2024 Science Fair - Category Awards

These are the winners of the Category Awards at the 2024 Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair.

Grand Prize Winners

Category Project Title Students School
Animal and Behavioral Sciences
Cortical Connectivity Analysis in Pediatric ADHD: Integrating EEG Data, Deep Learning Models, and Reaction Times for a Novel Cognitive Assessment Medha Pappula Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Animal and Behavioral Sciences
Effect of Absence of Select Languages on Reconstruction of Proto-Romance Shua Michel Chantilly High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Improving Racial Equity in Skin Cancer Detection via Artificial Intelligence Kate Choi The Potomac School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
A Novel Mathematical Model To Predict Wastewater Induced Earthquakes Wesley Kang Madison High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Optimizing Graphitic Carbon Nitride to Create a Safe, Effective, and Economic form of Hydrogen Storage. Valeria Novoa Madison High School
Engineering Technology
Designing an AI-Guided Ultra Versatile Unmanned Aircraft for Wartime Humanitarian Aid Austin Cui, Benjamin Hall, Matthew Lee Woodson High School
Environmental Engineering
A Novel Framework Using GANs to Create Land Resource Management Strategy Sanchali Banerjee Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Environmental Engineering
Robee: A Novel Autonomous Pollinator Isabel Aysa-Lastra, Danial Syed Hayfield Secondary School
Materials Science
Using Chiral Carbon Nanotubes for Polarization in Memory-Based Spintronics Ryan Singh, Surbhi Singla Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Microbiology
Detecting and Degrading Formaldehyde using Synthetic Biology and Engineering Techniques Shumvobi Mitra Langley High School

Grand Prize Alternates

Category Project Title Students School
Biochemistry
On the Synthesis of Hydroxyapatite from Eggshells Viraj Luthra Chantilly High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
NeoSense: Using Fast Fourier Transform to Optimize Neonatal Seizure Detection Deven Hagen, Rohan Kotla Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Biomedical Engineering
SeizAlert: A Deep Learning Powered System for Pre-Ictal Seizure Prediction Shriya Jaddu Langley High School
Computer Science and Math
Diffusion-Based Conditional Mesh Synthesis for Efficient 3D Prototyping Anant Khandelwal, Sritan Motati, Siddhant Sood Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Microbiology
Biofilm Composition in Fungi Fusarium and Development of a Multi-targeted Antifungal Therapy to Inhibit Proliferation Ray Zhang Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Physics and Astronomy
Identifying Future Asteroid Mining Targets using a Deep Convolutional Neural Network Anusha Agarwal Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

Grand Prize Nominees

Category Project Title Students School
Biochemistry
System of Nonlinear ODEs for Michaelis-Menten Kinetics To Model EGFR-Triggered Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascades in Lung Carcinoma Cell Line Kyan Yang Madison High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cytological Evaluation of Thyroid Carcinoma: Machine Learning Analysis of Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsies Anvith Kakkera, Aneesh Kalla Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Sunscreen Efficacy: Investigating the Effect of Sunscreen on UV Radiation Michael Orilla Robinson Secondary School
Chemistry
The Effect of Different Ratios of Mango Juice to Water, Used for Cooking, on the Vitamin C Levels in Yams Natalie Robertson, Ethan Wolf Fairfax High School
Chemistry
The Effect of the Mass of Activated Charcoal on the Rate of Discoloration of a Dyed Solution Phillip Ha Mount Vernon High School
Chemistry
Eutrophication Remediation: Evaluating Aluminum Foil as a Phosphorus Sorption Material Rishika Jain Marshall High School
Chemistry
How does acidity impact the energy (Q) required to combust ethanol? Maraky Alemu Edison High School
Computer Science and Math
Integrated Assistive Technology for the Visually Impaired – 3D Scanner with a Tactile Display and Machine Learning Seoyoung Jun Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Wood Species and Water Purification: The Effect of Species of Wood on Xylem Water Filters Maya Moses Woodson High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Minimizing Wildfire Costs Through Quantum Enhanced Controlled Burns Rishi Jagarlapudi, Aryan Raj, Nishanth Vadlamani Chantilly High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
V-MODE: Virtualized Microgrids for Optimizing Distributed Energy Joseph Tso Woodson High School
Engineering Technology
Constructing a Robot to Aid the Elderly and Mobility Impaired in Everyday Tasks Kent Fruchtman, Ashwin Potluri Oakton High School
Materials Science
Effectiveness of Different Fabrics in Protecting from UV Rays Lani Le, Subaita Mahmud, Shriya Seshadri West Springfield High School
Materials Science
Algal Bioplastic: Engineering a Bioplastic with Chlorella vulgaris that has Properties of Plastic Wrap Ben Doan, Lang Xiong Langley High School
Physics and Astronomy
Hybrid Quantum-Classical Machine Learning for Dementia Detection Ryan Kim Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Physics and Astronomy
Image Noise and Sub-Exposure Length in Astrophotography Nathan Vailikit Woodson High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Increased CO2 Absorption in the Soil on Herbicide Resistance in Amaranth Veda Murthy Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Plant Sciences
Combating Pediatric Leukemia using the Plant Compounds Quercetin and Vincristine Ashrita Gandhari, Archishma Marrapu Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on the Growth of Raphanus sativus Semira Gebremariam Marshall High School
Plant Sciences
A Pharmacological Evaluation of Moringa Naomi Dalmet, Ethan Dalmet Madison High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Micronutrients in the Soil on the Growth and Nutrition of Black Oil Sunflowers Stella Zarpas Marshall High School

Category Awards

First Place

Category Project Title Students School
Animal and Behavioral Sciences
Cortical Connectivity Analysis in Pediatric ADHD: Integrating EEG Data, Deep Learning Models, and Reaction Times for a Novel Cognitive Assessment Medha Pappula Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Animal and Behavioral Sciences
Effect of Absence of Select Languages on Reconstruction of Proto-Romance Shua Michel Chantilly High School
Biochemistry
On the Synthesis of Hydroxyapatite from Eggshells Viraj Luthra Chantilly High School
Biochemistry
System of Nonlinear ODEs for Michaelis-Menten Kinetics To Model EGFR-Triggered Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascades in Lung Carcinoma Cell Line Kyan Yang Madison High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Improving Racial Equity in Skin Cancer Detection via Artificial Intelligence Kate Choi The Potomac School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
BSEPv2: Designing a Novel Protein Utilizing AI-Assisted Predictions of Molecular Evolution for Treatment of PFIC Viraj Kamath, Khartik Uppalapati Oakton High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cytological Evaluation of Thyroid Carcinoma: Machine Learning Analysis of Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsies Anvith Kakkera, Aneesh Kalla Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Biomedical and Health Sciences
NeoSense: Using Fast Fourier Transform to Optimize Neonatal Seizure Detection Deven Hagen, Rohan Kotla Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Biomedical and Health Sciences
A Model of Risk for Cesarean Delivery Based on Maternal Comorbidities Quan Huynh, Marek Raynal Woodson High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Sunscreen Efficacy: Investigating the Effect of Sunscreen on UV Radiation Michael Orilla Robinson Secondary School
Biomedical Engineering
SeizAlert: A Deep Learning Powered System for Pre-Ictal Seizure Prediction Shriya Jaddu Langley High School
Biomedical Engineering
EyeDragon: A Novel Multi-Stage Deep Learning Classification Model for Characterizing Progression of Fundus Diseases Himesh Ahuja, Ram Dosibhatla, Anshul Yarlagadda Chantilly High School
Chemistry
The Effect of Different Ratios of Mango Juice to Water, Used for Cooking, on the Vitamin C Levels in Yams Natalie Robertson, Ethan Wolf Fairfax High School
Chemistry
The Effect of Chemically Modified SCGs on the Removal of Zinc from Water Molly Hawkins Woodson High School
Chemistry
Rice-Cycle: Creating Biodegradable Starch-Based Materials from Rice Food Waste Samanvi Tummala Chantilly High School
Chemistry
The Effect of the Mass of Activated Charcoal on the Rate of Discoloration of a Dyed Solution Phillip Ha Mount Vernon High School
Chemistry
Eutrophication Remediation: Evaluating Aluminum Foil as a Phosphorus Sorption Material Rishika Jain Marshall High School
Chemistry
How does acidity impact the energy (Q) required to combust ethanol? Maraky Alemu Edison High School
Computer Science and Math
Learned Plasticity: Adaptive, Carbon-Conscious Artificial Intelligence via Prefrontal Cortex Inspired Meta Learning Rohan Kalahasty Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Computer Science and Math
Multi-Agent Robotic Path Planning via Particle-based Belief Propagation Manav Gagvani Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Computer Science and Math
Integrated Assistive Technology for the Visually Impaired – 3D Scanner with a Tactile Display and Machine Learning Seoyoung Jun Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Computer Science and Math
Diffusion-Based Conditional Mesh Synthesis for Efficient 3D Prototyping Anant Khandelwal, Sritan Motati, Siddhant Sood Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Wood Species and Water Purification: The Effect of Species of Wood on Xylem Water Filters Maya Moses Woodson High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Utilizing Remote Sensing and Deep Neural Networks to Predict Biochemical Oxygen Demand in the Chesapeake Bay Jamie Kim, Andrew Kim Woodson High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Minimizing Wildfire Costs Through Quantum Enhanced Controlled Burns Rishi Jagarlapudi, Aryan Raj, Nishanth Vadlamani Chantilly High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Impact of Soil Charcoal Content on Phaseolus coccineus Photosynthesis Production Maxwell O'Harren Madison High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
A Novel Mathematical Model To Predict Wastewater Induced Earthquakes Wesley Kang Madison High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
V-MODE: Virtualized Microgrids for Optimizing Distributed Energy Joseph Tso Woodson High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Use of Household Waste in Single-Stage Anaerobic Digestion to Produce Methane Gas Annika Bitner Madison High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Optimizing Graphitic Carbon Nitride to Create a Safe, Effective, and Economic form of Hydrogen Storage. Valeria Novoa Madison High School
Engineering Technology
Constructing a Robot to Aid the Elderly and Mobility Impaired in Everyday Tasks Kent Fruchtman, Ashwin Potluri Oakton High School
Engineering Technology
Novel Inverse Control Methods to Optimize Multiple Objectives on Constrained Autonomous Systems Brian Zhou Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Engineering Technology
Designing an AI-Guided Ultra Versatile Unmanned Aircraft for Wartime Humanitarian Aid Austin Cui, Benjamin Hall, Matthew Lee Woodson High School
Environmental Engineering
A Novel Framework Using GANs to Create Land Resource Management Strategy Sanchali Banerjee Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Environmental Engineering
Robee: A Novel Autonomous Pollinator Isabel Aysa-Lastra, Danial Syed Hayfield Secondary School
Materials Science
Using Chiral Carbon Nanotubes for Polarization in Memory-Based Spintronics Ryan Singh, Surbhi Singla Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Materials Science
Splash Test Elle Duangmanee Fairfax High School
Materials Science
Effectiveness of Different Fabrics in Protecting from UV Rays Lani Le, Subaita Mahmud, Shriya Seshadri West Springfield High School
Materials Science
Algal Bioplastic: Engineering a Bioplastic with Chlorella vulgaris that has Properties of Plastic Wrap Ben Doan, Lang Xiong Langley High School
Microbiology
Biofilm Composition in Fungi Fusarium and Development of a Multi-targeted Antifungal Therapy to Inhibit Proliferation Ray Zhang Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Microbiology
Detecting and Degrading Formaldehyde using Synthetic Biology and Engineering Techniques Shumvobi Mitra Langley High School
Microbiology
Optimal Sound Frequencies for Targeted E. coli Biofilm Eradication on Medical Devices Gabriela Konde Marshall High School
Physics and Astronomy
Linear Polarization-based Entanglement of a Single Photon, 2-Qubit Spatial Mode System Neha Chandran, Srimaye Peddinti Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Physics and Astronomy
Identifying Future Asteroid Mining Targets using a Deep Convolutional Neural Network Anusha Agarwal Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Physics and Astronomy
Hybrid Quantum-Classical Machine Learning for Dementia Detection Ryan Kim Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Physics and Astronomy
Image Noise and Sub-Exposure Length in Astrophotography Nathan Vailikit Woodson High School
Physics and Astronomy
The Effect of Artificial Light on Skyglow Amelia Johnson, Julia Sites South County High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Increased CO2 Absorption in the Soil on Herbicide Resistance in Amaranth Veda Murthy Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Plant Sciences
Combating Pediatric Leukemia using the Plant Compounds Quercetin and Vincristine Ashrita Gandhari, Archishma Marrapu Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on the Growth of Raphanus sativus Semira Gebremariam Marshall High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Common Halogens (ppm) on the Phytoremediation Rate in Mycorrhizal Lemna minor Aayush Shivashankar Chantilly High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Simulated Microgravity on the Germination of Lepidium sativum Aryaman Dugar, Anirudh Gudishetty, Sehej Narula Chantilly High School
Plant Sciences
A Pharmacological Evaluation of Moringa Naomi Dalmet, Ethan Dalmet Madison High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Micronutrients in the Soil on the Growth and Nutrition of Black Oil Sunflowers Stella Zarpas Marshall High School

Second Place

Category Project Title Students School
Animal and Behavioral Sciences
The Effect of Increasing Salinity on Daphnia magna Viability Alexander Yu, Albert  Zhu Oakton High School
Animal and Behavioral Sciences
The Effects of Sucrose Solution Withdrawal on Dugesia tigrina Distance Traveled Isabella Osborn Woodson High School
Animal and Behavioral Sciences
The Effect of Nicotine on Fertilization in C. elegans: How Vaping Affects Human Reproduction Samad Quraishi Marshall High School
Biochemistry
The Effect of Hydrogen Peroxide/Sodium Alginate Ice Balls on the Purification of Algae Water Jason Shin Oakton High School
Biochemistry
The Effect of Catalase Temperature on Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide Meredith Andre, Charlie Meidlinger South Lakes High School
Biochemistry
The Effect of Varying Olaplex Application Time on Hair Tensile Strength Anna Olivares Mount Vernon High School
Biochemistry
The Effect of Fruit Extract Absorbance on Luminol Oxidation Lorenzo Gabriel Valerio Mount Vernon High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Harnessing AI for Medical Image Analysis Sampurna Chakravorty Chantilly High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Tumor Immune Microenvironment Centered Multimodal Deep Learning Approaches to Colorectal Cancer Survival Analysis Salban Nithilaselvan Westfield High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
A Comprehensive and Affordable Machine Learning Based Mobile Application for the Early Detection of Parkinson’s Disease Amy Key Langley High School
Biomedical Engineering
CNN Identification of Abnormal Lung Sounds as a Potential Precursor of SIDS Tejavi Kumar, Sravya Tathicherla Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Biomedical Engineering
Extrapolation of Arterial Stiffness via Gravity Induced Distension Abhinav Chakravarthy Langley High School
Biomedical Engineering
3D U-Net: A Novel Approach to Enhanced Glioblastoma Multiforme Segmentation for Radiation Therapy Planning Arnav Jadhav Chantilly High School
Biomedical Engineering
Bacterial Modulation Strategy Using Compound Magnetic Fields to Manipulate the Antimicrobial Resistance and Growth Behaviors of E. coli Kriesh Tivare Langley High School
Chemistry
TheraLink: Detecting Onset Alzheimer’s Disease Utilizing 3D Convolutional Neural Networks MRI Analysis and Advancing Repurposed Targeted Therapeutics Manini Dhingra, Vidhi Reddy Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Chemistry
The Effect of Salt and Sugar on the Freezing Point of Water Ella Sleeper South Lakes High School
Chemistry
The Effect of the Concentration of Sodium Thiosulfate on the Rate of Reaction Christina Lin Robinson Secondary School
Chemistry
Laser Induced Covetics: A novel approach to manufacturing Aluminum - graphene alloys Max Hong Madison High School
Computer Science and Math
Solving the Admissibility Problem: Radon Algorithms to Minimize Radiation Mihika Dusad Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Computer Science and Math
EyeLS: A Novel, Accessible Gaze-Tracking Application to Revolutionize Non-Verbal Communication for Patients Soham Jain Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Computer Science and Math
D.O.T.S. - Debris Orbital Tracking System Using Kepler's Laws and Machine Learning Veera Anand Langley High School
Computer Science and Math
Evaluating Automatic Segmentation and Labeling of Multispectral Datasets for Drone-based Applications Aryav Gogia McLean High School
Computer Science and Math
A New Fire Grid Management System: The Impact of Different Mathematical Models Jinzhu Cui Madison High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Impact of Diverse Leaf Litter Decay on Spirulina Absorbance Bhargav Borah Oakton High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Effect of Different Household Solutions on the Germination Rate of Lentil Seeds Caroline Elliott, Emmanuelle Petinaux South Lakes High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Effectiveness of Retaining Wall Variations on Shoreline Preservation Emma McRobbie Woodson High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Effect of Water Source Location Before and After Treatment on Level of Pollution Steffi Forde, Makenna Murphy Falls Church High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Drought Shield: A machine learning-based approach to drought forecasting using remote sensing data Shrey Desai Marshall High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Effect of Copper Sulfate Pentahydrate Concentration on Daphnia magna Mortality Rate Hailey Cabell West Potomac High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
LATLIM: A Novel Forecasting Mechanism for Geographically Limited Data Sets Pradhyum Rajasekar Marshall High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Effect of Viola tricolor Density on Soil Erosion Maia Especie Lopez, Maxine Leonard Falls Church High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
What is the safest textile dye for duckweed? Zoe Ligairi Annandale High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
A Closed Loop Pumped Hydro-Power System vs. Commercial Batteries Thomas Sparling Oakton High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
What is the Best Oleophilic Plant-Based Sorbent? Aastha Bhatt, Candice Cheung, Eda Ipek Fairfax High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Impact of Electric Vehicle Adoption on Electricity Rates and Infrastructure Victor Wang Marshall High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The Effect of Different Ion Thruster Designs on Thrust Production Madeleine Ahrens Madison High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Fueling the World: The Production of Biodiesel From Used Cooking Oil Ksenia Koltovich Madison High School
Engineering Technology
Deafblind Accessible Computers NJ Borders, Connor Geraghty Woodson High School
Engineering Technology
Designing and Optimizing the Altitude and Mass of a 3D Printed Rocket Zackery Gast Langley High School
Engineering Technology
Bridging Data Gaps: An AI-Driven Approach for Generating Low-Income Fine-Scale Maps William Lu Madison High School
Engineering Technology
Integrating Directional Command Interpretation and Dynamic Pathfinding in UAV Prithul Baveja, Nishanth Kolakalapudi, Roshan Ram Westfield High School
Environmental Engineering
Implementing an Obstacle Avoidance Program in an Agricultural UAV Chunjie Huang, Chunmin Huang Oakton High School
Environmental Engineering
AirWise: A Deep Learning Framework for High-Resolution PM2.5 Prediction Phoebe Pan Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Environmental Engineering
Effect of Aspergillus oryzae on Decomposition of Starch-Based Bioplastics Mia Ramos Woodson High School
Environmental Engineering
The Effect of Plant Species on the Water Absorption Rate of a Rain Garden Arjun Bhide Marshall High School
Environmental Engineering
The Spatial Correlation Analysis of Microplastics Concentrations in Northern Virginia Geographic Regions Labeed Zaib South Lakes High School
Environmental Engineering
Biomimetic Architecture: A Design Analysis of Hurricane-Resistant Residential Structures Shri Bala Falls Church High School
Environmental Engineering
The Effect of Different Thickening Agents on the Durability and Practicality of Bioplastic Joudia Benjelloun West Potomac High School
Environmental Engineering
Reducing Plastic Waste with Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate 3D Print Filament Gabrielle Antoine, Stella Yun Madison High School
Environmental Engineering
Optimizing Hypoxic Water Mitigation Through Artificial Downwelling Srikanth Bala, Liam Walsh Madison High School
Materials Science
The Viability of PTCDA as an Active Cathode Material in Lithium-ion and Sodium-ion Batteries Aaryan Sumesh Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Materials Science
The Effect of Various Insulation Materials on the Temperature of Water Over Time Chaendra Fotso, Amelie Gradishar South Lakes High School
Materials Science
The Effect of 1mm of Premium, Rayon, Pressed, Polyester, and Acrylic Felts on the Decibels of Sound Charlotte Arehart, Emma Ayres, Naomi Skoy South Lakes High School
Materials Science
Stealth - A Material Approach John Gundlach, Jackson Wedige Robinson Secondary School
Materials Science
Thermal Analysis of Thermochromic Ink Nebil Mohammed Edison High School
Materials Science
Effect of Diaper Biodegradability on Absorbency Anika Manda, Ashrita Moola, Symphony Petrin-Randolph Chantilly High School
Materials Science
The Effect of Different Kinds of Mushrooms on the Quality of Mycelium Bricks Lizzie Forde, Victoria Pham, Ella Wallinger Falls Church High School
Materials Science
The Effect of Fabric Color on Heat Absorption Ella Duong, Sophia Shi Edison High School
Materials Science
Effectiveness of a 3D Printed Brace on Thumb Hyper-extension Benjamin Lebedeker Hayfield Secondary School
Materials Science
Mycobricks Mauro Manganello, Foster Zinn Fairfax High School
Materials Science
The Effect of Waterproofing on Shoe Fabric Morgan Dahl Hayfield Secondary School
Materials Science
Aluminum Hydroxide as a Fire Retardant in Concrete Mary Kennedy, Margaret Kisner Madison High School
Microbiology
Pathogen Prediction: Pioneering Rapid Antibiotic Discovery Through AI Jaxen Bream Oakton High School
Microbiology
Hierarchical Prediction of Antibiotic Resistance in Neisseria Gonorrohea Rohit Kamath Madison High School
Physics and Astronomy
The Effect of Sugar Concentration on the Refractive Index Griffith Knowlton, Sachika Mann South Lakes High School
Physics and Astronomy
Maximizing Computational Efficiency of Chemical Simulation Using the VQE and Classical Machine Learning Risha Krishnan Chantilly High School
Physics and Astronomy
Demagnetizing Samarium Cobalt Magnets Through Exposure to an External Magnetic Field Emmy Leong Marshall High School
Physics and Astronomy
Defying Gravity with the Magic of Sound: How Does Phase Changing Signal Time Affect the Displacement of Styrofoam? Kush Desai Marshall High School
Physics and Astronomy
The Effect of Propeller Pitch on Sound Darren Nguyen Edison High School
Physics and Astronomy
The Effect of Propellant Ratio on the Efficiency of Solid Core Sugar Rockets Nora French Madison High School
Physics and Astronomy
The Effects of Nozzle Diameter on the Total Impulse of a Solid Rocket Engine Kyle Chen, Christopher Han Robinson Secondary School
Physics and Astronomy
The Effect of the Change in Angle of Refraction on the Intensity of Light Kofi Darko Mount Vernon High School
Physics and Astronomy
The Effect of Wall Thickness on Radio Wave Attenuation for Wireless Networks Sebastian Sejas Marshall High School
Physics and Astronomy
Is gravity a force? A study of gravity's force nature through biological entities Alicia Yau McLean High School
Physics and Astronomy
The Effect of Different Shoe Knot Types on Their Ability to Withstand Force Jackson Bellaire South County High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Microgravity on Cress Seed Growth Sophia Jones, Kiera Roberts, Simon Stahle South Lakes High School
Plant Sciences
What is the effect of wavelengths on Golden Pothos plant growth in a vertical hydroponic system? April Adams Marshall High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Mycorrhizal Fungi on the Growth of Ocimum basilicum Laurel Curry, Naomi Enav Robinson Secondary School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Climate Phenomena on Seed Physiology Lillian Voyer, Evelyne You Robinson Secondary School
Plant Sciences
What Are The Effects of Water on Plant Growth? Elsie Distler, Vildan Ergunes Fairfax High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Sodium Chloride as a Deicer on the Seed Germination of Native Virginian Plants Austin Cotton Robinson Secondary School
Plant Sciences
Exogenous Ethylene's Effect on Soybean Seed Germination and Radicle Growth Chloe Giglio McLean High School
Plant Sciences
The Effects of Various Amounts of Zinc Oxide on Crop Plant Growth Isabella Anastas, Divya Gupta Langley High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Soil Types on Plant Growth Lina Kong, Elina Porter Hayfield Secondary School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Organic Mulch on Soil Erosion and Water Retention Samik Sidhu Chantilly High School
Plant Sciences
Four Corners: Tap Water's Effect on Radish Plants Veronica Diamond Fairfax High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Common Toxins on Plant Growth Anvitaa Rudharraju Westfield High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Organic and Non-organic Cleaning Products on Plant Growth Tess Galway Justice High School
Plant Sciences
What is the effect of different levels of pH on the transpiration rate of pothos (Epipremnum aureum)? Hong-An Pho Marshall High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Water pH Level on the Growth of Radish Plants Simone Shah Westfield High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Nitrogen Fertilizer on Plant Biomass Noman Wardak Justice High School
Plant Sciences
Neutralizing Ryegrass's Allelopathic Effect on Tomato Seed Germination Rate Kyle Olson Madison High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Different Colored Lights on Plant Growth Anna Salamon Annandale High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Chinese Black Tea on Radish Plant Growth Kimberly Parada Mount Vernon High School

Third Place

Category Project Title Students School
Animal and Behavioral Sciences
DeMHeM: A Novel Multi-task Learning Framework to Analyze Mental Health Conditions on Social Media Rocco Zhang Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Animal and Behavioral Sciences
The Effect of Color Variation on Drosophila melanogaster Inclination Aarna Bhamidipati, Ananya Nissi Peterson, Sirichandana Yakkala Chantilly High School
Animal and Behavioral Sciences
The Effects of Antioxidant and UV Radiation on Drosophila melanogaster Fertility Mia Solomon Marshall High School
Animal and Behavioral Sciences
The Effect of Unique Water Sources on Brine Shrimp Alexis Amparo, John Caden Behan, David Riley South County High School
Biochemistry
Effect of pH and Source Change on Catalase Break Down of Hydrogen Peroxide Jasjot Kaur Kalra, Kira Patankar-Stoll, Lizzie Sun Chantilly High School
Biochemistry
An Inquiry into the Impacts of Panthenol Concentrate on 1C Hair Elasticity Eesha Kaushik, Efimia Tripathi Langley High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Evaluating AChE Inhibitor HupA on Drosophila as an Approach to Dementia Treatment Ella Geisler, Amelia Haid Oakton High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Unhealthy Food Consumption is a Driver of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Mortality in the U.S. Annette Paik Woodson High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The Effect of Various Antibiotic Agents on the Bacterial Growth of E. coli Sophia Milausnic South Lakes High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Machine Learning Approach for Detecting Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Eli Hyun, Sanjeev Kumar, Daniil Prokofev Lake Braddock Secondary School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Lactobacillus acidophilus Concentration Effectivity Camille Jo Woodson High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The Effect of Cow Milk and Milk Fat in Planarian Regeneration Amrik Majumdar Westfield High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The Detection of Replicative DNA in COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines Alex Kim, Kevin Kim, Tyler Wang Centreville High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Splicing Factor Genes in Lupus Patient Stratification Sarah Li McLean High School
Biomedical Engineering
Performing Nuclei Semantic Segmentation in Organ Tissue Images using AI Aneesh Mandapati South Lakes High School
Biomedical Engineering
A Novel Approach to Predicting Depression in Students using Machine Learning Keya Shah Westfield High School
Chemistry
A Novel and Cost-effective Method for the Colorimetric Determination of Phytic Acid Concentration Pelin Sayar, Maggie Sun Chantilly High School
Chemistry
The Effect of Wax Types on a Candle's Burn Time Ivania Alvarez, Alex Gardner, Hannah Tran Annandale High School
Chemistry
The Effect of Different Paint Additives on Fire Retardancy Kyle Aylward, Emy Fase, Tobey Phinney Justice High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fabrics and UV Light Protection: How Effective are Different Fabrics in Protecting Against Sunlight? Katherine Pickering South Lakes High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Effect of Caffeine on Plant Growth Fatima Haddi Fairfax High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Effect of Increasing Amounts of Fertilizer on the Heart Rate of Daphnia Johanna Carroll, Jennifer Ortega Fairfax High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Effect of Different Surfaces on Runoff Anokhi Basavaraju, Meg Lagera, Nadia Shutov Falls Church High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Effect of Filtration Material on Turbidity Filtration Sage Nagle Annandale High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Drought Monitoring in the Horn of Africa with NASA MODIS ET and NDVI Products Rachel Ku Langley High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
How do different types of soil affect the height of a Wisconsin fast plant? Bisma Aftab, Gana Osman Justice High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Effect of Urban Heat Islands on Activity and Behaviors of Mealworms Kathia Cruz - Coto Mount Vernon High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Effect of Different Soils on The Biodegradability of A Paper Straw Katharine Porter Annandale High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The Potential of Chlorophyll as an Eco-Friendly Power Source Ashley Chen, Aaron Chen Oakton High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Effect of Coil Count on Electromagnetic Motor RPM Ritvik Kanchetty, Brennan McCulloch South Lakes High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The Effect of Sub-Room Temperature Cooling on the Electrical Power Output of Photovoltaic Cells Noah St-Louis Marshall High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Translating Nervous Energy into Electricity Emma Cummings-Sulmistras Woodson High School
Engineering Technology
The Effect of Blade Angle on Energy Generated by a Wind Turbine Everett Ha, Jocelyn Ro Oakton High School
Engineering Technology
The Effect of the Number of Tail Wings on the Drag and Stabilization of a Plane Ryan Clopper Marshall High School
Engineering Technology
The Design of Augmented Reality Translation Glasses Jack Dova Mount Vernon High School
Engineering Technology
Effect of Advanced Vehicle Technologies on Occupant Protection Gaps between Males and Females in Non-fatal Crashes Jonathan Li McLean High School
Environmental Engineering
The Effect of Vertical Revolution on Plant Root Growth Nancy Li, Jennifer Xu Oakton High School
Environmental Engineering
Geospatial Analysis of Dog Population Predicts Sites Containing Bacteria Hannah Weingast Langley High School
Environmental Engineering
The Impact of Particle Size on the Effectiveness of Oil Absorption Kadyn Kalb Marshall High School
Environmental Engineering
The Effect of Natural Dye on the Pigment of Fabric Edom Birhane, Azucely Umanzor-Manzanares West Potomac High School
Environmental Engineering
Plant Disease Detection using AI Shubh Bhattacharya Westfield High School
Materials Science
The Effect of Soil Binders on Soil Properties and Liquefaction Potential Linus Koepcke, Brandon Lin Oakton High School
Materials Science
The Effect of Saltwater on Metal Corrosion Over Time Reilly Novchich, Hayden Shah South County High School
Materials Science
The Effect of Different Food Waste Products in a Biodegradable Plastic Alternative Wyatt Hadley Woodson High School
Materials Science
The Effect of Water Damage on the Strength of Different Species of Wood Leah Lang, Stella Milam, Sophia Nguyen Woodson High School
Materials Science
The Effect of Water on the Strength of Different Yarn Fibers Beatrice  Kennedy Woodson High School
Physics and Astronomy
The Effect of Sunscreen on the Penetration of Ionizing Background Radiation Felix Trinidad, James Yakes Hayfield Secondary School
Physics and Astronomy
The Effect of the Transformer Core on the Average Total Harmonic Distortion Miles Nousain Woodson High School
Physics and Astronomy
Drowning Out Whale Song: Does the Frequency of Noise Pollution Have an Effect? Elijah Smith Marshall High School
Physics and Astronomy
The Effect of Realism on Video Game Physics Yariana Calo, Savannah Rhoads Mount Vernon High School
Physics and Astronomy
The Effect of Ring Slots on the Drop Pattern and Displacement of Parachutes Safa Touri Annandale High School
Physics and Astronomy
The Effect of Air Pressure in a Soccer Ball on Distance Traveled When Kicked Samantha Asiello, Alexis Ripple Edison High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Rice Water on Mung Bean Sprouts' Height Keira Montratama, Emily Pattison South Lakes High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Different Types of Fertilizers on Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme Janice Chu Robinson Secondary School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Urbanization on the Fertility of Soil Natalie Dao, Leah Depasse, Nina Shupp Fairfax High School
Plant Sciences
Soil Salinization Laila Elbedour, Rawan Qasem Hayfield Secondary School
Plant Sciences
How does the position of a plant affect its movement towards the light? Ayah Al-Masry, Mena Idris, Tra Nguyen Justice High School
Plant Sciences
Optimizing Growth: Investigating Hydroponic and  Light Sources impact on Plant Quality Amner Ortega Justice High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Soil Additives on Tendercrop Beans Alexa Jarecki, Samantha Vroman Mount Vernon High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Pretreatments on Basil Germination Talia Musson, Catherine C. Waltham-Sajdak Westfield High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Micronutrients on the Propagation of Jalapeño Peppers in Hayfield Farms, Virginia Jason Smith Hayfield Secondary School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Liquid Type on Plant Growth Jiya Patel, Simran Zalavadia Fairfax High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Vitamins on Cilantro Seeds Jeromy Anokye, Adam Berkane West Potomac High School
Plant Sciences
Does Hop Oil Affect the Regeneration of a Plant Cutting? Logan Gullberg Mount Vernon High School
Plant Sciences
Can biodegradable hydrogels help preserve water in farming? Sadid Samin Westfield High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect of Light Hours on Bamboo Growth Kwame Amoah-Ofori Mount Vernon High School
Plant Sciences
Investigating What Aquatic Plant Increases Dissolved Oxygen Levels the Most Rayan Rashid Madison High School
Plant Sciences
Which Natural Fertilizer Best Benefits Plant Growth? Ellen Kim, Aleksa Lubonja Fairfax High School
Plant Sciences
Effect of Distance From Light on the Angle Created to Perform Phototropism Riya Vlcan Annandale High School
Plant Sciences
Assessing the Impact of Varying Biochar Levels on the Stomatal Aperture in Phaseolus vulgaris in Saline Conditions Zermah Jafri Mount Vernon High School
Plant Sciences
The Effect that Different Cover Crops have on the Level of Turbidity in Runoff Sky Campbell, Kadijah Mansaray, Sarah Staresina Edison High School

Honorable Mention

Category Project Title Students School
Animal and Behavioral Sciences
The Effect of pH on Planaria Regeneration Ivy Xu Oakton High School
Animal and Behavioral Sciences
The Effect of Different Insects and the Reactions that they Receive from People Gabrielle Convery Mount Vernon High School
Biochemistry
The Effect of Artificial Sweeteners on the Rate of Yeast Fermentation Sophia Alora, Jaelyn Isip, Elena Simmons South County High School
Biochemistry
The Effect of Temperature on the Ripening of Grape Tomatoes Gus Neuberg, James Schaal, Jeremy Scott Falls Church High School
Biochemistry
Effect of Electrolyte Concentration on Conductance Ben Pollack Falls Church High School
Biochemistry
The Effect of Pigment Making Processes on the Hibiscus Plant Jennifer Mercado-Luna, Stephanie Rodríguez West Potomac High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The Effect of Sodium Poly-mate Absorbency Rate on Affordable Diapers Kavya Bobba, Rheechen Liu Oakton High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The Effect of Different Moisturizers on Water Loss Carrie Toohey, Adamariz Vasquez-Sudario, Grace Wagner Herndon High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
What Electrolyte Provides The Most Cellular Hydration? Erin Rogers Justice High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The Effect of UV Light and Antioxidants on Caenorhabditis elegans Mahsa Jawaid, Vivian Weszelovszky Edison High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The Effect of Prebiotics on the Growth of Lactobacillus Arunika Awula, Sua Kim, Rashmika Omtri Chantilly High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Using Peptidase and its Resulting Proteolysis to Measure Efficacy in Binding and Toxicity when Binded to Amyloid-beta Peptide Akshath Karthikeyan Centreville High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Risk Assessment of Teeth Whiteners' Effect on Color Change and Enamel Decay in Mock Teeth Allison Cheng, Davanee Li Langley High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The Effect of Different Cellular Generations on Radiation Emission Levels from Smartphones Kawtar Errahmani, Ryan Horn South County High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The Relationship between Generic/Name Brands of Anti-Inflammatory Pills to the Duration of Dissolution Caroline Jones, Alexi Keyes West Potomac High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The Effect of Sodium Bicarbonate on the Amount of Salicylic Acid Produced from Aspirin Zakaria Najmeddine, Jake Vaught Madison High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The Effect of Ethyl Alcohol on E. coli Katherine Bille, Zoe Mitchell Justice High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Amount of Zinc Oxide in Sunscreen in Relation to UV Protection Abigail Davis Langley High School
Biomedical Engineering
Enhancing Mobility and Safety: Ultrasonic vs. Traditional Blind Walking Sticks Nicholas Lee, Andreas Spoormaker Oakton High School
Biomedical Engineering
Inducing Protein Synthesis in a Model of a Biological Circuit Eva Lancheros Robinson Secondary School
Biomedical Engineering
Precision Public Health Triaging: Forecasting COVID-19 Outcomes with ML Utilizing Clinical and Demographic Data Bani Gill Westfield High School
Computer Science and Math
Free Diagnostic System To Prevent Youth Suicide With Machine Learning Ayush Tripathy South Lakes High School
Computer Science and Math
How does COR Affect Racquet Sports? Henry Crapo, Ethan Odom Hayfield Secondary School
Computer Science and Math
The Detection of the Predictive Factors Associated with Diabetic Retinopathy Utilizing Deep Learning Rishi Bathala McLean High School
Computer Science and Math
Multimodal Time Signature Determination for AI Generation of Original Music with Sentiment Analysis Callie Liao McLean High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
DIY Water Filter Sydharth Pant, Aum Patel, Grayson White Fairfax High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Effectiveness of Different Filtration Methods Krish Kabduwal Hayfield Secondary School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Inked Lady Ankrah Hayfield Secondary School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Effect of Water Purification Method on Bacterial Growth in Water Sean  Esen, Angelina Taimouri Falls Church High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Effect of Soil Texture on Runoff Emily Johnson, Kelly See Hayfield Secondary School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Effect of Natural and Man-Made Barriers to Prevent Runoff Pollution Matas Stanis Langley High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Effect of Glycerin on the Physical Characteristics of Bioplastic Madison Seyfert West Potomac High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences
What is the Effect of Different Light Intensities on Plant Growth? Jackson Francisco Fairfax High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The Effect of Roofing Structures on Interior Building Temperature Aashee Balani, Anya Nehra Oakton High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The Effect of Different Binding Agents on the Durability of Leaf Bricks Chloe Bernasconi, Brooke Ehmann-Jones, Danielle Ford-Lane Justice High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Turning Turbines: Investigating the Relationship Between Blade Number and Wind Turbine RPM Joseph Frisk Marshall High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The Efficiency of Energy Generated by Wind Turbines Kaila Le, Victoria Sun Centreville High School
Environmental Engineering
The Effect Of Type Of Thermocouple On Energy Output Nitin Puthalapat Fairfax High School
Materials Science
The Effect of Different Materials on Electromagnetic Force Luke Albers, Zane Sequeira, Benjamin Valos Herndon High School
Materials Science
How does ferrofluid affect the conductivity of electricity? Kyle Clark, Evelyn McDonald West Potomac High School
Materials Science
How Does the Salinity of Water Affect the Buoyancy of a Model Cartesian Diver? Aditya Madan Westfield High School
Microbiology
The Effect of Seafood Type on Microplastic Quantities Yoonsub Choi Oakton High School
Microbiology
Discovery of Medically Important Lytic Bacteriophages from the Environment Madeline Levorson Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Microbiology
Acid as a Mold Inhibitor: Effectiveness in Home Baking Oscar Anderson Langley High School
Physics and Astronomy
The Effect of Time on the Frequency of a Ukulele String Ethan Masci South Lakes High School
Physics and Astronomy
The Effect Of Wind Speed On Tennis Ball Trajectory Joelle Rice Woodson High School
Physics and Astronomy
Effect of Stellar Surface Temperature on the Color of a Star Stephen Aiello, Rohan Gottesman Hayfield Secondary School
Physics and Astronomy
The Effect of Surface Area on the Speed of an Object in Free Fall Tea Akl, Claire Delaney, Haley Lenn Annandale High School
Physics and Astronomy
Effect of Air Pressure on Distance of Football Kyle Clayton, Andrew Patton, Ryan Quick Herndon High School
Physics and Astronomy
The Effect of the Number of Glass Panes on the Intensity of Light Alexander Dubasky Mount Vernon High School
Physics and Astronomy
Proving Malus's Law Chloe Leiterman Mount Vernon High School
Physics and Astronomy
How Will Laser Color Affect Voltage Induced in a Conductor? Samantha Cowen Edison High School
Physics and Astronomy
The Relation Between Supermassive Black Hole Mass and Active Galactic Nuclei Luminosity Danna Jia Langley High School
Physics and Astronomy
Slip N Slide Vivian Chung Annandale High School