112 Plano ISD junior-division projects (grades 7–8) competed at DRSEF. These students represented 12 of the 13 middle school campuses and 57% of the junior-division competition.

• Plano ISD junior-division projects captured 60% of all category awards, including 84% of the first place awards that were eligible for grand prize judging.
• Swept four of the 19 categories
• They captured 100% of the junior grand prizes and 100% of the junior runner up grand prize awards
• Received 21 of the 34 special awards
• 16 projects represented by 19 students from 10 campuses qualified for the Texas State Science and Engineering Fair
• First place winners in Junior Division from Category judging will advance to the virtual 2021 Texas Science and Engineering Fair.

Grand Prizes

• Life Science: Prisha Bhat, Otto Middle School, Plant Science, title: Phytoremediation: An affordable non-toxic approach to extracting heavy metals from soil using hyperaccumulators with chelating agents in situ
• Physical Science: Ashley Thomas, Haggard Middle School, Material Science, title: Don't Slip

Grand Prize Runner Up

• Life Science: Siri Peddinti, Otto Middle School, Behavior and Social Science, title: PiRest - An Eye Fatigue Alert Device Using Computer Vision
• Physical Science: Eric Ng, Hendrick Middle School, Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design, title: Eco Friendly House Designs

Junior-Division Category Awards

(* indicates advancement to state competition)

Animal Sciences

• *Yash Dharankar, Rice Middle School, first place, title: Comparison of Varroa Mite Treatments for Honey Bees
• Sydney Vincer, Murphy Middle School, second place, title: Sunscreen and Daphnia

Behavioral and Social Science

• *Siri Peddinti, Otto Middle School, first place, title: PiRest - An Eye Fatigue Alert Device Using Computer Vision

Biochemistry

• *Shavan Manoj, Murphy Middle School, first place, title: Which Disinfectant Material Works Best in Killing Bacteria?
• Isabel Heen, Otto Middle School, second place, title: Rise Up
• Pratyasha Rath, Robinson Middle School, honorable mention, title: Favorite Drink or Favorite Toxin

Biomedical and Health Sciences

• *Bradley Johnson, Haggard Middle School, first place, title: Prevention of Tommy John Syndrome
• Adam Tahirkheli, Renner Middle School, third place, title: To Mask, or Not to Mask, Is it Really a Question

Biomedical Engineering

• *Morgan Bowers and Amelia Krajmalnik, Frankford Middle School, first place, title: Catching Canine Cancer
• Ishrith Gowda, Rice Middle School, second place, title: Python Biomedical Image Analysis for Examining MRI scans
• Rishya Vemireddy, Rice Middle School, third place, title: Thermoelectric Joint Pain Reliever

Chemistry

• Meghana Renukaprasad, Rice Middle School, second place, title: The Sabotage of the Jello! - The Effect of Temperature on Enzymes
• Rahul Mehta and Zaki Syed, Renner Middle School, third place, title: Water Desalination Using Electricity

Earth and Environmental Sciences

• *Aryan Bangad, Robinson Middle School, first place, title: Magnet Strength Versus Heat

Embedded Systems

• *Daniel Tauhert, Renner Middle School, first place, title: Smart Handwashing System
• Adithya Karthik, Robinson Middle School, second place, title: Smart Security - Door Latch Alarm
• Hrishikesh Harish and Arya Karthik, Otto Middle School, honorable mention, title: The third Ear- To Help the Deaf Communicate

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

• *Eric Ng, Hendrick Middle School, first place, title: Eco Friendly House Designs
• Krishn Virani, Murphy Middle School, second place, title: Hydrogen Fuel Cells - Powering a Lightbulb
• Lena Doan, Otto Middle School, third place, title: Rocket Turbine Energy
• Bala Senthilkumar, Renner Middle School, honorable mention, title: Does Your Mobile Phone Radiate? Measuring Cell Phone Electromagnetic Radiation

Engineering Mechanics

• *Will Mason, Schimelpfenig Middle School, first place, title: Vibrating Headset Attachment
• Siya Tripathi, Murphy Middle School, second place, title: App Based Object Locator
• Keir Nagy, Haggard Middle School, third place, title: The Effects of Airflow over Airfoils
• Neel Manne, Schimelpfenig Middle School, honorable mention, title: Don't Touch Your Face!

Environmental Engineering

• *Nagavenkat Modugula, Aren Nag and Saachit Rathi, Otto Middle School, first place, title: Autonomous Flying with Pixhawk and Raspberry Pi - Object Detection using Tensorflow and OpenCV for Real World Problem Solving
• Andrew Ye, Schimelpfenig Middle School, third place, title: Advanced Garden AI-d
• Hannah Hassan, Rice Middle School, honorable mention, title: Growing a Biodegradable Polystyrene Foam Replacement Out of Mushroom Mycelium

Materials Science

• *Ashley Thomas, Haggard Middle School, first place, title: Don't Slip
• Asha Mavankal and Sai Mavankal, Rice Middle School, third place, title: The Effect of Different Additives on the Biodegradability of Bioplastic

Mathematics

• Kailaash Visuvanadan, Murphy Middle School, second place, title: Mix it Up!

Microbiology

• *Farrah Zein, Wilson Middle School, first place, 5 second place, title: Rule

Physics and Astronomy

• *Erin Beall, Otto Middle School, first place, title: Future of Rainbows Year 2

Plant Sciences

• *Prisha Bhat, Otto Middle School, first place, title: Phytoremediation: An affordable non-toxic approach to extracting heavy metals from soil using hyperaccumulators with chelating agents in situ
• Khushi Bhalani, Rice Middle School, second place, title: The Effects of Various Methods of Exogenous Iodine Application on the Effectiveness of Iodine Agronomic Biofortification in Thinopyrum intermedium
• Raghav Gupta, Renner Middle School, third place, title: The Effect of Withania Somnifera on the Regeneration of Dugesia Tigrina

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

• *Eshaan Chachad, Rice Middle School, first place, title: Transforming Colors to Assist People with Color Deuteranopia
• Steven Row, Wilson Middle School, third place, title: FireNoGo

Systems Software

• *Ishika Kothari, Rice Middle School, first place, title: I Spy to Classify - Enhancing a Visual Image Recognition Software to Classify Various Objects

Translational Medical Science

• Aniya Jain and Ishya Jain, Murphy Middle School, third place, title: Don't Sugarcoat It

163 Plano ISD senior-division projects (grades 9 – 12) competed at DRSEF. These students represented 9 of the 10 high school and senior high campuses and 59% of the total senior-division competition.

• Plano ISD senior-division projects captured 71% of all category awards, including 76% of the first place awards that were eligible for grand prize judging.
• Swept 9 of the 21 categories
• Received 45 of the 64 special awards
• Students captured 100% of the two senior grand prizes and 50% of senior runner up grand prize awards
• 31 projects represented by 39 students from 6 campuses qualified for the Texas Science and Engineering Fair (TSEF)
• 7 senior projects qualified for the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in May

Grand Prizes

• Life Science: Sidhya Peddinti, Plano East Senior High, title: ParkinSensor: Computer Vision and Ensemble Machine Learning-Based Early Diagnosis for Parkinson’s Disease using Neuromuscular Biomarkers
• Physical Science: Nethra Krishnan, Plano West Senior High, title: A New Paradigm for the Visually Impaired Spectrum based on a LiDAR System

Grand Prize Runner Up

• Physical Science: Harshal Bharatia, Plano Senior High, title: DocAide - A Collaborative AI Medical Assistant

Senior-Division Category Awards

* indicates advancing to the Texas Science and Engineering Fair
† indicates advancing directly to the International Science and Engineering Fair

Animal Sciences

• *Vyshnavi Poruri and Swetha Velayutham, Plano East Senior High, first place, title: The effect of PAR- 4 on the fertility and progeny of C.elegans as a potential therapeutic agent for hereditary chronic inflammatory diseases
• *Henry Rutnam, Jasper High School, second place, title: fishVtag - An AI Based Individualized Approach to Fisheries Management and Conservation
• Samantha Pupo, McMillen High School, third place, title: Having a Ruff Day?

Behavioral and Social Science

• *Sidhya Peddinti, Plano East Senior High, first place, title: ParkinSensor: Computer Vision and Ensemble Machine Learning-Based Early Diagnosis for Parkinson’s Disease using Neuromuscular Biomarkers
• *Tanaz Muhamed, Plano East Senior High, second place, title: Investigating the Effects of Cognitive Load and Bias on Perceptions of Utilitarian Decisions

Biochemistry

• *Noah Mathai, Plano West Senior High, first place, title: Agar-Ponics: Novel Agarose-based Agricultural System Synergizing Soil Integrated GM-Bacteria and Aquaponics
• *Ashley Zhang and Sophia Zhang, Jasper High School, second place, title: The Effects of Aqueous Plant Extracts on the Inhibition of α-Amylase's Ability to Hydrolyze Alpha-linked Polysaccharides
• Aishani Gupta, Shepton High School, third place, title: Effect of Glycyrrhiza Glabra on Lumbriculus Variegatus's Pulsation Rate

Biomedical and Health Sciences

• *Parisa Vaziri, Plano East Senior High, first place, title: The neuro-protective role of select transcription factors in a PINK1 loss-of-function based model of neurodegeneration in Drosophila melanogaster
• *Anjali Brown, Plano West Senior High, second place, title: The Effects of Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, and Lactuca virosa on the Pain Receptors within Dugesia tigrina
• Kripa Kannan, McMillen High School, honorable mention, title: The Effect of Headphones on Hearing Loss
• Arianna Fa, Shepton High School, honorable mention, title: Comparison Of Incidence Of Covid-19 In Different Dialysis Modalities

Biomedical Engineering

• Sheila Zhang, Plano East Senior High, honorable mention, title: Compiling Facial Mapping Techniques to Identify Post Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation (PIH)

Cellular and Molecular Biology

• Sneha Nadella, Plano West Senior High, third place, title: Identifying Expressions of P-glycoprotein in Multidrug Resistance Protein 1 using Pichia Pastoris Strain KM71H

Chemistry

• †Kevin Sun, Jasper High School, first place, title: Biodegradable Plastics Made from Waste Biomethane
• *Shruthi Madhugiri, Plano West Senior High, second place, title: Analysis of water samples to quantify harmful metals percolated from electronic waste
• *Anjali Iyer, Jasper High School, third place, title: Antibiotic Apocalypse: The Treatment of Antibiotic-Resistant Diseases via ROS-mediated Cell Wall Damage through the Phytochemical Constituent Eugenol in a Drug Synergism
• Hamza Haque, Williams High School, honorable mention, title: The Effect of Different Water Purification Methods on Water Quality

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

• †Rithvik Ganesh, Plano West Senior High, first place, title: Tackling Tau: Identifying a Novel Inhibitor for the MSUT-2 Protein based on Quantum Machine Learning for the identification of treatments of Neurodegenerative Diseases
• *Govardhan Poondi and John Rho, Plano West Senior High, second place, title: Non-Invasive, Two-Channel EEG Hearing Aid to Address the Cocktail Party Problem via Multi-Speaker Auditory Attention Decoding
• *Devika Sunil, Plano Senior High, third place, title: Computational identification and prioritization of potential inhibitors against Nipah Virus (NiV) using machine learning, molecular screening, and ADMET evaluation
• Raghav Ramki, Jasper High School, honorable mention, title: Predictive Proteins: A Complination of Various Machine Learning Methods to Predict Binding Efficiencies in Protein-Protein Complexes

Earth and Environmental Sciences

• *Sanjana Hiremath and Sriya Teerdhala, Plano East Senior High, first place, title: A Third Year Study on the Bioremediation of Tetracycline Polluted Soils: How Antibiotic Resistance can Reduce Antibiotic Pollution in the Environment and a Solution to Antibiotic-Pollution Related Crop Failure
• Nawal Siddiqui, Academy High School, honorable mention, title: Which soil do longitudinal waves travel best in?

Embedded Systems

• †Nethra Krishnan, Plano West Senior High, first place, title: A New Paradigm for the Visually Impaired Spectrum based on a LiDAR System
• *Anushka Sridhar, Plano East Senior High, second place, title: Smart Parkinson's Strap- to Dynamically Detect and Mitigate the Tremors of Parkinson's Patients
• *Arnold Venter, Plano West Senior High, third place, title: The Imperious Arm: A Remotely-Controlled, Mimetic Robotic Arm for Precision Tasks at a Distance

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

• *Greyson Wong, Williams High School, first place, title: The Optimal Structural Design of an Energy Efficient and Aerodynamic Solar Car
• *Alysa Zhao, McMillen High School, second place, title: An Electricity Generating Bracelet Using Body Heat
• Lucas Sasaya, McMillen High School, third place, title: Transmitting Energy Through Resonant Frequencies Over Greater Distances

Engineering Mechanics

• †Abhinav Malkoochi, Jasper first place, title: Creating a Fail-safe Procedure for an Automatic Braking System
• Dhilan Nag, Plano East Senior High, honorable mention, title: An Automatic Hand Washer to Reduce Human Error When Cleaning Hands

Environmental Engineering

• *Mukund Ramachandran and Nandini Ramachandran, Plano West Senior High, second place, title: Building a Dual-Axis Solar Tracker Enabled by a Gradient Boosting ML Model to Increase the Electricity Generated by Solar Panels
• *Rachel Simms, Plano East Senior High, third place, title: Grow2go: The Portable Hydroponic System
• Otto Beall, Plano East Senior High, honorable mention, title: An Affordable Pipe Inspector II

Materials Science

• *Santosh Gedela, Plano East Senior High, first place, title: The Effects of Bananas Peels, Egg Shells, Coconut Fibers, and Shrimp Tails on the Strength of Thermoplastic Starch
• *Aithreya Thoppay, Jasper High School, second place, title: A Novel Hydrophobic Corn Stover Sponge With the Implementation of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Various Alterations in Material Chemistry
• Toby Nouanesengsy and Diego Porter, McMillen High School, third place, title: Plosive Pop Filters
• Ayon Das, Plano West Senior High, honorable mention, title: Assembling Nanostructures - A systemic usage of Computer Programs and Molecular Simulations to Determine Conditions for Nanomaterial Self-Assembly

Mathematics

• *Ishaan Javali and Shrey Joshi, Plano East Senior High, first place, title: GLAS: A Global Landslide Analytics System
• *Amitha Mandava, Plano East Senior High, second place, title: An Efficient Loop-based Bus Transit Routing Network
• Arnav Murthy and Abishai Rajan, Plano Senior High, third place, title: A Mathematical Binary Classifier Based on Tumor Growth Dynamics to Predict the Probability of Lymph Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer Patients
• Umangi Singh, Plano East Senior High, honorable mention, title: Advancing The Mathematical Algorithm To Reduce Insulin Dependency for Diabetic Patients

Microbiology

• *Shriya Bhat, Plano East Senior High, first place, title: Combating Bacterial Biofilm II: Generating a Non-toxic Multi-pathway Targeted Cocktail Treatment to Inhibit Proliferation of Pseudomonas Biofilm
• *Weixuan Yan, Plano West Senior High, second place, title: A Machine Learning Approach to Optimize CRISPR-Cas13d RNA Targeting as an Antiviral Therapeutics

Physics and Astronomy

• *Aditya Panda, Plano West Senior High, second place, title: A Deep Learning Approach for Identification and Classification of Exoplanets
• Prisha Singh and Dhruv Srivastava, Plano East Senior High, third place, title: Lost in SPA-CE: The Spatial Positioning Apparatus for Celestial Expansion
• Lily Maher, Shepton High School, honorable mention, title: Sunspot cycle correlation with the Solar Cycle

Plant Sciences

• Mansi Madaik, Plano East Senior High, third place, title: Rotten Tomatoes: The Effect of Chitosan and Neem Leaf Extract as a Plant Fungicide on the Growth of Alternaria alternata

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

• *Harshal Bharatia, Plano Senior High, first place, title: DocAide - A Collaborative AI Medical Assistant
• *Chong Wong, Plano West Senior High, second place, title: MEDFAKE-SCAN: A deep learning approach to detect medical image tampering
• Adil Husain, Jasper High School, third place, title: iSight: Artificial Intelligence Brings Vision to the Visually Impaired
• Shivani Ramkumar, Plano East Senior High, honorable mention, title: A-EYE: Artificial Eyes For The Visually Impaired Through An Integrated System Incorporating Voice Recognition and Obstacle Detection Technology

Systems Software

• *Navya Ramakrishnan, Plano Senior High, first place, title: A Brain Computer Interface System for the Improvement of Cognitive and Communication Abilities for Patients with Neuromuscular Disorders
• Aaditya Dhar, Shepton High School, third place, title: Diagnosis of Dermatological Disorders With Deep Learning
• Aditi Kavoor, McMillen High School, honorable mention, title: A Therapeutic Approach to Dementia Through Application Technology

Translational Medical Science

• *Alay Shah, Plano West Senior High, first place, title: Generating Functional MRI (fMRI) Images via Eye-Tracking Classification for Artificial Brain Scans
• *Sameer Parameshwar, Venu Poruri and Sridatta Teerdhala, Plano East Senior High, second place, title: ProteCount: An AI-Based Reader for Rapid Protein Quantification
• Alanna Polyak, Jasper High School, honorable mention, title: Relation Betwixt the Solubility of Allergy Drugs (Cetirizine, Loratadine, Desloratadine, and Chlorpheniramine Maleate Phenylephrine) in a Stomach Setting and Incidental Protein Bindings of the Drugs Using NCBI Indices to Assess the Accuracy of the Drugs

Junior Division Special Awards

Aryan Bangad, Robinson Middle School, title: Magnet Strength Versus Heat

• Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award

Erin Beall, Otto Middle School, title: Future of Rainbows Year 2

• Naval Science Award, junior division

Eshaan Chachad, Rice Middle School, title: Transforming Colors to Assist People with Color Deuteranopia

• Naval Science Award, junior division
• Best Electronics or Computing Project, junior division

Kaelyn Chendana, Robinson Middle School, title: Designing a Co2 Air Filters For Cars

• Honorable mention

Yash Dharankar, Rice Middle School, title: Comparison of Varroa Mite Treatments for Honey Bees

• NTMN junior division

Evelyn Ding, Robinson Middle School, title: Instrument Recognition

• Outstanding Junior Acoustic Project
• Outstanding Communications Project, junior division first place

Ishrith Gowda, Rice Middle School, title: Python Biomedical Image Analysis for Examining MRI scans

• Junior third place

Hannah Hassan, Rice Middle School, title: Growing a Biodegradable Polystyrene Foam Replacement Out of Mushroom Mycelium

• Honorable Mention

Bradley Johnson, Haggard Middle School, title: Prevention of Tommy John Syndrome

• Exercise/Health/Nutrition, junior division third place

Neel Marripalapu, Rice Middle School, title: Speech Emotion Recognition

• Best Electronics or Computing Project, junior division

Will Mason, Schimelpfenig Middle School, title: Vibrating Headset Attachment

• Naval Science Award, junior division

Rahul Mehta and Zaki Syed, Renner Middle School, title: Water Desalination Using Electricity

• Junior division, second place

Asiya Mohammed, Otto Middle School, title: P-Z Shoe

• Outstanding Communications Project, junior division third place

Kamran Nag, Otto Middle School, title: Predicting Heart Disease Using Machine Learning

• Best Electronics or Computing Project, junior division
• Exercise/Health/Nutrition, junior first place

Tanvi Nerurkar, Renner Middle School, title: Water in the Court: Is Water Quality Better in Public or Private Locations?

• Junior division, first place

Eric Ng, Hendrick Middle School, title: Eco Friendly House Designs

• Naval Science Award, junior division

Ashley Thomas, Haggard Middle School, title: Don't Slip

• Naval Science Award, junior division

Krishn Virani, Murphy Middle School, title: Hydrogen Fuel Cells: Powering a Lightbulb

• Outstanding Communications Project, junior division second place

Special Awards

Nicole Ahsan, Plano East Senior High, Investigating Removal Methods of Pharmaceuticals in Aquatic Systems: Using Adsorption by Powdered Orange Peels to Remove Metformin Hydrochloride, an Emerging Contaminant

• Stockholm Junior Water Prize, Award for Excellence in a Water-Related Project
• North Texas Association of Environmental Professionals Environmental Excellence
• WEAT / TAWWA senior division, third place

Otto Beall, Plano East Senior High, An Affordable Pipe Inpector II

• Stockholm Junior Water Prize, Award for Excellence in a Water-Related Project
• WEAT / TAWWA, first place

Harshal Bharatia, Plano Senior High, DocAide - A Collaborative AI Medical Assistant

• Office of Naval Research, Naval Science Award

Tiffany Chen, Clark High School, Developing a Filter to Decrease Polyester, Polyamide, and Synthetic Polyacrylonitrile Polymer Microfiber Water Pollution with a 3D Printer

• Terracon, Inc., Environmental Excellence Award, first place Individual

Diya Damodaran, McMillen High School, Can You Hear Me?

• Terracon, Inc., Engineering Excellence Award, second place individual

Rithvik Ganesh, Plano West Senior High, Tackling Tau: Identifying a Novel Inhibitor for the MSUT-2 Protein based on Quantum Machine Learning for the identification of treatments of Neurodegenerative Diseases

• Southwestern Medical Foundation, Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Award

Santosh Gedela, Plano East Senior High, The Effects of Bananas Peels, Egg Shells, Coconut Fibers and Shrimp Tails on the Strength of Thermoplastic Starch

• ASM Materials Education Foundation, Most Outstanding Exhibit in Materials Science
• Terracon, Inc., Engineering Excellence Award, third place individual

Nathaniel Ha and Aadit Walia, McMillen High School, Fire Watch

• Directed Energy Professional Society, first place

Shreya Halbe, Jasper High School, Comprehensive Study of Particulate Matter, Volatile Organic Compounds and Anthropogenic Aerosols using Raspberry Pi Technology

• American Industrial Hygiene Association, North Texas Section, first place

Anushka Hande, Plano East Senior High, The Social Distancing Bracelet

• Texas Instruments, Best Electronics or Computing Project

Sanjana Hiremath and Sriya Teerdhala, Plano East Senior High, A Third Year Study on the Bioremediation of Tetracycline Polluted Soils: How Antibiotic Resistance Can Reduce Antibiotic Pollution in the Environment and a Solution to Antibiotic-Pollution Related Crop Failure

• NASA Earth System Science Award
• North Texas Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist (NTMN), honorable mention
• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Science Champion Award

Shivani Jaiganesh, Jasper High School, Developing prosthetics by direct networking with the brain using an EEG

• Dallas County Medical Society, second place

Sean Jannati and Junhwan Jung, Plano West Senior High, Detecting Common Cell Phone Radio Frequency Signatures to Pinpoint Missing Individuals in Dangerous Situations

• Collins Leadership Association, Outstanding Communications Project, first place

Kripa Kannan, McMillen High School, The Effect of Headphones on Hearing Loss

• Dallas County Medical Society, first place

Hadia Khatri, Jasper High School, Effect of Fluoridated Water on Mental Illness

• The Cooper Institute, Exercise/Health/Nutrition, first place

Nethra Krishnan, Plano West Senior High, A New Paradigm for the Visually Impaired Spectrum Based on a LiDAR System

• Office of Naval Research, Naval Science Award

Mansi Madaik, Plano East Senior High, Rotten Tomatoes: The Effect of Chitosan and Neem Leaf Extract as a Plant Fungicide on the Growth of Alternaria alternata

• Society for In Vitro Biology, Outstanding Achievement in In Vitro Biology

Lily Maher, Shepton High School, Sunspot cycle correlation with the Solar Cycle

• American Meteorology Society, Outstanding Achievement in Atmospheric Science

Abhinav Malkoochi, Jasper High School, Creating a Fail-safe Procedure for an Automatic Braking System

• Office of Naval Research, Naval Science Award

Arnav Murthy and Abishai Rajan, Plano Senior High, A Mathematical Binary Classifier Based on Tumor Growth Dynamics to Predict the Probability of Lymph Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer Patients

• American Statistical Association North Texas Chapter, ASA Award for Statistical Excellence

Pranav Nathan, Plano West Senior High, Developing a Self-Contained Modular Reconfigurable Robotic System with Systems for External Awareness, Autonomous Locomotion and Magnetic Realignment

• Collins Leadership Association, Outstanding Communications Project, second place
• National Space Society of North Texas, Space Exploration Scholarship, first place
• U.S. Metric Association, Best Use of SI Units in a Project

Sidhya Peddinti, Plano East Senior High, ParkinSensor: Computer Vision and Ensemble Machine Learning-Based Early Diagnosis for Parkinson’s Disease using Neuromuscular Biomarkers

• American Psychological Association, Achievement in Psychological Science

Govardhan Poondi and John Rho, Plano West Senior High, Non-Invasive, Two-Channel EEG Hearing Aid to Address the Cocktail Party Problem via Multi-Speaker Auditory Attention Decoding

• Acoustical Society of America, Outstanding Senior Acoustic Project

Shivani Ramkumar, Plano East Senior High, A-EYE: Artificial “Eyes” For the Visually Impaired Through an Integrated System Incorporating Voice Recognition and Obstacle Detection Technology

• Directed Energy Professional Society, second place

Ashley Reed, McMillen High School, Which Battery Brand Is the Most Cost Effective?

• McKinney Amateur Radio Club, Inc; second place

Lucas Sasaya, McMillen High School, Transmitting Energy Through Resonant Frequencies Over Greater Distances

• Collins Leadership Association, Outstanding Communications Project, third place

Ethan Sayre, Plano East Senior High, Improved Agility Autonomous Terrestrial Robot through SLAM Depth Imaging

• Texas Instruments, Best Electronics or Computing Project

Nawal Siddiqui, Academy High School, Which soil do longitudinal waves travel best in?

• Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG), AWG Student Award for Geoscience Excellence

Prisha Singh and Dhruv Srivastava, Plano East Senior High, Lost in SPA-CE: The Spatial Positioning Apparatus for Celestial Expansion

• National Space Society of North Texas, Space Exploration Scholarship, third place

Umangi Singh, Plano East Senior High, Advancing the Mathematical Algorithm To Reduce Insulin Dependency for Diabetic Patients

• Mu Alpha Theta Award for Mathematics
• The Cooper Institute, Exercise/Health/Nutrition, second place

Ananya Sridhar, Plano East Senior High, AlertX - Dangerous Driving Detection Using Real-Time Alerts

• Texas Instruments, Best Electronics or Computing Project

Kevin Sun, Jasper High School, Biodegradable Plastics Made from Waste Biomethane

• Office of Naval Research, Naval Science Award

Aithreya Thoppay, Jasper High School, A Novel Hydrophobic Corn Stover Sponge with the Implementation of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Various Alterations in Material Chemistry

• Terracon, Inc., Engineering Excellence Award, first place individual

Arnold Venter, Plano West Senior High, The Imperious Arm: A Remotely-Controlled, Mimetic Robotic Arm for Precision Tasks at a Distance

• National Space Society of North Texas, Space Exploration Scholarship, second place

Greyson Wong, Williams High School, The Optimal Structural Design of an Energy Efficient and Aerodynamic Solar Car

• Office of Naval Research, Naval Science Award

Nancy Yan, Jasper High School, Smart HVAC Reducing COVID-19 Spread by Monitoring PM 2.5 with Bluetooth

• DFW Chapter of Hazardous Materials Managers, Best Hazardous Materials Project, first place