Regeneron International Science & Engineering Fair
May 7-13, 2022
ATLANTA Twenty three student finalists from Washington
regional and state science & engineering fairs competed at the Regeneron
International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) on May 7-13,
2022, in Atlanta, Georgia. The event was hybrid; about half of Washington
students attended in person and half virtually.
Regeneron
ISEF is the world’s largest pre-college science competition. This year, over
1700 young entrepreneurs, innovators and scientists were selected from 49
states and 64 countries. About 800 judges from academia and
industry made the award selections.
Vedant Srinivas, Eastlake High School, won a 1st
Grand Award of $5000 for his project, "Eqwis: Rapid Animal
Detection and Driver Warning System To Mitigate Animal Vehicle Collisions
Using Artificial Intelligence". He also won a 1st award of
$1000 from the Central Intelligence Agency, and an Honorable Mention from the
International Council on Systems Engineering.
Pinyu Liao, Inglemoor High School, won a 2nd Grand
Award of $2000 for her project, "Exploiting Plasmid-Mediated
Resistance: Discovery of Small-Molecule Inhibitors for the Artificial
Activation of the Kid-Kis Toxin-Antitoxin System in Plasmid R1".
She also won a renewal tuition scholarship to the University of
Arizona.
Kosha Upadhyay, Bellevue Senior High School, won a
3rd Grand Award of $1000 for her project "Cognitive Profiling and
Personalized Therapy Recommendation for Dementia Through a Language-Aware
Multi-Model Artificially Intelligent System". She also won a
3rd award of $500 from the American Psychological Association
Evan Kim, Nikola Tesla STEM High School, won a 3rd
Grand Award of $1000 for his project, "ScGAN: A Generative
Adversarial Network To Predict Hypothetical Superconductors"
Rishi Hazra, Skyline High School, won a 3rd Grand
Award of $1000 for his project, "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". He
also won an Arizona State University ISEF scholarship, and a full scholarship
to King Faud University in Saudi Arabia including a $400 cash award.
Aiden Bai, Camas High School, won a 3rd Grand Award
of $1000 for his project, "Million.js: A Fast, Compiler-Augmented
Virtual DOM for Performant JavaScript UI Libraries"
Anjali Sreenivas, Tesla STEM High School, won a 4th Grand Award of $500 for her project, "A Machine Learning
Approach to Identifying Blood-Based Biomarkers for Differential Diagnosis of
Alzheimer’s Disease". She also received an Honorable Mention
from the American Statistical Association.
Arihant Singh and Druhin Bhowal, Tesla STEM High
School, won a 4th Grand Award of $500 for their project, "It’s
Flaming Out: Using Artificial Intelligence To Emulate Critical Aspects of
Wildfire Growth". They also won Arizona State University ISEF
scholarships.
Kevin Shen, Olympia High School, won a 4th Grand
Award of $500 for his project,
"A Novel Approach to Biomimicking the Avian Tail on Fixed Wing Micro
Air Vehicles" He also won 1st place
in category and $750 from the Air Force Research Laboratory. In addition
he won 1st place and $2000 from the American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics.
Anna Armstrong, Joel E. Ferris High School, won a 4th
Grand Award of $500 for her project, "Engineering a Bioplastic
With Aspergillus oryzae To Increase Degradation Rate"
Harish Krishnakumar, Tesla STEM High School, won a
full scholarship to King Faud University in Saudi Arabia for his project,
"Analysis of Ring Galaxies Detected Using Deep Learning With Real and
Simulated Data". He also won a 2nd Award and $500 from the
Patent and Trademark Office Society.
Ruth Elizabeth Wise-Maldonado, Sunnyside Senior High
School, won a renewal tuition scholarship from the University of Arizona for
her project, "How Do Sound Waves Affect Plant Root Physiology and
Photosynthesis?"
Washington International Science & Engineering (WISE)
Team 2022
(Project titles have links to the ISEF
display board: abstracts, powerpoints, quad charts, and videos.)
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"It’s Flaming
Out: Using Artificial Intelligence To Emulate Critical Aspects of
Wildfire Growth" Arihant Singh and Druhin Bhowal,
Tesla STEM High School, Redmond |
"Inferring the
Neutron Star Maximum Mass and Lower Mass Gap in Neutron Star-Black
Hole Systems with Spin" Christine Ye, Eastlake High School,
Sammamish |
"Analysis of
Ring Galaxies Detected Using Deep Learning With Real and Simulated
Data" Harish Krishnakumar, Tesla STEM High
School |
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"Cognitive Profiling and Personalized Therapy Recommendation for
Dementia Through a Language-Aware Multi-Model Artificially Intelligent
System" Kosha Upadhyay, Bellevue Senior High School,
Bellevue
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"Elucidating the Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hearing Loss:
Characterization of Interferon Gamma Signaling as a Regulator of Hair
Cell Regeneration and Inflammation in Zebrafish"
Rohak Jain, Interlake High School, Bellevue |
"A Machine Learning Approach to
Identifying Blood-Based Biomarkers for Differential Diagnosis of
Alzheimer’s Disease" Anjali
Sreenivas, Tesla STEM High School, Redmond |
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"Exploiting Plasmid-Mediated Resistance: Discovery of Small-Molecule
Inhibitors for the Artificial Activation of the Kid-Kis
Toxin-Antitoxin System in Plasmid R1"
Pinyu Liao, Inglemoor High School, Kenmore |
"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"Rishi
Hazra, Skyline High School |
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"ScGAN: A Generative Adversarial Network To Predict Hypothetical
Superconductors" Evan Kim, Tesla STEM High
School, Redmond |
"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"
Jake Chung, Interlake High School, Bellevue |
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"Characterizing
the Feeding behavior of Western Screech owls"
Emmaline McKinnon, Hanford High School, Richland
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"A
Detailed Statistical Analysis of Anterior Chest Wall Muscle
Recruitment" Neha Kommareddy, Central Valley High
School, Spokane |
"What
is the Effect Sound Waves Have on Plant Root Physiology and
Photosynthesis" Ruth Wise-Maldonado, Sunnyside High
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"Million.js:
User Interfaces Into the Future" Aiden Bai, Camas
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Keynote by Dr. George Yancopoulis, co-founder of Regeneron.
Appearances by Dr. Angel Cabrera, President, Georgia Tech. and Dr. Michio
Kaku, CCNY. Remote appearance by Dr. Francis Collins, former director of
NIH.
2022 ISEF Exhibit Hall, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta
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Washington State WISE Team in person at ISEF
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ISEF Night at the Georgia Aquarium
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The ISEF Finalist Wall, Students Point to Their Names
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To get to ISEF, WISE Team finalists won top
awards at these science & engineering fairs.
Washington State Science & Engineering Fair
Discovery Regional Science & Engineering
Fair
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Central
Sound Regional Science & Engineering Fair
Mid Columbia Regional Science & Engineering Fair
Eastern Washington Regional Science & Engineering
Fair
Southwest Washington Science & Engineering Fair
ISEF Virtual
Project Board Site
Special
Awards Ceremony (youtube)
Grand Awards Ceremony (youtube)
WISE Team T-shirt
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Links:
What is Intel ISEF?
Washington State's Christine Ye wins first place at the 2022
Regeneron Science Talent Search
with an award of $250,000
National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium, Albuquerque NM, April 20-23,
2022:
Rohak Jain, Interlake High School, 1st place oral, $12,000
Christine Ye, Eastlake High School, 1st place poster, Physical Sciences
Ourania-Maria Glezakou-Elbert, Hanford High School, Honorable Mention,
Physical Sciences
"I’ve been inspired by Confucius’ quote: "I
hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." The formula
is simple: work diligently to understand the fundamentals, then make new
connections to develop innovative solutions. Think big, think different, and
most importantly, don’t give up! In science, persistence is key."
-Eshika Saxena,
Interlake HS '19, Harvard '23,
ISEF 3X finalist, STS top 10 2019, JSHS National 1st
For more
information, contact Gary Foss, garyfoss3@comcast.net