Congratulations! … to the following high school students participating in the 65th Annual Washington State Science & Engineering Fair. All high school students were judged and the following students earned First Place. Where you see a project title duplicated, it is because that was a team project. Due to pandemic precautions, they were safely judged “virtually”. All students receive 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Honorable Mention placement ribbons with First Place receiving a rosette ribbon and trophy. All awards will be mailed to students.
FIRST NAME |
LAST NAME |
GRADE |
PROJECT NAME |
| Nidhi | Achanta | 10 | Design enhancement for vacuum system viewport technologies associated with semiconductor manufacturing! |
| Isabelle | Allred | 12 | Comparison and Analysis of Microplastics Concentrations Across the Puget Sound Through Seawater, Sediment, and Mytilus Edulis Sampling |
| Anna | Armstrong | 12 | Engineering a Bioplastic with Aspergillus oryzae to Increase Decomposition Rate |
| Claire | Atkinson | 12 | The Effect of a Green Roof’s Plant Cover on its Ecological Benefits |
| Ria | Bahadur | 11 | Improving Patch Clamp Analysis for Piezo1 mechanosensitive ion channels for higher predictability of Vascular Disorders |
| Aiden | Bai | 11 | Million.js: A Fast, Compiler-Augmented Virtual DOM For Performant JavaScript UI Libraries |
| Jillian | Berry | 12 | Thermodynamic and Kinetic Analysis of Microalgae Remediation of Phenol Red Dye |
| Vineel | Bhat | 11 | Resolving Discordant and Missing Variant Classifications in Clinical Data to Advance the Prediction of Monogenic Disease Risk |
| Sayan | Bhatia | 12 | TouchBAC: Non-invasive Drunk Driving Detection through Near-Infrared Tissue Spectroscopy |
| Sohil | Bhatia | 11 | TouchBAC: Non-invasive Drunk Driving Detection through Near-Infrared Tissue Spectroscopy |
| Druhin | Bhowal | 11 | It’s Flaming Out: Using Artificial Intelligence to Emulate Critical Aspects of Wildfire Growth |
| Alexia | Bravo | 10 | Extrapolating Deficits Linked to Dark Matter From an Exosolar System |
| Benn | Britton | 12 | Analyzing the Effects of Sea Level Rise on the Frequency of Coastal Landslides |
| John | Burbank | 12 | Hand trailer for medium-sized water craft |
| Cindy | Chen | 11 | Facial and Emotional Recognition Among Caucasian and East Asian Adolescents |
| Hahwon | Chue | 11 | Rubber Tire Leachate Effect in Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish |
| Jake | Chung | 12 | Study and Application of a Biomimetic Fish Propulsion System Mimicking the Body Structure and Stroke of Black Marlin for Energy-Efficient Propulsion with Respect to the Added Mass effect |
| Juanita | Cortez | 11 | Are chemicals released when polycarbonate plastics are boiled? |
| Aaron | Cox | 12 | Effects of Cladophora Algae on Reducing Microfibers |
| John Phillip | Custodio | 9 | Designing and Programming a Robotic Leg with Two Joints |
| Mia | Dang | 10 | How Can Different Methods of Preservation Affect the Pigmentation of Rose Petals? |
| Dhruv | Darbha | 10 | Tackling Food Waste Using Hyperspectral Imaging |
| Yvette | Davey | 11 | The Impact of Wildfire Smoke on the Health and Productivity of Aquatic Ecosystems |
| Natalie | Doty | 12 | Using Concrete Waste to Filter Phosphorus from Lake Runoff |
| Mia | Elsberry | 12 | Thermodynamic and Kinetic Analysis of Microalgae Remediation of Phenol Red Dye |
| Hanna | Faught | 12 | PCB Bioremediation by Native Fungi and Bacteria- Analyzing Genetic Pathways Encoding PCB Degrading Enzymes |
| Nikolas | Faulkner | 12 | Advancements in Analog Audio Recording Through Pulse Width Modulated Optical Recording |
| Hanna | Fuentes | 9 | How does the acidity affect the weight and strength of chicken bones? |
| Akul | Garg | 11 | Correlation Between Social Media and Anxiety in High School Students Using the SCARED Screener |
| Jayda | Garza | 12 | Effects of Cladophora Algae on Reducing Microfibers |
| David | Gershony | 11 | Combatting Anxiety in Dental Offices using Virtual Reality |
| Ourania-Maria | Glezakou-Elbert | 11 | A Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms in Identifying Higgs Boson Events From the Background |
| Shivani | Godse | 11 | Creating a Structural Model of saSrtA-Inhibitor Complex to Predict Efficiency of Class A Sortase Enzyme Inhibitor Molecules |
| Issabella | Griffith | 12 | Extracting (-)-Catechin from the Roots of Centaurea Biebersteinii to Create a Natural Herbicide |
| Audrey | Gruian | 12 | ALDIN: An Intelligent, Stereoscopic Aerial Olfactory System for Autonomous Odor Localization |
| Anika | Halappanavar | 11 | An AI-based Misinformation Classifier for Reddit Posts on COVID-19 Narratives |
| Rishi | Hazra | 11 | Characterization of enzymes, Chalcone Synthase, Chalcone Isomerase, and Dihydroflavonol 4-Reductase, by X-Ray Crystallography to improve the efficacy of crops Panicum virgatum and Sorghum bicolor as potential USDA Biofuel Sources. |
| Maria | Herrera | 11 | How Effective is an Environmentally-Safe Succulent Based Retardant Subjected to Seasonal Climate in Preventing Wildfire Spread in High-Risk Vegetation? |
| Lorenzo | Ipanaque | 12 | Analyzing the Effects of Sea Level Rise on the Frequency of Coastal Landslides |
| Rohak | Jain | 10 | Elucidating the Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hearing Loss: Characterization of Interferon Gamma Signaling as a Regulator of Hair Cell Regeneration and Inflammation in Zebrafish |
| Luka | Jovcic | 11 | Correlation Between Social Media and Anxiety in High School Students Using the SCARED Screener |
| Thanushree | Karunagaran | 11 | Assessing the Effects of Blue Light Before Bedtime on the Sleep Quality of Adolescents |
| Karina | Kejriwal | 11 | The Impact of Credibility When Hitting “Purchase Now” |
| Ayesha | Khan | 11 | Finding an Alternative Solution: The Effect of the Antibacterial Properties of Essential Oils Against Resistant Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Infectious Bacteria in Vitro |
| Taj | Khandekar | 10 | Early Detection of Forest Fires Using Artificial Intelligence |
| Mackenzie | Kier | 12 | Impacts of Mycorrhizae and Fertilizer on the Germination and Growth of Chia, Chives, and Cilantro. |
| Evan | Kim | 11 | Utilizing a Generative Adversarial Network to Predict Hypothetical Superconductors |
| Allison | Kolbet | 12 | Effect of Wildfire Smoke on Vanessa cardui butterflies |
| Neha | Kommareddy | 11 | A Detailed Statistical Analysis of Anterior Chest Wall Muscle Recruitment |
| Nidhi | Krishna Kumar | 11 | Real-Time Sign Recognition for ASL to Text Conversion |
| Harish | Krishnakumar | 11 | Analysis of Ring Galaxies Detected Using Deep Learning with Real and Simulated Data |
| Monisha | Krothapalli | 11 | Engineering a Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetland to Evaluate Efficiency for Combatting Water Scarcity |
| Rhea | Kuppa | 11 | 3D Printing Bio-Inspired Heart Valves to Increase Efficiency of Preoperative Care. |
| Ansel | LaPier | 12 | Regression Analysis of Pectoralis Major Muscle Electromyography to Estimate Anterior Thoracic Cage Forces |
| Sandra | Leyva | 12 | Does washing your fruits and vegetables affect bacterial growth? |
| Edmunda | Li | 9 | A Fire Detection Method Using Brightness-Temperature Differences and the Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder |
| Richard | Li | 10 | Improving Wildfire Detection and Analysis Methods Using Brightness-Temperature Differences from the Cross-Track Infrared Sounder Instrument (CrIS) |
| Pinyu | Liao | 11 | Exploiting Vectors of Resistance: In-Silico Discovery of Novel Antibiotic Targets in Plasmid R1 to Combat Antibiotic Resistance |
| Emily | Liu | 11 | Type 1 diabetes alters perineuronal net assembly surrounding hypothalamic glucoregulatory circuitry |
| Jennifer | Lo | 11 | Assessing Knee Meniscus Deformation Due to Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear in the Rabbit Model of Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis |
| Maximus | Lockhart | 12 | Better RC Tire |
| Kai | Magbuhat | 12 | Developing a modus operandi relating to restoring zostera population to reestablish native biodiversity. |
| Sekoiyah | Minnix | 12 | Controlled method of safe and reusable vacuum storage in a microgravity environment |
| Kien | Nguyen | 12 | Developing a modus operandi relating to restoring zostera population to reestablish native biodiversity. |
| Faith | Nolander | 11 | Using Baetis tricaudatus Environmental DNA to Estimate Freshwater Water Quality in Place of Traditional Diagnostic Methods |
| Kaia | Olson | 11 | Using Baetis tricaudatus Environmental DNA to Estimate Freshwater Water Quality in Place of Traditional Diagnostic Methods |
| Jessica | Palmer | 11 | The potential use of the Hydra vulgaris toxin Hydramacin-1 as an antibiotic against the coral bacterium Vibrio coralliilyticus |
| Sohan | Paul | 11 | Predicting the Effect of TGF-B Exposure on RhoA of Breast Cancer Subtypes and Mechanisms of Tumor Recurrence Using Bioinformatics and Mathematical Models |
| Spencer | Peloquin | 11 | Amazon ElasticsSearch for Ruby on Rails |
| Siddhant | Porwal | 11 | Predicting Waterfall Forms through Feature Engineering and Model-Selection Machine Learning |
| Kashvi | Pundir | 11 | Effect of Creatine supplementation on muscle regeneration in doxorubicin-induced myotoxicity |
| Haley | Rodriguez | 12 | Does burned soil affect seed germination of radishes and soil chemical composition? |
| Tanvi | Sapar | 11 | Creating a Structural Model of saSrtA-Inhibitor Complex to Predict Efficiency of Class A Sortase Enzyme Inhibitor Molecules |
| Jacob | Scrupps | 10 | The extraction of essential nutrients from Pacific Northwest limestone formation to increase the growth rate of Triticum aestivum |
| Aastha | Shah | 11 | Evaluating the Relationship Between Stress and Impulsivity in a Mathematical Context |
| Om | Shah | 9 | Predicting Poverty in Ethiopia using Remote Sensing Data |
| Jaylen | Shawcross | 12 | Predicting Nitrogen Isotope Fractionation in Nitrate Deposition on Mars |
| Jared | Sheehan | 11 | Do different varieties of wine grapes ripen at different times? |
| Kevin | Shen | 9 | A Novel Approach to Biomimicking the Avian Tail on Fixed Wing Micro Air Vehicles |
| Arihant | Singh | 11 | It’s Flaming Out: Using Artificial Intelligence to Emulate Critical Aspects of Wildfire Growth |
| Divya | Singh | 11 | Combatting Depression using the Gut-Brain Axis via Probiotic Treatments |
| Bliss | Singhal | 10 | An Efficient Machine Learning Model that Detects Metastatic Cancer Cells in Pathology Scans by Utilizing Principal Component Analysis Algorithm, Genetic Algorithm, and Classification Algorithms |
| Kacey | Spink | 12 | Extracting (-)-Catechin from the Roots of Centaurea Biebersteinii to Create a Natural Herbicide |
| Anjali | Sreenivas | 11 | A Machine Learning Approach to Identifying Blood-Based Biomarkers for Differential Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease |
| Vedant | Srinivas | 10 | Computer Vision Based Rapid Animal Detection and Driver Warning System For Day and Night Time Conditions |
| Akshai | Srinivasan | 10 | MathMaestro.org |
| Cameron | Thornton | 12 | removal of heavy metals via a portable semi- self sustaining steam powered mechanism |
| Mason | Towne | 12 | Magnetic Water Ski Binding System |
| Colton | Tse | 12 | Developing a modus operandi relating to restoring zostera population to reestablish native biodiversity. |
| Kosha | Upadhyay | 10 | Cognitive Profiling and Personalized Therapy Recommendation for Dementia through a Language-aware Multi-model Artificially Intelligent System |
| Monisha | Uriti | 10 | The Development of a More Accessible UVC Air Purifier Design to Mitigate the COVID-19 Virus |
| Anya | Vaish | 11 | Bioinformatic analysis to find a universal sequence from SARS-CoV-2 genomes for the potential development of a pancoronavirus vaccine |
| Pranav | Vegulla | 10 | Assessing the Use of Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors in High Voltage DC Transmission Systems |
| Emma | Wald | 11 | Navicula diatoms used as bioindicators for oxygen levels in water at extreme temperatures |
| Danyuan | Wang | 11 | Using Machine Learning Methods to Estimate the Concentration of Phytoplankton |
| Cleo | Williams | 12 | Thermodynamic and Kinetic Analysis of Microalgae Remediation of Phenol Red Dye |
| Ruth | Wise-Maldonado | 10 | What Is the Effect Sound Waves Have on Plant Root Physiology, and Photosynthesis? |
| Christine | Ye | 12 | Inferring the Neutron Star Maximum Mass and Lower Mass Gap in Spinning Neutron Star-Black Hole Systems |
| Marisabel | Zarazua Gomez | 10 | By using the extracts of different kinds of fruits is it possible to decompose paper items faster? |
| Pierce | Zhang | 11 | Computational Prediction of Oncogenic Mutations |
| Jingyi | Zhao | 11 | The Effects of Integrating Educational and Human Capital Investment to Promote Economic Development: Mathematically Modeling the Rate of Return and Analyzing Student Benefits |
| Edward | Zhou | 11 | Dampening Phantom Shockwave Jams in Mixed-Autonomy Traffic via Deep-RL Control of Autonomous Vehicles |
| Joslin | Zurita | 9 | Can Christmas and Adolescent Light Be Useful In Plant Production? |