Washington State Science & Engineering Fair Grand Champion Medalists
| Gold | Anusha Arora | 9 | SmartStrings: A Novel Low-Cost Multimodal System for Intelligent Violin Pedagogy with Real-time Corrective and Sensory Feedback through Artificial Intelligence |
| Silver | Isabella Pinto | 12 | How a High-Temperature Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage System Can Be Implemented in Vehicles as an Exceptionally Eco-Friendly Power Supply |
| Bronze | Lakshmi Agrawal | 11 | A Novel Method of Water Purification: Optimizing Foam Fractionation for Effective Broad-Spectrum Removal of DBP Precursors in Chlorinated Drinking Water |
Go WISE Team!
The top nine WSSEF projects (ten students / teams) join finalists from the five WSSEF affiliated Regional Science & Engineering Fairs (Central Sound, Eastern Washington, Mid-Columbia, Discovery, Southwest Washington) to form the WISE Team (Washington International Science & Engineering Team). Regeneron ISEF is the world’s largest pre-college science competition with 1,800 young entrepreneurs and innovators from 80+ countries worldwide.
WSSEF Finalists to Represent WSSEF at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair
| Lakshmi Agrawal | 11 | A Novel Method of Water Purification: Optimizing Foam Fractionation for Effective Broad-Spectrum Removal of DBP Precursors in Chlorinated Drinking Water |
| Krishna Arun | 10 | Utilizing Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with Encoder-Decoder Architecture Agents to Identify Optimal Resection Location in GBM Patients |
| Sanshray Cherukumilli Aditi Kuthanoor | 11 11 | Discovery and Structure-Based Optimization of Highly Selective PTP1B Inhibitors: A Multi-Stage In-Silico Workflow Combining Virtual Screening, Molecular Docking, and Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Enhance Insulin Sensitivity in Type 2 Diabetes |
| Priya Emani | 10 | Personalized Diabetic Wound Healing: A CRISPR Based Synthetic Biology Approach Using Engineered Probiotics |
| Kireeti Kompella | 10 | First Fabrication of High Q-Factor Rho-SiTaN for Optical Spectroscopy: Enabling Low-Cost Breathalyzer Detection of Lung Cancer |
| Aadesh Kumar | 11 | Phoenix H2: Improving Commercial Viability of Sustainable Aviation by Developing and Flight Testing a Clean Aircraft with Onboard Hydrogen Generation |
| Isabella Pinto | 12 | How a High-Temperature Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage System Can Be Implemented in Vehicles as an Exceptionally Eco-Friendly Power Supply |
| Akshara Srinivas | 9 | Improving vertical axis wind turbine efficiency by integrating hammerhead shark hydrodynamic features into the NACA 0015 blade design |
| Arnav Vishwakarma | 10 | Exploring the Use of Polyisoprenylated Benzophenones in Enhancing Efficacy of β-Lactam Antibiotics through Molecular Docking in AutoDock Vina |
Meet the Regional Fair ISEF Finalists Comprising the WISE Team
| Anusha Arora |
| Srishti Boral |
| Michelle Chen |
| Shangqiu Li |
| Advaitha Motkuri |
| Amanda Nygen |
| Jane Park |
| Yuti Purohit |
| Sonali Santhosh |
| Aditya Sengupta |
| Sydney West |
| Bryan Zhu |
Meet the Regional Fair ISEF Student Observer Comprising the WISE Team
Aarav Shrivastava