Full Awards: High school scientists win nearly $9M at Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair

May 19th, 2023, Dallas, TX — Society for Science announced Grand Awards of Regeneron ISEF 2023. Student winners are ninth through twelfth graders who earned the right to compete at Regeneron ISEF 2023 by winning a top prize at a local, regional, state or national science fair.

Grand Awards are presented in each of the 21 ISEF categories:

• 1st Award: $5,000
• 2nd Award: $2,000
• 3rd Award: $1,000
• 4th Award: $500

Winners of the Top Awards are selected from among the 1^st Award winners:

• George D. Yancopoulos Innovator Award of $75,000
• Regeneron Young Scientist Awards (2) of $50,000 each
• The Gordon E. Moore Award for Positive Outcomes for Future Generations of $50,000
• Craig R. Barrett Award for Innovation of $10,000
• Robert Horvitz Prize for Fundamental Research of $10,000
• Peggy Scripps Award for Science Communication of $10,000

EU Contest for Young Scientists Award

This award is presented to two projects that will represent Regeneron ISEF at the EU Contest for Young Scientists to be  held in Leiden, Netherlands September 13 – 19, 2023.

BMED011 — DiaMiR: A MicroRNA (miR-23) Microneedle Patch for Type-2 Diabetes Control

• • George Cheng, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC, United States of America

EBED004 — A Fully Automatic Self-Assembling Modular Robot System

• • Yik Chun John Peng, Shanghai American School – Puxi Campus, Shanghai, China

 

Dudley R. Herschbach SIYSS Award

This award is a multi-disciplinary seminar inspiring youth to science, highlighting some of the most remarkable achievements by young scientists around the world.  This award is named for Dudley R. Herschbach, Harvard Professor and 1986 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. He is Board Chairman Emeritus of the Society for Science.   The winning finalists will receive an all-expense paid trip to attend the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar, which includes attendance at the Nobel Prize Ceremonies in Stockholm, Sweden.

CBIO013 — Micro-Changing Short Tandem Repeats: Investigating a Novel Genomic Factor of Polymorphism in 10 Human Cancers

• • Kevin Zhu, Jericho High School, NY, United States of America

MCRO050 — Biosynthetic Engineering of Novel Multifunctioning Electroactive Bacterial Cellulose-Carbon Nanotube Therapeutic Bandages for Rapid Clearance of Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus

• • Daniel Levin, Pittsburgh Allderdice High School, PA, United States of America

PHYS062 — Optical System for Optometry of Astigmatism

• • Alexander Plekhanov, Portland, OR, United States of America

 

Peggy Scripps Award for Science Communication

This award will be given to the finalist that is best able to communicate their project to the lay public, explaining both the science and its potential impact on society.

EGSD002 — Energy-Free Power Saving Device for Air Conditioners

• • Eugene Chen, Shanghai High School International Division, China

 

Robert Horvitz Prize for Fundamental Research

Given to the project that represents the best in fundamental research that furthers our understanding of science and/or mathematics and promotes the understanding of natural phenomena without clearly defined applications towards processes or products in mind.

ENBM038T — Screening for Multiple Gastrointestinal Cancers With CanDELA: Low-Cost, Automated Gastrointestinal Cancer Detection Utilizing Magnetic Bead miRNA Extraction, Peristaltic Pump-Based Liquid Handling, miRNA Amplification and Fluorescence Spectroscopy With Support Vector Networks

• • Gopalaniruddh Tadinada , duPont Manual High School, KY, United States of America
  • Rishabh Ranjan, duPont Manual High School, KY, United States of America

 

Craig R. Barrett Award for Innovation

This $10,000 award will be given to the finalist who best demonstrates an innovation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, recognizing that research and innovation are dependent on the integration of these disciplines, as well as, the impact they collectively have on our everyday lives.

ETSD015 — Exploring Stick-Climbing and Grabber-Wheel Hybridization: The Development of an Inchworm Robot with Integrated Skateboard Mechanism

• • Yuyang Wang, Shanghai Pinghe Bilingual School, China

 

The Gordon E. Moore Award

This award will be given to the project that best demonstrates the founding principle of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to make an enduring difference for future generations through rigorous scientific inquiry and a passion for discovery and invention.

BMED028 — The Neurobiology of Suicide: Claudin-5 Is a Novel Biomarker of Suicide Pathogenesis

• • Natasha Kulviwat, Jericho High School, NY, United States of America

 

Regeneron Young Scientist Awards

These finalists will be selected for their commitment to innovation in tackling challenging scientific questions, using authentic research practices and creating solutions to the problems of tomorrow.

ANIM024T — Optimization of Green Lacewing (Mallada basalis) Survivability From Hatching and Foraging Behavior

• • Pannathorn Siri, Bangkok Christian College, Thailand
  • Poon Trakultangmun, Bangkok Christian College, Thailand
  • Teepakorn Keawumdee, Bangkok Christian College, Thailand

CBIO068 — BIO-PLEX: An Innovative Biocomputational Approach to Decode the Secrets of the 2022 Mpox Resurgence

• • Saathvik Kannan, David H. Hickman High School, MO, United States of America

 

George D. Yancopoulos Innovator Award

The George D. Yancopoulos Innovator Award recognizes the Best of the Best among the outstanding students from around the world who participate in Regeneron ISEF. The winning project is selected on the basis of outstanding and innovative research, as well as on the potential impact of the work — in the field and on the world at large.

PHYS056 — Discovery of the Smallest Ever Ultra-Short-Period Planet Using Novel Phase Folding Detection System Parallelized on a Cheap GPU

• • Kaitlyn Wang, The Harker School, CA, United States of America

 

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ANIMAL SCIENCES

First Award of $5,000

ANIM024T — Optimization of Green Lacewing (Mallada basalis) Survivability From Hatching and Foraging Behavior

• Pannathorn Siri, Bangkok Christian College, Thailand
• Poon Trakultangmun, Bangkok Christian College, Thailand
• Teepakorn Keawumdee, Bangkok Christian College, Thailand

Second Award of $2,000

ANIM026T — A Novel Non-Invasive Method to Detect Pebrine Disease in Sericulture by Using Phototaxis of Hatched Silkworm (Bombyx mori)

• Kanyarin Sriwichai, Damrongratsongkroh School, Chiangrai, Thailand
• Panatas Chaiprakan , Damrongratsongkroh School, Chiangrai, Thailand
• Thanawit Namjaidee, Damrongratsongkroh School, Chiangrai, Thailand

ANIM029 — The Efficacy of Abiotic/Biotic Factors and Trap Design for Effective Capture of Invasive American Bullfrog Tadpoles (Lithobates catesbeianus)

• Marissa Martinez, Monte Vista High School, CO, United States of America

ANIM036 — Pharmacaule: Larvicidal, Insecticide and Repellent Potential of Active Principles of Tucum-Mirim (Astrocaryum acaule) in the Control of Arthropods That Transmit Arboviruses

• Gustavo Botega Serra, Escola Santa Teresinha, Maranhao, Brazil

Third Award of $1,000

ANIM004 — Is Your Cat or Dog Really Spayed?: A Novel Test to Diagnose Ovarian Remnant Syndrome

• Melina Kumar, Clear Lake High School, TX, United States of America

ANIM008 — Year 4: Evaluating the Efficacy of Novel Volatile Beer Blend and Coumaphos Acaricide for Small Hive Beetle Treatment Within Honey Bee Hives

• Atreya Manaswi, Orlando Science Schools, FL, United States of America

ANIM021 — The Ability of Vitamin E to Improve the Reproduction, Locomotor Fitness, and Metabolic Respiration of Nicotine-Induced D. melanogaster

• Ibrahim Qadri, Valley Stream South High School, NY, United States of America

ANIM025T — A Sustainable Approach to Control the Destructive Red Palm Weevil Pests

• Sunyapat Akkarajeerawat, Bangkok Christian College, Thailand
• Thanatkorn Chauvanasmith, Bangkok Christian College, Thailand

ANIM028 — The Effect of Neonicotinoids on the Positive Transfer of Learning in Honeybees

• Charisse Zou, Dougherty Valley High School, CA, United States of America

Fourth Award of $500

ANIM015T — Biomechanical Analysis of Labial Movement in the Hunting of Dragonfly Nymphs

• Minseo Kim, Sejong Academy of Science and Arts, Chungcheong, South Korea
• Sujin Kim, Sejong Academy of Science and Arts, Chungcheong, South Korea

ANIM017 — Protect Our Health by Water Bear (Macrobiotus sp.)

• Chien-Hung Yen, Chu-Lin Private High School, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei

ANIM018 — Cracking the Code: New Genetic Link Between Sleep and Aging-slo-1 in C. elegans

• Yunzhe Liang, No.1 High School Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai, China

ANIM032 — Effect of Larval Crowding of the Zophobas morio Beetle on Consumption of Polystyrene Foam

• Elizaveta Plis, Falls Church High School, VA, United States of America

ANIM053 — Development of a Predictive Model of Honey Bee Foraging Activity Under Different Climate Conditions

• Vince Wu, Palo Alto Senior High School, CA, United States of America

ANIM055 — Quantitative Environmental DNA Metabarcoding for the Enumeration of Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.)

• Elizabeth Djajalie, Thunder Mountain High School, AK, United States of America

BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

First Award of $5,000

BEHA046 — The Effect of Intermittent Metabolic Switching (IMS) on the Cognitive and Behavioral Abilities of Mutant Drosophila, Leading to Brief Synaptic Neuroplasticity as an Alzheimer’s Model

• Emma Colarte Delgado, American Heritage School, FL, United States of America

Second Award of $2,000

BEHA003 — Anxi: A Novel Natural Language Processing System for the Detection and Prevention of Anxiety Disorders

• Pranav Somani, College Park High School, TX, United States of America

BEHA022 — Assessing Abnormalities in Spatial Awareness of Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease Through the Line Quadrisection Test

• Yurim Jin, Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, Gangwon, South Korea

BEHA056 — Auditory Acuity and Auditory Feedback Response in Children With and Without Residual Speech Sound Disorder

• Asuka Koda, The Bronx High School of Science, NY, United States of America

Third Award of $1,000

BEHA017 — Spark Care+: Personalized Music Therapy for Relaxation and Energizing Using a Mobile and AI Approach

• Sarah Park, The Bolles School, FL, United States of America

BEHA020 — MLOffense: Multilingual Offensive Language Detection and Target Identification on Social Media Using Graph Attention Transformer Model

• Grant Wang, Williamsville East High School, NY, United States of America

BEHA026 — Investigate Cortical Activation During Motor Functions Using fNIRS in Healthy Adults

• Pei-Yun Chen, Taipei First Girls High School, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei

BEHA043T — Little Mermaid: Improving Social Communication Level for Mildly Autistic Children Using Video Call-Based Mobile Application Game

• Sama Nooh, Sharkya STEM School, Sharkia, Egypt
• Shahd Nooh, Sharkya STEM School, Sharkia, Egypt

BEHA057T — Integrated Care Platform That Utilizes Artificial Intelligence, and Extended Reality With Principles of Gamification to Integrate Palliative Care Services Into the Rehabilitation Journey

• Anas Abuamar, Bethlehem Secondary School for Boys, Bethlehem, Palestine
• Ayham Khleif, Bethlehem Secondary School for Boys, Bethlehem, Palestine

Fourth Award of $500

BEHA012 — Analyzing Data of Data Analysis of Analyzed Data About Exoplanets

• Evelyn Seevers, Conifer High School, CO, United States of America

BEHA018 — Impacts of Levodopa and Traditional Medicines on the Locomotion of Alpha-Synuclein Caenorhabditis elegans

• Elif Koch, Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, NY, United States of America

BEHA019 — The Correlation Between Peroxisome Levels and Short-Term Memory Loss in a PINK1-/- Rat Model of Parkinson’s Disease

• Holy Mary Zaher, Smithtown High School East, NY, United States of America

BEHA030 — Development of 3D Printed Personalized Chewable Tablets for Use in Older Adults With Dysphagia

• Hanadi Orayf, Umm Salamah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

BEHA045T — SEL-Pet: An Innovative Eye-Tracking and Audio Hybrid System for ASD Early Detection

• Alec Zhang, The Harker School, CA, United States of America
• Jingjing Liang, The Harker School, CA, United States of America

BEHA047 — Quantifying Depression: An Art-Based Approach to Reducing the Self-Report Bias in Diagnosing Depression Using Koch’s Baum Test and Color Psychology

• Saachi Sharma, Nikola Tesla STEM High School, WA, United States of America

BIOCHEMISTRY

First Award of $5,000

BCHM001 — A Novel Electrochemiluminescence Biosensing System Using Photonic Crystal as Luminescence-Enhanced Substrates for the Ultrasensitive Detection of Food-Borne Harmful Substances

• Harrison Hao-Tian Tang, Shanghai High School International Division, China

Second Award of $2,000

BCHM004T — A Novel Approach to Treating Parkinson’s Disease With Amino Acids to Alleviate LRRK2 Gene Mutation Symptoms in C. elegans Evaluated via the Use of Multidimensional Analysis Methods

• Halley Compuesto, Vista Ridge High School, TX, United States of America
• Rajvi Babaria, Vista Ridge High School, TX, United States of America

BCHM010T — HepaEase: Development of an Instigating Risk Assessment Tool and xLFIA Validating Potential Urinary Biomarkers for Early Detection of NAFLD

• Aditya Jha, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s R.K. Sarda Vidya Mandir, Chhattisgarh, India
• Ishan Choudhary, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s R.K. Sarda Vidya Mandir, Chhattisgarh, India

Third Award of $1,000

BCHM011 — Analysis of Anti-Inflammatory Compounds in Drug Absorption and Calculated Transdermal Permeability Utilizing the Parallel Artificial Membrane Permeability Assay (PAMPA)

• Olivia Bartrum, Wakefield High School, VA, United States of America

BCHM016T — Development of Functional Nanoplatforms by Green Synthesis for Various Bio-Applications

• Asli Ece Yilmaz, Sehit Prof. Dr. Ilhan Varank Bilim ve Sanat Merkezi, Karesi, Turkey
• Azra Demirkapilar, Sehit Prof. Dr. Ilhan Varank Bilim ve Sanat Merkezi, Karesi, Turkey

BCHM034 — Antipodal Algae: Energy Solution for a Tropical Island

• Amelie Chen, Pacific Horizons School, American Samoa

Fourth Award of $500

BCHM005 — Deciphering the Radioprotective Effects of the Soy Isoflavone Genistein in Lung Cells

• Siddharth Sridharan, Little Rock Central High School, AR, United States of America

BCHM006 — Developing a Selective SUV39H1 Inhibitor to Improve Cancer Prognosis

• David Kim, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC, United States of America

BCHM020 — Anti-Androgen Therapeutic Agents: Use of PTLC and Microplate Counting to Measure Isolates From Four Promising California Indigenous Plants on Anti-Proliferation in LNCaP, DU145, PC-3, and 22Rv1 Prostate Cancer Cell Models

• Eva Chen, University High School, CA, United States of America

BCHM028 — Characterization of Engineered Protein LLHP Repression Through the Induction of DNA Looping

• Mia Stamos, Shawnee Mission East, KS, United States of America

BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES

First Award of $5,000

BMED011 — DiaMiR: A MicroRNA (miR-23) Microneedle Patch for Type-2 Diabetes Control

• George Cheng, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC, United States of America

BMED028 — The Neurobiology of Suicide: Claudin-5 Is a Novel Biomarker of Suicide Pathogenesis

• Natasha Kulviwat, Jericho High School, NY, United States of America

Second Award of $2,000

BMED046 — Upregulation of Innate Immune Response Genes in a SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein Dependent Manner

• Zahraa Al Shubbar, Dhahran Ahliyya School, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

BMED051 — Hypothalamic EZH2: A Key Regulator of Leptin Sensitivity in Obesity

• Baochan Fan, Hamilton High School, AZ, United States of America

BMED053 — Novel Strategies for the Reversal of Cancer Cell Immortality

• Samuel Wu, Dublin High School, CA, United States of America

BMED058 — Utilizing Caulobacter crescentus To Target the Bcl-2 Gene and NF-kB to Cause Apoptosis in Nasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

• Maya Mohanty, American Heritage School of Boca Delray, FL, United States of America

Third Award of $1,000

BMED004 — Sex Differences in Cardiac Energetics During Viral Myocarditis

• Kathryn Shapiro, Ponte Vedra High School, FL, United States of America

BMED008 — Influences of a Maternal High-Fat Diet (HFD) and Serotonin Transporter (SERT) Deficiencies on Cognitive Flexibility

• Amber Elizalde, Health Careers High School, TX, United States of America

BMED029 — Development of a Low-Cost Machine Learning Diagnostic Device and Medical IoT Application as a Novel Approach to Combating Retinal Diseases

• Aum Dhruv, Fort Myers High School, FL, United States of America

BMED054 — CaSR–GSH Interaction: Finding an Effective Antagonist

• Raj Letchuman, Caddo Parish Magnet High School, LA, United States of America

BMED055T — Application of Deep Learning Models Into the Prediction of Interleukin-6 and -8 Cytokines in Sickle Cell Anemia Patients

• Dylan Nguyen, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, FL, United States of America
• Ethan Beauzile, Binghamton High School, NY, United States of America
• Lukas Abraham, Suncoast Community High School, FL, United States of America

Fourth Award of $500

BMED002 — Neuroinflammation in the Choroid Plexus During Alzheimer’s Disease

• Karolina Jerabkova, Gymnazium Brno-Reckovice, Jihomoravsky Kraj, Czech Republic

BMED006 — Identifying and Mitigating Renal Toxicity of Lithium on Bipolar Disorder Using HEK293 Cells

• Amara Martin, Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus, HI, United States of America

BMED017 — Investigating the Potential for Vitamin D3 to Serve as a Therapeutic Against the Degenerative Effects of Diabetes Using Drosophila melanogaster as a Model Organism

• Madison Echols, Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, MS, United States of America

BMED025 — Deciphering a Sleeping Pathogen: Uncovering Novel Transcriptional Regulators of Hypoxia-Induced Dormancy in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

• Rohak Jain, Interlake High School, WA, United States of America

BMED027 — Sulforaphane and Panobinostat: A Novel Therapy for Glioblastoma Multiforme

• Harika Koduru, Bergen County Academies, NJ, United States of America

BMED030 — Role of CRMP2 Interaction With Kinase CDK5 in Forming the Neurofibrillary Tangles of Alzheimer’s Disease

• Samyuktha Iyer, Laurel School, OH, United States of America

BMED067 — Cytotoxicity of Mamaki (Pipturus albidus) on LNCaP Cells

• Christian Roy, Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus, HI, United States of America

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

First Award of $5,000

ENBM038T — Screening for Multiple Gastrointestinal Cancers With CanDELA: Low-Cost, Automated Gastrointestinal Cancer Detection Utilizing Magnetic Bead miRNA Extraction, Peristaltic Pump-Based Liquid Handling, miRNA Amplification and Fluorescence Spectroscopy With Support Vector Networks

• Gopalaniruddh Tadinada , duPont Manual High School, KY, United States of America
• Rishabh Ranjan, duPont Manual High School, KY, United States of America

ENBM039 — Novel Approach to Creating Hyper-Customizable Egg Models for Embryonic Analysis

• Muhammad El-Sherbiny, Bergen County Academies, NJ, United States of America

Second Award of $2,000

ENBM036 — 3D Printed Silicone Wound Care Dressing With Carbon Composite Structure Containing Porous Fibers for Reinforcement and Uniform Biocide Delivery

• Harjaisal Brar, Stockdale High School, CA, United States of America

ENBM047 — Low-Field MRI Super-Resolution With Densely Engineered U-Net++ Network: Improving Resolution and Contrast of Portable MRI With Nested U-Net Architecture, Enabling Low-Cost Bedside Neurological Imaging on a Global Scale

• Aryan Kalluvila, Hartford Union High School, WI, United States of America

ENBM053 — Generating Novel E. coli Nissle Cells Using a Reprogrammable CRISPR-Cas12 System for Targeted Drug Delivery

• Wesam Algurashi, Manarat Al Khobar National & International Schools, Eastern Province , Saudi Arabia

ENBM060T — DIVA: Spatial Navigation for the Visually Impaired Using Depth Sensing Artificial Intelligence and Convolutional Neural Networks

• Karthik Muthukkumar, Urbana High School, MD, United States of America
• Pranav Sristy, Urbana High School, MD, United States of America
• Tarun Malarvasan, Urbana High School, MD, United States of America

ENBM072 — OctoGrasp: The Design and Construction of a Cephalopod-Inspired Prosthetic Arm

• Daniel Siegel, Palo Alto Senior High School, CA, United States of America

Third Award of $1,000

ENBM034 — EyeShift: Eye Care and Posture Control Device With an Intuitive Interface for Glasses

• Shaurya Khosla, Saint John’s High School, India

ENBM040 — Bidirectional 12-Lead Electrocardiogram and Electrogram Reconstruction Using a Cycle Generative Adversarial Network

• Natalia Pahlavan, Jericho High School, NY, United States of America

ENBM055 — MiniPose: Real-Time 3D Joint Estimation and Reconstruction With LiDAR and Low-Resolution Visual Data

• Daniel Mathew, Poolesville High School, MD, United States of America

ENBM057 — Near-Wall Vorticity as an Indicator of Marfan Syndrome

• Naveen Ramasamy, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, NC, United States of America

ENBM061T — ARAID: A Novel Real-Time Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence Driven Navigation System & Surgical Pipeline for Cardiovascular Surgery

• Abhinav Gurram, Green Hope High School, NC, United States of America
• Ethan Sud, Green Hope High School, NC, United States of America

ENBM062 — Enabling Verbal Communication Through a Novel Usage of Brain-Computer Interfaces for the Differently Abled

• Rishabh Ambavanekar, Vista del Lago High School, CA, United States of America

ENBM082 — Test Yourself by Yourself

• Israa Shawabka, Fawwar Girls Secondary School, West Bank, Palestine

Fourth Award of $500

ENBM010 — A Method for Papnicolaou Tests Utilizing a Novel Cytobrush To Reduce Acute Pain and Increase Effective Sample Collection

• Hannah Kennedy, The Villages Charter High School, FL, United States of America

ENBM014T — Using Analyzed Data From EEG Readings for Electrical Stimulation of Limb Muscles: An Innovative Approach to Neurorehabilitation

• Rashed Abdullah, Islamic Educational College, Jubieha, Jordan
• Rayyan Theeb, Islamic Educational College – Jubeiha, Jordan
• Saleh Al-Hinti, Islamic Educational College, Jubieha, Jordan

ENBM016 — Spatiotemporal-Aware Glioblastoma Multiforme Tumor Growth Modeling With Deep Encoder-Decoder Networks

• Rishab Jain, Westview High School, OR, United States of America

ENBM026 — Optimizing Glycemic Control in Type 1 Diabetic Patients Using a Deep Learning-Based Artificial Pancreas With a Secure Glucagon and Insulin Delivery System

• Rohan Singh, Bentonville High School, AR, United States of America

ENBM046 — mPOC and Hydroxyapatite Implant for Bone Tissue Regeneration

• Maya Joshi, Walter Payton College Preparatory High School, IL, United States of America

ENBM048 — Improving Early Diagnosis and Treatment Monitoring of Tuberculosis With Novel Machine Learning Cough Analysis

• Chandra Suda, Bentonville High School, AR, United States of America

ENBM050 — Detecting Hypoxia Through the Non-Invasive Monitoring of Sweat Lactate and Tissue Oxygenation

• Cindy Cheng, Laurel Heights Secondary School, Ontario, Canada

ENBM054 — HemiStride: Design of a Low-Cost and Backdrivable Lower-Limb Exoskeleton for Hemiplegic Patients

• Tara Zhan, David Thompson Secondary, British Columbia, Canada

ENBM076 — Stroke Rehabilitation Crutch Robot With Auto-Follow and Fall Alarming System

• Zeshen Chen, The Hill School, PA, United States of America

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

First Award of $5,000

CELL036 — Electron Transport Chain Acts as Potential Regulator of ER-Mitochondria Interactions

• Sarah Jennings, Ossining High School, NY, United States of America

Second Award of $2,000

CELL006 — Possible Use of MicroRNA-488 as a Biomarker for Bad Prognosis in Type 2 Diabetes

• Ming-Hao Lee, Iolani School, HI, United States of America

CELL016 — Integrating Machine Learning with 3D Organoid Modeling to Identify Biomarkers to Combat Drug Resistance in Cancer

• Ekansh Mittal, Westview High School, OR, United States of America

CELL047 — Quantification and Optimization of Circular RNA Stability for Improved RNA Therapeutics

• Reshma Kosaraju, The Harker School, CA, United States of America

Third Award of $1,000

CELL011 — Punicalagin Attenuates Chemotherapy-Induced Hepatotoxicity in Normal Cells

• Bhavana Sridharan, Little Rock Central High School, AR, United States of America

CELL021T — The Development of the C2F Seawater to Freshwater Converting Bioplant

• Anna Peti-Peterdi, Palos Verdes High School, CA, United States of America
• Daniel Peresztegi, Palos Verdes High School, CA, United States of America
• Lena Peresztegi, Palos Verdes High School, CA, United States of America

CELL039 — KHDC3 in Grandparents Regulates Gene Expression in the Livers of Wild-Type Females

• Hailey Finkelstein, Ardsley High School, NY, United States of America

CELL042 — Targeting Neoantigens Derived From the ZRSR2 Mutation in Hematologic Malignancies

• Jacob Winick, Millburn High School, NJ, United States of America

CELL056 — The Effect of NMDA Receptor Blockade on Neurogenesis and Neural Crest Development

• Kiele Morgan, The Bronx High School of Science, NY, United States of America

Fourth Award of $500

CELL001 — TNF Ligand Promotes Angiogenesis in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Through Activation of Inflammatory Regulatory Networks

• Harsh Singh, Marcus High School, TX, United States of America

CELL003 — Attenuation of Methylglyoxal Cytotoxicity With Fisetin Rescue in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

• Zehra Jaffery, Plano West Senior High School, TX, United States of America

CELL004 — FadA-Secreting Fusobacterium nucleatum Promotes Inflammatory and Immunomodulatory Response in Colorectal Cancer (Year 2)

• Angela Huang, Sebring High School, FL, United States of America

CELL023 — Rethinking Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) Prognosis: Analysis of KRAS-Dependent Biomarkers Across Subtypes

• Lucas Sher, Jericho High School, NY, United States of America

CELL025 — 3D Human Stem Cell Model for Neural Development

• Ishita Kopparapu, Hathaway Brown School, OH, United States of America

CELL034 — Transcriptome Changes of Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells in Peripheral Blood of COVID-19 Patients by scRNA-seq

• Zhouqi Shao, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, IL, United States of America

CHEMISTRY

First Award of $5,000

CHEM024T — Intelligent Hydrogel Synthesis and Bracelet Design to Detect Foreign Materials in the Human Body and in Beverages

• Ekin Asyali, Gaziantep Private Sanko College, GAZİANTEP, Turkey
• Sude Gulsen, Gaziantep Private Sanko College, GAZİANTEP, Turkey

CHEM053 — Bi-Functional MOF-Based Electrocatalyst for Efficient and Cost-Effective Hydrogen Production From Seawater

• Faisal Almuhaysh, Alkifah Academy, Eastern Province, Ahsaa, Saudi Arabia

Second Award of $2,000

CHEM039 — A Bifunctional System for Atmospheric Water Harvesting and Direct Air Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production

• Fatima Alarfaj, Al-Anjal Private School, Eastern, Saudi Arabia

CHEM042 — Highly Electrically Conductive Biomass-Derived Carbon Fibers

• Julia Gelfond, Montgomery Blair High School, MD, United States of America

CHEM050 — Photopolymerized Superabsorbent Polymers Prepared From Bio-Resources

• Grace Wang, Franklin Regional Senior High School, PA, United States of America

CHEM055 — The Effect of Copper-Aluminum Bimetallic Metal Organic Framework Based Electrode on the Energy Stored in a Supercapacitor

• Aditi Kiran, BASIS Independent Fremont , CA, United States of America

Third Award of $1,000

CHEM016T — Raney Nickel: Introducing the New High-Activity and Cost-Effective Catalyst for the Sabatier Reaction

• Hyoungseok Lee, Daegu-il Science High School, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
• Jinsong Kim, Daegu-il Science High School, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
• Junhyeok Park, Daegu-il Science High School, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

CHEM019 — Study of the Phytochemical Composition of Averrhoa carambola Extract and Its Effect on Water Biopollutants

• Sarvesh Prabhu, FIITJEE Junior College, Telangana, India

CHEM034 — Synthesis and In-Depth Evaluation of Degradable Copolymers via Cyclic Ketene Acetal Incorporation

• Angelina Yang, Eleanor Roosevelt High School, CA, United States of America

CHEM047 — Synthesis and Characterization of Manganese Desert Rose Nanoparticles: A Fourth Year Study

• Taytum Stratton, SUCCESS Academy – SUU, UT, United States of America

CHEM048 — Optimization of the Synthesis of the Fluorescent Dye “Nile Red”

• Meda Surdokaite, Kauno r. Raudondvario gimnazija, Kauno, Lithuania

Fourth Award of $500

CHEM011 — Modified Nanoporous Gold Sensor for the Electrochemical Detection of Acetaminophen

• Alice Liu, Marquette High School, MO, United States of America

CHEM020 — Green Synthesis and Testing of ZIF-8 as a Carbon Dioxide Capturing Agent

• Zahra Nathani, Niles Township West High School, IL, United States of America

CHEM026T — Peanut Oil and Lemongrass Essential Oil Spray: A Novel, Cost-Effective and Eco-Friendly Paederus fuscipes Control Agent

• Lucas Teo, Chung Ling High School Penang, Penang, Malaysia
• Wayne Ng, Chung Ling High School Penang, Penang, Malaysia

CHEM030T — Solving a Menace to Rice? TCCE Repellent: An Effective and Eco-friendly Turmeric and Clove Combined Extract as Nilaparvata lugens Repellent

• Elaine Koay, Heng Ee High School, Penang, Malaysia
• Samuel Lee, Heng Ee High School, Penang, Malaysia
• Zhi Han Khoo, Heng Ee High School, Penang, Malaysia

CHEM046 — Development and Validation of a Novel Clinical Diagnostic Platform With Breath Analysis and Machine Learning

• Justin Huang, duPont Manual High School, KY, United States of America

CHEM056 — Investigating the Effectiveness of Montmorillonite-Alginate Nanocomposite Beads in the Removal of Anionic Tartrazine and Amaranth Azo Dyes From Wastewater, Quantified via UV-Visible Spectrophotometry

• Thien Tran, Queensland Academies for Health Sciences, Queensland, Australia

CHEM057T — Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Versatile Green Chemicals With Isoreticular Metal-Organic Frameworks

• Sehoon Kang, Webb School of California, CA, United States of America
• Zhehao Zhang, Webb School of California, CA, United States of America

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS

First Award of $5,000

CBIO013 — Micro-Changing Short Tandem Repeats: Investigating a Novel Genomic Factor of Polymorphism in 10 Human Cancers

• Kevin Zhu, Jericho High School, NY, United States of America

CBIO068 — BIO-PLEX: An Innovative Biocomputational Approach to Decode the Secrets of the 2022 Mpox Resurgence

• Saathvik Kannan, David H. Hickman High School, MO, United States of America

Second Award of $2,000

CBIO007 — SARS-CoV-2 Variant Analysis Using Discrete Fourier Transform

• Aidan Wang, University School of Milwaukee, WI, United States of America

CBIO029 — Improved Generalizability and Performance on Small Datasets Using Hyper-Connected Neural Architectures, C. elegans-Inspired Networks, and Evolutionary Modeling

• Agastya Sridharan, Scripps Ranch High School, CA, United States of America

CBIO048 — RandomRibo: A Novel Tool for Transcript-Level Ribosome Velocity Determinant Identification With Single Codon Resolution

• Roshni Parulekar-Martins, Homestead High School, CA, United States of America

CBIO060 — Developing and Utilizing a Whole-Cell Mathematical Model of IL-6 in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Predicting Cell Behavior and Targeted Anti-Tumorigenic Drug Interactions

• Yasma Esteitieh, Malmo Borgarskola, Skane, Sweden

Third Award of $1,000

CBIO008T — Monco: A Novel Deep Learning Pipeline to Predict Drug Candidates for the Inhibition of EZH2 Cofactors in Pediatric Neuroblastoma

• Jaagat Prashar, Jordan High School, TX, United States of America
• Jaanak Prashar, Jordan High School, TX, United States of America

CBIO011 — Targeted Drug Delivery for Aortic Aneurysms: Using Computational Fluid Dynamics to Optimize Drug Delivery & Treatment

• Misha Patel, Wheeler High School, GA, United States of America

CBIO026 — Autonomous Navigation Solution for Medical Microbots With Deep Reinforcement Learning

• Vikram Goddla, Detroit Country Day School, MI, United States of America

CBIO055 — Early Detection of Cancer Using Microbial Taxonomic and Functional Information

• Yue Ding, Nikola Tesla STEM High School, WA, United States of America

CBIO058 — A Novel Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk Predictor Using a Deep Learning Multi-omics Data Integration Framework

• Ariana Rahman, BASIS Chandler, AZ, United States of America

CBIO066T — The Neuropharmacological Effects of Leaves and Fruits Essential Oils From Litsea cubeba Based on Network Pharmacology

• Binh Giang Nguyen , HUS High School for Gifted Student, Viet Nam
• Thi Mai Anh Nguyen , HUS High School for Gifted Student, Viet Nam

Fourth Award of $500

CBIO016T — Machine Learning Augmented Histopathological Diagnosis of an Aggressive Variant of Liver Cancer

• Shashvat Rastogi, Vasant Valley School, Delhi, India
• Vivasvat Rastogi, Vasant Valley School, Delhi, India

CBIO033 — Implementation of Land Cover Data to Forecast West Nile Virus in the United States

• Noah Nager, Hackley School, NY, United States of America

CBIO042 — Investigating Chemotherapy Dose-Dependent Metabolic Changes in Cancer Cells Through Computational Modeling and Experimental Validation

• Sudhish Swain, Montgomery Blair High School, MD, United States of America

CBIO044 — An Iterative Neural Network Based Approach to Automated IFT-20 Sensory Neuron Identification in Caenorhabditis elegans

• Arvind Seshan, Fox Chapel Area High School, PA, United States of America

CBIO045 — Deep Learning Accelerated Lattice Boltzmann Simulations for Multiscale Modeling of Thrombosis

• Amit Saha, William A. Shine Great Neck South High School, NY, United States of America

CBIO050T — PROSynMOGN: Enhancing Molecular Graph Neural Networks Toward Predicting Synergistic Cancer Drug Combinations Driven by Protein Expression

• Kittiphat Pongarunotai, Kamnoetvidya Science Academy, Thailand
• Matin Kositchutima, Kamnoetvidya Science Academy, Thailand
• Tisorn Na phattalung, Kamnoetvidya Science Academy, Thailand

CBIO056 — HeLU-DTI: Drug Target Interaction Prediction via Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks and Large Language Models

• Andy Ye, Eastside Preparatory School, WA, United States of America

CBIO062 — A Novel Phosphosite Localization Approach Using Tandem Phosphoprotein Mass Spectra and Temporal Dilated Networks

• Margaret Arthur, Fairview High School, CO, United States of America

EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

First Award of $5,000

EAEV032 — Measuring the Effects of Climate Change on Arctic Rivers

• Franziska Borneff, Hidden Valley High School, VA, United States of America

EAEV037 — Experiments to Determine Radon Levels in Household Water and Measure the Effectiveness of Mitigation Options

• Paige Hinkle, Wilson High School , PA, United States of America

Second Award of $2,000

EAEV015T — Microscopic Menace: What Are the Effects of Cyanobacteria Blooms on Primary Productivity, Toxicity, and Microorganisms?

• Melinda Lin, West Linn High School, OR, United States of America
• Uma Grover, West Linn High School, OR, United States of America

EAEV028T — A Novel Invention of Aerial Delivery of Planting Material for Burnt Forest Restoration Inspired by the Structure of Kadsura coccinea Fruit

• Jirapon Sengnongban, Princess Chulabhon Science High School Pathumthani, Pathumthani, Thailand
• Naruephat Yajai, Princess Chulabhon Science High School Pathumthani, Pathumthani, Thailand
• Prompiriya Khattiyawong, Princess Chulabhon Science High School Pathumthani, Pathumthani, Thailand

EAEV034 — Utilizing Nutrient Enriched Biologically Activated Bioremediation Units as a Soil Amendment in a Cyclic Remediation System (A Novel Fifth Year Study)

• Morgan Barnes, Canterbury School, FL, United States of America

EAEV050 — A New Approach for Optimizing a Light Scattering Coating Formulated With Different Sized BaSO4 Particles for Energy Conservation Applications

• Deema Marwahi, Al Hussan National Model School For Girls – Jubail, Eastern, Saudi Arabia

EAEV065T — Comprehensive Dataset Utilizing Meteorological and Topographical Feature Data for Next-Day Wildfire Spread Prediction

• Aditya Singirikonda, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, TX, United States of America
• Anish Goel , Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, TX, United States of America

Third Award of $1,000

EAEV021T — Can Anthropogenic Pollutants (Microplastics and Fertilizers) Really Be Dangerous to Freshwater Zooplankton?

• Karolina Markiewicz, XL Liceum Ogolnoksztatcace z Oddziatami Dwujezycznymi im. Stefana Zeromskiego w Warszawie, Mazowieckie, Poland
• Oliwia Gorska, XL Liceum Ogolnoksztatcace z Oddziatami Dwujezycznymi im. Stefana Zeromskiego w Warszawie, Mazowieckie, Poland

EAEV027T — Demonstration and Efficiency Tests of the Biodegradation of Polyurethane by Microorganisms in the Gut of the Zophobas atratus Larvae

• Dahin Lee, Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, Gangwon, South Korea
• Yuhyun Choi, Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, Gangwon, South Korea

EAEV029 — Physical Disturbances Affect Food Availability To Shape Benthic Community Structure in Submarine Canyons

• Szu-Yun Ko, Taipei First Girls High School, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei

EAEV041 — Predicting Large Wildfires Using Machine Learning Approach Towards Environmental Justice via Remote Sensing

• Nikita Agrawal, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, IL, United States of America

EAEV045 — Microplastics From Mats: How Abiotic Environmental Factors Affect the Degradation of Polyethylene Foam Water Mats Into Microplastics

• Carlynn Rychener, Chapin High School, SC, United States of America

EAEV066T — The Electrolytic Extraction of Dawsonite From Ocean Water: Efficient Saltwater Mineral Recovery Through Electrolysis

• Disha Mudenur, Hopkinton High School, MA, United States of America
• Dylan Striek, Hopkinton High School, MA, United States of America
• Rylee Blair, Hopkinton High School, MA, United States of America

EAEV080 — Addressing Disparities in Air Quality Monitoring: Using Machine Learning and Remote Sensing to Estimate the Distribution of PM2.5 in Mexico

• Eliana Juarez, V. Sue Cleveland High School, NM, United States of America

Fourth Award of $500

EAEV006T — A Study on Diving Behaviors of Macaca mulatta in Hong Kong: Implications of Climate Change

• Shanshan Lin, Harrow International School Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
• Shi Yao Wei, Victoria Shanghai Academy, HKSAR, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
• Yeuk Tong Rita Zhan, Chinese International School, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

EAEV008 — Hurricane Rapid Intensification Convolutional Neural Network: A Novel Deep Learning Model for Predicting Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification Using 20 Years of Satellite Rainfall Data

• Sunny You, Miami Palmetto Senior High School, FL, United States of America

EAEV013 — Development of a Novel AI Last-Minute Flood Forecasting and Warning Gadget Using IOT and Deep Learning

• Tinevimbo Musingadi, Mabvuku High School, Harare, Zimbabwe

EAEV040 — The Effects of the Denitrifications Process Through Bioreactors, Avena sativa, Triticum, and Secale Cereal

• Jacob Hohl, Central Lee High School, IA, United States of America

EAEV048 — Mapping Soil Organic Carbon for Regenerative Agriculture and Reducing Atmospheric Carbon Using Multispectral Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning

• Reyansh Bahl, Green Level High School, NC, United States of America

EAEV049 — Plankton Wars: An Innovative Analysis of Daphnia Genotype Biomanipulation for Algae Bloom Prevention

• Annabelle Rayson, Saint Patrick’s Catholic High School, Ontario, Canada

EAEV051 — Low-Cost Replicable Open-Source Mangrove Monitoring System

• Dhay Shujaa, Secondary Gifted School, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

EAEV078 — Forecasting County Level Crop Yield in Top Agricultural-Producing States Using Satellite Data

• Chloe Zhan, Hamilton High School, AZ, United States of America

EAEV081 — Studies on Gracilaria salicornia: Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Sunscreen Exposure and Use as Agricultural Fertilizer

• Madison Murata, Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus, HI, United States of America

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

First Award of $5,000

EBED004 — A Fully Automatic Self-Assembling Modular Robot System

• Yik Chun John Peng, Shanghai American School – Puxi Campus, Shanghai, China

Second Award of $2,000

EBED002 — IVY: Intelligent Vision System for the Visually Impaired

• Sarang Goel, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, TX, United States of America

EBED044T — Speaking Gloves: Cheap and Improved Wearable Gloves That Translate Sign Language Into Speech Using Velostat Based Sensors and Machine Learning

• Mohamad Fahmy, Obour STEM School, Kalubya, Egypt
• Yousef Ramadan, Obour STEM School, Kalubya, Egypt

Third Award of $1,000

EBED016 — Make Smart Devices More Accessible: Engineering of a Novel Low-Cost, Multi-Direction Distance Sensor and Its Application in Obstacle Avoidance of UAV

• Hairong Huang, Hangzhou Xuejun High School of Zhejiang Province, China

EBED019 — ZHELTA: Contactless, Programmable Keyboards for People With Disabilities

• Filip Piekos, Zespol Szkol Technicznych i Ogolnoksztalcacych im. Stefana Banacha w Jaroslawiu, Podkarpacie, Poland

EBED036 — Tactical Drone Detection and Tracking Using Machine-Learned Radio Interferometry: Lessons From Ukraine

• Roy Gross, Henry M. Gunn High School, CA, United States of America

EBED042 — OriLive: A LoRa Mesh Network System for Orienteering Split Times Collection

• Matej Neumann, DELTA – High School of Computer Science and Economics, Pardubicky kraj, Czech Republic

Fourth Award of $500

EBED009 — A Novel Approach to Series Elastic Actuation in Neurorehabilitative Soft Robotics Using Resistance Pressure Sensors to Rotate Servo-Controlled Appendages Accurately

• Amisha Sao, Round Rock High School, TX, United States of America

EBED023T — VisionGuard: Control Hardware-Based Autonomous Driving for Enhancing Walking Safety and Mobility of the Visually Impaired

• Chaewon Huh, Kyeongbuk High School, South Korea
• Seongbin Byun, Kyeongbuk High School, South Korea
• Wondong Lee, Kyeongbuk High School, South Korea

EBED025 — Seeing Cells Without a Lens: Compact 3D Digital Lensless Holographic Microscopy for Wide-field Imaging

• Thomas Yang, University of Toronto Schools, Ontario, Canada

EBED035T — ChroniSense: Developing a Wearable Device for the Dynamic Detection, Tracking, and Mitigation of Chronic Pain

• Inu Baek, College Park High School, TX, United States of America
• Rohit Pillutla, College Park High School, TX, United States of America

EBED043T — Micro-Q: A Low-Cost, Portable, IoT-Based Fluorometer

• Madhav Gulati, Lambert High School, GA, United States of America
• Vineeth Sendilraj, Lambert High School, GA, United States of America

ENERGY: SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND DESIGN

First Award of $5,000

EGSD002 — Energy-Free Power Saving Device for Air Conditioners

• Eugene Chen, Shanghai High School International Division, China

Second Award of $2,000

EGSD034 — New Approach to Increase Hydrogen Production by Adding Magnetic Field to the Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting of Metal Oxides Thin Films

• Taif Alhedmi, Manarat Al-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

EGSD035 — Electrocatalytic Green H2 Generation Using Novel Defect Engineered Cotio3-x/Tio2-x- Perovskite Nanostructures Synthesized by Pulsed Laser Processing

• Leen Al-Mulhim, University Schools, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

EGSD036 — Laser-Induced One-Step Green Synthesis of Graphene Nanoparticles for Fabrication of All-Solid-State Ultracapacitor

• Latifa Alghannam, KFUPM Schools, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Third Award of $1,000

EGSD031 — Engineering Hybrid System to Generate Renewable Energy From Solar and Raindrop Energy Using Newly Designed Compatible Piezoelectric Devices

• Fajr Alkhulayfi, Riyadh School for Boys and Girls, Saudi Arabia

EGSD032 — Concrete Electrolyte-Based Structural Supercapacitor Reinforced With Carbon-Modified Steel Mesh

• Rataj Alsulami , Talented Secondary School, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

EGSD045 — Pura Aer 2: Dual-Stage, Energy-Efficient, Modular Air Purifier System, Inspired by Porifera To Improve Air Quality

• Jordan Prawira, Mountain House High School, CA, United States of America

EGSD049 — SkyWindFarm: Design of a Novel Vertical Airborne Wind Turbine Clean Energy Farm

• Yash Dagade, Eden Prairie High School, MN, United States of America

EGSD056 — Lignin Assisted Water Electrolysis for Sustainable Hydrogen Production and Lignin Valorization

• Johan DeMessie , William Mason High School, OH, United States of America

Fourth Award of $500

EGSD010 — Influence of Freezing Methods on the Supercapacitor Performance of Doped Carbon

• Ahmad Alam, Little Rock Central High School, AR, United States of America

EGSD021 — Production of Plasma-Enhanced SiO2 Films for Optimizing Photovoltaic Cells

• Emily Theodosopoulos, Manhasset High School, NY, United States of America

EGSD024 — Perfectly Flawed: Leveraging on Defects in AgSbTe2 via Ge Doping for Thermoelectric Waste Heat Harvesting

• Ivan Joel Wen Jie You, NUS High School of Mathematics & Science, Singapore

EGSD038 — Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting in Daily Life: Powering the Next Generation of Modern Technology

• Sienna Giuseppi, Pelham Memorial High School, NY, United States of America

EGSD040T — Smart Solution for Eco Pollution

• Mohan Durga Manikanta Nalla, BGK ZPH School, Andhra Pradesh, India
• Vinay Kumar Varada, BGK ZPH School, Andhra Pradesh, India

EGSD051 — Engineered Phototropism: Improving the Energy Efficiency of Residential-Use Solar Tracking Using Soft-Bodied Thermal Expansion

• Ricardo Victorio, College Park High School, TX, United States of America

EGSD055 — Arduino-Controlled Photobioreactor Algal Microbial Fuel Cell With Conveyor Belt Cathode for Boosted Biofilm Growth and Heavy Metal Removal

• Anwesha Ghosh, Dublin High School, CA, United States of America

ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY: STATICS & DYNAMICS

First Award of $5,000

ETSD009 — Design, Construction, and Testing of a Passenger-Capable eVTOL Hexacopter

• Ethan Zentner, Nicolet High School, WI, United States of America

ETSD015 — Exploring Stick-Climbing and Grabber-Wheel Hybridization: The Development of an Inchworm Robot with Integrated Skateboard Mechanism

• Yuyang Wang, Shanghai Pinghe Bilingual School, China

Second Award of $2,000

ETSD021 — The Fusion of Glazes Color in Random Forest

• Jo-Ya Chen, Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Girls’ Senior High School, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei

ETSD024 — Decentralized, Autonomous Drone Swarms for Real-Time Mapping Applications and Natural Disaster Relief

• Richard Lian , duPont Manual High School, KY, United States of America

ETSD039 — Highly Adaptable, Strong, and Flexible Biotic Robotic Arm: A Modular Gear Chain Mechanism for Single-Handed Task Mastery

• Han Wang, BASIS International School Hangzhou , ZheJiang, China

ETSD053 — Wind-Powered Flight: Exploring the Potential of Dynamic Soaring for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

• Kevin Shen, Olympia High School, WA, United States of America

Third Award of $1,000

ETSD016 — Design and Implementation of the Fish Gill Imitation Side-Window Regulator for Ducted Fan UAVs

• Zihao Liu, The High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

ETSD027T — A Novel Approach to Electric Aircraft Engines Using Thorium Dioxide Coated Tungsten Carbide Fins for Thrust Generation

• Aiden Gandhi, Rowland Hall- Lincoln Street Campus, UT, United States of America
• Eli Hatton, Rowland Hall- Lincoln Street Campus, UT, United States of America
• Evan Weinstein, Rowland Hall- Lincoln Street Campus, UT, United States of America

ETSD028 — MagFlow: A Revolutionary Magnetic Coupling System for More Than Just Generating Flow

• Evan Walsh, Great Mills High School, MD, United States of America

ETSD052 — The Effects of Variable Rotor Pitch on Axial Compressor Efficiency

• Joshua McNeil, Little Rock Central High School, AR, United States of America

ETSD066T — HypeFL: A Novel Blockchain-Based Architecture Using Federated Learning and Cooperative Perception for a Fully-Connected Autonomous Vehicle System

• Aryaman Khanna, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA, United States of America
• Mihika Dusad, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA, United States of America

ETSD070 — A New Rocket Nozzle Design To Improve Performance at High Altitudes

• Ersel Serdar, Cherry Creek High School, CO, United States of America

Fourth Award of $500

ETSD001T — ArmAssist: A Lightweight, Concealable Active Arm Support That Empowers Victims of Muscular Atrophy

• Donovan Burke, College Park High School, TX, United States of America
• Henry Aceves, College Park High School, TX, United States of America

ETSD010 — Design and Development of Enhanced Fuel Tank Service Kit for Aircraft

• Lok Iao Lao, Pui Ching Middle School, China, Macao Special Administrative Region

ETSD013 — RLP: Fully Automated Rocket Launch Pad (Including Mobile App Control, Weather Evaluation and Live Video)

• Hendrik Ridder, Gymnasium Vegesack, Germany

ETSD019 — Spring & Sunflower: Two Flexible Grasping Machine Made of Rigid Material Based on Origami Structure

• Jiayi Shi, Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy, China

ETSD038 — Development of a Testing Platform for an Underwater Surveying Robot to Assess Coral Reef Health

• Maria Qumsani, Dar Jana International School, Saudi Arabia

ETSD042 — Unbind the Blind: Engineering an Emergency Evacuation Solution for the Visually Impaired

• Muminah Nihaar Mohammed, Al-Amal School, MN, United States of America

ETSD061 — Axial Compressor Design for High Compression-Low Temperature Brayton Cycle Power Unit With Decoupled Hot and Cold Ends

• Ziyang Xing, Baylor School, TN, United States of America

ETSD064 — Modification of Induction Motor Designs for Higher Efficiency and Starting Torque

• Paul Varricatt, Waiakea High School, HI, United States of America

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

First Award of $5,000

ENEV047 — Net Direct Air Capture: Novel Contact Liquid-Based Approach for Efficient, Cost-Effective, and Scalable Cryogenic Carbon Capture

• Mohammed Alarfaj, Dhahran Ahliyya School, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

ENEV077 — Novel Wearable Volatile Organic Compound Detection and Mitigation via Cumulative Solvatochromism and Dietary Modification

• Aryan Mago, Groton School, MA, United States of America

Second Award of $2,000

ENEV057 — Sustainable Hydroponic Production Using Automated Agricultural Nutrient Reclamation

• Gavin Kratcha, Hankinson Public School, ND, United States of America

ENEV072 — Effects of RootPipes on Landfill Gas Emissions

• Kennesha Garg, American High School, CA, United States of America

ENEV082 — Testing the Effectiveness of a Bioplastic Layer Bonded to Natural Chelating Agents on the Minimization of Lead Iodide Leaching in Perovskite Solar Cells and a Novel Antireflective Coating Derived From Corn and Lotus Leaf Imprints on the Cell

• Sasha Masson, The Harker School, CA, United States of America

ENEV085 — Toxicological Study of Treated Produced Water for Water Conservation, Reclamation, and Reuse

• Haoyu Wang, Centennial High School, NM, United States of America

ENEV086 — Utilizing 3D-Printed Engineered Living Materials To Break Down Environmental Pollutants

• Sanjana Kumar, Francis Parker School, CA, United States of America

Third Award of $1,000

ENEV011 — Testing the Effectiveness of Sabellastarte spectabilis as a Potential Bioremediator

• Kian Sanchez, University Laboratory School, HI, United States of America

ENEV021 — An Engineered Hub & Spoke System to Seek & Destroy HABs (Year 4)

• Sharanya Natarajan, Edgewood Junior Senior High School, FL, United States of America

ENEV033 — Engineered Underwater Vehicle for Ocean Litter Mapping

• Daniel Kim, Los Alamos High School, NM, United States of America

ENEV039 — Biomimicry of the Boxfish: A Computational Analysis and Wind Tunnel Study of Aerodynamic Drag Reduction of Class 8 Heavy Vehicle Trailers

• Vedant Srinivas, Eastlake High School, WA, United States of America

ENEV048 — Super Paramagnetic Nanoparticles as a Reusable Delivery System of Pesticides

• Layan Noorwali, Talented Secondary School, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

ENEV061 — Rational Protein Engineering of PETase From Ideonella sakaiensis to Stimulate the Bioremediation of PET Pollution

• Chloe Bernstein, Byram Hills High School, NY, United States of America

ENEV083 — Smart Wildlife Sentinel (SWS): Preventing Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions and Monitoring Road Ecology With Embedded IoT Systems and Deep Learning

• Alan Ma, Jesuit High School, OR, United States of America

Fourth Award of $500

ENEV023 — Resource Recycling of Shield Tunnel Waste Soils Improved by Industrial Waste Phosphogypsum

• Ziyi Ding, Nanjing Foreign Language School, Jiangsu, China

ENEV030T — Evaluating Chemically Enhanced Natural Materials for Oil Spill Cleanup

• Valerie Mohrmann, duPont Manual High School, KY, United States of America
• Zahra Chasmawala, duPont Manual High School, KY, United States of America

ENEV041 — Using Chlorella vulgaris and Spirulina major To Create an Open System Bioreactor Generating Electricity While Running an Air Purification and CO2 Sequestration System (A 3rd Year Study)

• Amaya Etcheverry, Community School of Naples, FL, United States of America

ENEV043 — Concurrent Removal of Rising, Soluble Ocean Carbon Dioxide and Oil-in-Water Contaminants via Multi-Functional Remediation Framework

• Naomi Park, Greenwich High School, CT, United States of America

ENEV046 — A Multi-Functional and Highly Efficient Photo-Electrocatalytic 3D ZnO Nanoflowers for Simultaneous Water Splitting and Wastewater Treatment

• Maria AlGhamdi, Al Shams National Schools, Saudi Arabia

ENEV052T — Valorization of Using Animal Bones to Produce 3D Printer Filament

• Maryam Al Rahbi, Dohat al Adab, Muscat, Oman
• Shether Al Kharusi, Dohat al Adab, Muscat, Oman

ENEV053T — Toxicity Evaluation of Two Surfactants With Anticorrosion

• Mohamed Aljaber , Qatar Banking School for Boys, Doha, Qatar
• Mohammed Alhajri, Qatar Banking School for Boys, Doha, Qatar

ENEV059 — Sustainable Water Purification by Indigenous Fruit Waste Technology (SWIFT): Ingenious Solution to Reuse Food Waste to Reduce Environmental Pollution

• Rohan Bhosale, Carmel High School, IN, United States of America

ENEV060 — The Dual Roles of Activated Carbon as an Adsorbent and Photocatalyst for Azo Dye Removal

• Emily Kim, Jericho High School, NY, United States of America

ENEV076 — Engineering a Completely Biodegradable Water Treatment System To Reverse Eutrophication in Leachate Canals That Lead Into the Indian River

• Robert Zrallack, Titusville High School, FL, United States of America

MATERIALS SCIENCE

First Award of $5,000

MATS050 — 3D Printing Personalized Knee Implants: Novel Computational Geometric Models for Stem Cell Regeneration in Meniscus Tears

• Calvin Mathew, American Heritage School, FL, United States of America

Second Award of $2,000

MATS020 — An Advanced Computer App for Simulating White-Beam Diffraction Laue Patterns in Modern X-Ray Crystallography

• Vincent Huang, Syosset High School, NY, United States of America

MATS042 — 4-D Printed Low-Cost Novel Shape Memory Polymers for Industrial, Robotics and Disaster Relief Applications

• Vallabh Ramesh, duPont Manual High School, KY, United States of America

MATS048 — Efficient Fog Harvesting Interface With Bio-Inspired Multilayer Micro Kirigami

• Huiyi Wen, Tabor Academy, MA, United States of America

Third Award of $1,000

MATS003 — Programmable Matter II: Optimizing Logical Topology and Automating Manufacture of a Microscale, Self-Reconfigurable Swarm Robotic System

• Sohi Patel, College Park High School, TX, United States of America

MATS013 — Novel Small Scale Carbon Dioxide Capture Polymer Membrane for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Prevention

• Autri Das, Sunset High School, OR, United States of America

MATS025T — Organic Wastes as an Additive in Artificial Asphalt Production

• Muhammad Faiz Ikhwan Ismail, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kampong Selamat, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
• Nur Anisha Md Rodi, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kampong Selamat, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
• Nursyadzliyana Syadzzlin Muhamadazlin, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kampong Selamat, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

MATS044 — Engineering of a Novel Low-Cost Hybrid Perovskite Material for Modulating LED Devices

• Abeer Alyousef, Dohat Alibdaa International Schools, Eastern Province , Saudi Arabia

MATS045 — GLASS: A Geometric Local Attention-Based Model to Design Superconducting Structures

• Andy Xu, Millburn High School, NJ, United States of America

Fourth Award of $500

MATS001 — Novel Piezoelectric Nanogenerator for Biomedical Applications

• Annika Joshi, Johns Creek High School, GA, United States of America

MATS015T — Analyzing a 400-Year-Old Mystery, the Makeup Method of Producing Green With Charcoal and Beni

• Otoha Mitsuyoshi, Bunkyo Gakuin University Girl’s Senior High School, Tokyo, Japan
• Yuri Minoura, Bunkyo Gakuin University Girl’s Senior High School, Tokyo, Japan

MATS021 — Computational Discovery of Highly Sustainable and Efficient Metal-Organic Frameworks for SO2 Capture

• Ruotong Bai, Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore

MATS022T — Laser Tuned Micro-Fluorescence in Fish Scales for Steganography and Chemical Sensing

• Georia Ang, Chung Cheng High School (Yishun), Singapore
• Tricia Tan , Chung Cheng High School (Yishun), Singapore

MATS030 — Smart Theranostic Lipid-Based Nanoparticles for Breast Cancer Treatment Using Hydrophobic Cytostatics

• Ludmila Kvasnovska, Gymnazium Jozefa Miloslava Hurbana, Cadca, Slovakia

MATS034 — Development of a Novel and High Performance WO3/Al2O3 Ceramic Composite Membrane for Oil-Water Separation

• Tahani Ahmed, KFUPM Schools, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

MATHEMATICS

First Award of $5,000

MATH004 — The Easiest Hard Problem: A Heuristic Solution to the Two-Way Partitioning Problem Using Probabilistic Algorithms

• Meryl Zhang, R. C. Clark High School, TX, United States of America

Second Award of $2,000

MATH029 — Folding the Future: An Innovative Approach to Solving the Supply Chain Crisis With Geometry

• Aurora Mendenhall, Niceville High School, FL, United States of America

MATH041 — Strict Inequalities for the n-Crossing Number

• Nicholas Hagedorn, Princeton High School, NJ, United States of America

Third Award of $1,000

MATH017 — On Indefinite Reflection of Light Beam Off of Convex Decreasing Curves

• Da-Fu Chiu, Taipei City Non-school-based Experimental Education at Senior High School Level, Taiwan, Chinese Taipei

MATH026 — Optimizing Quantum Annealing to Advance Graph Coloring Algorithms

• Anooshka Pendyal, Deep Run High School, VA, United States of America

MATH027 — Promoting Efficient Allocation in Refugee Camps: Comparing Mechanisms With Minority Reserves

• Gyulim Kang, Singapore American School, Singapore, Singapore

MATH037 — Improving Bitcoin’s Post-Quantum Transaction Efficiency With a Novel Lattice-Based Aggregate Signature Scheme Based on CRYSTALS-Dilithium and a STARK Protocol

• Yunjia Quan, Charlotte Country Day School, NC, United States of America

Fourth Award of $500

MATH005T — Using Mathematical Modeling to Create Non-Gerrymandered Congressional Voting Maps

• Ethan Rebello, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, TX, United States of America
• Jayanth Pandit, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, TX, United States of America
• Zachary Li, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, TX, United States of America

MATH006 — Application of Michaelis-Menten Rational Function Models, Parametric Calculations, and Differential Equations to Determine the Most Influential Factor on Histamine Levels

• Camille Duma, Vanguard High School, FL, United States of America

MATH011 — Ending States of a Special Variant of the Chip-Firing Algorithm

• Rich Wang, William P. Clements High School, TX, United States of America

MATH033 — Optimizing the Build Parameters of a Linear Delta Robot

• Zahed Siddiqui, Los Osos High School, CA, United States of America

MATH035T — A New Method of Solving the Bernoulli Quadrisection Problem and Its Application to Other Problems in Euclidean Geometry

• Aditya Joshi, Synge Street CBS, Leinster, Ireland
• Aditya Kumar, Synge Street CBS, Leinster, Ireland

MICROBIOLOGY

First Award of $5,000

MCRO046 — Combating Pseudomonas Resistance: Cloning of the ampC Gene Encoding for Beta-Lactamase and Development of a Non-Toxic Allosteric Inhibitory Cocktail Therapy to Eradicate Pseudomonas aeruginosa

• Shriya Bhat, Plano East Senior High School, TX, United States of America

MCRO050 — Biosynthetic Engineering of Novel Multifunctioning Electroactive Bacterial Cellulose-Carbon Nanotube Therapeutic Bandages for Rapid Clearance of Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus

• Daniel Levin, Pittsburgh Allderdice High School, PA, United States of America

Second Award of $2,000

MCRO005 — Identifying Novel Modes of Inhibition of C. pusillum and B. subtilis Bacteria, Against Deadly Bat Fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Year 8)

• Calvin Carpenter, All Saints Episcopal High School, TX, United States of America

MCRO017 — The Magic Mulching Film: Effects of Lignin-Based Fully Biodegradable Mulching Film on Soil Microorganisms

• Shuyang Wu, Taizhou No. 1 High School, Zhejiang, China

MCRO038 — The Deletion of a Disulfide Bridge Through Site-Directed Mutagenesis to Adapt Cutinase to the Biodegradation of Polyethylene Terephthalate

• Elizabeth Hanechak, Pope Francis Preparatory School, MA, United States of America

MCRO066 — Targeting Signaling Molecules of P. aeruginosa by Using Mucin as an Anti-Quorum Sensing Drug: A Novel Design To Evaluate Efficacy in the Context of Multidrug Resistance

• Maryam Abdel-Azim, Central Bucks High School East, PA, United States of America

Third Award of $1,000

MCRO009 — Effects of Sound Exposure on the Phosphorus Uptake of Polyphosphate-Accumulating Organisms

• Thanaphone Shields, Syracuse High School, UT, United States of America

MCRO024 — Development of Molecular Diagnostic Tool for Cotton Leaf Curl Disease (CLCuD) Using Betasatellite Based Molecular Marker

• Umer Sohail Meer, International School Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

MCRO026 — Doctor Bartender: Phage Cocktails To Treat Multi-Drug Resistant Mycobacterium abscessus

• Jamie Wen, Dunman High School, Singapore

MCRO032 — Knockdown of the Essential 23S rRNA Methyltransferase, rv3579c, Increases the Susceptibility of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis to Macrolides

• Yuriy Sandmeier, King School, CT, United States of America

MCRO048 — A Self-Disinfecting Nanomaterial for Future Space Travel

• Kara Fan, Westview High School, CA, United States of America

Fourth Award of $500

MCRO014T — Computer-Aided Investigation of the Influence of Microplastics on Paramecia

• Dascha Dobrozki, CJD Christophorusschule Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
• Emil Botezatu, CJD Christophorusschule Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
• Josua Zehner, CJD Christophorusschule Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

MCRO016 — Little Health Guard in the Kitchen: Preliminary Application of Perilla Extract in Kitchen Supplies

• Yimeng Xu, Taizhou No. 1 High School, Zhejiang, China

MCRO034 — Tracking Viral Evolution: Disease Diversity of Cloned Deformed Wing Virus in Honeybee Populations

• Alriana Buller-Jarrett, Charles Herbert Flowers High School, MD, United States of America

MCRO047 — Sargassum fluitans as Substrate and Nutrient Source de novo Culture Media to Growth Marine Microorganisms

• Layza Alicea Lopez , Superior Vocacional Benjamin Harrison, Puerto Rico

MCRO051 — A Model for Reversing the Cardiotoxic Effects of Doxorubicin via Fisetin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

• Julia Cherchever, Garden City High School, NY, United States of America

MCRO060 — In Pursuit of New Soil-Based Bacteriophages That Infect Gordonia rubripertincta: Discovering Evergreen

• Chloe Barreto-Massad, American Heritage School of Boca Delray, FL, United States of America

MCRO061 — An Antimicrobial-Bacterial Cellulose-Manuka Honey Loaded Dressing for the Active Treatment and Monitoring of Wounds

• Emma Markowitz, Maine Homeschool, ME, United States of America

PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

First Award of $5,000

PHYS056 — Discovery of the Smallest Ever Ultra-Short-Period Planet Using Novel Phase Folding Detection System Parallelized on a Cheap GPU

• Kaitlyn Wang, The Harker School, CA, United States of America

PHYS062 — Skew-Axis Cylinder Lens Optical System: Novel Method of Clinical Optometry of Astigmatism, Characterization, Theoretical Modelling, and Implementation

• Alexander Plekhanov, Beaverton Academy of Science and Engineering, OR, United States of America

Second Award of $2,000

PHYS022 — How Ants Climb Smooth, Vertical and Overhanging Walls

• Hana Blundell, Osaka Prefectural Tennoji High School, Japan

PHYS027 — Gyro-Ring: Dynamics and Steady Precession of Ring on a Vertical Smooth Rod

• XinRui Li, Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore

PHYS036 — A Machine Learning Approach to Determine the Number of Exoplanets in a Given Planetary System Based on NASA Exoplanet Archive Data

• Maureen Zhang, Pittsford Sutherland High School, NY, United States of America

PHYS050 — Co-Evolving Across Time: Black Holes as Regulators of Their Host Galaxy Properties

• Sarah Gardner, Ossining High School, NY, United States of America

Third Award of $1,000

PHYS001 — On the Aerodynamics of Snowflakes: An Experimental Study of the Relation Between the Shape and Aerodynamics of Early Aggregates

• Emma Nielsen, Gymnasiet HTX Lillebælt, Syddanmark, Denmark

PHYS009 — A Mathematical Study About the Sustaining Phenomenon of Overtone in Flageolet Harmonics on Bowed String Instruments

• Shodai Tanaka, Sapporo Kaisei Secondary School, Hokkaido, Japan

PHYS014 — Quarkonium Dynamics in Phase Space

• Gabriel Nowaskie, The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky, KY, United States of America

PHYS026T — Effect of the Planetary Magnetic Field on the Shape of Gas Giants’ Polygons Based on Fluid Instabilities Principle

• Amada Panumonwatee, Kamnoetvidya Science Academy, Thailand
• Jinjuta Paripurana, Kamnoetvidya Science Academy, Thailand
• Pavarit Phanichkul, Kamnoetvidya Science Academy, Thailand

PHYS049 — Unveiling Distant Worlds: Discovering 13 Ultracool Y-Dwarf Candidates With a Novel Model-Based Machine Learning Detection Technique

• Ankit Biswas, Providence High School, NC, United States of America

Fourth Award of $500

PHYS003T — Improving the Efficiency of Tuned Liquid Dampers by Determining the Optimal Specifications to Fit a Specific Structure

• Anders Holm, HTX Roskilde, Region Sjaelland, Denmark
• Theodor Sivager, HTX Roskilde, Region Sjaelland, Denmark

PHYS008 — Simulating the Dynamics, Collisions, and Morphology of Galactic Ultralight Dark Matter Haloes

• Leon Garcia, Corvallis High School, OR, United States of America

PHYS039 — Exploration and Analysis of Glitch Sizes and Their Patterns From 112 New Glitches in 30 New Pulsars

• Robbie Shepherd, Pelham Memorial High School, NY, United States of America

PHYS043 — Mid-Infrared Variability of Active Galactic Nuclei in Cosmic Voids

• Anish Aradhey, Harrisonburg High School, VA, United States of America

PHYS045 — The Implementation of a Pressure-Regulated System to Increase the Efficiency of the OxyCART System

• Anirudh Srinivasan, duPont Manual High School, KY, United States of America

PHYS053 — The Impact of Initial Flame Conditions on Thermonuclear Supernova Simulations

• Ellis Eisenberg, Half Hollow Hills High School West, NY, United States of America

PHYS059 — Measuring the Dark Matter Content of NGC5102 Using Combined Observations of Gas and Stars

• Olivia Silcock, William Clarke College, New South Wales, Australia

PLANT SCIENCES

First Award of $5,000

PLNT020 — Elucidation of the Biosynthesis Pathway of Acylated Flavonoid Glycosides in Pseudognaphalium affine and Exploration of Its Key Enzymes

• Dongtian Liu, Shanghai Foreign Language School Affiliated to SISU, China

Second Award of $2,000

PLNT001 — Analysis of Gene Interaction Between the Transcription Factor and Genes That Regulates Flowering of Arabidopsis thaliana

• Adela Uhrova, Gymnazium Boticska, Praha 2, Czech Republic

PLNT044 — Agro-Rhizoremediation: Rhizoremediation With Agro-Transformed Oryza sativa to Facilitate Arsenic Degradation in situ (Year III)

• Prisha Bhat, Plano East Senior High School, TX, United States of America

PLNT053 — Quantification of Macrophomina phaseolina Survival After Organic Soil Treatments Under Multiple Temperature Regimes

• Nira Goyal, Martin County High School, FL, United States of America

Third Award of $1,000

PLNT033 — Reducing Lead Contamination Through Hydroponically-Grown Mycorrhizal Plants

• Kate Xu, Del Norte High School, CA, United States of America

PLNT035 — The Effects of (Fe3O4) Nanoparticles on the Growth, Viability, and Toxicity of Triticum aestivum L. Plants

• Layan Almalki, Alfaisaliah Islamic Schools, Saudi Arabia

PLNT036 — Bioactivity of New Series of Zaxinone Mimics in Rice Growth and Its Effect on Striga Germination

• Noor Alhammad, Al-Anjal Private School, Eastern, Saudi Arabia

PLNT045T — Development of a Novel AI Soybean Root-Knot Nematode Stress Assessment (NASRKNSA) Model in Soybean Plants (Both Field and Home-Grown)

• Amanda Navarro, Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts, AR, United States of America
• Charis Xiong, Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts, AR, United States of America

PLNT048 — Mitigation of Decreased Protein Synthesis Under Elevated Carbon Dioxide in Arabidopsis thaliana Using Transgenic and Exogenous Approaches

• Jacob Federici, American Heritage School, FL, United States of America

Fourth Award of $500

PLNT003 — Crop Meshing Method (CMM): Drought Resilience Through Intentional Soil Development

• Rufus Wegner, St. Michael Gymnasium, Germany

PLNT009T — Optimization of Starch Content in Lemna minor Through Modified Environmental Conditions

• Anshul Desai, College Park High School, TX, United States of America
• Felix Li, College Park High School, TX, United States of America

PLNT014T — Black Gold: The Effect of C3 vs. C4 Feedstock on Carbon Sequestration of Resultant Biochar

• Chinmaya Saran, Northview High School, GA, United States of America
• Swathi Mugundu Pradeep, Northview High School, GA, United States of America

PLNT024 — Targeted Mutagenesis of the Arabidopsis deoxyhypusine Synthase Gene via CRISPR/Cas9 Enzyme Engineering Generating an Increase in Carbon Sequestration and Photosynthetic Rate

• Samantha Cohen-Pinsky, Satellite High School, FL, United States of America

PLNT034 — Improving Aquilaria crassna callus Sesquiterpenoid Production Using MOFs

• Yazan Alflayyeh, King Faisal School, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

PLNT058T — Utilizing Crop Starches Incorporating Capsaicinoids and Glucosinolates Extracted From Locally Produced Plants To Synthesize Bio-Degradable Insect Deterring and Weed Barrier Plastics as an Alternative to Commercially Produced Agricultural Plastics

• Evan Kennedy, New Mexico Military Institute, NM, United States of America
• Isaac Armenta Perez, New Mexico Military Institute, NM, United States of America
• Lucas Tang, New Mexico Military Institute, NM, United States of America

ROBOTICS AND INTELLIGENT MACHINES

First Award of $5,000

ROBO055 — Developing a Precision Rocket Landing Algorithm Using Convolutional Neural Networks and Model Predictive Control Algorithms

• Timucin Erbas, Acton Boxborough Regional High School, MA, United States of America

ROBO057 — Transmission-Line Assessment and Review System (TARS): An AI and Robotics Enabled Drone for the Inspection and Maintenance of High Voltage Transmission Lines

• Kai Turner, Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus, NSW, Australia

Second Award of $2,000

ROBO012T — An Autonomous Over-the-Board Chess Solution for Players in Isolated Conditions

• Ayaan Dhuka, Saint John’s School, TX, United States of America
• Caiman Moreno-Earle, Saint John’s School, TX, United States of America
• Landon Doughty, Saint John’s School, TX, United States of America

ROBO014 — VAST (Voice and Spiral Tool): A Novel Multimodal Machine Learning Method To Detect Parkinson’s Disease and Assess Severity

• Anu Iyer, Little Rock Central High School, AR, United States of America

ROBO069 — NeuroMotus: An Intelligent Exoskeleton System to Improve Cerebral Palsy Patient Mobility Using Brain Computer Interface

• Ishan Ahluwalia, Jesuit High School, OR, United States of America

ROBO072 — Rapid Cardiac Screening Using Deep Learning: A Novel Interpretable AI Model for Cardiovascular Health Assessment

• Samuel Wang, Germantown Academy, PA, United States of America

Third Award of $1,000

ROBO006T — Development of Optical Varroa Mite Detection on Bees With Neural Networks

• Albert Dehne, Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium, Thuringen, Germany
• Daniel Cermann, Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium, Thuringen, Germany
• Richard Ueltzen, Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium, Thuringen, Germany

ROBO007 — A Novel Super-Resolution AI Engine and Multi-Stage Abnormality Detection Pipeline for Early Blindness Prevention

• Justin Liu, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, CA, United States of America

ROBO020 — CogVR: A Novel AI Therapeutic System for MS Patients

• Krish Saxena, Collins Hill High School, GA, United States of America

ROBO025T — Teach Me Braille: A Kit Consisting of Modules and Applications That Can Provide Fully Efficient Education for Visually Impaired Students and Support the Problems Faced by Individuals in Their Daily Life With the Help of Machine Learning Approaches

• Ibrahim Derman, Ataturk High School of Science, Istanbul, Turkey
• Irem Duran, Ataturk High School of Science, Istanbul, Turkey
• Kerem Arslan, Ataturk High School of Science, Istanbul, Turkey

ROBO033 — Hybrid Plasticity: Adaptive, Brain-Like Artificial Intelligence via Prefrontal Cortex Inspired Meta-Learning

• Rohan Kalahasty, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA, United States of America

ROBO067 — Cost-Effective and Educational Refreshable Braille Display With Cognitive Learning Features

• Nagamitesh Nagamuralee, Lexington High School, MA, United States of America

Fourth Award of $500

ROBO003 — Action-Aware Vision Language Navigation: A Novel Reinforcement Learning Framework for Dynamic Navigation in VR and Beyond

• Jasmine Liu, Shanghai American School – Pudong Campus, Shanghai, China

ROBO019 — The Story of the Stone: A Novel Rubbing Restoration Method Using Generative Adversarial Network

• Gongbo Sun, Beijing National Day School, China

ROBO035 — An Adaptable, Cost-Effective, Compact Approach to 3D Printer Self-Repair

• Bandar AlBraheem, Manarat Al Khobar National & International Schools, Eastern Province , Saudi Arabia

ROBO036 — Object Recognition With Contextual Reasoning Based Fuzzy Neural Networks for the Uncertainty Output

• Andy Yang, Dutch Fork High School, SC, United States of America

ROBO039T — A Differentially-Geared, Omnidirectional Robotics Platform With Autonomous Jerk-Limited Navigation

• Logan Brown, High Technical High North County, CA, United States of America
• Nicholas Usher, High Technical High North County, CA, United States of America

ROBO041 — SPRKD: Effective Knowledge Distillation for Deep Neural Networks via Saddle Region Approximation

• Aditya Dewan, The Woodlands School – Secondary, Ontario, Canada

ROBO047 — A Fully Autonomous Heterogeneous Drone Swarm for Collaborative Target Pursuit

• Michelle Wang, Carbondale Community High School, IL, United States of America

ROBO052 — Bionic Squid-Inspired Robot Facilitating Underwater Monitorization and Preservation of Coral Reefs

• Zixuan Li, Ridley College, Ontario, Canada

SYSTEMS SOFTWARE

First Award of $5,000

SOFT045 — Analyzing the Effect of Mid-Circuit Measurement (MCM) on Spectator Qubits

• Harshil Avlani, BASIS Chandler, AZ, United States of America

Second Award of $2,000

SOFT014 — CompaCT: Fractal-Based Heuristic Pixel Segmentation for Enhanced Lossless Compression of High-Color DICOM Medical Images

• Taaha Khan, Sunset High School, OR, United States of America

SOFT040 — A Framework for Effective Ransomware Detection and Mitigation

• Eric Song, Yorktown High School, NY, United States of America

SOFT049 — MoodBox: Vocal Screening for Depression and Gamified Relief

• Shinyoung Jeon, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA, United States of America

Third Award of $1,000

SOFT018 — EyePal: A Novel Multimodal Diagnosis & Prevention System to Enable Accessible and Individualized Glaucoma Detection

• Rohan Kalia, Wheeler High School, GA, United States of America

SOFT032T — AIM-AI: An AI-Based Natural Language Processing Approach To Reducing Fatal Risks of Medical Imaging in Patients Through Automated Imaging Order Selection

• Rohan Dharia, William B. Travis High School, TX, United States of America
• Videet Mehta, William B. Travis High School, TX, United States of America

SOFT038 — Finding JavaScript Vulnerabilities With Concolic Execution Using Switched MUS Reduction on Quivers

• Landon Colaresi, Pittsburgh Allderdice High School, PA, United States of America

SOFT043 — Low-Cost Real-Time Silent Communicator for Complete Quadriplegia (Paralyzed) Patients

• Sonia Leo, Moorestown High School, NJ, United States of America

Fourth Award of $500

SOFT005 — Virtual Academic Insight Aid

• Michael McMahon, Lagan College, United Kingdom

SOFT022 — A Scoring System of Chinese Calligraphy Copy Work

• Leyao Gu, No. 2 High School of East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

SOFT027 — MemSpark: Artificially Intelligent Virtual Reality System for Non-Intrusive Therapy and Evaluation of Dementia

• Kosha Upadhyay, Bellevue Senior High School, WA, United States of America

SOFT031T — Evidence and Management of Warehouses With Eco-Based Materials

• Vanesa Smolakova, Stredna priemyselna skola elektrotechnicka, Presovsky kraj, Slovakia
• Vanessa Ciskova, Stredna priemyselna skola elektrotechnicka, Presovsky kraj, Slovakia

SOFT046 — A VR Puzzle Game With Hand-Tracking Mechanics

• Maxime Buck, Lycee Michel Rodange Luxembourg, Luxembourg

SOFT047 — Derma X

• Mesk Abdalsalam, Talae’ Al-Amal Secondary Schools, West Bank, Palestine

TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL SCIENCE

First Award of $5,000

TMED001 — The Earthworm Squirm: Multiple Sclerosis Hypnosis Investigating the Potentiality of an Alternative, Realistic Cure of Encephalomyelitis disseminata (Multiple Sclerosis) Using the Neoblasts from Dugesia tigrina (Planaria) on Lumbricus terrestris (Earthworms)

• Alanna Polyak, Plano West Senior High School, TX, United States of America

TMED013 — Model Validation and Preclinical Testing of Digestive Enzymes for Gluten Breakdown: A Move to Cure Gluten Intolerance and Celiac Disease

• Aditi Avinash, Rock Canyon High School, CO, United States of America

Second Award of $2,000

TMED020 — Developing a Sensitive, Papain-Based Hydrogel Film That Colorimetrically Detects Glucose

• Seoyun Lee, Daegu International School, Daegu, South Korea

TMED029 — Haloperidol Inhibits Inflammasome Activation via LAMTOR1 and Reduces the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Vidya Ambati, Albemarle High School, VA, United States of America

TMED049 — Selective Inhibition of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Attenuates Traumatic Brain Injury-Mediated Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption in a Novel Dynamic in vitro Model

• Samantha Milewicz, Byram Hills High School, NY, United States of America

TMED061 — HDformer: A Higher Dimensional Transformer With a Novel Time Square Attention Mechanism Utilizing Long Range Vascular Signals for Diabetes Detection, and an AI-Based PPG Wearable

• Ella Lan, The Harker School, CA, United States of America

TMED067 — BioRx: An Integrative NLP Approach to Early Survival and Recurrence Prediction and Novel Biomarker Discovery in Unstructured Text-Based Clinical Narratives for Diabetes Patients

• Snikitha Banda, Notre Dame High School San Jose, CA, United States of America

Third Award of $1,000

TMED021T — Ovydrome’s Catch: A Biosensor for the Early Detection of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome With and Approach to Prevent Further Gynecological Cancers

• Soumya Agrawal, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s R.K. Sarda Vidya Mandir, Chhattisgarh, India
• Vanshika Digania, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s R.K. Sarda Vidya Mandir, Chhattisgarh, India

TMED045 — Investigating the Theranostic Potential of Antibody X Against Small Cell Lung Cancer

• Maxwell Ma, Irvington High School, NY, United States of America

TMED046 — Development of Universal Multi-Target Antibody-Like Vaccines Against the Highly Pathogenic Coronaviruses

• Faris Alyami, Sada Al-Ibdaa , Asir, Saudi Arabia

TMED060 — Designing a Novel Primer Blocker Using Bioconjugation of Single Stranded Binding Protein and Oligonucleotides for Improved KRAS Mutation Detection

• Katie Sun, Crystal Springs Uplands School, CA, United States of America

TMED064 — Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Celiac Disease

• Grace Yacobe, Academy of Notre Dame de Namur, PA, United States of America

TMED068 — Identification of Novel Diagnostic Neuroimaging Biomarkers for Autism Spectrum Disorder Through Convolutional Neural Network-Based Analysis of Functional, Structural, and Diffusion Tensor Imaging Data Towards Enhanced Autism Diagnosis

• Annie Adhikary, Nikola Tesla STEM High School, WA, United States of America

TMED078 — The Effect of Nicotinamide on the Il-6 Expression and Cell Count of Barrett’s Esophagus Expressing Cells

• Sruthi Balasubramanian, American Heritage School of Boca Delray, FL, United States of America

Fourth Award of $500

TMED004 — Translational Approach To Develop N-Acetylneuraminic Acid (Neu5Ac) as Biomarker for the Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), Year Two Project

• Sharmada Palakurthi, W.B. Ray High School, TX, United States of America

TMED009 — Investigating the Role of Rev1 in Maintaining Accurate DNA Replication Past G4 Containing Regions in the Leading and Lagging Strands

• Shreyam Tripathi, Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts, AR, United States of America

TMED011 — Identifying the Molecular Mechanisms of a Safer Neuroblastoma Cure Using the Native Hawaiian ‘Awapuhi (Zingiber zerumbet) Herb

• Rachel Tao, Waiakea High School, HI, United States of America

TMED033 — Identification and Analysis of Metabolic Inhibitors in Ctnnb1-Driven Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)

• Audrey Su, Skyline High School, UT, United States of America

TMED053 — Advancing Early Detection of Kidney Cancer (Year 2): A Novel Automated Workflow for Proteomic Profiling of Urinary Extracellular Vesicles

• Zheng-Chi Lee, West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School, IN, United States of America

TMED059 — Identifying Novel Drugs to Inhibit APOE4 as a Therapeutic Intervention for Treating Alzheimer’s

• Geethika Atluri, Little Rock Central High School, AR, United States of America

TMED063 — A Novel Segmentation-Based AI Approach for the Early Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy and Macular Edema (DREAM) via Analysis of Retinal Fundus Images

• Siddharth Adda, BASIS Scottsdale, AZ, United States of America

TMED066T — O-RA: Osteoarthritis Rehabilitation Assistant

• Kaewkla Sroykabkaew, The Prince Royal’s College, Chiang Mai, Thailand
• Krittapat Tragoolpua, The Prince Royal’s College, Chiang Mai, Thailand
• Napaschol Inthapan, The Prince Royal’s College, Chiang Mai, Thailand

TMED075 — Novel Therapeutic Efficacy of Curcumin and Fish Oil (Omega-3 Fatty Acids) on Inhibiting Neuroinflammation and Neuronal Apoptosis in Mus musculus Microglial Cells

• Ehtesham Suhail, Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School, NJ, United States of America