WSSEF 2025 Special Awards ~ Grades 1 – 8

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics PNW Award of Excellence
Dheeran Shiv Shankar
Nikhil Sirivara
Sarabhesh Saravanakumar
Vedant Dhavse
Animal Sciences Research Award
Amaya Greene
Broadcom Foundation ~ Broadcom Coding with Commitment®
Madison Gustafson
Central Valley Garden Club
Aarav Kumar
Aashvi Sunkesula
Advait Reddy
Alsea Griffey
Anvika Vemula
ChethanAditya Deepala
Devaansh Arora
Izzy McIntyre
Krishna Kumar-Vemulapalli
Lucille Daniels
City of Bremerton ~ Mayor Greg Wheeler’s Challenge
Karthik Ravuru
Conservation College and Wolf Camp Award
Murari Penagamuri
Varalika Gupta
Viaan Irya Sunkesula
Violet Van Hoose
Dharmon Ghanbari ~ Excellence in the Chemical Sciences Award
Asher Friedman
Environmental Science Research Award
Adeline Okada
Aryadit Sengupta
Graphic Design Award
Amrita Iyer
Asher Friedman
Lemelson Foundation Early Inventor Prize 
Vedika Devarajan
Margaret I. Lugg Young Explorer Award
Adeline Okada
Arjun Prakash
Coolidge Schuldt
Elijah Edwin
Ethan Tsang
Haris Shariff
Jayapradha Saravanakumar
Lily Walkup
Natalie Mayer
Nithilan Venkatesan
Penelope Whitaker
Rohitha Rachakonda
Samuel Wang
Suhavi Santhosh
Sylvia Goleski
Medicine and Health Award
Avni Waghamare
Haven Anderson
Miyen Edelman
Shriya Kutty
Suhaas Meka
Suhavi Santhosh
Museum of Flight‘Sights of Flight’ Award
Dheeran Shiv Shankar
Elijah Edwin
Elijah Lai
Ethan Tsang
Nikhil Sirivara
Shreeharsh Macha
Sophia Samaan
Vedant Dhavse
Navy League of the U.S. ~ Bremerton / Olympic Peninsula Council STEM Award
Coolidge Schuldt
Luke Zelie
Madison Gustafson
Nikhil Sirivara
Samuel Wang
Skylar Brennan
Vedant Mittal
Vedika Devarajan
Office of Naval Research (ONR) ~ Junior Division
Nikhil Sirivara
Samuel Wang
Vedika Devarajan
Origami Math and Science Award
Haris Shariff
Karandeep Rathee
Kourtney Benson
Vedant Mittal
Venkata Sai Nandan Mandavilli
Pacific Science Center Family Membership Award
Abhimanyu Arvindh
Ahmed Zeeshan
Chaitra Hasini Appani
Janneke Koomen
John Mayhook
Karthik Ravuru
Niharika Vutukuri
Prathamesh Ramanathan
Saanvi Bhatia
Sai Mohith Adamala
Sydney Clark
Venkata Sai Nandan Mandavilli
Plant Sciences Achievement Award
Izzy McIntyre
Proficiency in Mathematics Award
Kapish Arora
Robert M. Lugg M.D. ~ Exceptional Merit Award for Medicine & Health Sciences
Abigail Walkup
Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (JIC)
 Aadya Gupta
 Aaratrika Paul
Abhimanyu Arvindh
Ahmed Zeeshan
Ardra Arwin
Arhat Wankhade
Arusha Khante
Aryadit Sengupta
Asher Friedman
Atharv Gupta
Artharv Shetty
Berenice Lui
Deetya Kompelli
Haris Shariff
John Mayhook
Karthi Gangavarapu
Karthik Ravuru
Kshitij Vinay Lal
Laasya Priya Mandavilli
Lohith Talluri
Madison Gustafson
Neel Borate
Nishka Baldota
Olivia Xue
Ridhaan Palkar
Sahithya Vellanki
Tarunika Tamisetty
Varshith Avula
Vedika Devarajan
Violet Van Hoose
Vyan Malige
Washington State Dental Association ~ Oral Health Award
Aaria Lankireddy
Joyce Zhang
Suhavi Santhosh
Water Purveyors Association of Kitsap ~ Water Quality and Conservation Award
Krishna Kumar-Vemulapalli