Bell High School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Washington State Science and Engineering Fair
(USWA50)
Project Title: Cell Deterioration in Spider Plant Roots

Sydney Claire Borst, Grade: 8th
School: Westside Middle School Academy
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair (USCT50)
Project Title: Model System Design for Technology-Assisted Insulin Regulation

Ethan Alexander Burgin, Grade: 8th
School: Centennial Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Central Utah STEM Fair (USUT04)
Project Title: Detoxification of Brine Shrimp From the Great Salt Lake

Marcella Lynn Calfee, Grade: 8th
School: Juan Cabrillo Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship Presented by the Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering
Fair Association (USCA07)
Project Title: The Visual Vest

Maximus Callis, Grade: 7th
School: American Heritage School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Broward Regional Science & Engineering Fair (USFL09)
Project Title: The Effects of Different Carbon Fiber Composite Sandwich Cores on the Young’s Modulus and Specific Modulus of the Composite Sandwich Beam When It Is Tested Using a Three-Point Beam Test

Zoë J. Cappuccio, Grade: 7th
School: Jacoby Creek Elementary School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: California Science & Engineering Fair (USCA50)
Project Title: Cellulase Activity in Environmental Samples To Enhance Biofuel Production: Let’s Break It Down

Shri Chada, Grade: 7th
School: Home School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Science Engineering Fair of Houston (USTX05)
Project Title: Understanding Public Perceptions During the Pandemic Using Sentiment Analysis on COVID-19 Related Tweets

Annika Chadha, Grade: 7th
School: Noe Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Louisville Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USKY02)
Project Title: Building an Air Flow Sensor To Monitor Room Air Replacement for Safety Against COVID and Other Diseases

Ava M. Chadwick, Grade: 8th
School: Father Andrew White, SJ School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Prince George’s Area Science Fair (USMD05)
Project Title: Hitting Harder: Composite vs. Aluminum

Hannah Faith Chaix, Grade: 7th
School: Home School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: San Bernardino, Inyo, Mono, (SIM) Science and Engineering Fair (USCA13)
Project Title: Testing Potassium Carbonate as a Fire Retardant in House Paint

Lana Chan, Grade: 7th
School: Challenger School – Salt Lake
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: University of Utah Science and Engineering Fair (USUT05)
Project Title: Martian Bricks

Aman P. Chandra, Grade: 8th
School: Challenger School – Shawnee
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship Presented by the Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering
Fair Association (USCA07)
Project Title: Smart Traffic Lights

Shreya Chandrasekar, Grade: 7th
School: Tierra Linda Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Golden Gate STEM Fair (USCA06)
Project Title: The Rise of the Idli Batter: Forays Into Fermentation

Ariana Chaudhary, Grade: 8th
School: Keystone School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Alamo Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USTX11)
Project Title: The Effects of Pulsating Electromagnetic Fields on Cuprizone and Ethanol-Treated Dugesia tigrina

Madison Checketts, Grade: 6th
School: Hidden Hollow Elementary
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Central Utah STEM Fair (USUT04)
Project Title: The Eco-Hero

Jasmine Chen, Grade: 8th
School: Birchwood School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: State Science Day (Ohio) (USOH51)
Project Title: Making Biodegradable Alternative to Plastic Bags

Jamie Cheng, Grade: 7th
School: Mills Park Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: North Carolina Central Region III Science Fair (USNC02)
Project Title: Establishing an In Vitro Cellular Model of Diabetes

Sahithi Cherukuri, Grade: 8th
School: Juan Cabrillo Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: The Synopsys Outreach Foundation Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA09)
Project Title: T3 (Tattoo Touch Technology) – A Smart and Interactive IoT-Based Removable Tattoo That Relieves Anxiety

Rowan Dushen Chetty (#), Grade: 8th
School: Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Delaware Valley Science Fairs (USPA03)
Project Title: Designing and Characterizing Biodegradable Starch Films

Jayden Cho, Grade: 6th
School: The Academy at Lincoln
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: North Carolina State Science Fair (USNC50)
Project Title: Don’t Throw Away Banana Peels – Replacement for Plastic

Ellie Li-Eng Chong, Grade: 7th
School: Highland Park Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science and Engineering
Fair (USTX01)
Project Title: In Vivo, Non-Invasive Method of Measuring Choroidal Thickness, a Potentially Critical Factor in Determining Blood Flow and Blindness

Prayrona Choudhury, Grade: 7th
School: Leona Marshall Libby Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Washington State Science and Engineering Fair
(USWA50)
Project Title: AquaRover: A Vehicle for Surveying and Mapping of Aquatic Environments

Zoya Chowdhury, Grade: 8th
School: Giant City School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: IJAS State Expo (USIL51)
Project Title: Understanding the Role of Myosin II in Cell Division

Colin J. Chu (#), Grade: 8th
School: The Nueva School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: San Mateo County Office of Education STEM Fair (USCA16)
Project Title: Early Diagnosis of Liver Cancer by Identification of miRNA Biomarkers

Marco Alexander Chua (#), Grade: 7th
School: Saint Paul’s Catholic School-Riverside
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Northeast Florida Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USFL10)
Project Title: Wave Force Dissipation: Testing the Effectiveness of Geometric Shapes in Wave Breaking

Simon Chung, Grade: 8th
School: Sanford Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Seminole County Regional Science, Mathematics & Engineering Fair (USFL23)
Project Title: Wildfire Analytics: What Conditions Lead to the Most Damaging Wildfires?

Maxwell Cleveland, Grade: 8th
School: Ridgeview Charter Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Georgia State Science and Engineering Fair (USGA50)
Project Title: If We Can’t Beat It, Feed It!

Darius Bruce Cline, Grade: 8th
School: Mountain Ridge Junior High School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Central Utah STEM Fair (USUT04)
Project Title: Hidden Secrets of Silk

Marlayna Grace Cockshoot, Grade: 8th
School: North Scott Junior High School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: State Science and Technology Fair of Iowa (USIA50)
Project Title: Tonal Properties Among Different Types of Woods in Guitars

Elias Copeland, Grade: 7th
School: The ASK Academy
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Central New Mexico Regional Science and Engineering Challenge (USNM01)
Project Title: The Effect of pH on the Corrosion of Industrial Metals

Matthew Coward, Grade: 8th
School: Woodland School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: San Mateo County Office of Education STEM Fair (USCA16)
Project Title: How Can Biomimicry Lead to Improvements in Fan Blade Design?

Tessa Cuchelkar, Grade: 7th
School: Tierra Linda Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: San Mateo County Office of Education STEM Fair (USCA16)
Project Title: An Investigation Into the Attributes of Sunscreen Effectiveness

Arnav Dagar (#), Grade: 8th
School: Pacific Trails Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair (USCA05)
Project Title: Where’s Waldo – A Bayesian Approach for Localizing a LEGO Robot

Alyson Dai, Grade: 8th
School: Detroit Country Day School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Science and Engineering Fair of Metropolitan Detroit (USMI02)
Project Title: Biodegradable Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA): A Solution To Reduce Microplastics Pollution

Shaunak Dalal, Grade: 8th
School: Hershey Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Capital Area Science and Engineering Fair (USPA01)
Project Title: Effect Upon Closure Dynamics of the Application of Weak Acids to the Pulvinus of the Venus Fly Trap

Jeanelle Dao, Grade: 7th
School: Stratford Middle School – San Jose
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship Presented by the Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering
Fair Association (USCA07)
Project Title: Controlling Doors Using Interface Technology With Steps for People With Hand Disabilities (CONDUITS)

William Davis, Grade: 6th
School: Fruit Cove Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: St. Johns County STEM Fair (USFL21)
Project Title: Wind Tunnel Measurements: How Rocket Nose Cone Shape Affects Drag Force

Olivia Della Penna, Grade: 6th
School: Forest Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Central Virginia Regional Science Fair (USVA05)
Project Title: Plastic Made From Milk? An Investigation Into the Usability of Milk-Plastic Spoons Versus Petroleum-Based Plastic Spoons

Tanvi Reddy Desai, Grade: 8th
School: A.D. Henderson University Lab School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Palm Beach Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USFL29)
Project Title: Quantitative Image Analysis of Ocean Acidification Effects on Argopecten irradians Shell Integrity

Aishwarya Deshpande, Grade: 8th
School: Loggers’ Run Community Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Palm Beach Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USFL29)
Project Title: Effect of the Enzyme Amylase on the Digestion of Carbohydrates

Mihika Misra Deshpande, Grade: 8th
School: John Horner Junior High School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: The Synopsys Outreach Foundation Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA09)
Project Title: Identifying Factors and Beliefs Correlated With Vaccine Hesitancy Using Machine Learning

Mythreya Dharani, Grade: 8th
School: Primoris Academy
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Bergen County Academy Science Challenge (USNJ79)
Project Title: Predicting the Ecotoxicity of Chemicals to Aquatic Species using Machine Learning Methods

Aashi Dixit (#), Grade: 8th
School: Stoller Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Beaverton-Hillsboro Science Expo (USOR04)
Project Title: Hookean Model for Differentiating Cancerous From Normal Cells

Saanvi Dogra, Grade: 8th
School: Oak Valley Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: California Science & Engineering Fair (USCA50)
Project Title: Structural, Sequence and Germline Comparison of SARS-COV-2 Antibodies Across Humans and Mice

Ivianna Helen Duquaine, Grade: 8th
School: Lincoln K-8 Choice School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Rochester Regional Science & Engineering Fair (USMN07)
Project Title: Is It Ripe Yet? Designing a Smart Circuit To Sort Produce

Kean Ebert, Grade: 7th
School: Home School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Science Engineering Fair of Houston (USTX05)
Project Title: Art Bots in Action, Effect of Body Height on Stability

Aidyn Eglington, Grade: 8th
School: Hilldale School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: San Mateo County Office of Education STEM Fair (USCA16)
Project Title: Dirty to Clean: The Effectiveness of Natural Soil Filters

Kaitlyn Zhu Fan, Grade: 8th
School: Rice Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science and Engineering
Fair (USTX01)
Project Title: AI Detective: A Machine Learning Approach To Diagnose and Categorize Alzheimer’s Disease

Mina Fedor, Grade: 8th
School: Black Pine Circle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: The Synopsys Outreach Foundation Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA09)
Project Title: EEG Theta During Self-Directed Versus Passive Spatial Memory Encoding and Retrieval

Kurukulasuriya Nishini Fernando (#), Grade: 8th
School: Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida – Ying Scholars (USFL50)
Project Title: A Comprehensive Analysis: An Indication of the Impact of Microplastics on Plants and Soil in Terrestrial Ecosystems and Bacterial Degradation of Microplastics

Galvin Fitzgerald, Grade: 8th
School: Our Lady of Mount Carmel School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Tidewater Science and Engineering Fair (USVA09)
Project Title: Linear Magnetic Accelerators

Alicia Fu, Grade: 7th
School: Sutherland Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Virginia Piedmont Regional Science Fair (USVA02)
Project Title: Solutions for Food Browning

Serena Saumil Gandhi (#), Grade: 8th
School: Juan Cabrillo Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: The Synopsys Outreach Foundation Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA09)
Project Title: T3 (Tattoo Touch Technology) – A Smart and Interactive IoT-Based Removable Tattoo That Relieves Anxiety

Vibha Yadav Ganji, Grade: 8th
School: Oak Valley Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair (USCA05)
Project Title: Can We Enrich the Percentage of Curcumin from Turmeric by Removing Non-Curcuminoids Using Water Extraction?

Vidha Yadav Ganji, Grade: 8th
School: Oak Valley Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair (USCA05)
Project Title: Can We Enrich the Percentage of Curcumin from Turmeric by Removing Non-Curcuminoids Using Water Extraction?

Shreya Garg, Grade: 7th
School: Mount Logan Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Harold W. & Helen M. Ritchey Science and Engineering Fair of Utah (USUT07)
Project Title: Growth of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells When Subject to Antioxidants

Alex Gavin, Grade: 7th
School: Mirman School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Los Angeles County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA02)
Project Title: Does Modified Airflow Reduce the Spread of Airborne Infections in Classrooms?

Katherine Gilchrist (#), Grade: 8th
School: Orefield Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Delaware Valley Science Fairs (USPA03)
Project Title: Dress For Success: Which Fabrics Twirl Best?

John Glynn, Grade: 8th
School: Saint Norbert School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: STEM Science and Engineering Research Challenge (USIL02)
Project Title: Bridge Demolition

Nina Goyal (#), Grade: 7th
School: Hidden Oaks Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida – Ying Scholars (USFL50)
Project Title: Effects of Double-Stranded RNA Treatment on Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus: Asteraceae)

Carina J. Gross (#), Grade: 7th
School: Terman Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship Presented by the Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering
Fair Association (USCA07)
Project Title: Device To Translate Musical Notes Into Computer Commands

Om Guin, Grade: 7th
School: Fulton Science Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Fulton County Regional Science & Engineering Fair (USGA13)
Project Title: Improving Indoor Air Quality for Healthy Lungs

Disha Gupta, Grade: 8th
School: The Harker School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: California Science & Engineering Fair (USCA50)
Project Title: Improving Outcomes: Early Detection of Autism Using fMRI and Phenotypic Data With Convolutional Neural Networks

Arya Gurumukhi, Grade: 8th
School: Douglas W. Otto Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science and Engineering
Fair (USTX01)
Project Title: Supercapacitors- Improving Upon the Lithium-Ion Battery Technology

Alex Peter Guthrie, Grade: 7th
School: Centennial Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Central Utah STEM Fair (USUT04)
Project Title: Engineering Mortar Mixtures To Incorporate Waste Plastic

Victoria Harding Bradley (#), Grade: 8th
School: Nativity Catholic School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: San Mateo County Office of Education STEM Fair (USCA16)
Project Title: Green Ears: A Study of Ultrasonic Acoustic Emissions in Response to Environmental Stressors in Plants

Mason Hill, Grade: 8th
School: Arizona College Prep – Oakland
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (USAZ50)
Project Title: The Effect of Plant Type on Moisture Content

Hussein Hirani (#), Grade: 8th
School: Serrano Intermediate
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Orange County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA01)
Project Title: AquaSafe – A Device To Prevent Drowning

Taran Hogan, Grade: 6th
School: Saint Cyril of Alexandria School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Southern Arizona Research, Science and Engineering Fair (USAZ03)
Project Title: Stealth: They Never Saw It Coming!

Jacob Hoopes, Grade: 8th
School: Margaret B. Pollard Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: North Carolina State Science Fair (USNC50)
Project Title: Body Part Ratios in Saturniidae: A Leonardo da Vinci-Style Approach to the Average Saturniidae

Isabelle Hou, Grade: 8th
School: Schimelpfenig Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science and Engineering
Fair (USTX01)
Project Title: iSkin: A Computer Vision and Neural Network-Based Diagnosis for Skin Cancer Using Pigmented Lesions

Rory Hu, Grade: 6th
School: The Harker School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship Presented by the Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering
Fair Association (USCA07)
Project Title: The Effects of Pesticides, Caffeine and Tea Polyphenols on the Visual and Olfactory Learning and Memory of the Honey Bee

Audrey Huang, Grade: 8th
School: Lakeside Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Irvine Unified School District Fair (USCA78)
Project Title: Identifying Asian Hate on Twitter With Machine Learning

Marissa Huang, Grade: 8th
School: Lakeside Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Irvine Unified School District Fair (USCA78)
Project Title: Identifying Asian Hate on Twitter With Machine Learning

Sophie Q. Huang, Grade: 8th
School: Takoma Park Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: ScienceMontgomery (USMD03)
Project Title: LED Colors and Optical Infiltration of Air-Gapped Computers

Evan Yifan Huang, Grade: 8th
School: Thomas Edison Charter School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Harold W. & Helen M. Ritchey Science and Engineering Fair of Utah (USUT07)
Project Title: Is Snow Really Safe To Eat?

Landon William Huber, Grade: 6th
School: Christ Classical Academy
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Capital Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USFL26)
Project Title: Forged in Fire: Strength and Hardness of Metal

Mason Huffman (#), Grade: 8th
School: Trafalgar Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida – Ying Scholars (USFL50)
Project Title: Cooling With Acoustics

Macy Huish, Grade: 8th
School: Thomas Edison Charter School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Harold W. & Helen M. Ritchey Science and Engineering Fair of Utah (USUT07)
Project Title: Thermal Impacts on Battery Chemistry

Kyungsup Hwang, Grade: 8th
School: Gunston Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Northern Virginia Science and Engineering Fair
(USVA01)
Project Title: The Allelopathic Effect of Juglans nigra on the Growth of the Invasive Pueraria montana var. lobata

Manon Iwata, Grade: 8th
School: Westridge School for Girls
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Los Angeles County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA02)
Project Title: Purrfect for the Bones: Association and Effect of Living With a Cat on Women’s Bone Density

Anagha Iyer, Grade: 8th
School: American Heritage School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Broward Regional Science & Engineering Fair (USFL09)
Project Title: The Synergistic Effects of Ametryn, Atrazine, Imidacloprid, Spinosad and Neem Oil on the Development of Danio Rerio Embryos

Shuchir Jain, Grade: 8th
School: Marshall Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Pittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair (USPA04)
Project Title: Effects of Music on Sleep Stages

Sanjay Jaishankar, Grade: 6th
School: Imagine International Academy of North Texas
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science and Engineering
Fair (USTX01)
Project Title: Hydraulic Submarine With Sonar

Rishi Janakiraman, Grade: 7th
School: Central High School Scholars
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Ozarks Science and Engineering Fair (USMO08)
Project Title: Bilingual Brains: The Effect of Bilingualism on the Association of Verbal Stimuli

Max Jewett, Grade: 8th
School: Whitford Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Northwest Science Expo (USOR50)
Project Title: Ideal Particle Size of Calcium Hydroxide for Effective, Efficient Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement

Keertana Jillella, Grade: 7th
School: Heritage Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: North Carolina Central Region III Science Fair (USNC02)
Project Title: HawkEYE

Ellie Johnson, Grade: 6th
School: Home School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Alaska Science and Engineering Fair (USAK50)
Project Title: Washing Danger Down the Drain

Jake Matthew Johnson, Grade: 8th
School: Paul R. Smith Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Pasco Regional Science and Engineering Showcase (USFL30)
Project Title: Spherification

Sophie Hannah Kalish-Schur, Grade: 7th
School: Julia Reynolds Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Delaware Valley Science Fairs (USPA03)
Project Title: Baking in the Name of Science

Abhith Kumar Kasala, Grade: 8th
School: Abraham Lincoln Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida – Ying Scholars (USFL50)
Project Title: Global Plastic Pollution- The Depolymerization of Various Plastic Polymers and Finding the Most Effective Chemical for Plastic Recycling (Year 2)

Lucas S. Katz (#), Grade: 8th
School: Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: California Science & Engineering Fair (USCA50)
Project Title: A Mini-Marine Rescue Vessel System – “The Mini-MARV”

Arman Kazi, Grade: 7th
School: Hershey Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Capital Area Science and Engineering Fair (USPA01)
Project Title: Application of Sustainable Energy-Powered Drone for Surveillance and Rescue Operations During Disasters

Clara Kerr, Grade: 8th
School: Lammersville Elementary School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: California Science & Engineering Fair (USCA50)
Project Title: Development of a Multi-Sensor System To Prevent Child Vehicular Heatstroke

Ahjung Kim, Grade: 8th
School: Newtown Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Delaware Valley Science Fairs (USPA03)
Project Title: Effective Space Radiation Shielding

Griffin Kirby, Grade: 7th
School: Edgewood Junior/Senior High School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Brevard Intracoastal Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USFL14)
Project Title: Salty? Lettuce Find Out

Skye Holyn Knox, Grade: 7th
School: Pacific Crest Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Northwest Science Expo (USOR50)
Project Title: Laboratory Testing of Chemical Cloud Seeding

Caleb C. Kodama (#), Grade: 8th
School: Sierra Madre Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Los Angeles County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA02)
Project Title: Coded Breath a Non-Invasive Diagnostic Approach: Can We Develop an AI-Powered Wireless Electronic-Nose That Utilizes Machine Learning To Identify the Volatile Organic Compounds of Fungal Pneumonia in Our Breath?

Mahi Kohli, Grade: 7th
School: California Trail Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Greater Kansas City Science & Engineering Fair (USMO04)
Project Title: Identifying Potential Alzheimer’s Biomarkers in Cerebrospinal Fluid

Ernest Kolesnikov, Grade: 7th
School: Fox Ridge Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Denver Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USCO10)
Project Title: How Different Substrates Affect Bioplastics

Cooper Kroeker, Grade: 8th
School: Perkins County Schools
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Central Nebraska Science and Engineering Fair (USNE01)
Project Title: Effects of Global Temperature Increase on Aviation

Manya Kukkar (#), Grade: 8th
School: Vestal Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Central New York Science and Engineering Fair (USNY06)
Project Title: Fighting against COVID19 – Interaction of Microcin J25 With Sars-CoV2 RNA Dependent RNA Polymerase Enzyme Complex, Sars-Cov2 Spike Protein and Human-Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Receptor-2 by Molecular Docking

Sharvil Kulkarni, Grade: 8th
School: Juan Cabrillo Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship Presented by the Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering
Fair Association (USCA07)
Project Title: The Visual Vest

Soaham Kumar, Grade: 6th
School: Santa Gertrudis School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Coastal Bend Regional Science Fair (USTX15)
Project Title: Engineering Eco-Friendly and Wind-Resistant Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) for Hurricane Proof Home

Priyam Kumaran, Grade: 7th
School: Meyzeek Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Dupont Manual High School Regional Fair (USKY03)
Project Title: Garlic Nanoparticles Inhibit COVID-19 Induced Cytokine Storm in Macrophage Cells

Mathangi Sanjay Kurup, Grade: 7th
School: Challenge Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Colorado Science and Engineering Fair (USCO50)
Project Title: Phytoremediation of Lead Contaminated Soil Using Brassica juncea

Abigail Denise Lacayo, Grade: 7th
School: Wildwood Middle High School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Big Springs Regional Science Fair (USFL16)
Project Title: Enzyme Excellency: Researching the Effectiveness of Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy

Anderson Lam (#), Grade: 8th
School: The Academy at Lincoln
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: North Carolina State Science Fair (USNC50)
Project Title: Exploring Aluminum Electrolyte Batteries as a Replacement for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Korynna Lau, Grade: 8th
School: Natalie Lipman Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: San Mateo County Office of Education STEM Fair (USCA16)
Project Title: Legibility in Typography

Darren Lau, Grade: 8th
School: Academy at the Lakes
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida – Ying Scholars (USFL50)
Project Title: Color Recognition in Machine Learning

Ethan Lavan, Grade: 8th
School: Cloquet Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Northeast Minnesota Regional Science Fair (USMN02)
Project Title: Effects of the Pandemic/Food Supply Chain, City Population and Time on Minnesota Urban Chicken Keeping

Daniel Lawner, Grade: 8th
School: The New Century School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Morgan State University Science-Mathematics-Engineering Fair (USMD07)
Project Title: Parachute Deployment

John Lee, Grade: 8th
School: Jackson Heights Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Seminole County Regional Science, Mathematics & Engineering Fair (USFL23)
Project Title: Governing Factors for Improving Electrochemical Hydrogen Production and a New MoS₂ Electrode Development

Noah Leighton, Grade: 7th
School: Glades Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida – Ying Scholars (USFL50)
Project Title: Can High-Pressure Gas Generate Enough Thrust To Propel an Object, Therefore Making It an Alternative To Gasoline-Powered Engines?

Emma Lee Lewis, Grade: 7th
School: Central High School Scholars
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Ozarks Science and Engineering Fair (USMO08)
Project Title: Bilingual Brains: The Effect of Bilingualism on the Association of Verbal Stimuli

Jason Anyi Lian, Grade: 7th
School: Iroquois Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Greater Capital Region Science and Engineering Fair, Inc. (USNY07)
Project Title: What Is the Best Way To Optimize a Catapult?

Sasha Lichtman, Grade: 6th
School: Bonita Canyon Elementary School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Irvine Unified School District Fair (USCA78)
Project Title: Do Different Genres of Music Affect the Amount of Food my Tortoise Consumes

Yuha Lim, Grade: 8th
School: Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Los Angeles County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA02)
Project Title: Arduino Package Protector

Brianna Liu, Grade: 8th
School: South Lake Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Orange County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA01)
Project Title: The Productivity of Composting and Its Response to Moisture Content

Jayden Liu, Grade: 7th
School: The Harker School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship Presented by the Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering
Fair Association (USCA07)
Project Title: Studying the Multiple Variables and Their Effects on a Home-built Aquaponics System

Chloe Liu, Grade: 8th
School: Kaimuki Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Honolulu District Science & Engineering Fair (USHI08)
Project Title: The Effects of Increased Atmospheric CO₂ on Medicinal Plants

John Liu, Grade: 8th
School: Chippewa Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Twin Cities Regional Science Fair (USMN04)
Project Title: The Use of Controlled-Releasing Technology To Reduce Salt Contamination in U.S. Water

Frank Eugene Lucci, Grade: 8th
School: BASIS San Antonio – Shavano Campus
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Alamo Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USTX11)
Project Title: MediWing – an Efficient, Inexpensive, Adaptable, Long-Range Medical Package Delivery Plane

Daisy Jane Luke, Grade: 7th
School: Portola Highly Gifted Magnet Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Los Angeles County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA02)
Project Title: Prevalence of Synthetic Materials in Juvenile Environments: Polymeric Microfiber Shedding and Air Quality

Violet Rae MacAvoy (#), Grade: 7th
School: Crocker Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: San Mateo County Office of Education STEM Fair (USCA16)
Project Title: Save Our Forests: Engineering a Cost-Effective, Environmentally Friendly Forest Fire Retardant

Michael Lipeng Macri, Grade: 7th
School: Saint Raymond School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: The Synopsys Outreach Foundation Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA09)
Project Title: Bits vs. Trits: Comparing Binary and Ternary Memory

Nandana Maheskumar, Grade: 8th
School: Juan Cabrillo Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: California Science & Engineering Fair (USCA50)
Project Title: EEVF: Energy Efficient Vertical Farming

Vedant Malik, Grade: 8th
School: Springhouse Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Delaware Valley Science Fairs (USPA03)
Project Title: ChaperDetect: Detecting Misfolded Proteins That Escape Chaperones Causing Degenerative Disease Using AI-Based Deep Learning

Srijon Mandal, Grade: 8th
School: YoungWonks
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: The Synopsys Outreach Foundation Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA09)
Project Title: Road Safety Device for Accident Prevention (RODAN)

Rajarshi Mandal, Grade: 6th
School: William Diamond Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Massachusetts Region IV Science Fair (USMA02)
Project Title: Analysis of Drinking Water Quality in Selected MA Towns and Development of Machine Learning Models on Drinking Water Datasets

Gautam Manikandan, Grade: 6th
School: Imagine International Academy of North Texas
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science and Engineering
Fair (USTX01)
Project Title: Hydraulic Submarine With Sonar

Jake Maniscalco, Grade: 7th
School: American Martyrs School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Los Angeles County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA02)
Project Title: Electric Generator: An Analysis of the Voltage Created by a Spinning Magnetic Field

Louisa Markert, Grade: 8th
School: Indian Springs School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Central Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USAL02)
Project Title: MRI Image Analysis Using an ImageJ-Based Algorithm To Predict New-Onset Dementia

Alex Joe Mathew, Grade: 8th
School: Juan Cabrillo Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship Presented by the Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering
Fair Association (USCA07)
Project Title: The Visual Vest

Angel Mary Mathews, Grade: 7th
School: Mountain View Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Capital Area Science and Engineering Fair (USPA01)
Project Title: The Effect of pH on Juice Balls

Aanvi Mathur, Grade: 7th
School: Orlando Science Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Dr. Nelson Ying-Orange County Science Exposition (USFL17)
Project Title: The Effectiveness of Naturally-Available Plant-Based Extracts as Compared to Antimicrobial Mouthwashes against Microorganisms That Cause Dental Caries

Vishak Meenachi, Grade: 6th
School: LISA Academy- West
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Central Arkansas Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USAR05)
Project Title: Cost Effective Pesticide/Fertilizer Sprayer Attachment for Drones

Akshadha Mehta, Grade: 6th
School: Dodgen Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Georgia State Science and Engineering Fair (USGA50)
Project Title: Maskrete: A Viable Approach to Pandemic Pollution of Face Masks

Samaira Mehta, Grade: 8th
School: Stratford School – Sunnyvale Raynor Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: California Science & Engineering Fair (USCA50)
Project Title: OVision: Automatic Assessment of Ovarian Cancer Features and Mesothelin Protein Over-Expression From Histopathological Images Using Deep Learning

Isabel Merriman, Grade: 8th
School: Saint Brendan School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Golden Gate STEM Fair (USCA06)
Project Title: Microplastics in Food? A Salty Surprise

Cael Andrew Mess, Grade: 8th
School: North Scott Junior High School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: State Science and Technology Fair of Iowa (USIA50)
Project Title: How Do Differences in Woods Making Up an Electric Guitar’s Body Affect the Tone?

Gabriel Hosein Mikati, Grade: 6th
School: The Weiss School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Palm Beach Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USFL29)
Project Title: Thermoelectricity – The FREE Hidden Energy in Our Roadways

Sanvi Mishra, Grade: 8th
School: Challenger School – Strawberry Park
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship Presented by the Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering
Fair Association (USCA07)
Project Title: Ring for Life Rescue

Aadi Mishra, Grade: 7th
School: The Waterford School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: University of Utah Science and Engineering Fair (USUT05)
Project Title: A Novel Method To Efficiently Predict Drug-Consumption Risk Using Boosted Decision Trees

Parker Clayton Mitchell, Grade: 6th
School: Sargent Junior High School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: San Luis Valley Regional Science Fair, Inc. (USCO01)
Project Title: Spin That Wheel II

Alexander Montgomery (#), Grade: 8th
School: Andrew Jackson Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Brevard Mainland Regional Science and Engineering Fair
(USFL28)
Project Title: The Impact of Different Environmental Conditions on Galvanic Corrosion at Launchpad Structures

Kasey Moore, Grade: 7th
School: American Heritage School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Palm Beach Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USFL29)
Project Title: The Effect of Uncaria Tomentosa (Cat’s Claw) in Learning and Memory in Lymnaea Stagnalis (The Great Pond Snail)

Shaivi Moparthi, Grade: 7th
School: Kinkaid School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Science Engineering Fair of Houston (USTX05)
Project Title: PinkRibbon- A Novel Method for Breast Cancer Detection Using Machine Learning and Convolutional Neural Networks

Kaileigh Morris, Grade: 6th
School: Saint Dorothy’s School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Delaware Valley Science Fairs (USPA03)
Project Title: Food Science Plastic vs. Bioplastics

Ashvik Sai Nacham, Grade: 7th
School: Rancho San Joaquin Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Orange County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA01)
Project Title: Optimizing Removal of Nitrates From Water Using Household Waste (Eggshells)

Toshiro Nagafuji, Grade: 7th
School: The Logan School for Creative Learning
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Denver Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USCO10)
Project Title: Finding the Best Bio-Based Material for Bioplastics

Supriya Nair, Grade: 8th
School: Stanford Online High School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Washington State Science and Engineering Fair
(USWA50)
Project Title: Neurofencing: Study of Brain, Heart and Muscle Neuron Action Potentials To Improve Performance of Young Fencers

Akira Nakamura, Grade: 6th
School: Burlingame Intermediate School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: San Mateo County Office of Education STEM Fair (USCA16)
Project Title: Mathematically Modeling Planetary Orbits in Space

Akhila Reddy Nalladimma, Grade: 7th
School: Meyzeek Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Dupont Manual High School Regional Fair (USKY03)
Project Title: Growing Plants in Unstable and Martian Environments

Sharanya Natarajan (#), Grade: 8th
School: Edgewood Junior/Senior High School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Brevard Intracoastal Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USFL14)
Project Title: Suppress That Algae: Mitigating the Effects of Harmful Algal Blooms Through Preemptive Detection and Suppression (Year 3)

Jacob Tan Nguyen, Grade: 8th
School: Five Forks Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Gwinnett Regional Fair (USGA11)
Project Title: Application Of Thermoplastics To 3D Print Pediatric Prosthesis Foot

Luka Anthony Nguyen (#), Grade: 7th
School: Challenger School – Silverado
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Beal Bank USA Southern Nevada Regional Science & Engineering Fair (USNV02)
Project Title: Which Mangroves (Mature Plants vs. Immature Propagules) Thrive Better and Are Best Suited for Aerial Reforestation?

Eric Nie, Grade: 8th
School: North Attleborough Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Massachusetts Region III Science Fair (USMA03)
Project Title: Self-Driving Security Robot With Face Recognition

Anika Nunes, Grade: 8th
School: Fairmont Private School – Historic Anaheim Campus
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Orange County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA01)
Project Title: Engineering Effective Influenza Vaccines Using Novel Interdisciplinary Approaches

Mira Nuthakki, Grade: 8th
School: Creekside Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Hoosier Science and Engineering Fair Region 3 (USIN22)
Project Title: Potential microRNA Biomarker Panel for Predicting Evolution of Pancreatitis to Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Gabriella Sofia Olson, Grade: 6th
School: Carondelet Catholic School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Western Suburbs Science Fair (USMN10)
Project Title: The Invisible Word

Jackson Scott Owens, Grade: 7th
School: Saint Columban School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: University of Cincinnati Science and Engineering EXPO (USOH10)
Project Title: What is the Best Antidote for Spice?

Sritej Sai Padmanabhan, Grade: 8th
School: Marshall Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Pittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair (USPA04)
Project Title: Can Video Analysis of Hand Tremors Aid in Telehealth?

Laasya Pandravada, Grade: 8th
School: Juan Cabrillo Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: California Science & Engineering Fair (USCA50)
Project Title: EEVF: Energy Efficient Vertical Farming

Shaily Nirav Pandya (#), Grade: 7th
School: VIBE Academy
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Western Iowa Science and Engineering Fair (USIA02)
Project Title: No Berries Left Behind! – Extending Strawberry Shelf Life

Arlo John Lotilla Pangilinan, Grade: 8th
School: Saint Columba School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Prince George’s Area Science Fair (USMD05)
Project Title: Mushroom Invasion

Kaya Parikh, Grade: 8th
School: Hunter College High School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Hunter College High School Science and Engineering Fair (USNY78)
Project Title: The Optical Possibilities of Gelatin

Erinne Park, Grade: 8th
School: Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Los Angeles County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA02)
Project Title: The Arduino Package Protector

Kinnoree Rabeya Pasha (#), Grade: 7th
School: Granite Ridge Intermediate School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Fresno County Science Fair (USCA03)
Project Title: Smart Irrigation Through Sensing Technology and Embedded Logic for Optimum Resource Use: A Comparative Analysis To Grow Daikon Radish in Winter Conditions

Neev Patel, Grade: 8th
School: Barrington Middle School – Prairie Campus
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: IJAS State Expo (USIL51)
Project Title: Modification to the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium With Exclusionary Conditions

Reeva Patel, Grade: 8th
School: Juan Cabrillo Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship Presented by the Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering
Fair Association (USCA07)
Project Title: Novel Machine Learning-Based Smart Navigation Attachment To Aid Glaucoma Patients

Shiv Pillai, Grade: 6th
School: American Heritage School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Palm Beach Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USFL29)
Project Title: Which Mechanism of Throttling a Solid Fuel is More Effective?

Siona Aditi Pramoda, Grade: 8th
School: Baldwin School of Puerto Rico
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Puerto Rico Metropolitan Science Fair (TEPR12)
Project Title: A-La-Carte Cyber Safety: Learning From Teachers and Videos, Going to Parents and Friends When in Trouble

Amritha Praveen, Grade: 7th
School: Aptakisic Junior High School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: IJAS State Expo (USIL51)
Project Title: Early Risk Assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Machine Learning

Avery Ryan Pyzik, Grade: 6th
School: Forest Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Central Virginia Regional Science Fair (USVA05)
Project Title: Plastic! Made From Milk?

Abigail Hou Qi, Grade: 7th
School: Glasgow Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Louisiana Region VII-Science and Engineering Fair (USLA01)
Project Title: How Do the Populations of Vibrio Respond to Bdellovibrio and Like Organisms?

Caleb Quinby, Grade: 7th
School: Chiaravalle Academy at the Enfield Montessori School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair (USCT50)
Project Title: Separating Solids and Liquids Going Down the Sink

Valerie Savanna Rahe, Grade: 8th
School: Beckman Catholic School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: State Science and Technology Fair of Iowa (USIA50)
Project Title: Impacts of Fertilizer Type and Concentration on Soil Organisms

Anya Rai, Grade: 7th
School: Partnership Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Mississippi Region V Science and Engineering Fair (USMS06)
Project Title: Analysis of Synthetic and Degradation Pathways of Polyhydroxy Butrate in Cupravidus necator To Produce Biodegradable Plastics

Mujtaba Raja, Grade: 8th
School: Academy 1 Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Jersey City Medical Center/Barnabas Health STEM Showcase (USNJ02)
Project Title: AlgaeTECH | An Affordable Solution To Sustain and Bioremediate Sewage Contamination in Low-Socioeconomic Neighborhoods in New Jersey: Extracting Green Energy (Chlorella vulgaris) From Local Freshwater Reservoirs

Atharv Rajesh, Grade: 6th
School: Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Delaware Valley Science Fairs (USPA03)
Project Title: Bioplastics Made From Food Waste

Riya Rakesh, Grade: 7th
School: Merryhill School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: California Science & Engineering Fair (USCA50)
Project Title: Mud to Electricity: Creating, Comparing and Finding Ways To Improve a Microbial Fuel Cell

Haripriya Ramakrishnan, Grade: 7th
School: Challenger School – Shawnee
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: California Science & Engineering Fair (USCA50)
Project Title: Syringe Chromatography

Vallabh Ramesh, Grade: 8th
School: Meyzeek Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Kentucky Science and Engineering Fair (USKY50)
Project Title: Best Eco-Friendly Application for Concrete Substrates

Sahas Ravoor, Grade: 8th
School: Larson Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Science and Engineering Fair of Metropolitan Detroit (USMI02)
Project Title: The Best Storm and Sewer System!

Sia Reddy, Grade: 8th
School: Talcott Mountain Academy
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair (USCT50)
Project Title: Pellet-“O”-Trap: Capturing Plastic Pellets Through a Multi-Filter System and Analyzing Their Progression Using Binary Image Processing

Zain Rehman, Grade: 6th
School: Central High School Scholars
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Ozarks Science and Engineering Fair (USMO08)
Project Title: The Effect on the Growth of Lettuce Plants Using Various Recyclable Non-Soil Substrates

Andrew Reveles, Grade: 8th
School: Saint Jerome Catholic School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (USAZ50)
Project Title: The Use of Luminol To Detect Blood in an Arson Case Where a Murder Was Involved

Michael Ribay, Grade: 7th
School: Howard Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Big Springs Regional Science Fair (USFL16)
Project Title: Rolling Rovers: A Feasibility Study of Fused Deposition Modeled Wheels

Sophia Ali Rizvi, Grade: 7th
School: Grafton Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Tidewater Science and Engineering Fair (USVA09)
Project Title: What’s Using My Bandwidth? The Effect of Remote Work and At-Home Entertainment Apps on the Network Bandwidth

Avery Alexandra Robinette, Grade: 8th
School: Long-View Micro School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Austin Energy Regional Science Festival (USTX13)
Project Title: Exploring the Relationship between Solar Radiation and Wind Energy Generation

Luke Rodgers, Grade: 8th
School: DeLaura Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Brevard Intracoastal Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USFL14)
Project Title: How Does Altitude Affect the Apogee and Speed of Rocket Launches?

Brielle Rola, Grade: 8th
School: Kaimuki Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Honolulu District Science & Engineering Fair (USHI08)
Project Title: The Effects of Increased Atmospheric CO₂ on Medicinal Plants

Eleanor Rossi, Grade: 8th
School: James Blair Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Tidewater Science and Engineering Fair (USVA09)
Project Title: The Science Behind the Perfect Cappuccino

Amanda Roth, Grade: 6th
School: Flagstaff Academy
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Corden Pharma Colorado Regional Science Fair (USCO09)
Project Title: Does Jumping Higher Result in a Dog Landing With More Force? An Investigation Into Understanding and Preventing Injuries in Performance Dogs.

Raya Sai, Grade: 7th
School: Merryhill School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: California Science & Engineering Fair (USCA50)
Project Title: Mud To Electricity: Creating, Comparing and Finding Ways To Improve a Microbial Fuel Cell

Nyambura Sallinen, Grade: 7th
School: Lanier Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Gwinnett Regional Fair (USGA11)
Project Title: IdentiCan: The App That Detects Lung Cancer

Arjun Samavedam (#), Grade: 8th
School: Robert Frost Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: ScienceMontgomery (USMD03)
Project Title: Energy Efficient and Environment-Friendly Street Light Control System

Pranav Sambhu, Grade: 8th
School: Fulton Science Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Georgia State Science and Engineering Fair (USGA50)
Project Title: Work OnPoint

Moitri Santra (#), Grade: 8th
School: Jackson Heights Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Seminole County Regional Science, Mathematics & Engineering Fair (USFL23)
Project Title: Innovative Engineering Tools for Controlling Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB): Year 3

Sanjan Singh Sarang, Grade: 8th
School: McCullough Junior High School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Science Engineering Fair of Houston (USTX05)
Project Title: Testing the Impact of Food Ingredients, Consumer Products and their Packaging on the Human Endocrine System

Monish Saravana Kumar Divya Sundari, Grade: 8th
School: Orlando Science Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida – Ying Scholars (USFL50)
Project Title: Year 2: OCTOPAS – Developing an Automated Novel Approach To Clean Up Oil Spills

Gavin Bootan Sarmiento, Grade: 8th
School: Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Los Angeles County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA02)
Project Title: Arduino Package Protector

Mona Sophie Schwickert, Grade: 7th
School: Arizona Virtual Academy
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (USAZ50)
Project Title: Sun Lotions and Bathing Suit Straps: The Impact Sun Lotions Have on Bathing Suit Straps’ Elasticity

Keshvee Sekhda, Grade: 7th
School: Lanier Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Gwinnett Regional Fair (USGA11)
Project Title: IdentiCan: The App That Detects Lung Cancer

Aryan Shah, Grade: 7th
School: Meyzeek Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Kentucky Science and Engineering Fair (USKY50)
Project Title: How Can DNA Be Used as a Genetic Tool for Diagnosis and Treatment of Disease?

Nitya Ankit Shah, Grade: 6th
School: Stoller Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Northwest Science Expo (USOR50)
Project Title: Autonomous Vehicles Hand Gesture Detection and Signaling

Sofia Shah, Grade: 8th
School: The Harker School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship Presented by the Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering
Fair Association (USCA07)
Project Title: Change and Improvement of Antioxidant Levels in Different Fruits and Storage Environments

Zane Shaiyen, Grade: 7th
School: Fairmont Private School – Historic Anaheim Campus
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Orange County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA01)
Project Title: Magnetic Linear Accelerator: Effect of Number of Magnet Stages on Ejection Distance

Zain Shariff (#), Grade: 7th
School: Narrows View Intermediate School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Discovery Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USWA02)
Project Title: Identification of Microwave-Related Changes in Tissue Using an Ultrasound Scan

Kaitlyn Sharrer, Grade: 8th
School: Fruitvale Junior High
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: California Science & Engineering Fair (USCA50)
Project Title: Bendable Bones

Elizabeth Shen, Grade: 7th
School: Davis Drive Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: North Carolina State Science Fair (USNC50)
Project Title: Flower Petal-Inspired Computer Memory Leveling via the Golden Ratio

Elizabeth Shen, Grade: 7th
School: Stoller Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Northwest Science Expo (USOR50)
Project Title: Rapid Oil Disposal Through Lightweight Absorption and Solidification

Ethan Benjamin Shlossberg, Grade: 8th
School: Holicong Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Delaware Valley Science Fairs (USPA03)
Project Title: Quail Egg Patterns: Unique to a Quail?

Aryaman Dixit Shukla, Grade: 8th
School: Hanes Magnet Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: North Carolina State Science Fair (USNC50)
Project Title: Repurposed Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Leaf Mulch Pellets

Rayyan Ahmed Siddiq, Grade: 7th
School: The Islamic Academy for Peace
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Massachusetts Region IV Science Fair (USMA02)
Project Title: Reducing Energy Consumption and Global Greenhouse Effect in Refrigeration

Caleb Sigelman, Grade: 7th
School: Main Line Classical Academy
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Delaware Valley Science Fairs (USPA03)
Project Title: Despair Is Infectious: An Analysis of How a Community’s Conditions Affect Resistance to Vaccination

Emma Abigail Simmons, Grade: 7th
School: Mother Seton School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Frederick County Science and Engineering Fair (USMD02)
Project Title: Portable Bronchodilator Delivery System for Equine Inflammatory Respiratory Diseases

Sarah Charlotte Simmons, Grade: 7th
School: Mother Seton School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Frederick County Science and Engineering Fair (USMD02)
Project Title: Portable Bronchodilator Delivery System for Equine Inflammatory Respiratory Diseases

Tavishi Sinha, Grade: 8th
School: Quail Valley Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Science Engineering Fair of Houston (USTX05)
Project Title: ALGI₂: Finding A Sustainable Carbon Sequestration Solution Through Growing Algae on Hydroponic Surfaces

Alexander Luong Sinn, Grade: 8th
School: Bak Middle School of the Arts
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Palm Beach Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USFL29)
Project Title: Does a Sports Drink Contain More Electrolytes Than Milk?

Tanvi Sivakumar, Grade: 8th
School: The Harker School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: California Science & Engineering Fair (USCA50)
Project Title: Improving Outcomes: Early Detection of Autism Using fMRI and Phenotypic Data With Convolutional Neural Networks

Abhijith Sivaprakash, Grade: 6th
School: Deerfield Elementary School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Irvine Unified School District Fair (USCA78)
Project Title: Which Material Stops Water From Getting to Coastal Cities Best?

Quinton John Smith, Grade: 8th
School: Ottawa Hills Junior/Senior High School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: State Science Day (Ohio) (USOH51)
Project Title: The Effects of Fertilizer on Algal and Plant Growth

Ana Spiride, Grade: 7th
School: Rice Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science and Engineering
Fair (USTX01)
Project Title: drEYEve: A Novel Gaze-Controlled Movement System

Wyatt Steel, Grade: 6th
School: Nysmith School for the Gifted and Talented
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Fairfax County Elementary and Middle School Science and Engineering Fair (USVA78)
Project Title: Carbon Captured! Can Basalt Eclipse Limestone as the Standard in Vegetable Farming?

Liam Stemmle, Grade: 7th
School: Saint Matthew’s Episcopal Day School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: San Mateo County Office of Education STEM Fair (USCA16)
Project Title: Masked Faces

Sebastian Stoker, Grade: 8th
School: Albuquerque Institute of Mathematics and Science
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Central New Mexico Regional Science and Engineering Challenge (USNM01)
Project Title: Isolating Aquatic Microplastics

Brian Stone, Grade: 8th
School: Centennial Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Central Utah STEM Fair (USUT04)
Project Title: Detoxification of Brine Shrimp From the Great Salt Lake

Sandhya Sudarsanam, Grade: 8th
School: Westside Middle School Academy
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair (USCT50)
Project Title: Design and Testing of an Integrated 360 Degree Pi Camera System for Deep Well Rescue Mission

Brian Sun, Grade: 7th
School: Van Antwerp Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Greater Capital Region Science and Engineering Fair, Inc. (USNY07)
Project Title: What Is the Best Way To Optimize a Catapult?

Mio Sutherland, Grade: 8th
School: Kaimuki Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Honolulu District Science & Engineering Fair (USHI08)
Project Title: The Effects of Increased Atmospheric CO₂ on Medicinal Plants

Nikila Swaminathan, Grade: 8th
School: Ereckson Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science and Engineering
Fair (USTX01)
Project Title: Genomic Analysis of SARS-COV-2 S Protein

Jonathan Alexander Szeto, Grade: 8th
School: The Harker School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: California Science & Engineering Fair (USCA50)
Project Title: A Cost-Effective Method Using Ash To Improve the Efficacy of Oil Spill Bioremediation With Bacillus subtilis

Ansh Thakkar, Grade: 8th
School: Champion School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship Presented by the Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering
Fair Association (USCA07)
Project Title: A Raspberry Pi-Based Automatically-Maintained Hydroponic System

Lakshmi Thanikasalam, Grade: 7th
School: Flagstaff Academy
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Corden Pharma Colorado Regional Science Fair (USCO09)
Project Title: Capillary Action – Investigation and Empirical Modeling

Nidhi Thankasala, Grade: 8th
School: Juan Cabrillo Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship Presented by the Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering
Fair Association (USCA07)
Project Title: Novel Machine Learning-Based Smart Navigation Attachment To Aid Glaucoma Patients

Ahil Thendral, Grade: 7th
School: Robert Frost Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: ScienceMontgomery (USMD03)
Project Title: Grid Iron Battery

Nichelle Thinagar, Grade: 7th
School: Oak Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Massachusetts Region II State Science Fair (USMA05)
Project Title: Origami Safety Barrier – Designing and Testing a Safety Barrier for Short-Term Road Construction Sites That Is Easy To Set Up, Store and Transport

Daniel Thomas, Grade: 8th
School: Colleyville Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Fort Worth Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USTX03)
Project Title: A Novel Dosing Pump To Prevent Clogs and Organic Overgrowth in AC Condensate Lines

Jacob Thompson, Grade: 7th
School: Herbert C. Hoover Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Brevard Intracoastal Regional Science and Engineering Fair (USFL14)
Project Title: Oh Barnacles

Evie Thomsen, Grade: 7th
School: Challenger School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: University of Utah Science and Engineering Fair (USUT05)
Project Title: Solution to Pollution: The Effect of Substrate pH on the Ability of Mycelium To Degrade Polyethylene Terephthalate Plastic

Kriesh Tivare, Grade: 8th
School: Cooper Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Fairfax County Elementary and Middle School Science and Engineering Fair (USVA78)
Project Title: No More Power Lines! The Future of Power Transmission

Gauri Todur, Grade: 8th
School: Juan Cabrillo Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship Presented by the Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering
Fair Association (USCA07)
Project Title: Machine Learning-Based Smart Navigation Attachment To Aid Glaucoma Patients

Maya Julia Trutschl, Grade: 8th
School: Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Bossier Parish Community College Louisiana Region I Science and Engineering Fair (USLA02)
Project Title: Microcontroller-Driven Remote HVAC Monitoring System for a Greener Planet

Kai Unwin-Wisnosky (#), Grade: 8th
School: University Scholars, Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Delaware Valley Science Fairs (USPA03)
Project Title: Are Four Scaled-Down Savonius Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines More Efficient Than a Single-Scaled Wind Turbine of the Same Type?

Anjana Vaidyaraman, Grade: 8th
School: Odle Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Washington State Science and Engineering Fair
(USWA50)
Project Title: A Foldable Reflectarray Antenna on an Origami Waterbomb Crease Pattern

Ani Van More, Grade: 8th
School: Jane Addams Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Washington State Science and Engineering Fair
(USWA50)
Project Title: Reducing Food Waste by Making Biochar

Hamsini Vegi, Grade: 6th
School: Mission San Jose Elementary School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: The Synopsys Outreach Foundation Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA09)
Project Title: Fun Exercise Glove

Kethan Vegunta, Grade: 7th
School: YoungWonks
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: The Synopsys Outreach Foundation Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA09)
Project Title: Road Safety Device for Accident Prevention (RODAN)

Aditi Vijaya Venkataraman (#), Grade: 8th
School: McCullough Junior High School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Texas Science and Engineering Fair (USTX50)
Project Title: The Effect of Ethnic Proximity on the Ability To Differentiate Between Real and Computer-Generated Faces

Taylor Verdell, Grade: 8th
School: Thirkell Elementary-Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Science and Engineering Fair of Metropolitan Detroit (USMI02)
Project Title: Does Solar Activity Create Space Weather That Can Impact Earth?

Nandini Verma, Grade: 7th
School: Thornton Junior High School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: The Synopsys Outreach Foundation Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA09)
Project Title: Does Listening to Music Have the Same Effect as Feeling Its Vibrations?

Neethika Vijay, Grade: 7th
School: Synapse School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: San Mateo County Office of Education STEM Fair (USCA16)
Project Title: Shoe-in: Accessible Shoe Design

Álvaro Daniel Villafuerte, Grade: 7th
School: Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Puerto Rico Metropolitan Science Fair (TEPR12)
Project Title: Design and Development of an Accurate Temperature Monitoring Station Powered by Solar Energy

Achuth Vinay, Grade: 7th
School: Granite Ridge Intermediate School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Fresno County Science Fair (USCA03)
Project Title: Do Word Recognition Software Have Racial or Gender Bias?

Eshan Vipuil, Grade: 7th
School: West Shore Junior/Senior High School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Brevard South Science and Engineering Fair (USFL13)
Project Title: Building a Simplistic Cost-Effective Pill Counter To Improve Patient Compliance

Anwita Suhrid Wadekar, Grade: 6th
School: Saint Bernadette School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Massachusetts Region II State Science Fair (USMA05)
Project Title: Beauty or the Beast: Understanding the Durability of Nail Polishes

Aman Rajalaxmi Wairkar, Grade: 7th
School: League City Intermediate
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Science Engineering Fair of Houston (USTX05)
Project Title: Comparing the Effectiveness of Chamomile and Passionflower Herbal Tea in Inducing Sleep

Senya Walker, Grade: 8th
School: Union Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: University of Utah Science and Engineering Fair (USUT05)
Project Title: Impacts of Salinity on the Diameter of an Oil Spill

Eliana Wang, Grade: 8th
School: Takoma Park Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: ScienceMontgomery (USMD03)
Project Title: LED Colors and Optical Infiltration of Air-Gapped Computers

Kallie Wang (#), Grade: 8th
School: The Harker School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship Presented by the Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering
Fair Association (USCA07)
Project Title: Change and Improvement of Antioxidant Levels in Different Fruits and Storage Environments

Matthew Wang, Grade: 7th
School: Andover West Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Massachusetts State Science & Engineering Fair (USMA50)
Project Title: Scalable Early Wildfire Detection and Alert System With IoT

Melody Wang, Grade: 7th
School: Challenger School – Ardenwood
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: The Synopsys Outreach Foundation Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair (USCA09)
Project Title: Mask Filtration Phenomena

Adonis M. Wazni, Grade: 8th
School: University School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Northeastern Ohio Science and Engineering Fair (USOH02)
Project Title: The Ways a Room Influences Safety Against SARS-CoV-2

Daphne Wen, Grade: 8th
School: Takoma Park Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: ScienceMontgomery (USMD03)
Project Title: LED Colors and Optical Infiltration of Air-Gapped Computers

Sam Wu, Grade: 8th
School: Talcott Mountain Academy
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair (USCT50)
Project Title: The RightSwitch: An Automatic Light Switch Sterilization Device

James Xiao, Grade: 8th
School: Marshall Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Pittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair (USPA04)
Project Title: The Role of Gut Bacterial Metabolome in Colorectal Cancer (CRC)

Albert Xu, Grade: 6th
School: Challenger School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: University of Utah Science and Engineering Fair (USUT05)
Project Title: Water Purification With Different Sized Carbon Particles

Kayley Xu (#), Grade: 7th
School: The Bishop’s School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: California Science & Engineering Fair (USCA50)
Project Title: Using Machine Learning Algorithms To Predict Water Potability

Ethan Yan, Grade: 7th
School: Burlingame Intermediate School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: San Mateo County Office of Education STEM Fair (USCA16)
Project Title: Can “One Look” by Machine Detect Acute Leukemia? Classic and Novel Deep Learning-Based Detection Systems for Leukemia

Jieqin Lydia Yang, Grade: 8th
School: Harvest Christian Academy
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Guam Island-Wide Science Fair (TEGU01)
Project Title: The Effect of Image Stacking on Astrophotography of the Orion Nebula, Horse Head, and Belt Stars

Jillian Yao, Grade: 8th
School: Saint Ann School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Mercer Science and Engineering Fair
(USNJ03)
Project Title: Can Ferromagnetic Nanoparticles Help Clean Ocean Spills? The Effect of Ferrofluids and Magnetic Strength on Efficiency of Separating Oil from Water

Sara Yoshida, Grade: 8th
School: Juan Cabrillo Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: California Science & Engineering Fair (USCA50)
Project Title: EEVF: Energy Efficient Vertical Farming

Aaron Zacharia, Grade: 7th
School: Julia Landon College Preparatory and Leadership Development School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida – Ying Scholars (USFL50)
Project Title: Mission Go Dark

Andrew Zhang, Grade: 7th
School: Iroquois Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Greater Capital Region Science and Engineering Fair, Inc. (USNY07)
Project Title: What is the Best Way To Optimize a Catapult?

Jessica Zhang, Grade: 7th
School: Rice Middle School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science and Engineering
Fair (USTX01)
Project Title: Is Biodegradable Plastic Actually Better for the Environment?

Yuxuan Zhang, Grade: 8th
School: Boston Latin School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Massachusetts Region VI Science Fair (USMA06)
Project Title: Lichens as Bioindicators of Air Quality

Michael Jiaqi Zhu, Grade: 8th
School: Birchwood School
Affiliate Fair Name and ID: Northeastern Ohio Science and Engineering Fair (USOH02)
Project Title: Biodegradable Plastics: An Experiment Conducted on Diverse Types of Biodegradable Plastics To Test Which Type Can Degrade the Quickest and Withstand the Most Tension