In 2022, ISEF awarded $31,000 to nineteen projects led by 21 students who qualified for ISEF at TXSEF. Congratulations to all the award winners!
First Award Winners ($5,000)
- Microbiology – Computational Analysis of the Cystic Fibrosis Lung Microbiome and Development of a Non-Toxic Quorum Quenching Cocktail Therapy To Inhibit Multispecies Biofilm Proliferation
Shriya Bhat | Plano East Senior High School - Behavioral and Social Sciences – iPonder: A Multimodal and Anonymous Approach to Remote Teen Mental Health Diagnosis and Peer-Based Conversational Therapy via Deep Transfer Learning and Computer Vision
Vivek Kogilathota | Rick Reedy High School -
Materials Science – Programmable Matter: A Microscale, Self-Reconfigurable, Modular Robotic Metamaterial
Sohi Patel | Academy of Science and Technology
Second Award Winners ($2,000)
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Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design – Redesigning Surface Conduction Manifolds To Improve the Efficiency and Reliability of Solar Cells
Otto Beall | Plano East Senior High School -
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics – Experimental Characterization of Inhibitors of the MSUT-2 Protein for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases (Year 2)
Rithvik Ganesh – Plano West Senior High School -
Cellular and Molecular Biology – The Mechanism of Methylmercury Permeation Through the Blood-Brain Barrier Using C. elegans
Zehra Jaffery | Jasper High School -
Behavioral and Social Sciences – SuiSensor: A Novel, Low-Cost Machine Learning System for Real-Time Suicide Risk Identification and Treatment Optimization via Computational Linguistics
Siddhanth Pachipala | Academy of Science and Technology -
Systems Software – A Home Automation System for Neuromuscular Disorder Patients Using Brain-Computer Interface
Navya Ramakrishnan | Plano Senior High School
Third Award Winners ($1,000)
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Biochemistry – An Integrative Approach of Utilizing Antipsychotic Supplements Designated for Schizophrenia and Endogenous Firing Rate Differential Equation Models To Induce Neuronal Synaptic Activity in PINK-1 Gene Mutated C. elegans With Parkinson’s Disease
Rajvi Babaria | Vista Ridge High School
Halley Compuesto | Vista Ridge High School
Mehak Gaba | Vista Ridge High School -
Biomedical and Health Sciences – Reusable Screening Method for Malaria Infections From Thin Blood Smear Images Using Convolutional Neural Network
Aaron George | Saint Dominic Savio Catholic High School -
Embedded Systems – Intelligent Vision System for the Visually Impaired
Sarang Goel – Coppell High School -
Environmental Engineering – Low-Cost Electrochemical Arsenic Detection (LEAD): A Novel Quantitative, Portable and Ultra-Sensitive Arsenic Sensor Using Pencil Lead
Aseel Rawashdeh – L C Anderson High School -
Embedded Systems – Finding Perfect Watermelons: Non-Destructive Ripeness Detection via Photoacoustics – A Pilot Study
Eric Zou | BASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus
Fourth Award Winners ($500)
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Plant Sciences – Computational Analysis of the Rhizosphere Metagenome and a Wet Lab Approach To Derive an Optimal Strategy for Heavy Metal Remediation in situ
Prisha Bhat – Plano Senior East High School -
Microbiology – Determining If Bacterial Genera Found in Natural Bat Roosts Are Known Fungal Inhibitors of Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) (Y7)
Calvin Carpenter | All Saints Episcopal High School -
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics – Decoding Genetics of Aging: A Neural Network Interpretation on Age-Associated Biomarker Data and Diseases
Hannah Guan | BASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus -
Biomedical Engineering – Wearable Electrochemical Sweat Sensor for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD): Year III
Suran Somawardana | BASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus -
Embedded Systems – Optimizing Micro-Computer Architecture in the Arithmetic Logic Unit
Emily Troutman | Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science -
Materials Science – Three-Dimensional Hierarchical Porous Electrode Structure for Improved Performance in Battery Applications
Alan Wang | Westlake High School
Special Awards
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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Award Winners
Chemistry – Engineering an Inexpensive and Sustainable Cellulose Battery Cell
Madelyn Puza | Academy of Science and Technology
Shivani Mundra | Academy of Science and Technology
Systems Software – A Home Automation System for Neuromuscular Disorder Patients Using Brain-Computer Interface
Navya Ramakrishnan | Plano Senior High School -
Certificate of Honorable Mention, a 1-year free student membership to the INCOSE, and free virtual admission to the 2022 International Symposium of the INCOSE Award Winner
Biomedical Engineering – Smart Leukemia Labs: A Low-Cost Microscope and Diagnostic Tool That Use Semantic Segmentation, Image Processing and Object Detection To Detect Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Adelle Jia Xin Yong | Westlake High School -
Drexel University – Full Tuition Scholarship Award Winners
Earth and Environmental Sciences – A Novel Method for Automated Identification and Prediction of Invasive Species Growth Using Deep Learning
Nathan Elias | Liberal Arts and Science Academy
Biomedical Engineering – Smart Leukemia Labs: A Low-Cost Microscope and Diagnostic Tool That Use Semantic Segmentation, Image Processing and Object Detection To Detect Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Adelle Jia Xin Yong | Westlake High School -
Full Scholarship from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Award Winner
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design – Redesigning Surface Conduction Manifolds To Improve the Efficiency and Reliability of Solar Cells
Otto Beall | Plano East Senior High School -
Honorable Mention
Earth and Environmental Sciences – A Novel Method for Automated Identification and Prediction of Invasive Species Growth Using Deep Learning
Nathan Elias | Liberal Arts and Science Academy
Earth and Environmental Sciences – Replicability of Light Pollution Effects on Timing of Butterfly Metamorphosis
Josephine Schultz | Winston Churchill High School -
IEEE Foundation – 2nd Place Award Winner
Systems Software – A Home Automation System for Neuromuscular Disorder Patients Using Brain-Computer Interface
Navya Ramakrishnan | Plano Senior High School -
IEEE Foundation – 3rd Place Award Winner
Biomedical Engineering – Smart Leukemia Labs: A Low-Cost Microscope and Diagnostic Tool That Use Semantic Segmentation, Image Processing and Object Detection To Detect Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Adelle Jia Xin Yong | Westlake High School -
Mu Alpha Theta, National High School, and Two-Year College Mathematics Honor Society 2nd Place Award Winner
Mathematics -Random Forest To Predict Dengue Cases and Outbreaks
Sanuja Dilanka Manage | Academy of Science and Technology -
National Security Agency Research Directorate -1st Place Award Winner (Principles of Security and Privacy)
Robotics and Intelligent Machines – Adaptive Learning: Evolving Explainable Predictions
Harshal V. Bharatia | Plano Senior High School -
National Security Agency Research Directorate -3rd Place Award Winner (Principles of Security and Privacy)
Mathematics – Fast and Furious: Designing an Ultra-Efficient Hybrid Matrix Multiplication Algorithm
Meryl Zhang | R.C Clark High School -
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society – 3rd Place Physical Science Award Winners
Environmental Engineering – Termite Biomimicry for Affordable, Eco-Friendly Homes
Mihika S. Eratne | Keystone School
Sathina Trevino | Keystone School -
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society 3rd Place Life Science Award Winners
Biomedical Engineering – Using AI To Detect Morphological Abnormalities of Leukocytes To Diagnose Leukemia
Anushka Aggarwal | Dulles High School
Madison Burke | Dulles High School -
The Chief of Naval Research Scholarship Award Winner
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics – Novel-DTI: A Machine Learning Pipeline To Predict Drug-Target Interactions for Large-Scale Drug Repurposing and Drug Discovery Using Multiplex, Heterogeneous Networks
Shreya Amalapurapu | Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science -
USAID Science for Development First place Award Winner – (Agriculture and Food Security)
Earth and Environmental Sciences – A Novel Method for Automated Identification and Prediction of Invasive Species Growth Using Deep Learning
Nathan Elias | Liberal Arts and Science Academy -
YM American Academy – 3rd place Award Winner
Chemistry – Breaking Chemical Bonds by Force: A Computational Investigation of Metal-C-H Interaction Under High Pressure
Carly Yang | Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science
