WSSEF 2026 First Place Awards ~ Grades 1-8

               NAMEGRADEPROJECT TITLE
Sai MohithAdamala3“C” the Power: A Titration Study of Ascorbic Acid Stability
AnanyaAdigarla4Can We Create a Battery From a Potato?
ArnavAgarwal6Water, Water Everywhere, Not a Drop to Drink
IdikaAgarwal4Bridge Load Testing & Design
AishaniAgrawal6“The Science Behind Soap Handwashing and Coronavirus Inactivation”
KiaraAgrawal1How crystals form inside Earth
ArjunAitharaju6Gas and Gastric Irritation
KayceAllen6Who Turned on the Lights: A Crab Light Trap Experiment
IanAnischenko7Floating Fortress
KrishivAnivilla7S.O.S.(Save Our Slopes)
Chaitra HasiniAppani8Creating a Modern, Bio-Inspired, and Autonomous Mars Rover Utilizing an AI Detection Model: Introducing SANS (Symbiotic, Autonomous, Noetic, Survival System)
SammyAreopagita6Increasing the Strength and Stability of Kelp Pots
KapishArora7Savior: A Multimodal Voice and Sensor Based Walking Companion
NamishArora5AquaBuddy — Automated Plant Irrigation and Animal Hydration Station Using Multi-Sensor Detection
AryaArun4Astro-Magnets: gripping made easier for astronauts
IshaanArun1Paper Airplane Design for Max Flight time and Distance
Guru Harshith ReddyAvula6“Clean Energy for Transportation: Comparing Solar, Hydrogen, and Battery Powered Vehicles”
MeenakshiAyalasomayajula4Helping Aid
ArianaAzatassou6Increasing the Strength and Stability of Kelp Pots
AksharaBalaji2Mystery of the slow magnet: Exploring Eddy Currents
AmoghaBalaji1Clean Twins: Which Detergent Cleans Better?
PranavBalaji6ELEVATE: Smart Light Music Assistant
ParvBaranwal3The Banana Plastic Revolution: Creating and Testing Bioplastics at Home
VarunBarmavat8MediVoice AI
KourtneyBenson7Grip or Slip?
AmairaBeri4Astro-Magnets: gripping made easier for astronauts
SanderBethel6Does Greywater Affect Plant Growth?
SwarajBhagat8AgriAdvisor: An Intelligent and Cost Effective Crop Health Monitoring System Using an IoT Sensor Probe and Machine Learning
SaanviBhatia5AquaBuddy — Automated Plant Irrigation and Animal Hydration Station Using Multi-Sensor Detection
DeepaBondalakunta4Helping aid
KrishnaBondalakunta7WAVE : Wave Analysis Visualization Equipment
SkylarBrennan7Minimizing marine noise pollution
AaravChaduvu3Harnessing Power From Everyday Produce
AnyakaChebrolu5Diffusivity Dynamics: A chronicle of Heat Containment
SahithCherupally8Propeller Design Testing
AvelinChim7Building a Better Cookie
Charvi SriChimbili3Sip Smart! The Science Behind Tooth Damage
IvaanChoudhary5The Secret Power of the Coil: How Wire Turns Affect Electromagnet Strength for Sustainable Recycling
MarkChychykalo6DEM-6-C
HarperClark4How colors of cats make them act
HadleyContes6Reducing Fish Aggression in Aquariums: No fighting, Tilapia!
IshaanDebchoudhury8Optimizing Small-Format Speaker Enclosure Design for Improved Clarity and Sound Quality
ParthDesai5How Ferrofluid volume Impacts Plastic Removal Efficiency in Waterways
AadyaDey5JAM Hands
ShreyaDhar8SWAP: A Biomimetic and Sustainable Powdered Amendment for Enhancing Water Retention in Arid Soil
EldenDriver Iv5Indoor Solar Power
AyaanDubey4Have you ever wondered!!
MayukhaDurbhakula5JAM Hands
CharlesEdelman5AI Detection of Friend or Foe in Drone Wars
MiyenEdelman3Exploring How Genes Transmit Taste
ElijahEdwin5Sustainable Sprouting
JoannaEdwin8The Impact of DRD2 Genetic Variants on Schizophrenia Medication: An In-Silico Analysis of Drug Affinity
SriyaEmani7Sustainable Healthcare: Engineering a Color-Changing Chitosan Microneedle Patch for Painless Medicine Delivery
VismayaEnaganti2Does Warm Milk Help Digestion?
TanishqaErattu7Smart Vision Belt 2.0: AI-Powered Real-Time Navigation for the Visually Impaired
FloraFine8Comparing Vitamin C and Sugar Levels in Organic Versus Conventionally Grown Produce
BrynGagnon6Why do Algal Blooms Happen Around Seattle?
Sanjay KrithikGalla5Evaluation of Dish Soap Concentration on Strawberry DNA Extraction Efficiency
KarthiGangavarapu7FloodChasers: An AI‑Based Multi‑Signal System for Predicting Flood Probability
SushanthGanta4Exploring Electrical Flow in Conductors and Insulators
HarshikaGanti3Comparison of Water Quality in King County: Natural Lakes vs. Municipal Tap Water
AtharvGarg7Vital Arbor: Using Computer Vision to Detect Tree Failure
IsabelGerrick7Building a Better Cookie
DhanvanthGiridharan7Computational Evaluation of a Dual-Targeted Degradation Strategy to Inhibit Lineage Transition and Target Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells
ParikshithGiridharan1acid rain
SylviaGoleski2How markers affect plant growth
NandithaGoverdhana8Innovative Biosensing Solutions For Water Pollution
DavidGovsheev5Can One Bottle do it All?
AnahataGuha8SkinSense: A multi-sensor wearable for detection of disruption of the skin barrier in response to commonly used teen skincare.
Eliza JaneGunturu6AI Indoor Navigation Assistant for Visually Impaired People
AadyaGupta7FloodChasers: An AI‑Based Multi‑Signal System for Predicting Flood Probability
AnayGupta8Pixels vs. pH: Does lighting change how a computer can read water quality tests?
AtharvGupta7FloodChasers: An AI‑Based Multi‑Signal System for Predicting Flood Probability
NavyaGupta2Operation Blue Carbon : The Ocean’s Secret Superheroes
MadisonGustafson8Filming Frames
SihiHemanth4Eco Healer – Investigation of Biodegradable Bandages with Natural Substances
GenevieveHenderson2Plant growth affected by teas
SanviHiremath8Two Truths and a Lie: Are our Eyes being Deceived by Mesh Packaging of Fruits?
MingyuHuang5JAM Hands
PenelopeHulse6How does increasing temperatures with climate change affect plant growth?
InaraHumenay4The Focus Factor
JiyuIm7Symptomate
AahishJain6Sugar Spy
LaminJobe8How Lens Materials and Shapes Affect Chromatic Aberration
MeeraKamalanath6Chemotaxis in Physarum polycephalum as a Cellular Model for Cancer and Immunity
AadyaKaranam5The Hidden Power of Magnetism in Plant Growth
DhruthiKaranam3Sip Smart! The Science Behind Tooth Damage
AnayKarma7Smart Nanoparticles: AI-Guided Medicine Delivery to Target Cells
DiyaKarthik8B7-H3 ImmunoPredict: AI-Powered Prediction of B7-H3 in Diffuse Midline Glioma and Medulloblastoma
EliKinney5Hydrodynamic ROV test
VenkataadithyaKocherlakota3Hello Starch, Goodbye Plastic!
AditiKolluru8Predict Before Prescribing : A Hybrid Clinicogenomic Analysis Of Clopidogrel Resistance and Development Of a Novel Risk Score
Sri RitvikKoppula5Evaluation of Dish Soap Concentration on Strawberry DNA Extraction Efficiency
RohanKoppuravuri8SENSE: Smart Environmental Navigation & Sensory Engine
AnvikaKosuri4Red Planet Round-Trip – Calculating Distance and Time for an Earth-Mars Mission
RenaKrishna6FocusGuard: A Smart Bracelet for Safety, Focus, and Learning using Electrodermal Activity
TejasKrishnan5Know your Numbers
AksharaKulkarni6Agriver: Agricultural Rover
AnviKulkarni8Smart Irrigation: How often should you water?
AaravKumar2“Slow it down: The Great Parachute Drop-Off!”
DhiyaKumaraguru6Bioshield: Safe Sip for Children(Students) and Adults
KrishnaKumar-Vemulapalli5The Effect of Blade Geometry on Electricity Generation in Small Wind Turbines
SavithriKumar-Vemulapalli3The Smart Shower: Saving Water Before It Goes Down the Drain
IraKundur1What makes Ice Melt Fastest
SaanviKundur5The Science of Tears
RyanLee8BioNode: Real Time Environmental Monitoring Through IoT
EricLifliand6DEM-6-C
AneeshLingala8SENSE: Smart Environmental Navigation & Sensory Engine
SamuelLiu6Cold Shower Water Preservation And The Use Of It For The Toilet
NinaLivshits3Bioplastic
Taneesh KumarLokesh Kumar6How to make an aircraft less visible on RADAR?
AtharvLokhande1Race Down the Ramp
ShreeharshMacha4The Weight of Magic: Exploring Magnetic Levitation
AbhiramMachineni5Colorful Danger – The hidden effects of Synthetic Dyes in Food
PreetamMagham5AquaBuddy — Automated Plant Irrigation and Animal Hydration Station Using Multi-Sensor Detection
NaimaMaidadi7Building a Better Cookie
VarunMalige1Lighting with Windmill
VyanMalige8Physics-Based Optimal Basketball Shot Trajectory Analysis Using Computer Vision
Laasya PriyaMandavilli8Precision Genome Engineering in Escherichia Coli Through Programmable CRISPR-Cas9 Nuclease Activity
Venkata Sai NandanMandavilli2Magnetic Magic: Cleaning Microplastics from Water
MyraMansata3Comparison of Water Quality in King County: Natural Lakes vs. Municipal Tap Water
YashikhaManyam6Enzymes reaction on Ph
XiaoMao8BioNode: Real Time Environmental Monitoring Through IoT
SiddharthMarasanapalle Kalle4Colorful Danger – The hidden effects of Synthetic Dyes in Food
NathanielMaruthupandiyan8MediVoice AI
SuhaasMeka7GRIP-CTS
SorenMishra4Lift Off! Blueprints for Flight
VedantMittal5Biomimicry-Inspired Airfoil: Finding the Most Efficient Design to Reduce Drag
PrithviMohan5Can reflective surfaces increase the electrical power produced by solar panel?
PrithikaMohanty8SWAP: A Biomimetic and Sustainable Powdered Amendment for Enhancing Water Retention in Arid Soil
MaximMostov3Bioplastic
AtharvNaik8AgriAdvisor: An Intelligent and Cost Effective Crop Health Monitoring System Using an IoT Sensor Probe and Machine Learning
JohithaNallamalli8Innovative Biosensing Solutions For Water Pollution
SheryaNamala6Is Plastic-Free Protective Packaging Possible with Biodegradable Materials?
TanmayNaveena Sampige4Power of Partnership
SumarthNegi6An experimental study of speed in model cars
AidenNeil6Does Greywater Affect Plant Growth?
HavilahNewell7How does music affect mood and productivity in classrooms?
AdelineOkada8Deconstructing Dams: Designing a Model for Prioritizing Dam Removal in Washington State
RamaPanchapagesan7SCOBY-Dooby-Doo: A Nano-sponge for you!
AravParakh8Dealing with Diabetes: An AI Closed loop System to regulate Insulin Dosage
AdvaitParikh6Chronocube
AishwaryaParthasarathy5Know your Numbers
IshaanParthasarathy8An Algae-Based Nutrient Trap to Reduce Nutrient Pollution from Food-Waste Liquids in Commercial Kitchens
AbhiramParupalli3Hello Starch, Goodbye Plastic!
ShauryaPatil1Paper Airplane Design for Max Flight time and Distance
KyleePinto6Is Plastic-Free Protective Packaging Possible with Biodegradable Materials?
MaximPodlepaev7Can One Bottle do it All?
AishwaryaPolali4Friction in Motion: How Surfaces, Ramp Angles, and Wheels Influence a Toy Car’s Speed
AbhinavPradeep Kumar7S.O.S.(Save Our Slopes)
ArjunPrakash1Galactic Guardian – Testing Materials That Keep Dust Away
AhanaPuviyarasan8Air quality prediction with Machine Learning
RohithaRachakonda5The Hidden Power of Magnetism in Plant Growth
KaiRadionov3Bioplastic
ShrutiRajaraman8Smart Music Therapy for Epilepsy
GuruguhanRamachandran4Sugar Spy
AdityaRamkumar5Know your Numbers
SanmayRanjan3Hello Starch, Goodbye Plastic!
AanyaRao8The AI-Powered “Smart Skin” Diagnostic Tool
AryenRao John8Lipid Shield: A Computational and Ethnopharmacological Screening of Antioxidant Phytochemicals from Ayurvedic and Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plants for Inhibiting Lipid Peroxidation
KarandeepRathee6Human Assisted Robotic Control
AtticusRice6The Science of Wind Turbines: How turbine blade shape impacts wind power generation!
SorenRoehmholdt6how high can a tennis ball bounce in different temperatures?
HendrixRowe6Increasing the Strength and Stability of Kelp Pots
EthanRoy6Building a Smartphone App to Connect the Homeless to Resources
EvanRoy6Building a Smartphone App to Connect the Homeless to Resources
TistaSamanta5Colorful Danger – The hidden effects of Synthetic Dyes in Food
Amy LovishaSamuel8The AI-Powered “Smart Skin” Diagnostic Tool
KayilSankar3Bee Smart
MeeraSankar7Smart Health Insights: Leveraging Machine Learning to Evaluate Symptom Patterns
SuhaviSanthosh6HelpingHands: Turning Signs to Sounds
JayapradhaSaravanakumar5Canine-Inspired Non-Invasive Disease Detection System Based on VOC Signatures
SarabheshSaravanakumar8NeuRhythm: A Novel Personalized Music from your Brain
AnishSaravanane8SENSE: Smart Environmental Navigation & Sensory Engine
BriannaSas6How does increasing temperatures with climate change affect plant growth?
AryaditSengupta7FoodSense: Food Spoilage Detection and Mitigation Using Raspberry Pi Based Multimodal Gas and Visual Sensors with Machine Learning
AarivShah8Modeling Cancer Risk: Quantifying the combined risks of Genetic and environmental factors in relationship to cancer
AksharaSharan4Astro-Magnets: gripping made easier for astronauts
AdityaSharma8The effects of Temperature and Salinity on Puget Sound Marine Species
AshleneSharma8In Silico Modeling and Docking of a Fynomer Inhibitor Targeting Adenosine Deaminase Acting on RNA 1 (ADAR1) for Glioma Therapy
KyraSharma7Pulse-Modulated Interferometric Detection of Neutron Star Crust Oscillation Signatures in Gravitational Wave Noise
ReyanshSharma4Study the Dampening effect of household materials on magnetic fields
AudreyShen7From Genes to Grammar: Comparative Evidence for the Role of FOXP2 in the Evolution of Language
AtharvShetty7Physics-Based Optimal Basketball Shot Trajectory Analysis Using Computer Vision
PreeshShrimali4The Salmon Sentinel
SanskarShukla8A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression on the Antibacterial Activity of Green Synthesized Nanoparticles: Identifying the Conditions that Maximize Antibacterial Activity
ParnikaSingal5Seeing Sugar with Light: A CGM Model for Diabetes Monitoring
PoorvikaSingal5Seeing Sugar with Light: A CGM Model for Diabetes Monitoring
ManveerSingh7My Backyard Satellite: Ground-Based NDVI Measurements Using a Low-Cost Sensor
AshvitaSivachidambaram4Fake Spring Frozen Buds – How Climate changes confuses and stresses plants
GouriSivasankara Pillai8Innovative Biosensing Solutions For Water Pollution
DarshSoin8Is “Reef-Safe” Actually Safe? Testing Sunscreen Toxicity on Brine Shrimp
VihaanSrinivasan8Predict Before Prescribing : A Hybrid Clinicogenomic Analysis Of Clopidogrel Resistance and Development Of a Novel Risk Score
MukundSriram6“Clean Energy for Transportation: Comparing Solar, Hydrogen, and Battery Powered Vehicles”
RobertStreenan6does color change the taste of food
NidhiSudhagoni7Gene Detective: Tracking the Zoonotic Smoking Gun
AashviSunkesula2“Slow it down: The Great Parachute Drop-Off!”
AndrewSun-Zhuang7VisionStrike: Portable AI-Powered Baseball Pitching Machine
AaditriSurineni5The Hidden Power of Magnetism in Plant Growth
AlmaSwamy6How do different colors of light affect plant photosynthesis?
YashSyal7AI-Assisted Detection and Low-Cost Filtration of Microplastics in Water
LohithTalluri8How to find microplastics in human body fluids using machine learning (Artificial Intelligence)
ManasviTalluri1Can Plants Stop Soil Erosion?
MariaTarapova8Who Let the Crabs Out? What affects Dungeness crab megalopae in the Puget Sound
NovikaThatipamula6H₂‑GO! Smart Water Rocket: Designing and Testing with Stable Fin Designs and Automatic Parachute Deployment
DamirTsahhirov6DEM-6-C
EthanTsang5Sustainable Sprouting
MokshUppala5The Lake Guardian: An Underwater ROV for Monitoring and Mapping Submerged Aquatic Trash
VihaanUppala3Harnessing Power From Everyday Produce
AdityaVaidyaraman1Taking Liftoff
VioletVan Hoose8How Can Mycofiltration be Used to Prevent Landfill Leachate from Entering Ground Water?
AshritVara1Race Down the Ramp
NithilanVenkatesan5Canine-Inspired Non-Invasive Disease Detection System Based on VOC Signatures
DeepikaVenkatraman6Agriver: Agricultural Rover
RithvikVijay6Battle of LLMs : Middle School Math
AdithyaVikram8Stratacyst: A Tool for Classifying Cystic Fibrosis Variants
RakshaVikram1Capillary Olympics – Who changes color the fastest?
AvniWaghamare8In‑Silico Design of a Novel Aptamer Targeting CsgA to Advance Amyloid Detection Strategies in Alzheimer’s
RoyeeWang7From Genes to Grammar: Comparative Evidence for the Role of FOXP2 in the Evolution of Language
AhanaWankhade4“Magic of heating and cooling water-Distillation”
CoraWeekes6Cheese, Please!
JadeWiles8Comparing Vitamin C and Sugar Levels in Organic Versus Conventionally Grown Produce
OliviaXue7BreatheYourWay: A Music-Integrated Respiratory Training Device for Neurodivergent Youth
AryaYadav1Comparing the holding power of VEX, LEGO & Avishkaar Claws
VivaanYalla6Chronocube
RushilYejju6The Lake Guardian: An Underwater ROV for Monitoring and Mapping Submerged Aquatic Trash
BrandonYi7Computational Biology: De Novo Protein Binder Targeting Metastasis Related Pathways in Pancreatic Cancer
JonathanYu7EverNear
JoyceZhang8DORIS: An Optical Diffuse Reflectance Device for Early Detection of Oral Tissue Malignancy
DanielZhovtobriukh5Floating Fortress
MatthewZvigilsky6Can One Bottle do it All?