Category Awards

Middle School

Animal Sciences – Middle School
3rd Place
Cambree Newby, Rise STEM Academy – Fruit vs Veggies
2nd Place
Anne McKee Hastings, Cassidy Elementary School – Analyzing Heart Rate Increase on Zebrafish Embryos with Different Stimuli
1st Place
Carol Erwin, St. Francis of Assisi – Do Horses Recognize and Respond to Human Facial Expressions

Behavioral and Social Sciences – Middle School
3rd Place
Emma Clark, SCAPA at Bluegrass  – Stunning Soda
2nd Place
Kate Beaton, St. Francis of Assisi – Exploring the Development of Equity Mindsets in Children
1st Place
Krishitha Amsakrishnan, Meyzeek Middle School – AI-Based Intervention for Mental Health Support

Biochemistry – Middle School
3rd Place
Elliot Peters, St. Francis of Assisi – Preventing Protein Glycation
2nd Place
Harini Chivukula/Lasya Thutupalli, Meyzeek Middle School – Can We Make Sustainable Fabric from Seaweed?
1st Place
Brhati Nambi, Meyzeek Middle School – Who Loses Most Vitamin C?

Biomedical and Health Sciences – Middle School
3rd Place
Andrei Cornea, Winburn Middle School – Mouthwash Mystery
2nd Place
Anamta Aqil, Meyzeek Middle School – Finding the Hidden Antioxidant Power of Tea Bags
1st Place
Graham Centimole, St. Francis of Assisi – The Effects of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Agonists on Preoperative Fasting

Biomedical Engineering – Middle School
3rd Place
Gabriel Galla, St. Francis of Assisi – BART: Baby Alert and Roll Tool
2nd Place
Murari Balla/Siddhant Shukla, Meyzeek Middle School – Creating an Artificial Pancreas to Help People with Diabetes
1st Place
Rhea Parmar, Meyzeek Middle School – Benefiting Breast Cancer Diagnosis by Using AI

Cellular and Molecular Biology – Middle School
3rd Place
Jean Rios, Carter G. Woodson Academy – Kisses my Skin
2nd Place
Harper Joaquin, St. Francis of Assisi – Determining the Effect of Aspartame on Growing Brains
1st Place
Ridilia Alam, Beaumont Middle School- Stimulating Cyanobacteria to Clean Up CO2 and Eliciting It to Produce O2 in the Air

Chemistry – Middle School
3rd Place
Sanjay Koripelli, Meyzeek Middle School – Improving Athletes’ Endurance Using Different Drinks
2nd Place
Avery Lloyd, St. Francis of Assisi – A Sustainable Eggshell Derived Photocatalyst
1st Place
Prikash Kharel, Tates Creek Middle School – Harvesting Tomorrow’s Power: Energy Unleased from Vibrant Fruits

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics – Middle School
3rd Place
Vivaan Tippana, South Oldham Middle School  – Harnessing the Power of Generative AI in the Field of Bioinformatics
2nd Place
Samuel Church, St. Francis of Assisi – Exploring IBD Gene Upregulation in Alzheimer’s
1st Place
Dhiraj Javvadi, Meyzeek Middle School  – Project IRIS

Earth and Environmental Science – Middle School
3rd Place
John Cornett, St. Francis of Assisi – Population Density and Precipitation Microplastic
2nd Place
Hallie Squire, Leestown Middle School – Drill It, Don’t Spill It!
1st Place
Estefany Juan-Menchu, St. Francis of Assisi  – Exploring Tap Water Potability in San Pedro Soloma

Embedded Systems – Middle School
3rd Place
No Award
2nd Place
Akhshara Guru Raj Kumar, Meyzeek Middle School – Quality of Sleep Detector
1st Place
Olivia Naidu, St. Francis of Assisi  – CHAD: Cloud Helmet with Accident Detection

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design – Middle School
3rd Place
Gus Griffin, Sacred heart Model School – SolarChaser: A Sun-Tracking Solar Panel
2nd Place
Caitlyn Douglas, SCAPA at Bluegrass – Rays the Roof: The Effect of the Angle of a Solar Panel on Voltage Output
1st Place
Isaiah Bertram, Home School – Efficiently Capturing the Wind’s Energy

Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics – Middle School
3rd Place
Arya Walia, Meyzeek Middle School – How Can You Assemble an Inexpensive Water Purification System with Components that are Easily Available?
2nd Place
Todd Niemann, St. Francis of Assisi – Exploring Novel Designs in Ionic Thrusters
1st Place
Helen Bai, Noe Middle School – Investigation of Off-Axis Thrust and Center of Gravity Misalignment on Dynamic Stability of Mid and High-Powered Rockets

Environmental Engineering – Middle School
3rd Place
Briella Brown/Lilyanne Johnson/Matilyn Wheeler, Adams Middle School – Sorting to Save – Glass Recycling Automated Sorting Bin
2nd Place
Elena Cates, Meyzeek Middle School- Creating Water Filtration Systems Utilizing Renewable Materials
1st Place
Amelia Prizant, St. Francis of Assisi – Remediating Agricultural Pollution with Calcium Carbonate

Materials Science – Middle School
3rd Place
Koby Pierce, Lexington Christian Academy – Performance of Paste
2nd Place
Vijay Kannan, Meyzeek Middle School – Which Acidic Substance Produces the Most Durable Eco-Friendly Plastic?
1st Place
Vethum Hapuarachchi, Meyzeek Middle School – The Effect of Different Materials on Sound Absorption

Mathematics – Middle School
3rd Place
Pranavi Kodukulla, Meyzeek Middle School – Projectile Motion: Prediction v. Experimental
2nd Place
Manit Gupta, Meyzeek Middle School – Developing an Algorithm to Enhance the Discovery of Special Prime Numbers
1st Place
Aarav Tibrewal, Beaumont Middle School – Zipf Zap Zoom

Microbiology – Middle School
3rd Place
Lucy Pulliam, St. Francis of Assisi – Exploring Bed Bugs as Possible Vectors of Bacterial Infections
2nd Place
Rhea Tandon, Meyzeek Middle School  – Identifying Which Household Vinegar Subtype Prevents Bacterial Contamination from Chicken
1st Place
Tyler Head, St. Francis of Assisi  – Plastic Leachate Affects Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria

Physics and Astronomy – Middle School
3rd Place
Pramath Kodukulla/Agastya Mishra/Prathem Tippi, Meyzeek Middle School – Does Elevation in the Earth’s Atmosphere Affect the Speed of Sound
2nd Place
Owen Park, St. Francis of Assisi – Exploring Regolith-Metal Static Attraction in a Martian Atmosphere
1st Place
Bingqi “Pinkie” Lin, Winburn Middle School- Surface Tension: The Way of Water

Plant Sciences – Middle School
3rd Place
Siyu Tian, Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School – Soil Erosion
2nd Place
Hashir Adnan, Meyzeek Middle School – Exploring the Efficacious Use of Bio-fertilizer Doses in Plant Development
1st Place
Roger Quarles, St. Francis of Assisi – Exploring Allelopathy in Organic Potato Eye Sprouts

Robotics and Intelligent Machines – Middle School
3rd Place
Carson Couch, Mountain View Elementary – E-Target Electronic Target System
2nd Place
Rishik Saravanan/Tejesh Saravanan, Meyzeek Middle School – CareBot – Frugal Desktop Patient Assistant Robot Using Real-Time Object Detection AI
1st Place
Vera Naidu, St. Francis of Assisi – Improving a Medical Robot with Haptics and High Res Camera

Systems Software – Middle School
3rd Place
Bhavit Gupta, Meyzeek Middle School – Intelligent Personalized Healthcare
2nd Place
Zoe Zheng, Noe Middle School – Study Ninja: A Web Application to Streamline Study Management and Efficiency through Advanced UI/UX Design
1st Place
Aaryan Raje, Meyzeek Middle School – The Automated Delivery System

Technology Enhances the Arts – Middle School
3rd Place
No Award
2nd Place
No Award
1st Place
Max Dunn, St. Francis of Assisi – Science Meets Art: Turning Plant EEG Signals Into Pieces of 3D Art

Translational Medical Science – Middle School
3rd Place
Leah Rasnake, St. Francis of Assisi – Investigating Where Plants Affect the Coagulation Cascade
2nd Place
Caterine Burket, St. Francis of Assisi – Exploring the Impact of Vinyl Flooring VOCs on Stem Cell Function
1st Place
Karl Manke, St. Francis of Assisi – Magnolia, a Possible Cancer Adjunct Therapy

High School

Animal Sciences – High School
3rd Place
Juliette Palmer, duPont Manual High School – Designing a Better Fruit Fly Trap
2nd Place
Ainjini Patra, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – The Effects of Electric Stimulation on the Movement of Drosophila Larvae
1st Place
Jiwoo Kim, Model Laboratory High School – The Effect of Temperature on the Habituation of the LGI-Mediated Tail Flip Response and Neural Circuitry

Behavioral and Social Sciences – High School
3rd Place
Chloe Farmer, STEAM Academy – Aggregation Behavior of Larvae in Different Temperatures
2nd Place
Ben Haase, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – Genomic Signatures of Escalated Fentanyl Use
1st Place
Melis Ozyurekoglu, duPont Manual High School – Subthalamic Beta Frequency as a Predictor for Cognitive Impulse Control in Parkinson’s Disease Patients

Biochemistry – High School
3rd Place
Addison Carrillo, Lexington Catholic High School – Steriodal Compound Production by Biotransformation of Phytosterols in Plants
2nd Place
John Huynh, duPont Manual High School – The Effect of Overconsumption of Synthetic Food Dyes on Sleeping Behavior, Hyperactivity, and Dopamine Reuptake
1st Place
Allison Neltner, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – Testing the Specificity of ABCC9/SUR2 Immunohistochemistry Antibodies for Neuroscience Research

Biomedical and Health Sciences – High School
3rd Place –
Arimitsu Horikawa-Strakovsky/Luke Jones, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – AI-Powered Analysis of Muscle Tissue in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
2nd Place
Kiran Koul, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – Effect of Early Life Stress on Baroreflex Sensitivity in Obese Male Mice
1st Place
Lucy Teng, duPont Manual High School – Lithium Iron Phosphate Promotes Tumor Cell Growth by Shaping Mitochondrial Function

Biomedical Engineering – High School
3rd Place
Aishwarya Ramasamy, duPont Manual High School – Novel, Low-Cost, Wearable, and Portable Device for Monitoring Neurological Disorders Using Multi-Modal Sensing Technologies
2nd Place
Karthika Hariprasad, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – A Novel Device Using AI to Assist People with Dementia
1st Place
Jack Wilson, Highlands High School  – DengueScreen: An Efficient, Low-Cost, and High-Efficacy Computer Vision-Based Diagnostic Alternative for Dengue Fever

Cellular and Molecular Biology – High School
3rd Place
Aryan Shah, duPont Manual High School – Can ASAH2b Be Utilized as a Therapeutic Target for Lung Cancer?
2nd Place
Ryan Yakoumatos, North Oldham High School – A Comparison of the Impact of Different β-Glucans on Murine Macrophage Activation
1st Place
Arjun Sharma, duPont Manual High School – Immunomodulatory Response of Neem Leaves Extract and Its Use in Treating Chronic Inflammatory Diseases

Chemistry – High School
3rd Place
Rithika Chopra/Clara Fuller/Nora Reichert, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – Variations in Hair Strength with the Use of Heat Protectant
2nd Place
Christina Lin/Miranda Ma, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – Screening Molecules for Fluorescence Efficiency
1st Place
Alexander Stumbur, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – Green Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Ethers Using Base-Metal Catalyst

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics – High School
3rd Place
Sara Nath, Gatton Academy of Science & Mathematics – Classifying Alzheimer’s Disease Outcome in Single-Cell RNA-Seq Datasets
2nd Place
Saanvi Arora, duPont Manual High School – Diabetic Retinopathy Detection Using Low Cost Retinal Imaging Device and Machine Learning Program
1st Place
Douglas Lin, duPont Manual High School – Role of Intercellular Interactions on Single Cell and Population Level Responses

Earth and Environmental Science – High School
3rd Place
Tanisha Pancholi/Emerson Wyatt, duPont Manual High School – Producing Bio-Flame Retardants
2nd Place
Grace Reck, Ballard High School – Clmate Change vs. The Brain
1st Place
Sophia Staples, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – Meteorite or Meteor-wrong? Analysis of Meteorite-like Samples

Embedded Systems – High School
3rd Place
Easha Heellage, Ballard High School – Advanced Anesthesia Monitoring System
2nd Place
Yash Pathak, duPont Manual High School – An Affordable IOT-Enabled Water Quality Monitoring Solution Using Raspberry Pi
1st Place
Annika Chadha, duPont Manual High School – Pressure Responsive OmniWheel Walker for LiDAR Sensing and Automatic Braking

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design – High School
3rd Place
Tanisha Parab, duPont Manual High School – Solar Powered Irrigation System
2nd Place
Justice Rueff, Lexington Catholic High School – Ester vs. Ether Organic Based Electrolytes for Sodium-Ion Batteries
1st Place
Mihira Sumanasekera, Ballard High School – Creating a New Catalyst to Replace Platinum in Producing Hydrogen by Water Electrolysis

Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics – High School
3rd Place
August Gregonis/Pranav Kuna, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – Aerothermal Analysis of the KRUPS Capsule During Re-entry from Sounding Rocket Flights
2nd Place
Sohan Sen, duPont Manual High School – DISASTER – A Novel Tiltrotor Designed for Natural Disaster Relief
1st Place
Ajay Sutaria, duPont Manual High School – QUADSWAP – Quick Unified Autonomous Drone Battery Swapping with Advanced Precision

Environmental Engineering – High School
3rd Place
Amina Albarqawi, Nur Islamic School of Louisville – The Effect of Wax Moth Larva on Plastic Degradation
2nd Place
Tejas Basneth, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – Eco-Friendly Multi-Membranced Alginate-Based Water Encapsulation Modules for Precision-Controlled Water Management in Agricultural Settings
1st Place
Charles Cao, duPont Manual High School – Using Seaweed to Solve the Plastic Pollution Crisis

Materials Science – High School
3rd Place
Farhan Sheikh, duPont Manual High School – Using Stereolithography as a Viable Cost-Effective Alternative for Producing Lenses
2nd Place
Vallabh Ramesh, duPont Manual High School – 4-D Printed Novel Conductive and Elastomeric Shape Memory Polymer Composites Using Graphene and Carbon Fiber for Aerospace and Automotive Applications
1st Place
Grace Sun, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – Novel Chemical Doping Strategy to Enhance N-type Organic Electrochemical Transistors

Mathematics – High School
3rd Place
Kaden Mahoney, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – How Many Proper Equivalence Classes of Binary Quadratic Forms are There for a Fixed Discriminant??
2nd Place –
Aiden Gie, duPont Manual High School – Machine Learning for Analyzing Video Game Sales
1st Place
Joseph Vulakh, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – Twisted Homogeneous Racks Over the Alternating Groups

Microbiology – High School
3rd Place
Adaora Ozor, duPont Manual High School – Exploring the Antibacterial and Absorbent Properties of Fruit Peel Paper Towels
2nd Place
Priyam Kumaran, duPont Manual High School – The Beneficial Efect of Garlic Derived Nano Particles on Gut Microbiome
1st Place
Amina Puzhakkaraillath, duPont Manual High School – The Fabrication and Assessment of a Novel Cost Effective Nature-Inspired Antimicrobial Surface

Physics and Astronomy – High School
3rd Place
Neil Patil, duPont Manual High School – AEDesigns: A Novel, Globally-Accessible, Cost-Effective Approach to Acoustic Enclosure Design with Machine Learning for Hearing Loss Prevention
2nd Place
Jacob Anil, duPont Manual High School – A Convolutional Neural Network for Glitch Detection within Gravitational Waves
1st Place
Tristan Martin, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – Optimizing the Thickness of Carbon Fiber Microstructures on Heat Shields During Atmospheric Re-Entry

Plant Sciences – High School
3rd Place
Adithya Raghunath, duPont Manual High School – Growing Plants in Simulated Microgravity
2nd Place
Sivani Babu, duPont Manual High School – Hyperaccumulation of Arsenic in Rice Plants: A Low-Cost Approach to Arsenic Degradation
1st Place
Alexander Staykov, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – Ensuring Successful Plant Reproduction: ADF3’s Role in Balancing Assembly and Disassembly of Actin Filaments which Transport Sperm Nuclei

Robotics and Intelligent Machines – High School
3rd Place
Adharsh Jaikumar, duPont Manual High School  – Trauma Relief Rover via Through-Wall Human Presence Detection
2nd Place
Jilly Choi duPont Manual High School – Design of a Low-Cost, Low Inertia, Backdrivable Upper-body Humanoid
1st Place
Jayden Jeong, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – TempURRA-NET

Systems Software – High School
3rd Place
Summon Gebrelibanos/Xuanhao Li, Ballard High School – Decoding and Transferring Data through Photos Using Photo-Based Steganography
2nd Place
Saveer Jain, duPont Manual High School – The Guided Inquiry Neural Network (GINN): A Novel Approach to Primary Care Differential Diagnosis
1st Place
DaYou Choi, Eminence High School – Q-LEARN: Optimizing Student Data Analysis with Quantum Computing Algorithms

Technology Enhances the Arts – High School
3rd Place
No Award
2nd Place
No Award
1st Place
Leona Haight, Ballard High School – AI vs Art

Translational Medical Science – High School
3rd Place
Zaynab Pervez, Ballard High School – Exploring Female Cardiac Resilience – The Power of Ketogenic Responses
2nd Place
Emma Conley, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – Testing Nutrient Sensing Modulators as Therapeutics for Alzheimer’s Disease
1st Place
Justin Huang, duPont Manual High School – Development and Validation of a Novel Breath Analysis and Machine Learning Platform for Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Heart Failure

Special Awards

Amazon Innovation Award – Middle School
3rd Place
Evalee Brewer/Ian Holbrook, Adams Middle School – Gardening Tower Designed with Automated Watering System
2nd Place
Briella Brown/Lilyanne Johnson/Matilyn Wheeler, Adams Middle School – Sorting to Save – Glass Recycling Automated Sorting Bin
1st Place
Carson Couch, Mountain View Elementary – E-Target Electronic Target System

Amazon Innovation Award – High School
3rd Place
Adja Gueye, Central High School – Deja Vu: Testing Various Memory and Attentional Theories
2nd Place
Arieanna Washington, duPont Manual High School – Can Large Language Model-Based Chatbots Reduce Critical Error in Machine Translation?
1st Place
Adaora Ozor, duPont Manual High School – Exploring the Antibacterial and Absorbent Properties of Fruit Peel Paper Towels

Dr. Barbara Ramey Physical Sciences Award
Koby Pierce, Lexington Christian Academy – Performance of Paste

Dr. Robert Creek Life Sciences Award
Brianna Pabian/Bella Tipton, Seton Catholic Elementary – Music & Memory

American Institute of Professional Geologists
Sophia Staples, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – Meteorite or Meteor-wrong? Analysis of Meteorite-like Samples

American Psychological Association Award
Melis Ozyurekoglu, duPont Manual High School – Subthalamic Beta Frequency as a Predictor for Cognitive Impulse Control in Parkinson’s Disease Patients

Association for Women Geoscientists
Sophia Staples, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – Meteorite or Meteor-wrong? Analysis of Meteorite-like Samples

Lemelson Early Inventor Prize
Rishik Saravanan/Tejesh Saravanan, Meyzeek Middle School – CareBot – Frugal Desktop Patient Assistant Robot Using Real-Time Object Detection AI

NASA Earth System Science Award
Owen Park, St. Francis of Assisi – Exploring Regolith-Metal Static Attraction in a Martian Atmosphere

NOAA: Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award
Ifrah Shaik, J. Graham Brown Middle School – Operation Aquatic Oasis: Reducing Nitrogen Concentrations Using Lemna Minor

Regeneron Biomedical Science Award
Justin Huang, duPont Manual High School – Development and Validation of a Novel Breath Analysis and Machine Learning Platform for Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Heart Failure

Ricoh Sustainable Development Award
Yash Pathak, duPont Manual High School – An Affordable IOT-Enabled Water Quality Monitoring Solution Using Raspberry Pi

Society for In Vitro Biology
Lucy Teng, duPont Manual High School – Lithium Iron Phosphate Promotes Tumor Cell Growth by Shaping Mitochondrial Function

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Joshua Roenker, Beaumont Middle School – Does Greywater Affect Hydroponic Plant Growth?

U.S. Metric Association Award
Amina Albarqawi, Nur Islamic School of Louisville – The Effect of Wax Moth Larva on Plastic Degradation

Yale Science and Engineering Association
Valerie Mohrmann, duPont Manual High School – Development of PET-Dissolving Microbes in Aquatic, Terrestrial, and Human Body-Simulated Environments

Military Awards

U.S Air Force Award – Grades 6 – 8
Owen Park St. Francis of Assisi – Exploring Regolith-Metal Static Attraction in a Martian Atmosphere

Helen Bai, Noe Middle School – Investigation of Off-Axis Thrust and Center of Gravity Misalignment on Dynamic Stability of Mid and High-Powered Rockets

U.S Air Force Award – Grades 9 – 12
Ajay Sutaria, duPont Manual High School – QUADSWAP – Quick Unified Autonomous Drone Battery Swapping with Advanced Precision

Adharsh Jaikumar, duPont Manual High School – Trauma Relief Rover via Through-Wall Human Presence Detection

U.S. Army Award
Kevin Brothers, Ballard High School – Found: Reuniting Parents with Their Children Using Facial Recognition

Saanvi Arora, duPont Manual High School – Diabetic Retinopathy Detection Using Low Cost Retinal Imaging Device and Machine Learning Program

Annika Chadha, duPont Manual High School – Pressure Responsive OmniWheel Walker with LiDar Sensing and Automatic Braking

Summer Li, duPont Manual High School – User Authentication and Health Monitoring Using Radar Based Signal Statisics

Neil Patil, duPont Manual High School – AEDesigns: A Novel, Globally-Accessible, Cost-Effective Approach to Acoustic Enslosure Design with Machine Learning for Hearing Loss Prevention

U.S. Navy-Marine Corp Excellence in Research Award-Grades 6 – 8
Vijay Kannan, Meyzeek Middle School – Which Acidic Substance Produces the Most Durable Eco-Friendly Plastic? 

Sanjay Koripelli, Meyzeek Middle School – Improving Athletes’ Endurance Using Different Drinks

Ridila Alam, Beaumont Middle School – Stimulating Cyanobacteria to Clean Up CO2 and Eliciting It to Produce O2 in the Air

U.S. Navy-Marine Corp Excellence in Research Award-Grades 9 – 12
Mihira Sumanasekera, Ballard High School – Creating a New Catalyst to Replace Platinum in Producing Hydrogen by Water Electrolysis

Aalya Jha, duPont Manual High School – Development of a Low-cost Gas Chromatography-Infrared Spectrometer Alternative for Rapid Organic Compound Identification

Sohan Sen, duPont Manual High School – DISASTER – A Novel Tiltrotor Designed for Natural Disaster Relief

Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovator Challenge

Anamta Aqil, Meyzeek Middle School – Finding the Hidden Antioxidant Power of Tea Bags

Kate Beaton, St. Francis of Assisi – Exploring the Development of Equity Mindsets in Children

Catherine Burket, St. Francis of Assisi – Exploring the Impact of Vinyl Flooring VOCs on Stem Cell Function

Samuel Church, St. Francis of Assisi – Exploring IBD Gene Upregulation in Alzheimer’s

Caitlyn Douglas, SCAPA at Bluegrass – Rays the Roof: The Effect of the Angle of a Solar Panel on Voltage Output

Max Dunn, St. Francis of Assisi – Science Meets Art: Turning Plant EEG Signals into Pieces of 3D Art

Carole Erwin, St. Francis of Assisi – Do Horses Recognize and Respond to Human Facial Expressions

Dhiraj Javvadi, St. Francis of Assisi – Project IRIS

Estefany Juan-Menchu, St. Francis of Assisi – Exploring Tap Water Potability in San Pedro Soloma

Avery Lloyd, St. Francis of Assisi – A Sustainable Eggshell Derived Photocatalyst

Brhati Nambi, Meyzeek Middle School – Who Loses Most Vitamin C?

Owen Park, St. Francis of Assisi – Exploring Regolith-Metal Static Attraction in a Martian Atmosphere

Amelia Prizant, St. Francis of Assisi – Remediating Agricultural Pollution with Calcium Carbonate

Jean Rios, Carter G. Woodson Academy – Kisses My Skin

Siyu Tian, Edythe Jones Hayes Middle School – Soil Erosion

Zoe Zheng, Noe Middle School – Study Ninja: A Web Application to Streamline Study Management and Efficiency through Advanced UI/UX Design

Best of Fair- Middle School

Middle School – Life Sciences
3rd Place
Krishitha Amsakrishnan, Meyzeek Middle School – AI-Based Intervention for Mental Health Support
2nd Place
Dhiraj Javvadi, Meyzeek Middle School – Project IRIS
1st Place
Graham Centimole, St. Francis of Assisi – The Effects of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Agonists on Preoperative Fasting

Middle School – Physical Sciences
3rd Place
Vera Naidu, St. Francis of Assisi – Improving a Medical Robot with Haptics and High Res Camera
2nd Place
Helen Bai, Noe Middle School – Investigation of Off-Axis Thrust and Center of Gravity Misalignment on Dynamic Stability of Mid and High-Powered Rockets
1st Place
Amelia Prizant, St. Francis of Assisi – Remediating Agricultural Pollution with Calcium Carbonate

Best of Fair – High School and Regeneron ISEF Finalists

High School – Life Sciences
3rd Place
Jack Wilson, Highlands High School – DengueScreen: An Efficient, Low-Cost, and High-Efficacy Computer Vision-Based Diagnostic Alternative for Dengue Fever
2nd Place
Lucy Teng, duPont Manual High School – Lithium Iron Phosphate Promotes Tumor Cell Growth by Shaping Mitochondrial Function
1st Place
Justin Huang, duPont Manual High School – Development and Validation of a Novel Breath Analysis and Machine Learning Platform for Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Heart Failure

High School – Physical Sciences
3rd Place
Jayden Jeong, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School – TempURRA-NET
2nd Place
DaYou Choi, Eminence High School – Q-LEARN: Optimizing Student Data Analysis with Quantum Computing Algorithms
1st Place
Annika Chadha, duPont Manual High School – Pressure Responsive OmniWheel Walker with LiDAR Sensing and Automatic Braking

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