View 2019 Junior Division winners.

The 2019 Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair (DRSEF) was held Saturday, February 23, at Centennial Hall, Fair Park in Dallas. DRSEF holds an annual science fair for sixth - eighth grades (Junior Division) and nine - twelfth grades (Senior Division) students from public, charter, private and home schools in the Texas Education Agency Region 10, which includes 80 schools and a student population of 800,000. The fair covers all of Collin, Dallas, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, Kaufman and Rockwall counties and part of Henderson and Van Zandt counties. 834 projects competed in DRSEF in 2019.

To compete, students begin by entering the fair at their local school. The top projects at each school advance to district fairs then the regional fair. Projects can then advance to state and international competitions. DRSEF first - fourth place category winners advance to the Texas Science and Engineering Fair. The top 10% of Junior Division are invited to enter Broadcom MASTERS, an international science fair for Middle School students. 

In the junior division (grades seven - eight), 158 Plano ISD projects representing 13 middle schools captured 55% of all category awards, including 59% of the first place awards. Thirty-two junior division projects have qualified for the state science fair.

In the senior division (grades nine - twelve), 221 Plano ISD projects competed, capturing 87% of all the category awards and 95% of the first place awards. Winners and runners-up from the grand prize round in the Senior Division advance to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), with attendance sponsored by Beal Bank. Students may also be eligible to enter competitions such as Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors affiliated with ISEF. Fifty-two Plano ISD senior division projects will advance to the state science and engineering fair. 

Grand Prize winners from Plano East Senior High School: Andrei Spiride (Biomedical Engineering), Ashay Shah (Energy: Chemical), Ashna Shah (Energy: Chemical), Sriya Teerdhala (Earth and Environmental Sciences) and Sanjana Hiremath (Earth and Environmental Sciences)

Congratulations to these Senior Division Winners:

Grand Prize Winners

100% of the four grand prizes and four runner up prizes awarded at the fair were earned by Plano ISD students.

Senior Division Life Science Grand Prizes                                                     

• Biomedical Engineering, Andrei Spiride, Plano East Senior High School, A Low Cost 3-DOF Upper Limb Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation and Arm Movement Assistance
• Environmental Engineering, Risha-Dianne Valera, Plano West Senior High School, Agrobotics: An Autonomous IoRT Arduino Due/Uno Computer Vision Based Raspberry Pi High Throughput Plant Phenotyping Precision Agriculture Robot

Senior Division Life Science Grand Prize Runner Up                                                 

• Microbiology, Gargi Porwal, Plano West Senior High School, A Microbial Fuel Cell to Generate Electricity from Household Waste
• Plant Sciences, Rachel Mammen, Jasper High School, Pectin Feeds the Seeds: The Effect of Extracted Pectin on Various Seed Growth Mediums in Relation to Soil Moisture Retention and Plant Growth

Senior Division Physical Science Grand Prizes                                            

• Earth and Environmental Sciences, Sanjana Hiremath and Sriya Teerdhala, Plano East Senior High School, Bioremediation of Tetracycline Polluted Soils: How Antibiotic Resistance can Reduce Antibiotic Pollution
• Energy: Chemical, Ashay Shah and Ashna Shah, Plano East Senior High School, Optimizing and Fine-Tuning Electrode Pore Sizes Utilizing Varying Ratios of the Immiscible Polymer Blend PANS-PS for High Energy Density Supercapacitors

Senior Division Physical Science Grand Prize Runner Up                                                 

• Robotics and Intelligent Machines, Harshal Bharatia, Vines High School, Thermocloud: A Smart Collaborative Thermostat
• Systems Software, Yousuf Ahmad and Humza Salim, Jasper High School, Preventing Left Turn Road Accidents Using Photosensory Technologies and Computer Vision

First Place

• Yousuf Ahmad, Jasper High School, Systems Software, Preventing Left Turn Road Accidents using Photosensory Technologies and Computer Vision
• Harshal Bharatia, Vines High School, Robotics and Intelligent Machines, Thermocloud: A Smart Collaborative Thermostat
• Eshan Chhabra, Plano Senior High School, Energy: Physical, Emphatic Static: A New Paradigm for Renewable Energy
• Pranav Civi, Jasper High School, Biochemistry, An in vitro analysis of Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) of various Bacillus species on the decrease of Soil Porosity to prevent Pesticide Biomagnification
• Danielle Furman, Shepton High School, Engineering Mechanics, A Portable, Cost-Effective Device Designed to Aid People Who Require Assistance Transferring Into or Out of a Car
• Rithvik Ganesh, Jasper High School, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Untangling Alzheimer's: Using Artificial Intelligence to expedite the identification of promising drug candidates for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
• Sanjana Hiremath, Plano East Senior High School, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bioremediation of Tetracycline Polluted Soils: How Antibiotic Resistance can Reduce Antibiotic Pollution
• Maxwell Jiang, Plano West Senior High School, Mathematics, Phantom Traffic Jam Prevention Using Autonomous Networked Vehicles
• Rachel Mammen, Jasper High School, Plant Sciences, Pectin Feeds the Seeds: The Effect of Extracted Pectin on Various Seed Growth Mediums in Relation to Soil Moisture Retention and Plant Growth
• Noah Mathai, Jasper High School, Biochemistry, An in vitro analysis of Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) of various Bacillus species on the decrease of Soil Porosity to prevent Pesticide Biomagnification
• Tanaz Muhamed, Plano East Senior High School, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Investigating the Effects of Cognitive Load on Human Susceptibility to System 1 Cognitive Biases
• Gargi Porwal, Plano West Senior High School, Microbiology, A Microbial Fuel Cell to Generate Electricity from Household Waste
• Derek Qin, Plano West Senior High School, Mathematics, Phantom Traffic Jam Prevention Using Autonomous Networked Vehicles
• Humza Salim, Jasper High School, Systems Software, Preventing Left Turn Road Accidents Using Photosensory Technologies and Computer Vision
• Ashay Shah, Plano East Senior High School, Energy: Chemical, Optimizing and Fine-Tuning Electrode Pore Sizes Utilizing Varying Ratios of the Immiscible Polymer Blend PANS-PS for High Energy Density Supercapacitors
• Ashna Shah, Plano East Senior High School, Energy: Chemical, Optimizing and Fine-Tuning Electrode Pore Sizes Utilizing Varying Ratios of the Immiscible Polymer Blend PANS-PS for High Energy Density Supercapacitors
• Andrei Spiride, Plano East Senior High School, Biomedical Engineering, A Low Cost 3-DOF Upper Limb Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation and Arm Movement Assistance
• Rajiv Swamy, Plano East Senior High School, Embedded Systems, See Through the Rubble: A Mobile Ultra-Wideband Life Detection System for Search and Rescue Following Natural Disasters
• Rekha Swamy, Plano East Senior High School, Embedded Systems, See Through the Rubble: A Mobile Ultra-Wideband Life Detection System for Search and Rescue Following Natural Disasters
• Sriya Teerdhala, Plano East Senior High School, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bioremediation of Tetracycline Polluted Soils: How Antibiotic Resistance can Reduce Antibiotic Pollution
• Risha-Dianne Valera, Plano West Senior High School, Environmental Engineering, Agrobotics: An Autonomous IoRT Arduino Due/Uno Computer Vision Based Raspberry Pi High Throughput Plant Phenotyping Precision Agriculture Robot
• Parisa Vaziri, Plano East Senior High School, Biomedical and Health Sciences, Attraction to Different Sugar Compounds Depending on Drosophila melanogaster Mutations
• Tanya Wang, Clark High School, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Targeting Heme: A New Approach to Fighting Lung Cancer- Investigating the role of Heme in Lung Cancer Cell Migration
• Annie Zhi, Plano Senior High School, Materials Science, A Bioinspired Multifunctional Liquid-Repellent and Self-cleaning Coating for Sustainable Building Applications
• Nicholas Zhong, Plano West Senior High School, Physics and Astronomy, Fine-Tuning Thin-Film Thermoacoustic Speakers For Wearable Electronics

Second Place

• Vinamra Adikehithilu, Jasper High School, Embedded Systems, Mitigating Multiple IV Infusion Failure Using Detection-Based Computing
• Rakaan Alhaddad, Plano East Senior High School, Biomedical Engineering, A Cost-Efficient Solution Towards Body Powered Prostheses Through The Use Of Additive Manufacturing
• Jishnu Basu, Vines High School, Biomedical and Health Sciences, Effectiveness of Chlorides in the Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis
• Rohan Chhaya, Plano Senior High School, Energy: Chemical, Increasing Solar Efficiency With UV Light
• Ivana Durcanska, Shepton High School, Microbiology, The Effects of Medium-Chain Fatty Acid (MCFA) triglycerides on the Growth Rate Mucosa-Associated Escherichia coli
• Arshia Elahi, Plano Senior High School, Materials Science, The Development and Engineering of an Affordable, Self-Calibrating Hearing Aid Via Porous Nitinol Compression and a Novel Concave Amplification Technique
• Adith Gangalakunta, Jasper High School, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Making an Efficient Inhibitor of Melanoma With Melatonin: An In-Silico Molecular-Docking-Based Analysis of a Unique N-Acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine Ligand and its Binding Properties to a BRAF Protein Kinase
• Lily Harrison, Shepton High School, Microbiology, The Effects of Medium-Chain Fatty Acid (MCFA) triglycerides on the Growth Rate Mucosa-Associated Escherichia coli
• Charles Hou, Jasper High School, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Making an Efficient Inhibitor of Melanoma With Melatonin: An In-Silico Molecular-Docking-Based Analysis of a Unique N-Acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine Ligand and its Binding Properties to a BRAF Protein Kinase
• Benjamin Li, Plano West Senior High School, Energy: Physical, Utilization of Photoluminescent Plasmonic CdSe Nanoparticles and Bio-Inspired Nanostructures for Novel Low-Cost High Efficiency Solar Cells
• Rohan Mehta, Plano East Senior High School, Biomedical Engineering, A Cost-Efficient Solution Towards Body Powered Prostheses Through The Use Of Additive Manufacturing
• Pranav Nathan, Jasper High School, Robotics and Intelligent Machines, Developing a Self Contained Modular Reconfigurable Robotic System with Inertial Actuators and A Magnetic Interlocking System
• Sanjana Pemmaraju, Plano East Senior High School, Engineering Mechanics, Using Vocal Control to Open Solenoid in Faucet for Quadriplegics
• Pranathi Pilla, Jasper High School, Physics and Astronomy, Low-Cost Digital Inline Holographic Microscopy in Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) for Rapid Detection of Pathogenic Microbes
• Govardhan Poondi, Shepton High School, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Identification of Adolescent Drug-Using Profiles via Trend-Recognition Algorithm
• Venu Poruri, Plano East Senior High School, Cellular and Molecular Biology, A Comparative Analysis of the Various Delivery Methods of siRNA to Knockout the Oncogenic KRAS Gene
• Mukund Ramachandran, Jasper High School, Environmental Engineering, Using a Dual-Axis Solar Tracker to Increase the Electricity Generated by Solar Panels
• Nandini Ramachandran, Jasper High School, Environmental Engineering, Using a Dual-Axis Solar Tracker to Increase the Electricity Generated by Solar Panels
• Navya Ramakrishnan, Jasper High School, Systems Software, An Intelligent System for the Prediction of Epileptic Seizures using Machine Learning Algorithms
• Umangi Singh, McMillen High School, Mathematics, Creating a Mathematical Algorithm for Insulin Intake
• Walter Stark, Plano Senior High School, Energy: Chemical, Increasing Solar Efficiency With UV Light
• Sridatta Teerdhala, Plano East Senior High School, Cellular and Molecular Biology, A Comparative Analysis of the Various Delivery Methods of siRNA to Knockout the Oncogenic KRAS Gene

Third Place

• Nicole Ahsan, Plano East Senior High School, Earth and Environmental Sciences, License to Kill: Testing the Effect of Anthropogenic Waste Streams Containing Anti-Microbial Agent, Silver Nanoparticles, on Duckweed
• Iniya Anandan, Plano East Senior High School, Earth and Environmental Sciences, License to Kill: Testing the Effect of Anthropogenic Waste Streams Containing Anti-Microbial Agent, Silver Nanoparticles, on Duckweed
• Anjali Brown, Shepton High School, Biomedical and Health Sciences, The Effects of Curcumin on the Memory Preservation of Aspartame-Treated Dugesia tigrina
• Ayon Das, Jasper High School, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Defeating Multidrug Resistance: A novel approach to identifying genetic anomalies in order to attack antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii using phage cocktails
• Akanksha Deka, Plano East Senior High School, Biochemistry, It Takes Two to Tango: Post-Transitional Biogenesis of Flavoproteins in Bacteria
• Saisrinivas Gudivada, Plano East Senior High School, Physics and Astronomy, Increasing Efficiency in Processing Information from ROTSE 1 and ROTSE 3 Variable Star Databases
• Taran Gupta, Shepton High School, Biomedical and Health Sciences, The Effects of Curcumin on the Memory Preservation of Aspartame-Treated Dugesia tigrina
• Shrey Joshi, Plano East Senior High School, Mathematics, Artificial Neural Networks for Robust Curve Fitting
• Sophie Krajmalnik, Shepton High School, Biomedical Engineering, Determining Bone Health Utilizing Visible Light
• Zaid Memon, Plano East Senior High School, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Developing a Novel Application to Diagnose ADHD
• Kevin Meng, Plano West Senior High School, Robotics and Intelligent Machines, The Sixth Sense with Artificial Intelligence
• Ethan Moore, Plano Senior High School, Engineering Mechanics, A More Practical Self Evacuation Wheelchair Attachment
• Samanvitha Nukala, McMillen High School, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Determination of a Mitochondrial DNA Haplotype
• Mina Phipps, McMillen High School, Chemistry, The Outcomes of Commonly Used Essential Oils As Mosquito Repellent
• Uneeb Sajjad, Plano East Senior High School, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Developing a Novel Application to Diagnose ADHD
• Nick Sangha, Plano East Senior High School, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Developing a Novel Application to Diagnose ADHD
• Reanna Selvaraj, Plano East Senior High School, Earth and Environmental Sciences, License to Kill: Testing the Effect of Anthropogenic Waste Streams Containing Anti-Microbial Agent, Silver Nanoparticles, on Duckweed
• Alay Shah, Shepton High School, Systems Software, Computer-Vision Aided Traffic Camera System for Anomalous Driving Detection
• Shreyas Shridharan, Jasper High School, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Defeating Multidrug Resistance: A novel approach to identifying genetic anomalies in order to attack antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii using phage cocktails
• Bhavik Tadigotla, Jasper High School, Microbiology, Testing the Antimicrobial Effect of Natural Phenolic Compound Sources against Neisseria subflava
• Keshav Vasanth, Plano East Senior High School, Embedded Systems, Come Yell or High Water: Orientation-independent water level sensor and audio detection for emergency response
• Richard Wille, McMillen High School, Energy: Physical, The Great Harvest: Using Energy Harvesting to Prolong the Battery Life of a Smartphone
• Noah Wong, Williams High School, Materials Science, Enhanced Electrochemical-Stimulated Polymer Coated Carbon Nanotube Artificial Muscles

Honorable Mention

• Rohan Aerrabolu, Shepton High School, Cellular and Molecular Biology, The presence or absence of Cas9 and crRNA-containing liposomes in fibroblast cell culture on the percentage of fibroblast cells still adhering to the culture flask relative to initial, pre-virus infection density
• Tanya Atrvash, Shepton High School, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Effect of Non-Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS) on the Heart Rate, Viability, and Growth of Daphnia magna
• Shaan Bhandari, Academy High School, Biomedical Engineering, Use of Presure Sensors and 3D printing in the Custom Orthotic Process
• Rohan Bharadwaj, Plano East Senior High School, Mathematics, Using Blockchain and algorithms to optimize resource allocation, communication, and efficiency for disaster relief
• Avi Bhatia, Plano East Senior High School, Biomedical and Health Sciences, Cost-Effective and Efficient Diagnosis of Osteogenesis Imperfecta Using Machine Learning Through Chorionic Villus Sampling Utilizing Multi-parametric Statistical Analysis of Chorion Cells From Amniotic Fluid Indices
• Ben Brothers, Plano Senior High School, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Underlying Social Discrimination: Evaluating the Impact of Socioeconomic Inequality in Online Security
• Dhruv Chawla, Plano Senior High School, Robotics and Intelligent Machines, Observation on Varying Accuracy of AI Sentiment Analysis
• Jenna Chen, Plano Senior High School, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Underlying Social Discrimination: Evaluating the Impact of Socioeconomic Inequality in Online Security
• Sahana Dhananjayan,Plano Senior High School, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Neuro- Fuzzy Logic Conjecture: A Case Based Diagnosis for Behavioral Disease
• Nikola Djordjevic-Kisacanin, Plano Senior High School, Robotics and Intelligent Machines, Biologically Inspired Enhancements for Training of Deep Learning Networks
• Om Dodiya, Academy High School, Energy: Physical, Multi-directional Balloon Wind Turbines to Maximize Efficiency for Wind Energy
• Arun Eswara, Plano East Senior High School, Robotics and Intelligent Machines, Ortho, An Intelligent Exoskeleton - A Versatile Powered Orthosis via Neural Network for Rehabilitative Assistance
• Katherine Forson, Shepton High School, Physics and Astronomy, Effect of Time of Day on Radio Signal Propagation
• Arvind Ganesh, McMillen High School, Systems Software, A Novel Approach to Computer Vision Tracking over a Network of Cameras
• Yash Garg, Jasper High School, Mathematics, iBid: Intelligent Bidding Agents for Reverse Auctions with Mixed-Strategy Nash Equilibrium
• Nikhil Garlapati, Plano East Senior High School, Robotics and Intelligent Machines, Intelli-hand - A novel approach to cheap prosthetics using a modular system with more functionality
• Amy Guan, Jasper High School, Energy: Chemical, Increasing the Ethanol Tolerance of S. cerevisiae for Enhanced Biofuel Production
• Priyanka Gupta, Jasper High School, Mathematics, Stochastic Monte Carlo Simulation to Minimize Delay by Optimizing Traffic Lights
• Maxim Hollingworth, Academy High School, Environmental Engineering, The New Bee Box
• William Hurley, McMillen High School, Systems Software, A Novel Approach To Computer Vision Tracking Over A Network Of Cameras
• Karthik Iyer, Jasper High School, Robotics and Intelligent Machines, Threat Detection by Sentiment Analysis of Social Media Text using Machine Leaning
• Sean Jannati, Shepton High School, Biomedical and Health Sciences, An Accurate and Rapid Approach to Early Diagnosis of Influenza Viruses Using Horseradish Peroxidase Labeled Anti-HA Antibodies on Surface Hemagglutinin Protein Molecules
• Shaya Jannati, Shepton High School, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Effect of Organic Acids on Methane Mitigation on Ruminants
• Nila Jeyapriya, Plano East Senior High School, Robotics and Intelligent Machines, PneumoniYEAH - Predictive Analytics Using Convolutional Neural Networks to Identify Pneumonia From Chest X-Rays
• Hrithik Jha, Plano West Senior High School, Biomedical and Health Sciences, Utilization of Next Generation Sequencing to Determine the Importance of Non-Coding DNA Segments in Oncogenic Development
• Sophia Khan, Plano East Senior High School, Systems Software, A novel, cost-effective approach to shortening rehabilitation by allowing for more sufficient recovery of neuromuscular strength and proprioception post anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
• Rohan Khera, Plano West Senior High School, Embedded Systems, SchoolSafe: Using RFID and IoT Systems to Intelligently Respond to Emergency Shooter Situations
• Bethel Kim, Shepton High School, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Effect of Non-Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS) on the Heart Rate, Viability, and Growth of Daphnia magna
• Srinithya Kodali, Vines High School, Physics and Astronomy, Hair Weightlifting Contest
• Nethra Krishnan, Jasper High School, Engineering Mechanics, A Smart, SENSE - ible Companion: Sweeping Environment Sensor
• Mansi Madaik, McMillen High School, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Reduction of Water Impurities Using Natural Coagulants
• Pratyush Mallick, Williams High School, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Mind Over Matter: A Monte Carlo Protein Folding Simulation--using Energy Optimization--for Applications to Alzheimer's Disease Research
• Brian McKeown, Shepton High School, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Effect of Organic Acids on Methane Mitigation on Ruminants
• Nitya Mirle, Plano East Senior High School, Behavioral and Social Sciences, My Password is Better Than Yours: An Investigative Study on the Role of Age and Gender on Password Quality and Strength
• Nivethaa Murali, Plano Senior High School, Behavioral and Social Sciences, Neuro- Fuzzy Logic Conjecture: A Case Based Diagnosis for Behavioral Disease
• Kavya Muralidhar, Plano East Senior High School, Earth and Environmental Sciences, An Innovative, Low Cost Technique to Combat Microplastic Pollution and Maximize Water Purification in Oceanic, Freshwater, and Soil Ecosystems 
• Arnav Murthy, Clark High School, Biomedical and Health Sciences, An Innovative Approach to Integrate Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Nanoplatelets in an Alkane-based Chemiresistive Sensor Towards Early Detection of Lung Cancer
• Deepti Nandakumar, Plano East Senior High School, Engineering Mechanics, Mobile Firearm Detection Using mmWave Sensors
• Benson Ngai, Shepton High School, Biomedical and Health Sciences, An Accurate and Rapid Approach to Early Diagnosis of Influenza Viruses Using Horseradish Peroxidase Labeled Anti-HA Antibodies on Surface Hemagglutinin Protein Molecules
• Alex Ni, Jasper High School, Embedded Systems, A Real-time Drowsiness Detector
• Moksh Nirvaan, Clark High School, Systems Software, Improving Cardiovascular healthcare through a next-generation and cost-effective system integrating telemedicine and patient privacy
• Sameer Parameshwar, Plano East Senior High School, Robotics and Intelligent Machines, Intelli-hand - A novel approach to cheap prosthetics using a modular system with more functionality
• Eisha Patel, Shepton High School, Energy: Physical, An Implementation of Thermoelectric Generators on Generating Electricity
• Arnab Paul, Shepton High School, Cellular and Molecular Biology, The presence or absence of Cas9 and crRNA-containing liposomes in fibroblast cell culture on the percentage of fibroblast cells still adhering to the culture flask relative to initial, pre-virus infection density
• Sidhya Peddinti, Plano East Senior High School, Systems Software, A Pragmatic Approach to Incipient Diagnosis and Precise Drug Target Predictions for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) by Applying Potential Biomarkers and Protein Analysis using Gene Expression Big Data
• Avi Puranik, Clark High School, Engineering Mechanics, What Propeller Design Provides the Best Thrust-to-Weight Ratio?
• Arjun Raghuram, Plano East Senior High School, Robotics and Intelligent Machines, MyTremorTracker: An Intelligent Glove that Measures the Severity of Hand Tremors in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
• Abishai Rajan, Clark High School, Biomedical and Health Sciences, An Innovative Approach to Integrate Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Nanoplatelets in an Alkane-based Chemiresistive Sensor Towards Early Detection of Lung Cancer
• John Rho, Shepton High School, Systems Software, HIDDEN: Optimized, Dual-Ensemble Machine Learning Approach for Improved Clinical Detection of Heart Disease Spectrum
• Manish Samson, Plano Senior High School, Materials Science, Synthesis of a Biocompatible Polymeric Implant Using Nanoparticles for a Targeted and Controlled Drug Delivery in Physiological Mediums to Relieve Polyethylene Abrasion from Endoprosthesis Osteolysis and Metal Hypersensitivity Reactions
• Tulio Sasaya, McMillen High School, Energy: Chemical, Hydrogen Fuel Cell and Lithium Battery Efficiency against NiMH Batteries Efficiency
• Yash Saxena, Shepton High School, Engineering Mechanics, A Cost-Effective, Extensible, Infrared-and-Image-Processing-Based Blind Aid Implement
• Arjun Sethumathavan, Shepton High School, Cellular and Molecular Biology, The presence or absence of Cas9 and crRNA-containing liposomes in fibroblast cell culture on the percentage of fibroblast cells still adhering to the culture flask relative to initial, pre-virus infection density
• Nabil Sikora, Jasper High School, Mathematics, iBid: Intelligent Bidding Agents for Reverse Auctions with Mixed-Strategy Nash Equilibrium
• Kaustubh Sonawane, Jasper High School, Environmental Engineering, Designing a Machine-Learning Application to Predict Alexandrium fundyense Bloom and Toxicity
• Ananya Sridhar, Plano East Senior High School, Embedded Systems, Detect to Protect - Driver Drowsiness Detector
• Kailash Subramanian, Plano Senior High School, Systems Software, Diagnosing Atherosclerosis
• Devika Sunil, Jasper High School, Biomedical and Health Sciences, Scope of Molecular Screening in Drug Design for High Risk Human Papillomavirus via Explicating Interaction Sites of (HPV)-18 E6 and E7 Oncoproteins with Plant-Originated Ligands
• Alvin Ta, Plano East Senior High School, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bacterial Inhibition of Fungal Growth: Prevention of Plant Diseases and a Solution to Crop Failure
• Melody Tang, Vines High School, Physics and Astronomy, Hair Weightlifting Contest
• Kunj Tapiawala, Williams High School, Environmental Engineering, I'm a Big Fan: A Novel Approach to Increase the Efficiency of a (HAWT) Through The Implementation of a Fluid Dynamic Efficiency System Arranged on Propellers Across a Range of Wind Speeds
• Shiva Teerdhala, Plano East Senior High School, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bacterial Inhibition of Fungal Growth: Prevention of Plant Diseases and a Solution to Crop Failure
• Avirat Thakor, Plano East Senior High School, Mathematics, Using Blockchain and algorithms to optimize resource allocation, communication, and efficiency for disaster relief
• Vaishnavi Vasudevan, Jasper High School, Materials Science, Creating Bioplastics from Invasive Plants
• Swetha Velayutham, Plano East Senior High School, Microbiology, Optimization of N2 Wild Type High Sucrose C. Elegan Life Span using DAF-2 Mutant Hormone Receptors
• Smaran Velidi, Plano East Senior High School, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Hit or Miss? Creating a More Robust Concussion Diagnostic Tool and Protocol that Evaluates Head Impacts in the Different Levels of Football
• Rishabh Vemparala, Plano East Senior High School, Mathematics, Using Blockchain and algorithms to optimize resource allocation, communication, and efficiency for disaster relief
• Arnold Venter, Shepton High School, Engineering Mechanics, A Cost-Effective, Extensible, Infrared-and-Image-Processing-Based Blind Aid Implement
• Aditya Vishnubhotla, Plano East Senior High School, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Hit or Miss? Creating a More Robust Concussion Diagnostic Tool and Protocol that Evaluates Head Impacts in the Different Levels of Football
• Joshua Wang, Jasper High School, Engineering Mechanics, Self Tinting Sunglasses
• Hubert Yang, Jasper High School, Engineering Mechanics, Feedback Control Systems for a Robust Adaptive Wing
• Bradley Young, Academy High School, Environmental Engineering, The New Bee Box
• Jeremy Zhang, Plano Senior High School, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Nanosatellite Based Imaging System for Real Time Earth Climate Monitoring

SPECIAL AWARDS

Acoustical Society of America

• Outstanding Ssenior acoustic project, Arshia Elahi, Plano Senior High School
• Honorable mention, Connor Macleod, Shepton High School
• Honorable mention, Camille Wenick, Shepton High School

American Psychological Association

• Achievement in psychological science, Tanaz Muhamed, Plano East Senior High School

American Radio Relay League McKinney

• First place, Katherine Forson, Shepton High School

American Society of Safety Professionals

• Senior division award, Anika Bokil, McMillen High School

American Statistical Association - North Texas

• ASA award for statistical excellence, Tanaz Muhamed, Plano East Senior High School
• Honorable mention, Hrithik Jha, Plano West Senior High School

Baylor Research Institute

• First place, medical and health sciences, Jishnu Basu, Vines High School
• Second place, medical and health sciences, Arnav Murthy and Abishai Rajan, Clark High School
• Honorable mention, Sean Jannati, Shepton High School
• Honorable mention, Yusuf Khan, Plano Senior High School
• Honorable mention, Benson Ngai, Shepton High School

Dallas County Medical Society

• First place, Parisa Vaziri, Plano East Senior High School
• Second place, Yusuf Khan, Plano Senior High School
• Honorable mention, Jishnu Basu, Vines High School
• Honorable mention, Anjali Brown, Shepton High School
• Honorable mention, Taran Gupta, Shepton High School

DFW Chapter of Hazardous Materials Managers

• First place, best hazardous materials project, Sriya Teerdhala and Sanjana Hiremath, Plano East Senior High School
• Honorable mention, Safa Azam and Arvind Ganesh, McMillen High School
• Honorable mention, Arnav Murthy and Abishai Rajan, Clark High School

Intel

• Excellence in computer science award, Yousuf Ahmad and Humza Salim, Jasper High School

MU Alpha Theta

• Award for Mathematics, Maxwell Jiang and Derek Quin, Plano West Senior High School

NASA

• Earth system science award, Sanjana Hiremath and Sriya Teerdhala, Plano East Senior High School

National Space Society of North Texas

• First place, space exploration scholarship, Rohan Chhaya and Walter Stark, Plano Senior High School
• Honorable mention, Arun Eswara, Plano East Senior High School

North Texas Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist (NTMN)

• NTMN senior division, Kavya Muralidhar, Plano East Senior High School
• Honorable mention, Sanjana Hiremath and Sriya Teerdhala, Plano East Senior High School

Office of Naval Research

• Naval science award, Vinamra Adikehithilu, Jasper High School
• Naval science award, Harshal Bharatia, Vines High School
• Naval science award, Nethra Krishnan, Jasper High School
• Naval science award, Tanaz Muhamed, Plano East Senior High School
• Naval science award, Avi Puranik, Clark High School
• Naval science award, Navya Ramakrishnan, Jasper High School
• Naval science award, Risha-Dianne Valera, Plano West Senior High School
• Naval science award, Annie Zhi, Plano Senior High School

Rockwell Collins Leadership Association

• First place, outstanding communications project, Kevin Meng, Plano West Senior High School
• Second place, outstanding communications project, Anika Bokil, McMillen High School
• Third place, outstanding communications project, Yousuf Ahmad, Jasper High School
• Third place, outstanding communications project, Humza Salim, Jasper High School

Southwestern Medical Foundation

• Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Award, Risha-Dianne Valera, Plano West Senior High School

State of Texas Chapter - Health Physics Society

• STC-HPS science fair excellence award, Sophie Krajmalnik, Shepton High School

Stockholm Junior Water Prize

• Award for excellence in a water-related project, Saachi Gulati, Plano East Senior High School
• Award for excellence in a water-related project, Olivia McCoy, Plano East Senior High School
• Award for excellence in a water-related project, Kavya Muralidhar, Plano East Senior High School
• Award for excellence in a water-related project, Kaustubh Sonawane, Jasper High School

Terracon, Inc.

• First place – individual, engineering excellence award, Annie Zhi, Plano Senior High School
• Second place – individual, engineering excellence award, Yash Saxena, Shepton High School
• Second place – individual, engineering excellence award, Arnold Venter, Shepton High School
• Third place – individual, engineering excellence award, Arjun Raghuram, Plano East Senior High School
• First place – individual, environmental excellence award, Eshan Chhabra, Plano Senior High School
• Second place – individual, environmental excellence award, Kavya Muralidhar, Plano East Senior High School

Texas Instruments

• Best electronics or computing project, Pranav Nathan, Jasper High School
• Best electronics or computing project, Yash Saxena, Shepton High School
• Best electronics or computing project, Arnold Venter, Shepton High School

The Cooper Institute

• Second place, exercise/health/nutrition, Hiranmayee Mohan, Vines High School

The Mars Society - DFW Chapter

• The Mars Society-curiosity award, Jeremy Zhang, Plano Senior High School
• Honorable mention, Andrew Cheng, Shepton High School
• Honorable mention, Andria Christian, Vines High School
• Honorable mention, Wesley Geng, Shepton High School

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 6th

• Exemplary achievement in environmental protection, Kavya Muralidhar, Plano East Senior High School
• Honorable mention, Mansi Madaik, McMillen High School
• Honorable mention, Jodie Pham, McMillen High School

U.S. Metric Association

• Best use of SI units in a project, Om Dodiya, Academy High School

WEAT / TAWWA

• First place, Saachi Gulati and Olivia McCoy, Plano East Senior High School
• Second place, Kaustubh Sonawane, Jasper High School
• Third place, Kavya Muralidhar, Plano East Senior High School

Yale Science and Engineering Association, Inc.

• Most outstanding eleventh grade exhibit, Risha-Dianne Valera, Plano West Senior High School