Animal Sciences
Junior Division
3rd: Calvin C., All Saints Episcopal School Middle School, Lubbock, TX | UV Light Treatment for Deadly Bat Fungus, Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Year 4)
2nd: Valeria P., Joaquin P., Brownsville-Manzano Middle School, Brownsville ISD | Daphnia in Danger! The Effects of Pollution on Aquatic Life
1st: Ellie L., Live Oak Classical School, Waco, TX | Bees In Decline
Senior Division
3rd: Sindhuja U., Westwood High School, Round Rock ISD | Silybum marianum and Rauwolfia serpentina as Novel Agents for Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment and Lifespan Extension in a Caenorhabditis elegans Model
2nd: Yareli G., Chapin High School, El Paso ISD | The Impacts of Ecologically Harmful Chemicals on the Freshwater Bioassay Daphnia magna
1st: Zihan Z., Texas Academy of Mathematics and Sciences High School, Denton ISD | Role of cisd-3 in C. elegans Fertility
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Junior Division
3rd: Lucille M., Canyon Ridge Middle School, Leander ISD | How does a Students Grade Affect their Brain Maturity/Learning Development?
2nd: Campbell T., Young Women’s Leadership Academy Middle School, San Antonio ISD | Effects of Parental Voting on Young Women’s Intention to Vote
1st: Winston G., Renner Middle School, Plano ISD | Through the Tinted Glass
Senior Division
3rd: Soumya S., Celeste T., The Woodlands College Park High School, Conroe ISD | From synaptic activity to conscious thought, how technology is changing children.
2nd: Mahi P., Academy of Science and Technology, Conroe ISD | A News Perspective: Effects of News Frames on Decision-Making and Emotional Responses Reflected by Measures of Non-Metabolic Heart Rate
1st: Rhythm G., also, a winner of the special award from the American Psychological Association, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Sciences High School, Denton ISD | Diagnosing Autism with Machine Learning: Binary Classification for Eye Movement in Virtual Reality Environment
Biochemistry
Junior Division
3rd: Gracie D., Live Oak Classical School, Waco, TX | Shelf Life of Tomatoes: Organic vs. Inorganic
2nd: Arshia N., Fowler Middle School, Frisco ISD | Algae: Protecting our Heart
1st: Ayumi V., Rudder Middle School, Northside ISD | Novel Eco-Friendly Adaptation for Increased Efficiency of Centella Asiática and Gynostemma Pentaphyllum Growth in Developing Countries Year ll
Senior Division
3rd: Pranav C., Noah M., Jasper High School, Plano ISD | An in vitro analysis of Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) of various Bacillus species on the decrease of Soil Porosity to prevent Pesticide Biomagnification
2nd: Bryce Y., Lasa High School, Austin ISD | Raspberry Ketone as a Cost Effective Approach to Reducing Adverse Effects in the Treatment of Breast Cancer
1st: Ashara S., Basis San Antonio High School, San Antonio, TX | The Effect of Senolytic Drugs on the Brain Shape or Functional Ability of Alzheimer Tau Drosophila
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Junior Division
3rd: Skylar T., Laura Bush Middle School, Lubbock-Cooper ISD | Water Is Life
2nd: Isabel C., Canyon Ridge Middle School, Leander ISD | How does the price of headphones affect the number of decibels read by an app?
1st: Pradyun B., Anirudh R., Jonathan Y., Pearson Middle School, Frisco ISD | Mind Mollifier
Senior Division
3rd: Jacob A., Jailene G., Health Careers High School, Northside ISD | Genetic Relationship of ZNF385D rs2543321 and CD8A rs2944254 to HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis
2nd: Anjali B., Taran G., Shepton High School, Plano ISD | The Effects of Curcumin on the Memory Preservation of Aspartame-Treated Dugesia tigrina
1st: Vaidya P., Clear Lake High School, Clear Creek ISD | The Missing Beat in the Stem-Cell Heart? Triggering Production of the Elusive T-Tubule Synthesis in mESCs using MBNL1
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Junior Division
3rd: Tasnim A., Austin Peace Academy Middle School, Austin, TX | Cost Effective Extraction of Chitin from Lobster Shells
2nd: Sumodha P., Harmony School of Innovation Middle School, Fort Worth, TX | Fermentation of Saccharides by Yeast
1st: Shayla C., Wiggs Middle School, El Paso ISD | The Effect of Altitude on Quercus Turbinella Trichome Density
Senior Division
3rd: Coban B., Lake Travis High School, Lake Travis ISD | The Effectiveness of an Allele-Specific Primer Mismatch as a Novel and Cost-Effective Application of PCR in SNP Genotyping
2nd: Lydia N., Michael N., Vista Ridge High School, Leander ISD | The Inhibition and Eradication of the Exopolysaccharide Biosynthesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm through the use of Antioxidants
1st: Zhuoran W., Colleyville Heritage High School, Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District | Regulation of SREBP-1 by Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Junior Division
3rd: Margaret M., John Drugan School, Socorro ISD | Economic Correlations to Neural Tube Defects
2nd: Athul M., Lawler Middle School, Frisco ISD | Designer Dosage: A Luxury or a Necessity?
1st: Hannah G., Basis San Antonio Middle School, San Antonio, ISD | Genetic Prediction of Biological Age
Senior Division
3rd: Rithvik G., Jasper High School, Plano ISD | Untangling Alzheimer’s: Using Artificial Intelligence to expedite the identification of promising drug candidates for the treatment of Alzheimer’s
2nd: Julia C., Texas Academy of Mathematics and Sciences High School, Denton ISD | Predicting the Development of Secondary Central Nervous System Cancer Through Ensemble Learning Methods
1st: Govind C., Cypress Woods High School, Cypress Fairbanks ISD | Using 3D Convolutional Neural Networks for Classification of Lung Nodules and Early Detection of Lung Cancer
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Junior Division
3rd: Tiffany C., Schimelpfenig Middle School, Plano ISD | Oysters, Clams, or Microfibers? Which microfiber filter is the most efficient?
2nd: Sophia P., Mia L., Idea McAllen Middle School, Idea Public Schools – Rio Grande Valley | Reevaluation of Chemicals Contaminants and Bacterial Inhabitants in Public Water Systems
1st: Alinne R., Young Women’s Leadership Academy Middle School, San Antonio ISD | The Effects of Exposure of CO² on the Population of Gymnodinium
Senior Division
3rd: Sanjana H., Sriya T., Plano East Senior High School, Plano ISD | Bioremediation of Tetracycline Polluted Soils: How Antibiotic Resistance can Reduce Antibiotic Pollution in the Environment and a Solution to Groundwater Antibiotic Pollution
2nd: Michael G., Academy of Science and Technology, Conroe ISD | Examining Cultural Eutrophication: A Novel Smartphone Application for the Determination and Mapping of Phosphate Content in Aquatic Ecosystems via Crowdsourcing
1st: Jack D., also, a winner of the NASA Earth System Science special award, Lake Travis High School, Lake Travis ISD | The effect of Carboxymethyl Cellulose on the Filtration Capabilities of Zebra Mussels
Microbiology
Junior Division
3rd: Adithi R., Shakti R., Renner Middle School, Plano ISD | The Effect of Essential Oils on Escherichia Coli Serotype O157:H7 in Comparison to the Antibiotic Ampicillin
2nd: Alexandria F., Keystone School, San Antonio, TX | The Effect of Arginine-Glycine-Aspartic Acid (RGD Peptide) on the Cell Proliferation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
1st: Abby M., Joanna S., Keystone School, San Antonio, TX | The Effect of Probiotics on C. Elegans After Treatment With a Bacterial Pathogen
Senior Division
3rd: Manasa S., Colleyville Heritage High School, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD | Biosensor: A Heavy Metal Toxin Detector for Human Blood Through the Application of Bioluminescent Bacteria
2nd: Jake R., John Jay High School, Northside ISD | The Relationship Between Drug Resistance and Coliphage φX174 Resistance in Escherichia coli for a Favorable Solution to the Antibiotic Crisis
1st: Anirudh K., Keystone School, San Antonio, TX | Targeted SpnI Gene Expression Manipulation Via Focused Electromagnetic Stimulation/Inhibition of LuxR Family Proteins in Serratia marcescens
Plant Sciences
Junior Division
2nd: Andrew G., Lincoln Middle School, El Paso ISD | The Effects on Multiple Fabaceae Species Under Varied Amounts of Radiation
2nd: Brenda R., Young Women’s Leadership Academy Middle School, San Antonio ISD | Rhizobia on Clover
1st: Ganesh V., Friendswood Junior High School, Friendswood ISD | Can Potassium help Save Water in Rice Production?
Senior Division
3rd: Adham K., Academy of Science and Technology, Conroe ISD | Organic Stimulation of Plant Growth – Bacterial Endophytes from Leersia oryzoides
2nd: Karthik K., Tom V., Zach V., Coppell High School, Coppell ISD | Plant-Based Water Purification: The Antibacterial and Flocculating Capabilities of the Moringa Oleifera Lam. Seed Extracts as a Purifier for Polluted Water
1st: Emily C., Brenham High School, Brenham ISD | Space Botanist: Effects of Fertilizer on Tomatoes Grown Upside Down in 75% Regolith
Translational Medical Sciences
Junior Division
3rd: Samuel T., McCullough Junior High School, Conroe ISD | Does Cinnamon Lower Glucose in Diabetic Patients?
2nd: Paula R. St. Matthew Catholic School, San Antonio, TX | The Role of Melatonin and Omega-3 in Cognitive and Functional Healing after Post-Traumatic Brain Injury
1st: Rotem R. McCullough Junior High School, Conroe ISD | The Effect of Different Spices on the Regeneration of Brown Planaria (Dugesia tigrina) : A Model for Cancer Treatment
Senior Division
3rd: Prabhav V., Westwood High School, RoundRock ISD | Optimal Microrobot Development Methods for In Vivo Targeted Biomedical Treatments
2nd: Pablo V., UTRGV Mathematics & Science Academy, UTRGV ISD | Development of Smart Bandages to Control the Healing Process of Chronic Wounds
1st: Arnav G., Adarsha P., Dulles High School, Fort Bend ISD | TMZ+X: siRNA-based synthetic lethal screening and synergism with TMZ as a novel approach to inhibition of proliferation in GBM
Biomedical Engineering
Junior Division
3rd: Zen L., Laura Bush Middle School, Lubbock-Cooper ISD | Optical Mobility V2
2nd: Chante M., John Drugan School, Socorro ISD | Grip It or Slip It!
1st: Vishnu V., Fowler Middle School, Frisco ISD | Mind Controlled Hand: Using Mu Wave Desynchronization Caused by Visualizing Motor Actions to Control a Prosthetic Hand
Senior Division
2nd: Rakaan A., Rohan M., Academy of Science and Technology, Conroe ISD | A Cost-Efficient Solution Towards Body Powered Prostheses Through The Use Of Additive Manufacturing
2nd: Prerit C., Plano East Senior High School, Plano ISD | Engineering a Novel Wearable Biosensing Mechanism Through the Implementation Of Microelectromechanical Systems and Machine Learning to Realize Anomalies Hinting Toward Future Fatal Cardiac Episode
1st: No Award
Chemistry
Junior Division
3rd: Krithi S., Schimelpfenig Middle School, Plano ISD | The Polystyrene Predicament
2nd: Roopa P., McCullough Junior High School, Conroe ISD | Spherification – Alternate for Plastic
1st: Imaan A., Renaissance Academy Middle School, Austin, TX | Which commercial antacid works the best for neutralizing stomach acid?
Senior Division
3rd: Zhi-Wei Z., Zeng Homeschool | Facile Synthesis of Super Hydrophobic Sponge for Underwater Oil-Water Separation
2nd: Mina P., McMillen High School, Plano ISD | The Outcomes of Commonly Used Essential Oils As Mosquito Repellent
1st: Eunyoung K., Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Denton ISD | Photothermal efficiency of silver nanoparticles in three dimensional tissue models: An investigation on the effect of nanoparticle size and polymeric substrate models on nanoparticle light to heat conversion efficiency
Embedded Systems
Junior Division
3rd: Raghav R., Rice Middle School, Plano ISD | Bee Prepared: An Optimized Swarming Drone Dispersion System
2nd: Emmett D., Northeast ISD STEM Academy, Northeast ISD | SASSI – Shooter Alert School System Intervention
1st: Otto B., Otto Middle School, Plano ISD | An Affordable Braille Embosser II
Senior Division
3rd: Shobha D., Yashas Y., Andrew S., Academy of Science and Technology, Conroe ISD | Developing A Cost-Efficient System to Monitor Physical Therapy Exercise
2nd: Rekha S., Rajiv S., Plano East Senior High, Plano ISD | See Through the Rubble: A Mobile Bioradar Life Detection System for Search and Rescue Following Natural Disasters
1st: Satvik D., Westwood High School, Round Rock ISD | GlycosaMonitor – A Noninvasive Glucose Monitoring System for People with Diabetes
Energy: Chemical
Junior Division
3rd: Naviya R., Fowler Middle School, Frisco ISD | Constructing Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Plasmonic Substances
2nd: Nidhi K., Boon Elementary, Allen ISD | This Nut is on Fire
1st: Timmy R., China Spring Middle School, China Spring ISD | Using Alternative Energy Sources to Power Medical Devices
Senior Division
3rd: Rohan C., Walter S., Plano Senior High School, Plano ISD | UltraSolar: Increasing Photovoltaic Efficiency Via a Novel Add-on of Fluorescent and Phosphorescent Solutions
2nd: Nora B., Ayla S., Austin Peace Academy High School, Austin, TX | Using Carbon Nanotubes to Create Flexible Fuel Cells
1st: Ashna S., Ashay S., Plano East Senior High, Plano ISD | Optimizing and Fine-Tuning Electrode Pore Sizes Utilizing Varying Ratios of the Immiscible Polymer Blend PAN-PS for High Energy Density and Wide Temperature Range Supercapacitors
Energy: Physical
Junior Division
3rd: Alex K., Trinity School, Midland ISD | Wind turbine efficiency
2nd: Armaan S., Canyon Vista Middle School, Round Rock ISD | Can Piezoelectricity Be Used To Charge Batteries?
1st: Alan H., Keystone School, San Antonio, TX | Improving The Efficiency of A Stirling Engine
Senior Division
3rd: Eshan C., Plano Senior High School, Plano ISD | New Hope: Creating an Energy Efficient and Cost-Effective Method of Electricity Generation via Biaxially-oriented Polypropylene and Polytetrafluoroethylene Static Nanogenerators
2nd: Richard W., McMillen High School, Plano ISD | The Great Harvest: Using Energy Harvesting to Prolong the Battery Life of a Smartphone
1st: Kumaran S., Clear Lake High School, Clear Creek ISD | Microlens-enhanced flexible gallium arsenide microcell array for low-cost, roof-top photovoltaics for automobiles
Engineering Mechanics
Junior Division
3rd: Austin G., Harmony School of Innovation Middle School, Fort Worth, TX | Channel Wing
2nd: Samira Y., Schimelpfenig Middle School, Plano ISD | One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish – Making a Customizable Automatic Fish Feeder
1st: Tess G., Haggard Middle School, Plano ISD | Magnetic Shake Generator
Senior Division
2nd: Logan M., Max O., Academy of Science and Technology, Conroe ISD | Improving Aerodynamic Efficiency in Toroidal Aerospike Rocket Engines
2nd: Megan C., Navarro High School, Navarro ISD | Solar Optimized Hydrogen Powered Vehicle
1st: Darryl P., also, a winner of the special award from the Yale Science & Engineering Association, Academy of Science and Technology, Conroe ISD | The Mini-Workstation for Astronauts Redefined
Environmental Engineering
Junior Division
2nd: Ved G., Sartarita Middle School, Fort Bend ISD | Breaking Down the Breakwaters
2nd: Akshay U., Otto Middle School, Plano ISD | Non-invasive Water Usage Detector
1st: Chase H., Laura Bush Middle School, Lubbock-Cooper ISD | Heating Water For a Sustainable Future
Senior Division
3rd: Steven W., Richard Z., Clear Lake High School, Clear Creek ISD | Application of Engineered Natural Materials for Phosphorus Removal to Control Algae Blooms in Eutrophic Water with Insight into Chemical Mechanisms and Large-Scale Feasibility Analysis
2nd: Wajiha M., Varisha M., Austin Peace Academy High School, Austin, TX | Cost effective Water Filtration and Desalination system using Fatty Acids
1st: Regina S., Early College Academy, Clint ISD | Biodegradable Farming Bags: Fabricating Cassava Plastic Utilizing Gelatinization and Retrogradation Technique
Materials Science
Junior Division
3rd: Kathy N., Killough Middle School, Alief ISD | Rosin Precaution
2nd: Samuel F., Col. John O. Ensor Middle School, Socorro ISD | Taming Inferno
1st: Milo M., Isbill Junior High School, McGregor ISD | Stealth Technology
Senior Division
3rd: Samya A., UTRGV Mathematics and Science Academy, UTRGV ISD | Development of Piezoelectric Nonwoven Polymer Composites Fibers
2nd: Annie Z., Plano Senior High School, Plano ISD | A Bioinspired Multifunctional Liquid-Repellent and Self-cleaning Coating for Sustainable Building Applications
1st: Arshia E., Plano Senior High School, Plano ISD | The Sound of a Solution: The Development and Engineering of an Affordable, Self-Calibrating Hearing Aid Via Porous Nitinol Compression and a Novel Concave Amplification Technique
Mathematics
Junior Division
3rd: Kenneth K., Pflugerville Middle School, Pflugerville ISD | Instability’s effect on Economic Factors in Africa
2nd: Danyaal M., Austin Peace Academy Middle School, Austin, TX |Identifying Carbohydrate Levels According to Food Labels
1st: Emily T., League City Intermediate School, Clear Creek ISD | Optimizing Crowd Emergency Evacuation Response Time Using Pedestrian Evacuation Dynamics, Monte Carlo Simulation, and Nash Equilibrium Theory
Senior Division
2nd: Brendan A., Academy of Science and Technology, Conroe ISD | Implementing Econophysics to Predict Mixed Migrations
2nd: Sean E., Home School, North Texas Academy of Higher Learning – High School Division | A Scalable Network Model for Fisher-Eigen Evolutionary Processes
1st: Umangi S., also, a winner of the special award from MU Alpha Theta, McMillen High School, Plano ISD | Creating a Mathematical Algorithm for Insulin Intake
Physics and Astronomy
Junior Division
3rd: Gillian F., Seabrook Intermediate School, Clear Creek ISD | Mister Extinguisher
2nd: Delaney M., Moorhead Junior High School, Conroe, ISD | A Sun Clock – I think not?
1st: Caedan H., Montessori Mastery School of Odessa, Odessa, TX | The Last Lightbender: The Science of Refraction
Senior Division
3rd: Nicholas Z., Plano West Senior High, Plano ISD | Fine-Tuning Thin-Film Thermoacoustic Speakers For Wearable Electronics
2nd: Sebastian S., Academy of Science and Technology, Conroe ISD | Faraday’s Return
1st: Steven D., Jack P., Academy of Science and Technology, Conroe ISD | Predicting Sporadic E and Tropospheric Ducting to Enable for Long Distance VHF Communication
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Junior Division
3rd: Adil H., Rice Middle School, Plano, ISD | iSight – Artificial Intelligence Brings Vision to Visually Impaired
2nd: Nimit S., Sue Crouch Intermediate, Crowley ISD | Which Voice Controlled Personal Assistant Is The Most Helpful?
1st: Dhruv C., Fowler Middle School, Frisco ISD | Machine Learning for Pneumonia Detection
Senior Division
3rd: Adithya K., Lasa High School, Austin ISD | Development of a stereoscopic vision algorithm to autonomously construct and respond to an accurate real-time disparity map of foreign environments using an ultralight region-based convolutional neural network
2nd: Derek H., Ian P., Academy of Science and Technology, Conroe ISD | Proposing, Iterating, and Validating an Innovative Deep Learning Architecture
1st: Kevin M., Plano West Senior High School, Plano ISD | The Sixth Sense with Artificial Intelligence: An Innovative Solution for Real-Time Retrieval of the Human Figure Behind Visual Obstruction
Systems Software
Junior Division
3rd: Divya P., McCullough Junior High School, Conroe ISD | Grudgingly Biased
2nd: Juan E., La Joya-Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School, La Joya ISD | Gaming System for the Blind
1st: Anushka A., Madison B., Quail Valley Middle School, Fort Bend ISD | Auxilium- Helping People with Disabilities Travel Safer and More Efficiently
Senior Division
3rd: Alay S., Shepton High School, Plano ISD | Deep Learning Traffic Camera Network for Erratic Driving Detection
2nd: Navya R., Jasper High School, Plano ISD | An Intelligent System for the Prediction of Epileptic Seizures using Machine Learning Algorithms
1st: Kabir J., Academy of Science and Technology, Conroe ISD | EyeSpy Diagnosis: Developing a Non-Invasive Smartphone-Based Intelligent Device and Application for the Accurate and Affordable Diagnosis of Eye Fundus Anomalies via Machine Learning
