Congratulations! … to the following high school students participating in the 66th Annual Washington State Science & Engineering Fair. All high school student projects were judged and the following students earned First Place. Where you see a project title duplicated, it is because that was a team project. All students receive a participation and 1st, 2nd, 3rd or Honorable Mention placement ribbons with First Place receiving a rosette ribbon and trophy.
FIRST NAME |
LAST NAME |
GRADE |
PROJECT TITLE |
| Chegu Vijay | Aashray | 11 | Gravitas Prime: Parameterizing Binary Neutron Star Postmerger Gravitational Waves with Machine Learning and Transformers |
| Zaina | Abu Hweij | 9 | Robust Pest-Bird Detection in Crop Protection Using Sensor Fusion |
| Annie | Adhikary | 11 | 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 |
| Arpan | Agarwal | 11 | Using Machine Learning and Crop Simulation Models to Find Sustainable Alternative to Common Industrial Farming Practice |
| Lakshmi | Agarwal | 9 | Effect of Surfactants on Water Surface Tension and Evaporative Rate |
| Prisha | Agarwal | 11 | Self-esteem and social anxiety of South Asian adolescents with varying acne severity |
| Talah | Albadawi | 11 | Identification of Genomic Breast Cancer Biomarkers: A Computerized Approach at Predicting Mutant Prognosis |
| Saraswathy | Amjith | 11 | A Novel Integrated Machine Learning Approach to Illegal Logging Detection |
| Hailey | Andre | 11 | Decreasing E.Gingivalis in the Canine Oral Cavity Through Daily Dental Care |
| Divij | Aswinkumar | 11 | Using Machine Learning to Predict the Power Conversion Efficiency of Perovskite Solar Cells |
| Orion | Autio | 12 | The Effect of Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Genes on Alzheimer’s Disease Frequency and Severity |
| Alessandra | Azure | 11 | Effects of Limiting Citrate-Derived Acetyl-CoA Production on the Development of Exhaustion by CD8 T Cells |
| Shruti | Badrish | 11 | WalkSmart – A New Machine Learning-Based Real-Time Gait Analysis Technique using Smartphones to Mitigate Ambulatory Fall Incidents |
| Ansh | Bayappu | 11 | An Everting Vine Robot With A Pneumatic Soft Gripper |
| Aashrita | Bhamidimarri | 9 | Addressing a ‘Root’ Cause – Every Root Counts |
| Abhidi | Brahnmath | 9 | Carbon Negative Bio-Catalytic Hydrogen Production from Solar Energy |
| Dakota | Brock | 12 | Analysis of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Edmonds Storm Water to Determine Potential Sources |
| Elena | Carter | 11 | Effects of Work Stress on Gut Microbiota in Nurses After 12-Hour Shift Compared to Nurses After a Full Day’s Rest |
| Harley | Cejka | 12 | Rush Skeletonweed’s effects on the diversity of soil microbes in Spokane Washington |
| Anthony | Chen | 11 | Relationship Between Differential Alternative RNA Splicing and COVID-19 Severity |
| Janelle | Chen | 11 | A Correlational Study between Empathy and Communication with Highly Emotional Individuals |
| Shravya | Daggumelli | 11 | Do Technological Interventions Help Control ADHD Symptoms |
| Dhruv | Darbha | 11 | Democratizing Produce Waste Reduction Using Hyperspectral Imaging |
| Yvette | DeVore | 12 | The Influence of Age on Moral Judgement involving Intention and Outcome. |
| Yue | Ding | 11 | Early Detection of Cancer Using Microbial Taxonomic and Functional Information |
| Samantha | Downey | 11 | Effects of Work Stress on Gut Microbiota in Nurses After 12-Hour Shift Compared to Nurses After a Full Day’s Rest |
| Tiana | Dumitrescu | 11 | Using a Machine-Learning Approach to Identify Emotions through Voice Recognition |
| Tommy | Elliott | 11 | Effects of Work Stress on Gut Microbiota in Nurses After 12-Hour Shift Compared to Nurses After a Full Day’s Rest |
| Max | Faught | 11 | Gene expression of laccase throughout bioremediation of complex hydrocarbons |
| Adrien | Ferrasse | 12 | A Study Of Bioaerosols In Closed vs Open Style Classrooms |
| Ourania-Maria | Glezakou-Elbert | 12 | Controlled Edge Asymmetries as Means of Increasing Diode Efficiency in a Single Layer Superconductor |
| Jayanth | Gorrepati | 11 | Detecting Adolescent Colorist Bias in Relation to a One’s Skin Tone Using Implicit Association Tests |
| Nathan | Guan | 10 | Enhancing Fencing Lunge Performance through AI and VR Analysis |
| Stephanie | Haining | 11 | Exploring Hyperglycemia and Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetics and its Affect on Working Memory |
| Raneet | Hans | 11 | Evaluating the Effect of Beats Per Minute of Techno Music on Reaction Times to Auditory Stimuli in High School Students |
| Farzad | Hasan | 11 | Propelling to a Carbon Zero Future |
| Nathan | Haws | 11 | The effect of biomimicry of Washingtonia robusta on seismic retrofitting |
| Miya | Hemphill | 11 | Proof of concept for accessible rapid tests on Streptococcal Pharyngitis by imitating an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test and pH tests |
| Maria | Herrera | 12 | Are Environmentally-Safe Succulent Based Retardants Effective After Simulated Rainfall and Wind Conditions in Prohibiting Wildfire Spread? |
| Travis | Horn | 11 | Gene expression of laccase throughout bioremediation of complex hydrocarbons |
| Amy | Howlett | 12 | Effect of Nicotine Addiction on Hereditary Gene Expression in Caenorhabditis Elegans |
| Hongyi (Ethan) | Hu | 11 | Investigating the Space Weather Impact of the 2003 Halloween Geomagnetic Storm by the Ground Magnetic Field Variations: a Global View |
| Aparna | Iyer | 11 | Stroke Prediction with Logistic Regression Based on Risk Factors |
| Kenisha | Jaiswal | 11 | Impact of Stigma on Indian Parental Detection of Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Adolescents |
| Ishita | Jalla | 11 | Using Artificial Intelligence to Forecast Continuous Glucose Monitor(CGM) readings for Type One Diabetes |
| AnnMarie | Johnson | 12 | Genomic Analysis of Bacteria in Spokane Schools Irrigation Systems |
| Mitra | Junu | 11 | Pollen Coated Microneedle Patch to Desensitize Patients to Pollen Allergies Using Immunotherapy |
| Nishka | Kacheria | 11 | Dimensionality Reduction and Optimization of the GloVe Words Database using Principal Component Analysis and Birch Clustering |
| Inaya | Kamal | 11 | A 3D-Printed Scoliosis Brace Designed to Increase User Comfort and Mobility |
| John | Karaca | 11 | DHEBNet – a Novel Deep Heterogenous Ensemble-Based Learning Model for Deepfake Detection |
| Johan | Karukayil | 11 | Optimal Leg Height of Landing Legs to Reduce Risk of Damage from Regolith Ejecta by Retrorocket Exhausts |
| Madlyn | Kradjan | 12 | Genotyping of Novel Phytochrome Mutants in Solanum lycopersicum |
| Mithil | Krishnan | 9 | Robust Pest-Bird Detection in Crop Protection Using Sensor Fusion |
| Anika | Kulkarni | 11 | A Machine Learning Approach to Diagnose Liver Carcinoma and Predict Survival Rates |
| Jamie | Kwon | 10 | Uncovering the Benefits of Ultrasound: Effects on Colocalization of Microglia and Amyloid-Beta Plaque in Alzheimer Mouse Models |
| Kathryn | Lawrence | 12 | Effect of Nicotine Addiction on Hereditary Gene Expression in Caenorhabditis Elegans |
| Gavin | Leach | 12 | Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Social Media Recommender Algorithms |
| Jesse | Leach | 12 | A Study Of Bioaerosols In Closed vs Open Style Classrooms |
| Cameron | Lee | 12 | Designing a Sustainable Lunar Excavator Capable of In-Situ Resource Utilization |
| Shangqiu | Li | 9 | Robust Pest-Bird Detection in Crop Protection Using Sensor Fusion |
| Wesley | Li | 11 | Detecting Adolescent Colorist Bias in Relation to a One’s Skin Tone Using Implicit Association Tests |
| Alexander | Lui | 9 | Rheumatoid Arthritis Self-Assessment System (RASA) – A Fully Integrated At-Home Measurement System that Utilizes Integrated Smart Device Sensors to Automate Patient Self-Assessment, and Predict RA Disease Activity and Progression at High Accuracy without the Need for Blood Test Results |
| Matthew | Margo | 12 | Salt Brinator |
| Eleanor | Marso | 11 | Predicting Avalanches in the Cascades Using Machine Learning |
| Kaysa | Mateeff | 11 | Decreasing E.Gingivalis in the Canine Oral Cavity Through Daily Dental Care |
| Zoey | Mazur | 12 | Airborne eDNA Tracking of Large Mammals in National Wildlife Refuges |
| Alexandria | McNutt | 10 | Tesla Turbine: Outdated or Modern Innovation? |
| Elias | Mejia | 9 | How much bacteria is on the floor from the spit released from brass instruments? |
| Kyle | Mervin | 12 | Magnetic Mountain Bike Pedal Assembly |
| Aiden | Morrella | 11 | Finding the Source: A School Shooting Prediction Program |
| Advaitha | Motkuri | 10 | Am Eye Drunk? The Future of Intoxication Detection |
| Sailahari | Mullapudi | 10 | A Machine Learning Approach in Predicting Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Escherichia coli (E. coli) |
| Vasudha | Narayanan | 11 | Domain Knowledge vs. AI: Detecting Cervical Spine Fractures from CT Scans |
| Ishwinderjit | Natt | 12 | Funghi Fuel |
| Antonio | Nguyen | 12 | Frost Off |
| Thuc | Nguyen | 10 | Sublinear Counting With The Power Law |
| Faith | Nolander | 12 | The impact of wildfires in Eastern Washington on carbon dioxide emissions by soil microorganisms |
| Venkatapranay | Nookala | 11 | EEG-Based Analysis of Brain Activity in Individuals With Varying Levels of Social Media Usage |
| Navaj | Nune | 10 | Investigating the Quality of Biodiesel Synthesized from Used Cooking Oils |
| Eshaal | Omar | 11 | Evaluation of horse comfort in English and Western riding style tack |
| Mitchell | Ostberg | 12 | The Effect of Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Genes on Alzheimer’s Disease Frequency and Severity |
| Aylin | Ozdemir | 11 | Determining the greatest Formula One driver of all time: An analysis of Formula One race data with a Bradley-Terry model |
| Sri Sai Tejas Varma | Pakalapati | 11 | EEG-Based Analysis of Brain Activity in Individuals With Varying Levels of Social Media Usage |
| Jessica | Palmer | 12 | The potential use of the Hydra vulgaris toxin Hydramacin-1 as an antibiotic against the coral bacterium Vibrio coralliilyticus |
| Sienna | Pepper | 12 | Funghi Fuel |
| Minal | Pervaiz | 11 | Using VR in-vivo exposure therapy to identify startle responses in phobic and non-phobic individuals through body wave analysis |
| Alexey | Petrov | 12 | Breakdown of Bromodichloromethane in Chlorinated Water using Hydrolysis Enzyme |
| Isabella | Pinto | 10 | How Ferrofluid Demonstrates the Varying Use of Magnetic Applications Using Elementary Particle Physics |
| Yuti | Purohit | 9 | FloodWatch – A New Machine Learning based approach for Flood Impact Prediction and Classification |
| Divya | Ramu | 11 | A machine learning approach to predicting the air quality index using the relationships meteorological data has to the AQI |
| Vehd | Reddy | 9 | IDEAR (Investigative and Debris Elimination Aquatic Robot) |
| Lila | Rice | 10 | How does simulated seawater affect the growth of radish plants? |
| Emily | Richardson | 12 | Evaluation of CgA Levels in Nurses after 12-hour Shifts to Analyze Stress |
| Sophia | Rodriguez | 11 | A Low-Cost Approach to the Filtration of Particulate Matter and Carbon Monoxide Produced from the Partial Combustion of Biomass |
| Pranavi | Rohit | 11 | Identification of Novel Cancer Drug Candidates through Deep Learning-Based Analysis of Chemical Structure Data |
| Aryaman | Rtunjay | 10 | Mapping Land Coverage using Drone Imagery and Efficient Image Transformer Models |
| Shivani | Sama | 11 | Reconnect: A Computational Approach to Using DBS To Combat Neurodegenerative Disease Through Induced Plasticity |
| Nicole | Samaan | 10 | Microplastics in Fish: Plastic Pollution in Our Protein? |
| Ella | Sandau | 12 | Genomic Analysis of Bacteria in Spokane Schools Irrigation Systems |
| Anthony | Schwartz | 12 | Roundabout Design for the Junction of 212th St SW and 76th Ave S |
| Ellie | Schwartzenberger | 11 | KRT71 Mutations in Curly Coated Canines |
| Jacob | Scrupps | 11 | Slaking Pacific Northwest Limestone for use in Triticum aestivum Fertilization |
| Aditya | Sengupta | 9 | Empowering Assistive Feeding Robot through AI/ML Enhanced Collision Avoidance |
| Om | Shah | 10 | Developing a Deep Learning Model for Predicting Poverty in Africa using Satellite Imagery |
| Saachi | Sharma | 11 | Quantifying Depression: An art-based approach to reducing the self-report bias in diagnosing depression using Koch’s Baum Test and color psychology. |
| Tanaya | Sharma | 11 | The Sweet Spot: Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Monitoring using Spectroscopy and Machine Learning |
| Claire | Sheehan | 10 | How do different substances affect soil chemistry during composting? |
| Kevin | Shen | 10 | Wind Powered Flight: Exploring the Potential of Dynamic Soaring for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
| Moomal | Siddiqui | 11 | Elaboration on the Effect Maternal Education has on Fertility, Age at First Birth, and Contraceptive Use |
| Bliss | Singhal | 11 | Uncovering the Epileptogenic Brain Networks with Independent Component Analysis, Deep Learning, and Transformers: A Novel and Comprehensive Framework for Scalable and Generalizable Seizure Prediction with Unimodal Neuroimaging Data |
| Isabelle | Smith | 12 | Evaluating the pollen from bumblebee pollen baskets to examine their floral trends |
| Kaira | Soin | 9 | A More Equitable Instrument Tuner |
| Mahnum | Somji | 11 | Early and Accurate Prediction of Cardiovascular Diseases Using Machine Learning Classification |
| Zachary | Song | 11 | Electromagnetic Fields Emitted From High Voltage Tesla Superchargers |
| Vedant | Srinivas | 11 | Biomimicry of Boxfish : A computational analysis and wind tunnel study of the aerodynamic drag reduction of class 8 heavy vehicle trailers |
| Rakshith | Srinivasan | 11 | The effect of BCAA Supplementation in Aiding Muscle Soreness to prevent lateral ligament ankle injuries in Athletes |
| Nikki | Taleghani | 11 | Carbon Dot and Cyanoacrylate Fuming Method for Latent Fingerprint Detection |
| Aryav | Taneja | 11 | Skin Tone Incorporation in Convolutional Neural Network Training for American Sign Language to Debias Datasets |
| Sophia | Testa | 11 | KRT71 Mutations in Curly Coated Canines |
| Luna | Tewolde | 12 | Breakdown of Bromodichloromethane in Chlorinated Water using Hydrolysis Enzyme |
| Harini | Thiagarajan | 11 | Implementation of Convolutional Neural Network for Line Characterization in LIGO Continuous Gravitational Wave Searches |
| Shriya | Tiku | 11 | Ham Radio Antenna Communication Set-up for First Responder Communication during Disaster Relief |
| Kosha | Upadhyay | 11 | MemSpark: Artificially Intelligent Virtual Reality System for Non-Intrusive Therapy and Evaluation of Dementia |
| Yutaro | Urata | 11 | Generating Novel Biopolymers Using GAN |
| Subhadra | Vadlamannati | 11 | A Novel Machine Learning Approach to Generating Mind Maps For Visual Learners |
| Anjana | Vaidyaraman | 9 | A Deployable Space Habitat Inspired by Beech Leaf Folding Patterns |
| Anisha | Vaish | 10 | An electronic system to detect and unfreeze gait in Parkinson’s disease |
| John | Vavrick | 12 | Designing A Workstation Optimized for an Extra Terrestrial Environment |
| Milana | Veera | 11 | Testing the Effects of the “Smiling Mind” Mobile App on Reducing Anxiety Symptoms in Teens |
| Celeste | Vergara-Borges | 12 | Which home models are best suited for different natural disasters? |
| Yash | Verma | 12 | Iron Regulatory Gene Modification in SLC25A37 |
| Kyra | Walt | 11 | KRT71 Mutations in Curly Coated Canines |
| Jenny | Wang | 10 | Tesla Turbine: Outdated or Modern Innovation? |
| Yuqing | Wang | 11 | Forensic Microscopical Analysis of Hair for Related Family Members through Digital Image Processing and Statistical Classification Algorithms |
| Trevor | Winckler | 12 | Designing A Workstation Optimized for an Extra Terrestrial Environment |
| Ruth | Wise-Maldonado | 11 | How Agriculture Machinery Sound Pollution Affects C3 and C4 Plant Root Physiology and Photosynthesis. (Phase 2) |
| Vishal | Yalla | 10 | Implementation of Convolutional Neural Network for Line Characterization in LIGO Continuous Gravitational Wave Searches |
| Emmy | Yang | 11 | An Automatic Visual-Based Approach for Depression Detection Using CNN with Facial Landmarks |
| Andy | Ye | 11 | Drug-Target Prediction via Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks and Large-Scale Unsupervised Training |
| Rowena (Ellis) | Yin | 11 | Autism and Moral Criteria |
| Andrew | Young | 12 | Depth Displaying Avalanche Transceiver |
| Marisabel | Zarazua Gomez | 11 | Does the decomposition of paper affect the growth and strengths of plants? |
| Chaoyi | Zhang | 11 | Mutation Density Analysis on Long Noncoding RNA for Cancer |
| Bryan | Zhu | 9 | A Novel Genetic Algorithm Using Euclidean Geometry And Hybrid Heuristic Crossover for Traveling Salesman Problem |