2025 Science Fair - Special Awards
These are the winners of the special awards at the 2025 Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair.
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st--Certificate, Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition, and Quadcopter Drone for each student | Max Harr-Robins | Madison High School | Secret Free-Space Optical Communication System |
| 1st--Certificate, Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition, and Quadcopter Drone for each student | Andreas Spoormaker, Bora Yimenicioglu, Kaden Hromek-Vaitla | Oakton High School | Novel Machine Learning Approach for Autonomous MEV Satellite Docking via Deep Reinforcement Networks |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Gabrielle Okorodudu | Lake Braddock Secondary School | Developing Novel HDAC10 Inhibitors: Assessing Efficacy and Cytotoxicity |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Sirichandana Yakkala | Chantilly High School | The Effect of Aromatic Substances on the Blood Brain Barrier for Alzheimer’s Patients |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Bhavya Jain | Herndon High School | Synthetic Blood: Engineering Hemoglobin to Mitigate Blood Shortages |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Sarah Park | TJHSST | SVM-Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy for Noninvasive Blood Glucose Monitoring |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Sean Kim | Centreville High School | The Role of Machine Learning on the Recognition of Common Phonological Processes |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Petr Kisselev | TJHSST | Spatially heterogeneous GCN-coupled SIR infection modeling to inform policy |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Marina Lin | TJHSST | A Novel Carbon-Aware Ant Colony System Algorithm for Sustainable Transportation |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Sumer Chaudhary | Basis Independent | Assessing the Effect of Change in Computational Complexity on the Accuracy and Efficiency of CSS Codes |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Vaishnavi Adidam | Langley High School | AI and Classifying Moon Phases |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Jacob Jackson | The Potomac School | Using JavaScript Type Semantics for a Better Difference-Tracking Algorithm |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Jayden Bowers | West Potomac High School | What is the fastest integer sorting algorithm? |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Sarah Li | McLean High School | An Analysis of AI Autonomous Agents in Web Browsing and Navigation |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Allison Hegg, Justine Bell | Oakton High School | Hydrophytes’ Phytoremediation on Copper |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Sivan Yager | Madison High School | The Effect of Type of Compost on Carbon Dioxide and Methane Production |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Jessica Troup | Centreville High School | Diel Vertical Migration of Copepods: A Predictive Framework for Weir-Impacted Waterways |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Saanvi Uppalapati | Langley High School | Optimizing Solar Energy Use with AI to Lower Data Centers' Carbon Footprint |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Spandana Tathicherla | Centreville High School | Machine Learning Approach to Detection of Cybersecurity Threats in Smart Farming IoT Systems |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Jack Dova | Mount Vernon High School | Enhancing Low Light Vision: A Sound-Based Solution for Vision in Low Light Environments |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Faris Nadeem | Chantilly High School | The Effect of Arm Movements on the Robotic Ability to Copy the Movement |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Veera Anand | Langley High School | ARC: Novel Space Debris Tracking and Elimination Using AI, Lasers, and Robotics |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Yueun Sim | McLean High School | The Relationship Between a Robot’s Ability to Balance and the Modeling of Human Feet |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Max Zhao | TJHSST | Qudoku: A Quantum-Inspired Algorithm for Solving Combinatorial Optimization Problems |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Sakethram Kuncha, Dev Srivastava, Nam Ngo | TJHSST | Modeling Exoplanet Detection via Transit Photometry: Random Forest Approach |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Nived Nandakumar, Nikhil Krishna | TJHSST | An Integrated Triple-Model Framework for Space Debris Surveillance |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Tanush Vuppala, Surin Wettimuny | TJHSST | Quantum-Classical Optimization: A Virginia Approach to the Traveling Salesman Problem |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Keya Shah, Neha Ranjith | Westfield High School | CELESTIA: An Approach to Predicting Aurora Borealis Using Machine Learning |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate and Invitation to Robert Herndon Science Competition | Nathan Vailikit | Woodson High School | Effect of Thermal Variation in Johnson-Nyquist-Noise-Based Calibration on Exoplanet Photometry |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAUW McLean Area Branch STEM Excellence Award--Certificate, $100, and Invitation to May Luncheon | Saranya Cherukuri, Shriya Gubbi | Langley High School | Increasing Solar Panel Efficiency with Sun Tracking |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st--Certificate and $300 (split between team members) | Zoe Ligairi, Harper Chapman | Annandale High School | Comparing the Effectiveness of Rock Climbing Ropes on Falling Safety |
| 2nd--Certificate and $200 | Victor Cho | Langley High School | HeadSmart: An IoT solution in preventing Traumatic Brain Injury in Sports |
| 3rd--Certificate and $100 | Ellie Utley | Westfield High School | Fall Detector With SMS Messaging |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st--Student membership in the AIAA, opportunity to attend NASA Goddard Space Experience, and $25 | Dev Goda | Chantilly High School | Dimple Dynamics: A CFD Analysis of Drag Decrease on a Model of a Cessna 172 |
| 1st--Student membership in the AIAA, opportunity to attend NASA Goddard Space Experience, and $25 | Nathaniel Ni | Marshall High School | The Effect of Wing Sweep Angle on Drag |
| 1st--Student membership in the AIAA, opportunity to attend NASA Goddard Space Experience, and $25 | Erim Ozcan | The Potomac School | Invention of a Low-Noise Toroidal Drone Propeller for Wildlife Research |
| 1st--Student membership in the AIAA, opportunity to attend NASA Goddard Space Experience, and $25 | Nived Nandakumar, Nikhil Krishna | TJHSST | An Integrated Triple-Model Framework for Space Debris Surveillance |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate and one-year complimentary student membership in APA | Nishka Shah, Justin Kim | TJHSST | The Impact of Storm-Driven Hyposalinity Cycles on Coral Thermotolerance |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Place--Excellence in Engineering Certificate, $100, and Invitation to Awards Dinner with Parent(s)/Guardian(s) | Rosa Golac | South Lakes High School | Accessible Braille Maker Prototype Using Arduino |
| 2nd place--Excellence in Engineering Certificate, $75, and Invitation to Awards Dinner with Parent(s)/Guardian(s) | Erim Ozcan | The Potomac School | Invention of a Low-Noise Toroidal Drone Propeller for Wildlife Research |
| 3rd place--Excellence in Engineering Certificate and $50 | Victor Cho | Langley High School | HeadSmart: An IoT solution in preventing Traumatic Brain Injury in Sports |
| Honorable Mention--Excellence in Engineering Certificate | Max Harr-Robins | Madison High School | Secret Free-Space Optical Communication System |
| Honorable Mention--Excellence in Engineering Certificate | Jack Dova | Mount Vernon High School | Enhancing Low Light Vision: A Sound-Based Solution for Vision in Low Light Environments |
| Honorable Mention--Excellence in Engineering Certificate | Gabriel Tekle | Hayfield Secondary School | The Effect of Nose Cone Length on the Speed of Vehicles Traveling Downhill |
| Honorable Mention--Excellence in Engineering Certificate | Yueun Sim | McLean High School | The Relationship Between a Robot’s Ability to Balance and the Modeling of Human Feet |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st--Certificate and $200 (split between team members) | Joshua Pun, Ethan Kim, John Kim | Centreville High School | Removing Heavy Metal Pollutants in Water through Algae Biosorption |
| 2nd--Certificate and $100 (split between team members) | Vinayak Ramchandani, Neel Kamath | Madison High School | Filtering The Future: A Novel Solution for Cleaner and Safer Water |
| 3rd--Certificate and $50 | Ishika Thalluri | Oakton High School | The Effect of Natural Filtrating Organisms on Polluted Water |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate | Bianca Zarate, Annika Aneja | Centreville High School | The Effect of PFAS on Different Types of Water |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st--Certificate and $50 | Stepan Mkrtchian | West Springfield High School | Concrete Filters: Permeable vs. Regular Concrete with Natural Filters for Water |
| 2nd--Certificate and $30 | Dylan May | Centreville High School | Use of Natural Materials for Heavy Metal Removal from Contaminated Water |
| 3rd--Certificate and $20 | Julia Taylor | Herndon High School | The Effect of Removing an Invasive Species from an Ecosystem |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st--Scholarship (amount TBD) and Letter of Recognition | Shruthi Mandava | Chantilly High School | Seeing is Not Believing? Developing and Comparing AI-Image Detection Tools |
| 1st--Scholarship (amount TBD) and Letter of Recognition | Oliver Wang | TJHSST | Optimizing Hydrogel Heat Sinks for Enhancing Solar Efficiency and Computing |
| 1st--Scholarship (amount TBD) and Letter of Recognition | Andreas Spoormaker, Bora Yimenicioglu, Kaden Hromek-Vaitla | Oakton High School | Novel Machine Learning Approach for Autonomous MEV Satellite Docking via Deep Reinforcement Networks |
| 1st--Scholarship (amount TBD) and Letter of Recognition | Nived Nandakumar, Nikhil Krishna | TJHSST | An Integrated Triple-Model Framework for Space Debris Surveillance |
| 2nd--Scholarship (amount TBD) and Letter of Recognition | Sarah Li | McLean High School | An Analysis of AI Autonomous Agents in Web Browsing and Navigation |
| 2nd--Scholarship (amount TBD) and Letter of Recognition | Parnika Urs | Woodson High School | The Energy Output of Natural Piezoelectric Materials for Power Generation |
| 2nd--Scholarship (amount TBD) and Letter of Recognition | Jack Dova | Mount Vernon High School | Enhancing Low Light Vision: A Sound-Based Solution for Vision in Low Light Environments |
| 2nd--Scholarship (amount TBD) and Letter of Recognition | Yixiang Wang | Marshall High School | Tissue Penetration Using a Gauss Gun |
| 3rd--Scholarship (amount TBD) and Letter of Recognition | Eamon O'Leary | South Lakes High School | The Impact of Dataset Size on Training Time and Accuracy in Image Classification |
| 3rd--Scholarship (amount TBD) and Letter of Recognition | Jack Downey, Demir Doven | Edison High School | The Effect of Photovoltaic Solar Panel Surface Temperature on Voltage Output |
| 3rd--Scholarship (amount TBD) and Letter of Recognition | Victor Cho | Langley High School | HeadSmart: An IoT solution in preventing Traumatic Brain Injury in Sports |
| 3rd--Scholarship (amount TBD) and Letter of Recognition | Sofia Ward, Mina Moore, Rebecca Rose | Hayfield Secondary School | The Effect of Shoe Insert Materials on Shock Absorption |
| Honorable Mention--Letter of Recognition | Junseo Yoo, Aditya Dhungel, Eric Han | Chantilly High School | Can AI Learn to Detect AI Generated Images? |
| Honorable Mention--Letter of Recognition | Adam Gardner | Chantilly High School | Predicting Electron Positions Using AI: Approximating Quantum Probability Distributions |
| Honorable Mention--Letter of Recognition | Eileen Kang, Xavier Allen | Madison High School | Creating a Dye Sensitized Solar Cell |
| Honorable Mention--Letter of Recognition | Marissa Turek, Aarna Gupta | Oakton High School | The Impact of Sand Type on Energy Storage Capacity in Sand Batteries |
| Honorable Mention--Letter of Recognition | Max Le, Kaiely Morales Campos, Aidan Lee | West Springfield High School | The Effect of Temperature on the Reactions in Lithium Ion Batteries |
| Honorable Mention--Letter of Recognition | Varun Gagvani, Markas Maguire | Langley High School | Optimizing Solar Panel Power Output Using Active Control |
| Honorable Mention--Letter of Recognition | Saranya Cherukuri, Shriya Gubbi | Langley High School | Increasing Solar Panel Efficiency with Sun Tracking |
| Honorable Mention--Letter of Recognition | Veera Anand | Langley High School | ARC: Novel Space Debris Tracking and Elimination Using AI, Lasers, and Robotics |
| Honorable Mention--Letter of Recognition | Alyssa Biscombe | Hayfield Secondary School | What Allows a Helicopter to Have the Greatest Lift? |
| Honorable Mention--Letter of Recognition | Bao Hua, Nuh Yesuf | Annandale High School | How does a rocket's fins affect its flight? |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st--Certificate and $200 | Sarah Park | TJHSST | SVM-Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy for Noninvasive Blood Glucose Monitoring |
| 2nd--Certificate and $100 | Aislinn Luong | Marshall High School | In Vitro Interactions of Amphotericin B and Manogepix against C. neoformans |
| 3rd--Certificate and $50 | Hannah Gaffney | Centreville High School | ACT: Combating Antibiotic Resistance with Antibiotic Combination Therapy |
| HM--Certificate | Nikhil Risbud | South Lakes High School | The Effect of Coffee on Protein Digestion |
| HM--Certificate | Bani Gill | Westfield High School | A Novel Investigation of LAMA5: Unraveling Idiopathic Hematuria Etiology |
| HM--Certificate | Isaac Kim | Woodson High School | Designing NIR Sensor-based Glucose Spectroscopy Model for Non-invasive Monitoring |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Student Award of Geoscience Excellence"--Certificate | Saanvi Uppalapati | Langley High School | Optimizing Solar Energy Use with AI to Lower Data Centers' Carbon Footprint |
| "Student Award of Geoscience Excellence"--Certificate | Clara Thomas, Laura Stoker, Raine Jeff | Justice High School | The Effect of Brick Color on Temperature Over Time |
| "Student Award of Geoscience Excellence"--Certificate | Deekshitha Prasanna | Marshall High School | Can UV-A irradiation act as a catalyst for asexual reproduction in Hydra? |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st--Certificate and $100 Check | Sarah Park | TJHSST | SVM-Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy for Noninvasive Blood Glucose Monitoring |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|
| 1st--Certificate and $200 gift card | Anvitaa Rudharraju | Westfield High School | Enhancing Explainable AI Diagnosis for Age-Related Macular Degeneration |
| 2nd--Certificate and $100 gift card | Ryan Singh | TJHSST | FentaNULL: A Behavior-Based Mathematical Model to Prevent Opioid Addiction |
| 3rd--Certificate and $50 gift card | Spandana Tathicherla | Centreville High School | Machine Learning Approach to Detection of Cybersecurity Threats in Smart Farming IoT Systems |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st--Certificate and CGI Federal Swag Gift Basket | Marina Lin | TJHSST | A Novel Carbon-Aware Ant Colony System Algorithm for Sustainable Transportation |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st--Certificate and $50 gift card | Henry Carter | Justice High School | How do vehicle emissions affect the troposphere at Justice High School? |
| 1st--Certificate and $50 gift card | Alex Gan | McLean High School | Air Pollution and Population Density Correlation in the DMV Region |
| 1st--Certificate and $50 gift card | Nikayla Gerasimas | Marshall High School | Engineering Energy Efficiency: Cooling Buildings through Trigonal Siding |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Distinguishing Achievement Award in Medicine and Public Health--Certificate and Medal | Bani Gill | Westfield High School | A Novel Investigation of LAMA5: Unraveling Idiopathic Hematuria Etiology |
| 2nd Distinguishing Achievement Award in Medicine and Public Health--Certificate and Medal | Srishanth Ravi | TJHSST | MSallNet: A Deep Learning Approach for Multiple Sclerosis Lesion Analysis |
| 3rd Distinguishing Achievement Award in Medicine and Public Health--Certificate and Medal | Jamie Choe | Marshall High School | Differential Expression of EMT Genes in Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer |
| HM Meritorious Achievement Award in Medicine and Public Health--Certificate and Medal | Chloe Giglio | McLean High School | VISTA Inhibitor CA170 Synergizes with KRAS Vaccine in Lung Cancer |
| HM Meritorious Achievement Award in Medicine and Public Health--Certificate and Medal | Anvitaa Rudharraju | Westfield High School | Enhancing Explainable AI Diagnosis for Age-Related Macular Degeneration |
| HM Meritorious Achievement Award in Medicine and Public Health--Certificate and Medal | Palatin Shaaker | TJHSST | Dual-Targeting Therapeutic Strategy for MSI Colorectal Cancer |
| HM Meritorious Achievement Award in Medicine and Public Health--Certificate and Medal | Rithvik Redrouthu | TJHSST | Hybrid Quantum-Classical CNNs for Glaucoma Detection in Retinal Imaging |
| HM Meritorious Achievement Award in Medicine and Public Health--Certificate and Medal | Rohan Honganoor | TJHSST | Investigation of the Immunosuppressive Microenvironment in Lung Adenocarcinoma Brain Metastasis |
| HM Meritorious Achievement Award in Medicine and Public Health--Certificate and Medal | Ethan Lee, Dylan Nguyen, Kennen Nelson-Pennebaker | Woodson High School | Optimizing Latrophilin Using Computational Design to Develop a Modern Antitoxin |
| HM Meritorious Achievement Award in Medicine and Public Health--Certificate and Medal | Venita Wang | McLean High School | Statistical Analysis of Ultrasonic Data in the Characterization of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis |
| HM Meritorious Achievement Award in Medicine and Public Health--Certificate and Medal | Yousef Malik | Langley High School | AI-Driven Analysis of Epigenetic Markers on Arsenic Dysregulations in DNA |
| HM Meritorious Achievement Award in Medicine and Public Health--Certificate and Medal | Ellie Molholm, Delaney Caldwell | Woodson High School | The Effect of Red 40 Food Dye in Food on Human Taste |
| HM Meritorious Achievement Award in Medicine and Public Health--Certificate and Medal | Kieran Langer | Woodson High School | The Effect of Biological Sex on the Efficacy of Unisex Knee Braces in Reducing Impact Forces |
| HM Meritorious Achievement Award in Medicine and Public Health--Certificate and Medal | Natalie Kehl | Woodson High School | The Effect of G-Forces on the Internal Structure of Cherry Tomatoes |
| HM Meritorious Achievement Award in Medicine and Public Health--Certificate and Medal | Gabrielle Okorodudu | Lake Braddock Secondary School | Developing Novel HDAC10 Inhibitors: Assessing Efficacy and Cytotoxicity |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st--$100 gift card and Certificate | Eileen Kang, Xavier Allen | Madison High School | Creating a Dye Sensitized Solar Cell |
| 2nd--$75 gift card and Certificate | Rushil Kukreja | TJHSST | Photovoltaic Electrochromic Window for Solar Harvesting and Light Pollution |
| HM--$50 gift card and Certificate | Rishima Sahoo | Westfield High School | EV Maxibattery: An AI Model to Create a More Eco-friendly Battery |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st--Certificate and GMU Swag | Alex Gan | McLean High School | Air Pollution and Population Density Correlation in the DMV Region |
| 2nd--Certificate and GMU Swag | Jessica Troup | Centreville High School | Diel Vertical Migration of Copepods: A Predictive Framework for Weir-Impacted Waterways |
| 2nd--Certificate and GMU Swag | Connor Smetek | South County High School | Tracking Geomagnetic Storms with GPS Position Error |
| 4th--Certificate and GMU Swag | Spandana Tathicherla | Centreville High School | Machine Learning Approach to Detection of Cybersecurity Threats in Smart Farming IoT Systems |
| 5th--Certificate and GMU Swag | Alisha Desai | Oakton High School | The Effect of Oysters on Water Nitrogen Level |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Place--Certificate and GMU Swag Bag | Heman Bekele | Woodson High School | PcTx1-Loaded Lipid Nanoparticles for a Low-Cost Ischemic Stroke Treatment |
| 2nd Place--Certificate and GMU Swag Bag | Rosa Golac | South Lakes High School | Accessible Braille Maker Prototype Using Arduino |
| 2nd Place--Certificate and GMU Swag Bag | Joelle Rice | Woodson High School | Exploring Magnetic Properties in Metals Contra Magnetic Flux for Biomedical Engineering |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st in Technology Innovation--Certificate and $50 | Max Harr-Robins | Madison High School | Secret Free-Space Optical Communication System |
| 2nd in Technology Excellence--Certificate and $50 | Shenghang Ren | Basis Independent | A Soft, Wearable Sensor System Based on RNNs for Gait Phase Analysis and Classification |
| 2nd in Technology Excellence--Certificate and $50 | Thomas Sparling | Oakton High School | Micro Closed-Loop, Pumped, Hydro-Power System Turbine Assessment |
| 2nd in Technology Excellence--Certificate and $50 | Ansh Malhotra, Anush Devkar | TJHSST | BrailleSense: A Modular, Low-Cost Solution for Accessible Braille Displays |
| 2nd in Technology Excellence--Certificate and $50 | Sreeya Sangaraju, Chethna Ganesh | Centreville High School | Analyzing AI/ML Algorithms’ Efficiency in Predicting Water Quality within Northern Virginia |
| 3rd in Technology Achievement--Certificate | Sirichandana Yakkala | Chantilly High School | The Effect of Aromatic Substances on the Blood Brain Barrier for Alzheimer’s Patients |
| 3rd in Technology Achievement--Certificate | Veera Anand | Langley High School | ARC: Novel Space Debris Tracking and Elimination Using AI, Lasers, and Robotics |
| 3rd in Technology Achievement--Certificate | Avi Prakash | Marshall High School | Plasma Discharge Dynamics According to Altitude |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIT Club of Washington DC Award of Excellence--Certificate, $75 stipend, and subscription to MIT Technology Review | Valeria Novoa | Madison High School | Synthesis of Zinc-Chitosan Biodegradable and Rechargeable Voltaic Cell |
| MIT Club of Washington DC Award of Excellence--Certificate, $75 stipend, and subscription to MIT Technology Review | Adithya Pillai, Lang Xiong | Langley High School | EcoForge: A Novel Sustainable Geopolymer Alternative to Concrete, Optimized with Machine Learning |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate and Invitation to a Webinar with NASA Scientist | Petr Kisselev | TJHSST | Spatially heterogeneous GCN-coupled SIR infection modeling to inform policy |
| Certificate and Invitation to a Webinar with NASA Scientist | Marina Lin | TJHSST | A Novel Carbon-Aware Ant Colony System Algorithm for Sustainable Transportation |
| Certificate and Invitation to a Webinar with NASA Scientist | Suyeon (Emily) Moon | McLean High School | Microplastic Effects on Plant Growth |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCA Science Fair Winner--Certificate, 1 year subscription to Sky Telescope magazine, 1 year membership in NCA, NCA swag | Rushil Kukreja | TJHSST | Photovoltaic Electrochromic Window for Solar Harvesting and Light Pollution |
| NCA Science Fair Winner--Certificate, 1 year subscription to Sky Telescope magazine, 1 year membership in NCA, NCA swag | Julia Sites | South County High School | The Impact of Municipal Dimming on Skyglow |
| NCA Science Fair Winner--Certificate, 1 year subscription to Sky Telescope magazine, 1 year membership in NCA, NCA swag | Avi Prakash | Marshall High School | Plasma Discharge Dynamics According to Altitude |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award--Certificate and Letter | Jessica Troup | Centreville High School | Diel Vertical Migration of Copepods: A Predictive Framework for Weir-Impacted Waterways |
| Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award--Certificate and Letter | Spandana Tathicherla | Centreville High School | Machine Learning Approach to Detection of Cybersecurity Threats in Smart Farming IoT Systems |
| Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award--Certificate and Letter | Sreeya Sangaraju, Chethna Ganesh | Centreville High School | Analyzing AI/ML Algorithms’ Efficiency in Predicting Water Quality within Northern Virginia |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st--Certificate, SeeStar 30 telescope, "Turn Left at Orion" sky atlas, and 1-year NOVAC membership | Julia Sites | South County High School | The Impact of Municipal Dimming on Skyglow |
| 2nd--Certificate, "Turn Left at Orion" sky atlas, and 1-year NOVAC membership | Veera Anand | Langley High School | ARC: Novel Space Debris Tracking and Elimination Using AI, Lasers, and Robotics |
| 3rd place--Certificate, "Turn Left at Orion" sky atlas, and 1-year NOVAC membership | Nathan Vailikit | Woodson High School | Effect of Thermal Variation in Johnson-Nyquist-Noise-Based Calibration on Exoplanet Photometry |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate, "Turn Left at Orion" sky atlas, and 1-year NOVAC membership | Nived Nandakumar, Nikhil Krishna | TJHSST | An Integrated Triple-Model Framework for Space Debris Surveillance |
| Honorable Mention--Certificate, "Turn Left at Orion" sky atlas, and 1-year NOVAC membership | Keya Shah, Neha Ranjith | Westfield High School | CELESTIA: An Approach to Predicting Aurora Borealis Using Machine Learning |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st--1st Place Certificate and $100 Check | Aashritha Penumudi | TJHSST | Exploring the Structural Basis of Ribosome Stalling by Arresting Peptides |
| 2nd--2nd Place Certificate and $50 Check | Samanvi Tummala | Chantilly High School | Breaking Down Sustainability: Testing the Limits of Resistant Starch Materials |
| HM--Certificate of Merit | Amrik Majumdar | Westfield High School | Evaluating the Stimulatory Effect of Caffeine using Daphnia magna as a Model |
| HM--Certificate of Merit | Phillip Tran | Centreville High School | The Effects of Aspartame on the Teeth Whitening Efficacy of Hydrogen Peroxide In Vitro |
| HM--Certificate of Merit | Ishika Thalluri | Oakton High School | The Effect of Natural Filtrating Organisms on Polluted Water |
| HM--Certificate of Merit | Anaahita Kaashyap | The Potomac School | Synthesis of HMPB-Cur-Pip Nanoparticles as Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy |
| HM--Certificate of Merit | Heman Bekele | Woodson High School | PcTx1-Loaded Lipid Nanoparticles for a Low-Cost Ischemic Stroke Treatment |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate, $50 Gift Card, and Medal | Valeria Novoa | Madison High School | Synthesis of Zinc-Chitosan Biodegradable and Rechargeable Voltaic Cell |
| Certificate, $50 Gift Card, and Medal | Max Harr-Robins | Madison High School | Secret Free-Space Optical Communication System |
| Certificate, $50 Gift Card, and Medal | Rishima Sahoo | Westfield High School | EV Maxibattery: An AI Model to Create a More Eco-friendly Battery |
| Certificate, $50 Gift Card, and Medal | Syed Rishad | Langley High School | A Portable, ICP-Based Electrodialysis System for Energy-Efficient Water Desalination |
| Certificate, $50 Gift Card, and Medal | Timothy Tu | Marshall High School | Compression Behavior and Resistance of Strut Based Lattice Structure Designs |
| Certificate, $50 Gift Card, and Medal | Max Zhao | TJHSST | Qudoku: A Quantum-Inspired Algorithm for Solving Combinatorial Optimization Problems |
| Certificate, $50 Gift Card, and Medal | Maverick Johnson | Mount Vernon High School | How does varying airflow speed impact the rate of convective heat transfer? |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st--Certificate and $100 gift card per team member | Erim Ozcan | The Potomac School | Invention of a Low-Noise Toroidal Drone Propeller for Wildlife Research |
| 2nd--Certificate and $50 gift card | Petr Kisselev | TJHSST | Spatially heterogeneous GCN-coupled SIR infection modeling to inform policy |
| 3rd--Certificate and $25 gift card | Victor Cho | Langley High School | HeadSmart: An IoT solution in preventing Traumatic Brain Injury in Sports |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles "Chuck" Smith Award for Excellence in Computer Science and Mathematics--Certificate and $50 gift card | Eamon O'Leary | South Lakes High School | The Impact of Dataset Size on Training Time and Accuracy in Image Classification |
| Dr. Edgar A. Love Award for Excellence in Biomedical Engineering--Certificate and $50 gift card | Aaryasinh Vaghela, Rishik Puli | Basis Independent | VascuPINN: Leveraging Physics-Informed Neural Networks and Non-Newtonian Models |
| Dr. Ernest Everett Just Award for Excellence in Biology--Certificate and $50 gift card | Shreya Soni, Peyton Tran | South County High School | The Effect of Different Spices on Bacterial Growth |
| Dr. Oscar J. Cooper, M.D., Award for Excellence in Biomedical and Health Sciences--Certificate and $50 gift card | Chloe Giglio | McLean High School | VISTA Inhibitor CA170 Synergizes with KRAS Vaccine in Lung Cancer |
| Professor Frank Coleman Award for Excellence in Physics--Certificate and $50 gift card | Leona Agyepong | Lake Braddock Secondary School | The Effect of Parachutes on Maximum and Terminal Velocities |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable Achievement--Certificate | Rushil Kukreja | TJHSST | Photovoltaic Electrochromic Window for Solar Harvesting and Light Pollution |
| Notable Achievement--Certificate | Veera Anand | Langley High School | ARC: Novel Space Debris Tracking and Elimination Using AI, Lasers, and Robotics |
| Notable Achievement--Certificate | Sakethram Kuncha, Dev Srivastava, Nam Ngo | TJHSST | Modeling Exoplanet Detection via Transit Photometry: Random Forest Approach |
| Notable Achievement--Certificate | Nathan Vailikit | Woodson High School | Effect of Thermal Variation in Johnson-Nyquist-Noise-Based Calibration on Exoplanet Photometry |
| Outstanding Achievement--Certificate | Sarah Park | TJHSST | SVM-Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy for Noninvasive Blood Glucose Monitoring |
| Outstanding Achievement--Certificate | Max Harr-Robins | Madison High School | Secret Free-Space Optical Communication System |
| Outstanding Achievement--Certificate | Max Zhao | TJHSST | Qudoku: A Quantum-Inspired Algorithm for Solving Combinatorial Optimization Problems |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st--Certificate of Merit and Raspberry Pi Computer Kit | Srikar Kovvali | Westfield High School | SmartPharynx: A Novel, Inexpensive System for Screening of Bacterial Pharyngitis |
| Certificate of Merit | Shenghang Ren | Basis Independent | A Soft, Wearable Sensor System Based on RNNs for Gait Phase Analysis and Classification |
| Certificate of Merit | Sean Kim | Centreville High School | The Role of Machine Learning on the Recognition of Common Phonological Processes |
| Certificate of Merit | Adam Gardner | Chantilly High School | Predicting Electron Positions Using AI: Approximating Quantum Probability Distributions |
| Certificate of Merit | Sumer Chaudhary | Basis Independent | Assessing the Effect of Change in Computational Complexity on the Accuracy and Efficiency of CSS Codes |
| Certificate of Merit | Sarah Li | McLean High School | An Analysis of AI Autonomous Agents in Web Browsing and Navigation |
| Certificate of Merit | Srikar Akundi | Chantilly High School | AI-Powered Trait Analysis for Poisonous Mushroom Classification |
| Certificate of Merit | Suyeon (Emily) Moon | McLean High School | Microplastic Effects on Plant Growth |
| Certificate of Merit | Angelina Taimouri | Falls Church High School | Impact of Organic Matter on Conversion of Energy in Microbial Fuel Cells |
| Certificate of Merit | Victor Cho | Langley High School | HeadSmart: An IoT solution in preventing Traumatic Brain Injury in Sports |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regeneron Biomedical Science Award--Certificate and $375 | Aashritha Penumudi | TJHSST | Exploring the Structural Basis of Ribosome Stalling by Arresting Peptides |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Development Award--Certificate | Deekshitha Prasanna | Marshall High School | Can UV-A irradiation act as a catalyst for asexual reproduction in Hydra? |
| Sustainable Development Award--Certificate | Kent Fruchtman | Oakton High School | SustainabiliTree: An Integrated System for Water, Solar Energy, and Flood Watches and Warnings |
| Sustainable Development Award--Certificate | Caroline Koenig | Lake Braddock Secondary School | The Effect of a Wave Wall on the Distance A Wave Reaches on Shore |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|
| First Prize for Excellence in Mobility Engineering--Certificate and $100 Amazon Gift Card | Sophia Lamy | Westfield High School | Effect of Space-Like Conditions on 3D Printed Rocket Nose Cones |
| Second Prize for Excellence in Mobility Engineering--Certificate and $50 Amazon Gift Card | Aiyaad Rashid | Madison High School | Maximizing Cruising Aircraft Fuel Efficiency by Optimizing Angle of Attack |
| Second Prize for Excellence in Mobility Engineering--Certificate and $50 Amazon Gift Card | John Riley | South County High School | The Effect of Remote Controlled Car Body Shape on Speed |
| Excellence in Mobility Engineering - Honorable Mention--Certificate | Jack Dova | Mount Vernon High School | Enhancing Low Light Vision: A Sound-Based Solution for Vision in Low Light Environments |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate of Outstanding Achievement for Ability and Creativity in In Vitro Biology | Aislinn Luong | Marshall High School | In Vitro Interactions of Amphotericin B and Manogepix against C. neoformans |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Engineer--$25 Amazon Gift Card | Sarah Park | TJHSST | SVM-Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy for Noninvasive Blood Glucose Monitoring |
| Outstanding Engineer--$25 Amazon Gift Card | Isabela Revis | Oakton High School | Testing the Efficiency of a Locally-Adapted Rocket Stove Prototype Using Biomass Briquettes |
| Outstanding Engineer--$25 Amazon Gift Card | Valeria Novoa | Madison High School | Synthesis of Zinc-Chitosan Biodegradable and Rechargeable Voltaic Cell |
| Outstanding Engineer--$25 Amazon Gift Card | Rosa Golac | South Lakes High School | Accessible Braille Maker Prototype Using Arduino |
| Promising Engineer--$15 Target Gift Card | Parnika Urs | Woodson High School | The Energy Output of Natural Piezoelectric Materials for Power Generation |
| Promising Engineer--$15 Target Gift Card | Eliza Meyers | Justice High School | The Effect of Drainage Systems on Levees |
| Promising Engineer--$15 Target Gift Card | Addinae Sylvester | West Potomac High School | The World of Piezoelectricity |
| Promising Engineer--$15 Target Gift Card | Alicia Yau | McLean High School | A Study of the Effects of Time Dilation on a Cancer Cell Model |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st--Certificate and $50 | Heman Bekele | Woodson High School | PcTx1-Loaded Lipid Nanoparticles for a Low-Cost Ischemic Stroke Treatment |
| 2nd--Certificate and $25 | Palatin Shaaker | TJHSST | Dual-Targeting Therapeutic Strategy for MSI Colorectal Cancer |
| 3rd--Certificate | Marina Lin | TJHSST | A Novel Carbon-Aware Ant Colony System Algorithm for Sustainable Transportation |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Award Packet (sling pack, Power Bank, USB Flash Memory Drive, USB Car Charger, and Official AF Certificate.) | Andreas Spoormaker, Bora Yimenicioglu, Kaden Hromek-Vaitla | Oakton High School | Novel Machine Learning Approach for Autonomous MEV Satellite Docking via Deep Reinforcement Networks |
| Award Packet (sling pack, Power Bank, USB Flash Memory Drive, USB Car Charger, and Official AF Certificate.) | Avi Prakash | Marshall High School | Plasma Discharge Dynamics According to Altitude |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate and 1 year membership in US Metric Association | Ishika Thalluri | Oakton High School | The Effect of Natural Filtrating Organisms on Polluted Water |
| Certificate and 1 year membership in US Metric Association | Marissa Turek, Aarna Gupta | Oakton High School | The Impact of Sand Type on Energy Storage Capacity in Sand Batteries |
| Certificate and 1 year membership in US Metric Association | Catherine Rosas Rioja | Fairfax High School | The Effect of Sound Frequencies on Plant Growth |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st--Certificate, UVA SWAG Bag, and $50 gift voucher | Nikhil Risbud | South Lakes High School | The Effect of Coffee on Protein Digestion |
| 2nd--Certificate, UVA SWAG Bag, and $25 gift voucher | Shreya Soni, Peyton Tran | South County High School | The Effect of Different Spices on Bacterial Growth |
| 3rd--Certificate and UVA SWAG Bag | Virginia Waugh, Chloe Coleman, Amara Robertson | South County High School | The Effect of Ripeness on the Amount of DNA in Fruit |
| 3rd--Certificate and UVA SWAG Bag | Tehreem Rashid | South County High School | Impact of Yoga on Muscle Flexibility: Rubber Bands |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Place- Certificate, Coin, and Journal | Rishab Nanduri | Oakton High School | Quantum Dot Bayesian Adaptive Parameter Tuner: A Novel AI-Optimized Simulation |
| 1st Place- Certificate, Coin, and Journal | Petr Kisselev | TJHSST | Spatially heterogeneous GCN-coupled SIR infection modeling to inform policy |
| 1st Place- Certificate, Coin, and Journal | Oliver Wang | TJHSST | Optimizing Hydrogel Heat Sinks for Enhancing Solar Efficiency and Computing |
| 1st Place- Certificate, Coin, and Journal | Heman Bekele | Woodson High School | PcTx1-Loaded Lipid Nanoparticles for a Low-Cost Ischemic Stroke Treatment |
| Honorable Mention-- Certificate and Coin | Shenghang Ren | Basis Independent | A Soft, Wearable Sensor System Based on RNNs for Gait Phase Analysis and Classification |
| Honorable Mention-- Certificate and Coin | Shruthi Mandava | Chantilly High School | Seeing is Not Believing? Developing and Comparing AI-Image Detection Tools |
| Honorable Mention-- Certificate and Coin | Rushil Kukreja | TJHSST | Photovoltaic Electrochromic Window for Solar Harvesting and Light Pollution |
| Honorable Mention-- Certificate and Coin | Nived Nandakumar, Nikhil Krishna | TJHSST | An Integrated Triple-Model Framework for Space Debris Surveillance |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Award--Certificate and $200 Gift Card | Deekshitha Prasanna | Marshall High School | Can UV-A irradiation act as a catalyst for asexual reproduction in Hydra? |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Simran Zalavadia, Vera Truvan, Sophia Chu | Fairfax High School | The Hidden Power of Fruit Peels |
| Biomedical Engineering Innovation Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Bhavya Jain | Herndon High School | Synthetic Blood: Engineering Hemoglobin to Mitigate Blood Shortages |
| Biomedical Engineering Innovation Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Sarah Park | TJHSST | SVM-Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy for Noninvasive Blood Glucose Monitoring |
| Biomedical Engineering Innovation Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Ruhaan Singh, Aditya Pujari | TJHSST | Computer Vision-Based Early Diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease via Pattern Recognition |
| Biomedical Engineering Innovation Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Rishikesh Narayana, Armaan Ahmed | TJHSST | Adaptive Vision Correction for Presbyopia Using Voltage-Controlled Liquid Lenses |
| Biomedical Engineering Innovation Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | James Ngo, WynSon Phan, Nathan Nguyen | Woodson High School | Creating an Attention-Enhanced Machine Learning Model For Early Detection of Dysarthria |
| Biomedical Engineering Innovation Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Shenghang Ren | Basis Independent | A Soft, Wearable Sensor System Based on RNNs for Gait Phase Analysis and Classification |
| Biomedical Engineering Innovation Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Ellie Utley | Westfield High School | Fall Detector With SMS Messaging |
| Biomedical Engineering Innovation Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Nina Samani | Woodson High School | Pressure-Sensing Shoe Soles |
| Chemical Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Alex Foos, Andrew Horne | West Potomac High School | How well does a homemade cell phone spectrophotometer process absorption from samples? |
| Computer Science and Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Junseo Yoo, Aditya Dhungel, Eric Han | Chantilly High School | Can AI Learn to Detect AI Generated Images? |
| Computer Science and Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Shruthi Mandava | Chantilly High School | Seeing is Not Believing? Developing and Comparing AI-Image Detection Tools |
| Computer Science and Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Marina Lin | TJHSST | A Novel Carbon-Aware Ant Colony System Algorithm for Sustainable Transportation |
| Computer Science and Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Deven Hagen | TJHSST | A Novel Approach to Algorithmic Redistricting: Combating Gerrymandering with AI Tools |
| Computer Science and Innovation Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Yash Baligar, Shashank Edupuganti | Westfield High School | ML Architecture Impact on Suicide Rate Prediction |
| Computer Science and Innovation Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Jude Hejazi, Sidra Younis | King Abdullah Academy | Hydro Stats |
| Engineering Innovation Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Andreas Spoormaker, Bora Yimenicioglu, Kaden Hromek-Vaitla | Oakton High School | Novel Machine Learning Approach for Autonomous MEV Satellite Docking via Deep Reinforcement Networks |
| Engineering Innovation Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Veera Anand | Langley High School | ARC: Novel Space Debris Tracking and Elimination Using AI, Lasers, and Robotics |
| Engineering Innovation Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Yueun Sim | McLean High School | The Relationship Between a Robot’s Ability to Balance and the Modeling of Human Feet |
| Environmental Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Maya Focht, Nina Willcoxon | West Potomac High School | The Effect of Different Types of Sunscreen on Aquatic Milfoil Plant Growth |
| Environmental Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Riya Vlcan | Annandale High School | The Effect of Moving vs. Stagnant Water on Algae Growth |
| Environmental Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Eileen Kang, Xavier Allen | Madison High School | Creating a Dye Sensitized Solar Cell |
| Environmental Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Rushil Kukreja | TJHSST | Photovoltaic Electrochromic Window for Solar Harvesting and Light Pollution |
| Environmental Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Amaan Khan, Aiman Ullah, Kavin Paturu Muralikrishnan | Chantilly High School | Gravitational Energy Storage |
| Environmental Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Kyra Ranakusuma, Lam Dinh | Langley High School | The Effect of Salinity on Voltage Output in Microbial Fuel Cells |
| Environmental Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Daniel Murphy | Herndon High School | Developing a Model that Predicts the Energy Output of a Solar Panel |
| Environmental Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Alec McFadyen, Luke Chuang | Langley High School | S.O.R.T.E.R. - Smart Optical Recycling and Trash Evaluation Robot |
| Environmental Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Zaina Naffa, Deem Alfadhel, Zeinab Khan | King Abdullah Academy | AM to PM |
| Environmental Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Zeinab Khan | King Abdullah Academy | AM to PM |
| Environmental Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Jason Pan, Bennett Huang | Langley High School | AI-Powered Optimization of Methyl Jasmonate-Induced Defense for Precise Pest Control |
| Mechanical Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Max Harr-Robins | Madison High School | Secret Free-Space Optical Communication System |
| Mechanical Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Victor Cho | Langley High School | HeadSmart: An IoT solution in preventing Traumatic Brain Injury in Sports |
| Mechanical Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Jack Dova | Mount Vernon High School | Enhancing Low Light Vision: A Sound-Based Solution for Vision in Low Light Environments |
| Mechanical Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Ansh Malhotra, Anush Devkar | TJHSST | BrailleSense: A Modular, Low-Cost Solution for Accessible Braille Displays |
| Mechanical Engineering Award--Certificate, membership in Invention Virginia States, publication opportunity, internship opportunity | Rosa Golac | South Lakes High School | Accessible Braille Maker Prototype Using Arduino |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st--Certificate, Entry into Virginia Stockholm Jr. Water Prize Competition, and $200 (split between team members) | Sreeya Sangaraju, Chethna Ganesh | Centreville High School | Analyzing AI/ML Algorithms’ Efficiency in Predicting Water Quality within Northern Virginia |
| 2nd--Certificate, Entry into Virginia Stockholm Jr. Water Prize Competition, and $100 | Naomi Dalmet | Madison High School | Mitigating Eutrophication and Harmful Algal Blooms in Lakes |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st--Certificate Letter | Matthew Chu, Thomas Duong, Ayush Katpally | Chantilly High School | The Warburg Effect: Optimum Glucose Availability on Cancer Metabolism |
| 2nd--Certificate Letter | Adithya Pillai, Lang Xiong | Langley High School | EcoForge: A Novel Sustainable Geopolymer Alternative to Concrete, Optimized with Machine Learning |
| HM--Certificate Letter | Tanush Vuppala, Surin Wettimuny | TJHSST | Quantum-Classical Optimization: A Virginia Approach to the Traveling Salesman Problem |
| HM--Certificate Letter | Stella Hong | Madison High School | Plant Waste to Nanoparticles: A Green Solution to Combat Fungi Fusarium |
| Award | Students | School | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most Outstanding Exhibit in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics--Certificate and Medallion | Sean Kim | Centreville High School | The Role of Machine Learning on the Recognition of Common Phonological Processes |