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2014 Ince, Lucas How Do Different Factors Affect the Accuracy of Neural Networks in the Binary Decision Making of Cancer Detection? Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MN
2014 Abuzarov, Ayaz New Approach to Synthesis of Glucose-Phosphates and Their Use to Increase the Efficiency of ATP Earth and Environmental Sciences Azerbaijan
2014 Cortes García, Tania
Escarcega Ramirez, Monserrat
Lopez Carrasco, Andres
Manufacture and Design of a Grating-Based Low Density Polyethylene and Urea Formaldehyde Obtained from Human Urine Earth and Environmental Sciences Mexico
2014 Mitra, Abhishek "PACEBYTE": A Research Engine Based on Automated Summarization Earth and Environmental Sciences India
2014 Sanchez, Andre (School: Advanced Technologies Academy) Novel Iron-Catalyzed Hetero Diels-Alder Reaction directed towards Natural Product Synthesis Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL Fourth Award of $500
2014 He, Jiacheng Jason (School: The Energy Coast UTC) Detecting Heart Disease Faster Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX Third Award of $1,000
2014 Fadden, Ryann (School: Shaker High School) Synthesis of Aspirin and the Importance of the Strength of the Acid Catalyst Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OR
2014 Kim, Sofie (School: Jasper County High School)
Levy, Jacob (School: Jasper County High School)
Greener, More Efficient Synthesis of a Medicinally Applicable 1,2,3-triazole Derivative Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MN
2014 Jurado, Maria (School: Success Academy DSU) Synthesizing a STAT3 Dimerization Inhibitor Molecule via Retrosynthetic Analysis Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America HI Fourth Award of $500
2014 Morch, Alexander Astrobiology: The Formation of Life-Supporting Amino Acids on Cosmic Dust Particles Earth and Environmental Sciences Denmark
2014 Srinivasan, Anand RNNScan: Eukaryotic Gene Finding via Hybrid Recurrent Neural Networks Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America GA European Organization for Nuclear Research-CERN: All expense paid trip to tour CERN
2014 Varsani, Priyal (School: Salinas High School)
Vasta, Davyani (School: Salinas High School)
Biofuel from Tree Fungus Earth and Environmental Sciences Kenya
2014 Chan, Tai Hei (School: St. Mary's College)
Fang, Er Hai (School: St. Mary's College)
Mechanism of Chinese Silver Staining Diagnosis and Its Application as Rapid Test for Chronic Renal Failure Earth and Environmental Sciences China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Philip V. Streich Memorial Award to the London International Youth Science Forum
First Award of $5,000
Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000
2014 Fowler, Hayden (School: Pelham Memorial High School) The Effect of (ALPHA)-Cyclodextrin on the Solubility of Methane into Water for the Formation of Clathrate Hydrates Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AL
2014 Mahmoud, Sara Enzyme Concentration Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX
2014 Menart, Michael (School: Herricks High School) Developing Automatic Music Transcription Software Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OH
2014 Halbing, Albert Modification of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction Using Iridium (IV) Oxide Combined with Precious Metals through the Dip-Coating/Calcination Reaction, a Sixth Year Study Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL Fourth Award of $500
2014 Pradhan, Roma (School: Roswell High School) Train the Artificial Brain II: Computer-Aided Diagnosis and Treatment Plan of Alzheimer's Disease using Neural Networks Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX Second Award of $2,000
2014 Bogdanova, Alina Dendritic Polymers as a Modifier of Chromatographic and Electrophoretic Systems in the Determination of Vitamin and Amino Acids Earth and Environmental Sciences Russian Federation
2014 Gibson, Daija Burning Calories Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America LA
2014 Madaj, Pavel Artificial Intelligence: Evolution and Genetic Algorithms Earth and Environmental Sciences Slovakia
2014 Kumar, Jagath Eye of the Storm Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MA
2014 Banchiero, Francesca
Papa, Alessandra
Pinna, Margherita
4+1 Earth and Environmental Sciences Italy
2014 Amri, Alaa A Novel Method for Melanoma Skin Cancer Diagnosis at an Early Stage Using ANN and DNA Analysis Earth and Environmental Sciences Tunisia
2014 Silva, Nipun Artificial Intelligence Sense for the Blind to Play Video Games using Their Tongue Earth and Environmental Sciences Sri Lanka Fourth Award of $500
2014 Olatunbosun, Rosemary Considering the Green Economy of Recycling Amberlyst-15 Beads Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MN
2014 Demetriou, Sophia A Novel Approach to Biometric Identification Using an Iris Scanner Earth and Environmental Sciences South Africa Fourth Award of $500
2014 Sivaraman, Venkatesh (School: Perham High School) SNAP: A Novel Algorithm for Fast Global Sequence Alignment and Database Search Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America LA Third Award of $1,000
2014 Litt, Michael (School: El Dorado High School) A Novel Filter for Tracking Trends in Noisy Real-Time Data Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OH
2014 Schroeder, Taylor Flax Seed Biodiesel, Phase IV: Omega 3 Extraction Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MT
2014 Yakura, Hiromu Detecting the Structure of Videos by Extracting Features from Time Series User Interaction Data Earth and Environmental Sciences Japan
2014 Borovitinov, Ilya
Shtephan, Michael
Environment for Probabilistic Amino Acid Analysis Earth and Environmental Sciences Russian Federation
2014 Kutsenok, Ekaterina New Approach to the Block Synthesis of Alginate Fragments: The Molecular  Geometry and Stereo Selectivity of the Mannuronyl Donors Earth and Environmental Sciences Russian Federation Second Award of $2,000
2014 Tanprasert, Thitaree
Tanprasert, Teerapaun
A Heart-Rate-Controlled Animated Exercise Trainer Using Neural-Network-Based Adaptive Control Earth and Environmental Sciences Thailand
2014 Dinh, Nghi
Pham, Minh Cuong
Programming Independence Evolution Earth and Environmental Sciences Viet Nam
2014 Zweig, Joshua Diagnosis of Abnormalities in 3-Dimensional Mammograms via an Artificial Neural Network Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY Third Award of $1,000
2014 Laidlaw, Cassidy (School: Oakville Trafalgar High School) What's Your Problem? Automatically Summarizing Scientific Research with Open Problems Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America RI Fourth Award of $500
2014 Zietlow, Nathaniel Parallel Sorting Algorithms in C Using Open Multi-Processing Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IL
2014 Ball, Ryan King's Electrolyte Drink vs. Pedialyte, Phase II Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America UT
2014 Devinney, Hannah (School: Liceo Scientifico Federigo Enriques) Automated American Sign Language Translation: Identifying the Handshape Component of American Sign Language Using a 3D-camera and Handtracking Middleware Library to Create a Basis for an Automated Sign Translator Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America VA
2014 Agababyan, Daniil
Dorokhov, Valentin
Design of Novel Poly(oximinoalkyl) amines and their Applications in Catalysis Earth and Environmental Sciences Russian Federation
2014 Kanevsky, Ariel (School: Harmony School of Nature) Development of a Novel Machine Learning Algorithm to Monitor Vascular Tissue Transfers Using Speech Recognition Techniques Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY First Award of $5,000
2014 Zhang, Guochuan Evolving Quantum Gomoku Engines Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IL
2014 Paskov, Ivan Predicting Cancer Drug Response Using Nuclear Norm Multi-Task Learning Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY Fourth Award of $500
2014 Hoehne, Rush (School: Wheaton High School)
Lane III, Larry (School: Wheaton High School)
Lawrence, Jr., Trenton (School: Wheaton High School)
Programming an Adaptive Artificial Intelligence Utilizing Neural Networks and the Monte Carlo Tree Search Method Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IL
2014 Alnakkas, Zahraa Evaporation Enhancement Earth and Environmental Sciences Kuwait
2014 Ban, Busra The Synthesis of Thiophene Derived Conductive Copolymer and the Analysis of the Properties of Electrochromic Devices Earth and Environmental Sciences Turkey Fourth Award of $500
2014 Hang, William (School: Applied Technology High School - Fujairah) Semantic Multilayer SVM: Novel Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision Applied to Prostate Cancer Grading and Breast Cancer Diagnosis Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA European Organization for Nuclear Research-CERN: All expense paid trip to tour CERN
Second Award of $2,000
2014 Soliman, Yousuf (School: Janos Zsigmond Unitarian High School) Indium: Using Novel Machine Learning Algorithms to Develop a Nondisease-specific Personalized Medicine Engine Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA First Award of $5,000
2014 Friesen, Benjamin iSPI: Integrated System for Pest Identification Earth and Environmental Sciences Canada
2014 Schwartz, Sarah (School: Hershey High School) Comparison of Common Linear Pseudorandom Number Generators Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America KY
2014 Feldmann, Axel Search Engine to Map FDA Approved Drugs to Diseases Based on Microarray Data Mined from GEO Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY Third Award of $1,000
2014 Ramadurgam, Kalyani High Dimensional Clustering Algorithms Applied to Face Recognition of Obscured Faces Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA Third Award of $1,000
2014 Simpson, Claire (School: Jasper County High School) Toward a Total Synthesis of Novel Anti-Cancer Drimentine C Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MN
2014 Ericsson, Axel Algorithm for Machine Reading Earth and Environmental Sciences Sweden
2014 McInnis, Daniel Twinsight: A Novel Multifactor Behavioral Analysis Algorithm for Social Media Earth and Environmental Sciences Canada European Organization for Nuclear Research-CERN: All expense paid trip to tour CERN
Fourth Award of $500
2014 Zhen, Christopher (School: Newcastle High School) Gold-Catalyzed Hydroamination of Methylene Cyclopropanes in Enantioselective Drug Synthesis Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NC
2014 Pan, Chuanbo myEyeAssistant: Using Computer Vision to Create a Smart Camera Based Navigation System Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America GA
2014 Al-Sulaiti, Abdulaziz
E.Ahmednooh, Majid
Shams, Abdulaziz
Recycling Sugary Remnants to Produce Ethanol Earth and Environmental Sciences Qatar
2014 Staszewski, Adam Identifying Pollen Cells Using Computer Analysis: An Aid for Allergists, Immunologists, and Other Health Care Specialists Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IN
2014 Olsen, Jimmy Antimalarials: Modeling the Next Generation Inhibitors Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America PA
2014 Chung, Ryan MobileSoundDiscoveryApp: Mobile Audio Medical Devices and Quantitative-Qualitative Audio Analysis Applications and Designs Using an Autonomous Audio Knowledge Engine Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IN
2014 Dhawan, Ankush Object Recognition for the Visually Impaired: Utilization of 3D Sensor Technology to Help the Blind "See" Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IN
2014 Rees, Gavin Modifying the One-Time Pad Cryptosystem for Practical Use Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America PA Fourth Award of $500
2014 Cui, Tingyue Factors that Influence Energies of Simple Hydrocarbons Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IN Third Award of $1,000
2014 Hendricks, Shannon Synthesis of Magnetically Separable Catalysts and Nanosupports for Synthesizing Transportation Fuels Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IN
2014 Pease, Gailin Potential for Learning and Memory in Evolutionary Robotics Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America VT
2014 Fitzgerald, Brian
Ruhl, Conner
A New General Method of Relational Heuristics Utilizing Agent-Based Collective Intelligence Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IL
2014 Jandura, Sven (School: Patrick Henry High School)
Sidley-Parker, William (School: Patrick Henry High School)
Zhang, Jovan (School: Patrick Henry High School)
Are You Smarter than a Sentry Gun?: An Investigation of Motion Tracking Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NM
2014 Zeisner, Theresa Dendritic Crystallization of Salts Earth and Environmental Sciences Germany
2014 Lackas, Jessica Conway's Labyrinth Earth and Environmental Sciences Germany
2014 Salg, Gabriel Supramolecular Host-Guest Complexes as Fluorescent Markers in Tumor Diagnostics Earth and Environmental Sciences Germany Third Award of $1,000
2014 Olive, Anthony Enabling Robots to Navigate Complex Environments through the Use of a Learning AI Algorithm Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2014 Miglani, Vivek Determining Optimal Police Patrol Times and Locations Using Local Search Techniques Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2014 Zhu, Jaimie (School: Al-Amal School) Glyco-Amino Acid Synthesis and the Effect of Glycosylation on Chemotaxis Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CO
2017 Flieller, Jean-Baptiste (School: Divina Pastora)
Suvanto, Elias (School: Takev Science High School)
Study and Modeling of Pressure and Temperature during a Geyser Eruption Earth and Environmental Sciences France Geological Society of America &amp
American Geosciences Institute: First Award of $1,250
Third Award of $1,000
2017 Ahmed, Mansoor (School: Fazekas Mihaly High School)
Rizwan, Hassan (School: III Liceum Ogolnoksztatcace im. Marynarki Wojennej RP w Gdyni)
Biodegradable Plastic from Gelidium pusillum Earth and Environmental Sciences Pakistan
2017 Caballero, Irene (School: Amity International School)
Hernandez, Nicolas (School: Universidad Interamericana)
Analysis of Possible Pollution in the San Francisco Stream Earth and Environmental Sciences Uruguay
2017 Mahdzir, Munirah Suhada (School: Internatsschule Schloss Hansenberg) Durio Plastico Earth and Environmental Sciences Malaysia
2017 Burkey, Madeline (School: Özel Küçük Prens Lisesi) The Effect of EDTA Chelation as a Desorption Mechanism Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America GA Drexel University: Full tuition scholarship $194,000
2017 Kim, Nayoung (School: Taguig Science High School)
Kim, Hyeryeong (School: Szechenyi Istvan High School)
Air Purifier Using Water for Fine Particle Reduction in School Earth and Environmental Sciences South Korea
2017 Tonson, Eva-Maria (School: Hugo Treffner Gymnasium) Detection of Built-Up Areas from ERS-2, Envisat and Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar Data Earth and Environmental Sciences Estonia Fourth Award of $500
2017 Hough, Emily (School: Höhere Technische Bundeslehranstallt)
Ryan, Casey (School: Instituto Federal de Educacao, Ciencia e Tecnologia de Mato Grosso do Sul)
Wells, Jacob (School: Höhere Technische Bundeslehr- und Versuchsanstalt Villach)
Mass-Transfer Theory versus Pan Evaporation Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2017 Cleveland, Chase (School: Kadrina Secondary School)
Cleveland, Connor (School: Jubilee School)
Crumb Rubber for Artificial Turf: The Effect on Water Systems by Heavy Metal Leaching Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2017 Gabrielski, Alexandra (School: No. 6 High School) Increasing the Sustainability of a Heterotrophic Algae Biomass Production System: A Six Year Study of Chlorella vulgaris Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL Third Award of $1,000
2017 Goodwin, Jared (School: Bergen Catholic High School) Arsenic Contamination through Tsunami Wave Movement in Hawaii: Investigating the Concentration of Heavy Metals in the Soil from the 1960 Hilo, Hawaii Tsunami Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America HI National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: Award of $500
Geological Society of America &amp
American Geosciences Institute: Third Award of $500
Fourth Award of $500
2017 Toll, Spencer (School: Ort Psagot)
Tucker, Joshua (School: The San Juan Math, Science and Technology Center)
Indium Prospecting Using Neural Nets Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2017 Chan, King Lun (School: Parkway North High School)
Ching, Yu Hin (School: Chillicothe High School)
Leung, Pok Him Michael (School: Vaskivuoren Lukio)
The Synthesis of High Oil Affinity Ester Macro Molecule with Renewable Resources Earth and Environmental Sciences China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Third Award of $1,000
2017 Fitri, Sakina (School: The Early College Academy)
Lakshita, Najmuna (School: Thang Long High School For The Gifted)
Scientific Wisdom behind Yogyakarta Palace's Sustainable Resilience to Natural Hazards Earth and Environmental Sciences Indonesia
2017 Bvungo, Ivy (School: Cross County High School) Investigating Flood Warning Systems Earth and Environmental Sciences Zimbabwe
2017 Goncharov, Evgenij (School: Fayetteville High School) Determination of Size and Concentration of Water Droplets in Experiments with Wilson Chamber Earth and Environmental Sciences Russian Federation
2017 West, Kenneth (School: San Lorenzo Valley High School) Improving Shade Balls Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL Fourth Award of $500
2017 Thakkar, Khushi (School: South River High School) Testing the Waters: Development of A Novel Chitosan-Based Water Filter for Industrial and Third World Applications Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX King Abdulaziz &amp
his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity: Award of $1,000 for Water Technology
Samvid Education Foundation: Agni Third Award
2017 Patel, Krishna (School: The Classical Academy: College Pathways) Groundwater Quality of the Aquifers Underlying the Mississippi Embayment and the Gulf Coastal Plain Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AR Fourth Award of $500
2017 Barreto, Gabrielle (School: Hamden High School) Difference in Antibiotic Resistance on Biofilms vs. Whole Water Samples in an Aquatic Environment Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CO
2017 Bollimpalli, Meghana (School: Lakeshore High School) Use of Waste Carbon Dioxide as a Renewable Reagent to Catalytically Synthesize Commercially Useful Cyclic Carbonates Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AR National Aeronautics and Space Administration: First Award of $2500
Third Award of $1,000
2017 Schweinfurth, Raley (School: Henry W. Grady High School) Detection and Removal of Dinotefuran from the Environment: A Multi-Year HPLC-MS Analysis Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OR Drexel University: Full tuition scholarship $194,000
2017 Lawton-Wade, Eleanor (School: Parkview High School) In Hot Water – Consequences for Global Fresh Water Quality: A Quantitative Study on the Effects of Rising Freshwater Temperatures on Water Chemistry and Microorganism Biomass and Productivity Earth and Environmental Sciences Australia King Abdulaziz &amp
his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity: Award of $1,000 for Water Technology
2017 Pingali, Sahithi An Innovative Crowdsourcing Approach to Monitoring Freshwater Bodies Earth and Environmental Sciences India U.S. Agency for International Development: USAID Global Development Innovation First Place Award of $3000
ASU Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service: Award of $2,500
King Abdulaziz &amp
his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity: Award of $1,000 for Water Technology
Second Award of $2,000
2017 Ludgate, Drake (School: The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky)
Miner, Nathaniel (School: Kalani High School)
Black Carbon Detection: A Regional Snow Survey Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CO
2017 Ellison, Rayna (School: Oak Grove High School) Natural Attenuation of Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) Nanoparticles Photo-Catalysis – Phase II, Marine Systems Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OK
2017 Wentzlaff, Claire (School: Benilde-St. Margaret's) The Effects of Bacillus Bacteria on the Invasive Species Lemna minor (Duckweed) Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MN Arizona State University: Arizona State University Intel ISEF Scholarship
2017 Middleton, Macey (School: Plymouth High School) Taking the Pulse of Tar Creek: A Lab and Field Study of Macroinvertebrates in Tar Creek Coupled with a Heavy Metal Water Analysis Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OK Serving Society Through Science: Second Award of $500
2017 Navar, Maya (School: Cornerstone Christian School) Moringa oleifera: Purify Your Water Supply Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX
2017 Pires, Luis (School: Bergen County Academies) Are These Plants GMO? Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MA
2017 Beasley, Sonata (School: Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science)
White, Shasta (School: Shanghai Datong High School)
Human Impacts on Coral Reefs Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America HI
2017 Liu, Pin-Lan (School: Inglemoor High School)
Ou, Hsu-Feng (School: Watchung Hills Regional High School)
A Geochemical Investigation of Volcaniclastic Rocks from Northern Taiwan: A Provenance Study Earth and Environmental Sciences Chinese Taipei
2017 Kavishka, Pattiyage (School: Moorestown High School)
Perera, Alujjage (School: La Cueva High School)
Micro and Nano Engineering for Wastewater: Toxic Cr(VI) Remediation Using Biochar and Nanoparticle from Wastewater Earth and Environmental Sciences Sri Lanka King Abdulaziz &amp
his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity: Award of $1,000 for Water Technology
Fourth Award of $500
2017 Knight, Margaret (School: Pelham Memorial High School) Impact of Ocean Acidification on Relative Fitness and Interspecies Interactions of Picophytoplankton Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AL
2017 Long, Savannah (School: Columbus Grove High School) The Effect of Light on Fireflies Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America VA
2017 Salvat, Jenna (School: Sunset High School) Characterization of the Pyroelectric and Piezoelectric Effect Exhibited by Alpha-Crystalline Silicon Dioxide: Potential Application as a Micro-Thermovoltaic Transducer Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CO
2017 Nayak, Adam (School: Webber Academy) Modeling the Effects of Land Use Change on Flooding in Pacific Northwest Streams to Promote Green Practices Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OR United States Environmental Protection Agency: The Patrick Hurd Sustainability Award winner will travel to EPA's National Sustainable Design Expo in Washington, DC
Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000
2017 Stawasz, Kristen (School: John H. Guyer High School) The Effect of Wi-Fi on Plant Health Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MA American Statistical Association: Certificate of Honorable Mention
2017 Sappington, James (School: Mathematics and Science High School at Clover Hill High School) Can Ants Help Save the Bees? Developing a Better Model for Screening Pesticide Effects on Honeybee Social Behavior Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MD Arizona State University: Arizona State University Intel ISEF Scholarship
Second Award of $2,000
2017 Prendergast, Rashad (School: Weber High School) Impact of Road Salt Usage on Atmospheric Concentrations of Cl & Na PM 2.5 Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MI Fourth Award of $500
2017 Suryaningsih, Azizah Dewi (School: Ladue Horton Watkins High School) Bamboo Forest as a Natural Levee of Pyroclastic Flows in Merapi Volcano Earth and Environmental Sciences Indonesia Geological Society of America &amp
American Geosciences Institute: Third Award of $500
2017 Klementis, Isaac (School: Brandywine Heights Area High School) Evaluating the Effectiveness of Lichen as Bioindicators Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OR
2017 Gouveia, Isabella (School: Ilan Ramon)
Park, Sieun (School: Nagoya Koyo Senior Highschool)
Comparison of Hazardness Caused by Different Levels of pH on Phytoplankton Earth and Environmental Sciences Brazil
2017 Spears, Sierra (School: Meeteetse High School) Determination of Soil VOC Content due to Coal Dust Deposition along Major Railroad Transportation Routes Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America WY
2017 Zampini, Laura (School: Oakton High School) Investigating the Effects of Nanosilver in Pond Water Quality Earth and Environmental Sciences Brazil
2017 Kwiecinski, Jarek (School: Cold Spring Harbor Jr/Sr High School) Impacts of Altered Precipitation Regimes on the Distribution of Dryland Soil Nitrogen Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NM Fourth Award of $500
2017 Bhushan, Rohan (School: South Pointe High School) Phototactic Analysis of the Effects of the Chemorepellent Nitrate on Taxis-Based Vertical Column Orientation in Phytoplanktonic Flagellates Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA
2017 Lawrence, Taylor (School: Kickapoo High School)
Rademaker, Abigail (School: Wheaton High School)
To Drink or Not to Drink: The Lysis of Escherichia coli by Ultraviolet Light through a Makeshift Filtration System, Part Two Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IL
2017 Colon, Nicole (School: Gaziantep Private Sanko College) Determination of Lead in Ostrea rizophora at Jobos Bay Earth and Environmental Sciences Puerto Rico
2017 Caruso, Isaac (School: Le Quy Don Secondary School for the Gifted) Investigating the Presence of Microplastics in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Mountain Whitefish in the Spokane River Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America WA
2017 Jones, Taylor
Wiegand, Madison
Wiegand, Mackenzie (School: Ausable Valley Middle High School)
Water Filtration Using Silver Nanoparticle Impregnated Filter-Paper Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MT
2017 Vila-Olazabal, Raul (School: AKNS) The Extraction of Oil from Chlorophyta algae in Different Water Environments Earth and Environmental Sciences Puerto Rico
2017 Slein, Margaret (School: Webb School of California) The Study of Hemigrapsus sanguineus Population Density and Genetic Variation Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MA
2017 Furueda, Shio (School: Pocatello High School)
Koizumi, Hinata (School: Station of Young Technicians)
Koshita, Mizuki
Estimation of the Humidity in the Upper Troposphere using Contrails Formed by Airplanes Earth and Environmental Sciences Japan American Meteorological Society: Certificate of Honorable Mention
2017 Arafat, Maha (School: Kennesaw Mountain High School)
Farag, Maysa (School: SESI School Rector Miguel Calmon)
From Global Warming to Stronger Economy Earth and Environmental Sciences Egypt EGY-ASE
2017 Tang, Megan (School: Gymnazium Boticska, Praha 2) Using Dropsonde Descending Speed to Determine Vertical Air Velocity in a Hurricane Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA Second Award of $2,000
2017 Siggers, Vanessa (School: Instituto Urraca) Goo Be Gone! Cleaning Up Oil Spills with Magnets and Nanotechnology Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AL
2017 Hughes, Katee (School: Hays High School) Evaluating the Viability of Reducing Plastic Waste with Tenebrio molitor Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America UT
2017 Prasad, Siona (School: Ayb School) Estimating CO2 and CH4 Emissions from Washington DC Using Low Cost Sensors and Small Drone Technology Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America VA American Meteorological Society: First Award of $2,000
Second Award of $2,000
2017 Colon-Burgos, Delian (School: Rastogi Homeschool) Mineralogical Characterization of Puerto Rico's Beach Sand and Its Relationship to Puerto Rico's Volcanic Origin Earth and Environmental Sciences Puerto Rico
2017 Battista, Allie (School: Vestal Senior High School)
Benadon, Clara (School: University High School)
Using 3D Modeling to Save our Reefs: Accuracy of Reef Assessment Techniques Using Structure from Motion Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MD
2017 Wang, Qihang (School: Lycee Privee des Elites 2) Environmental Impact of Artificial Sweeteners Acesulfame, Sucralose, and Saccharin in Nature Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MS
2017 Tomita, Lucas A Comparative Study of Different Plant and Limestone Combinations, and Their Ability to Naturally Mitigate the Harmful Effects of Ocean Acidification on Costal Coral Reef Health Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America SC
2017 Pegolo, Eros Water Potability Device ( W.P.D. ) Earth and Environmental Sciences Italy
2017 Davide, Joseph DSSCs and Their Potential for Clean Energy Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MS
2017 Sherman, Julia The Correlation between Presence of Radon Gas in Residences and Diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America UT
2017 Palmertree, Mark
Watson, Riley
Cleaning It Up! Self Filtration Container Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MS
2017 Spencer, Gilbert A Novel Method for Accurately Modeling Past Atmospheric Conditions Using Ice Core Data from Law Dome and WAIS Divide: An Approach to Monitor Future Climate Sustainability Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY Drexel University: Full tuition scholarship $194,000
2017 Cuomo, Abbigayle A Study of Westward Recurving Tropical Cyclone Tracks in the Atlantic Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY Fourth Award of $500
2017 Berg, Nicolas Impacts of 1,2-Propanediol Effluent Discharge on Reproductive Rates and Dispersion Patterns of Anabaena inaequalis and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America RI
2017 Reddy, Shreya Degradation of Nonpathogenic Iridovirus May Improve Food Nutrition in Insects Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2017 Galasso, Joseph A Novel, Cost-Effective Water Filtration and Desalination Technique Based on Biodegradable Superabsorbent Polymers Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AZ University of Arizona: Tuition Scholarship Award
Arizona State University: Arizona State University Intel ISEF Scholarship
Third Award of $1,000
2017 Dean, Jedediah A Longitudinal Study of Fluctuating Radiation Levels in Prince William Sound, Alaska: A Conclusion to a Four Year Study Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AK
2017 Martinez, Bryan Nanosilver: Biohazard or Breakthrough Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America ND
2017 Gao, William Stormwater Treatment Area Performance Prediction Using Artificial Neural Networks Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL Patent and Trademark Office Society: Second Award of $500
American Statistical Association: Certificate of Honorable Mention
2017 Sakhrani, Neeraj Mathematically Cutting to the Bone: Solving Analytical Problems in ESR Dating the Paleolithic Site at Isimila, Tanzania Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY Second Award of $2,000
Geological Society of America &amp
American Geosciences Institute: Second Award of $1000
2017 Marchese, Melissa The Effects of Boat Traffic on Water Quality as Measured by Levels of Turbidity, Colored Dissolved Organic Matter, and Chlorophyll A Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2017 Tompkins, Tristan A Study of the Mineralogy and Texture of the Hot Springs Sandstone Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AR
2017 Gueorguiev, Gregory A Novel Methodology for Co-Clustering Identification and Analysis for Endemic Plants with Applications to Conservation and Agricultural Planning Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY American Statistical Association: Certificate of Honorable Mention
2017 Patel, Rohan An Innovative Solution for Water Filtration in Third World Countries Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MN
2017 Weng, Anthony Monitoring Drought Conditions in the Sequoia National Forest in California by Using Satellite Imagery Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IN Third Award of $1,000
2017 Cho, Jin Soil Quality in Developed and Agricultural Areas: How Does Neighborhood Development Degrade Homeowners' Soil? Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America KY
2017 Mutwiri, Peace The Ultimate Fate of Perfluoroamines in the Atmosphere Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AZ
2017 Lange, Noel Factors Affecting the Discharge of Micro-Plastic Fibers from Household Laundry Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AL Fourth Award of $500
2017 Nair, Anushka Radiochemistry and AI: Development of an Analytical Capability Using Machine Learning Algorithms for Early Detection of Radionuclides in the Environment Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OR First Award of $5,000
Air Force Research Laboratory on behalf of the United States Air Force: First Award of $750 in each Intel ISEF Category
China Association for Science and Technology (CAST): Award of $1,200
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence: Second Award of $1,000
2017 Petersen, Lillian America's Farming Future: The Impact of Climate Change on Crop Yields Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NM Third Award of $1,000
2017 Sinclair, Angelica PET Degradation by Ideonella sakaiensis: A Hypothetical Model Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MS
2017 Whitesel, Carl Population Dynamics in D. magna When Exposed to Minute Concentrations of Silica Gels Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AZ
2017 Hrabos, Levi The Effects of Low Levels of Radiation on Physarum polycephalum Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IN
2017 Langkilde, Gabrielle Effect of Stream Nutrients on Benthic Algal Overgrowth in Vatia Bay Earth and Environmental Sciences American Samoa National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: Alternate
2017 Chao, Sichen Shawn Developing a Numerical Box Model to Compute Algae Concentration, Year Two Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MS
2017 Sanchez, Isabella The Effects of Nanosilver on Planaria Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2017 Patton, Titus Effects of Ocean Acidification on Primary Consumers in a Marine Ecosystem Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA King Abdulaziz &amp
his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity: Award of $1,000 for Water Technology
Fourth Award of $500
2018 Rada, Alin (School: Carmen Sylva High School)
Savuca , Cristiana (School: Carmen Sylva High School)
Environmental Magnetism on the Black Sea Coast Earth and Environmental Sciences Romania
2018 Leone, Mark (School: Canterbury School) Insights into the Effects of Tropical Disturbances Hurricane Irma and Invest 92L on the Dynamics of the Phytoplankton Community of the Estero Bay Estuary Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL Fourth Award of $500
2018 Lopez, Isabella (School: J.W. Nixon High School) An Environmental Study: Activated Carbon as a Neutralizing Agent of a Pesticide Imidachloprid Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX
2018 Shikarpur, Pranav (School: Bangalore International Academy (NSV))
Viswanath, Siddharth (School: Bangalore International Academy (NSV))
"FloBot": A Mobile Portable and Floating Real Time Data Acquisition Device for Lake Water Quality Monitoring and Mapping Earth and Environmental Sciences India Delhi U.S. Agency for International Development: USAID Science for Development First Place Award of $5,000.
Second Award of $2,000
2018 Bedgood, Makayla (School: South Sumter High School) Aquaponics and Hydroponics; Experimentation in Real World Environments Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2018 Wang, Sophia (School: Amity Regional High School) Sinkhole Detection Using Wireless Sensor Networks and Structural Health Monitoring Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CT Air Force Research Laboratory on behalf of the United States Air Force: First Award of $750 in each Intel ISEF Category
Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc.: Third Award of $1,000
Third Award of $1,000
2018 Whittle, Sarah (School: The Villages Charter High School) Do Microorganisms or Mealworms Poly-degrade Polystyrene Faster? Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2018 Hau May, Alba (School: EMSaD Coba)
Yam Chay, Jose (School: EMSaD Coba)
Characterization of Aquatic Plants of the Coba Lagoon and Its Potential as Biofilters in Planters Earth and Environmental Sciences Mexico
2018 Marquez, Lourdes (School: John B. Alexander High School) G. mellonella, T. molitor, Z. morio, Larvae Waste Products from Polystyrene Biodegradation Used as Fertilizer for Tropaeolum Plant Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX
2018 Colao, Annabelle (School: Ridgefield High School) Testing the Effectiveness of Various Shading Materials to Mitigate Effects of Climate Change on Mock Leatherback Sea Turtle Nests Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CT
2018 Kumar, Prerana (School: Americus Sumter High School) An Efficient Water Purification Method Using Renewable Energy Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America GA
2018 Cleveland, Connor (School: Fort Walton Beach High School) Crumb Rubber for Artificial Turf: The Effects of Herbs on Environmental Runoff Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2018 Jean, Ethan (School: Cookeville High School) Analyzing Water Quality in Local Watersheds Through Water Chemistry and Macroinvertebrates Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TN Fourth Award of $500
2018 Buchanan, Charles (School: South Lake High School) Which Solar Reflector Increases Solar Efficiency the Most? Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2018 Spanke, Ronja (School: Hans Thoma Gymnasium) A Combined Explanation for the Sailing Stones in Death Valley, California and the Laguna del Altillo Chica, Spain Earth and Environmental Sciences Germany Bavaria American Meteorological Society: Certificate of Honorable Mention
National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Honorable Mention
2018 Paredes, Edili (School: Instituto Cacique Olodebiliginya) Influence of Color Dishes on Insects Capture and Composition in the Forests of the Comarca Kuna Yala, Panama Earth and Environmental Sciences Panama
2018 Peralta, Ariana (School: Medical Academy for Science and Technology) Biodegradation of Polystyrene by Superworms Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2018 Mobley, Emmily (School: Stuart W. Cramer High School) The Lethal Effects of Hexafluoropropylene Oxide Dimer Acid on Daphnia magna Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NC Fourth Award of $500
2018 Gupta, Aneesh (School: Oregon Episcopal School) Multiple Time-Step Predictive Models for Hurricanes in the North Atlantic Basin Based on Machine Learning Algorithms Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OR National Taiwan Science Education Center: Taiwan International Science Fair Special Award is a trip to participate in the Taiwan International Science Fair
Third Award of $1,000
American Meteorological Society: Certificate of Honorable Mention
2018 Mitioglo, Artemie (School: Theoretical High School " Orizont, Durlesti ")
Mitioglo, Vladislav (School: Theoretical High School " Orizont, Durlesti ")
Campaign Air Pollution with the Help of Nanotechnology Earth and Environmental Sciences Republic of Moldova
2018 Do, Trang (School: Fayetteville Christian School) Banana Peel Sorption of Cations Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AR
2018 Adams, Ruth (School: Ovey Comeaux High School) Using Microbial Indicators to Analyze Water Quality at Cypremort Point Beach Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America LA
2018 Kaiser, Felisha (School: Danthonia Home School)
Kaiser, Elena (School: Danthonia Home School)
Rain vs. Bore – Do the Best Results Come Out of the Blue or the Red? Earth and Environmental Sciences Australia
2018 Guerrero, Garrett (School: Guerrero Home School)
Trees, Matthew (School: Trees Family Home School)
FLOC AND FLOW: Using Electrocoagulation and Granular Media Filtration to Improve Water Quality Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX
2018 Jain, Ronit (School: Interlake High School) Next Generation Morphological and Molecular Analysis of the Toxicity of Pharmaceutical-Derived Aquatic Contaminants (PPCPs) Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America WA Second Award of $2,000
2018 Chambers, Analise (School: Jefferson County International Baccalaureate) Carbon Dioxide Removal in Coniferous and Deciduous Trees Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AL Arizona State University: Arizona State University Intel ISEF Scholarship
2018 Chase, Jasmine (School: Mililani High School) Small Plastics Causing a Big Problem: The Prevalence of Micro- and Macro- Plastics on Oahu Beaches Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America HI
2018 Tam, Michelle (School: Kapolei High School)
Watarida, Alyssa (School: Kapolei High School)
Effects of Different Frequencies of Electromagnetic Radiation on the Growth Rates of the Cyanobacteria Spirulina platensis Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America HI
2018 Kummel, Kathryn (School: William J. Palmer High School)
Kummel, Michelle (School: William J. Palmer High School)
Using 3D Drone-based Digital Models to Investigate the Fluvial Geomorphology of an Eroding Arroyo Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CO Geological Society of America &amp
American Geosciences Institute: Second Award of $1000
Fourth Award of $500
2018 Sundell, Austin (School: Delavan High School) The Effect of Atrazine on Raphanus sativus 'Champion' Seed Germination Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IL
2018 Karaman, Kate (School: Niles Township West High School) The Effect of 4-MCHM on Daphnia magna Population Change Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IL
2018 Shaw, Casey (School: Liberty High School) A Tale of Two Fishes: An Analysis of Differentiation in Compositional Characteristics of Two Distinct Fossil Butte Member Localities Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CO
2018 Chow, Raymond (School: Heng Ee High School)
Ku, Yew Siang (School: Heng Ee High School)
Wong, Kai Wern (School: Heng Ee High School)
Water Retaining Characteristics of Pomelo albedo to Combat Water Crisis Earth and Environmental Sciences Malaysia Fourth Award of $500
2018 Kirillov, Oleg (School: Academic Gymnasium No. 56)
Kovalchuk, Elena (School: Middle School of General Education No.25)
Modeling of the Objects Drifting on the Sea Surface Earth and Environmental Sciences Russian Federation
2018 Grisella, Devina (School: Santa Laurensia Senior High School)
Mulya, Christopher (School: Santa Laurensia Senior High School)
Development of Green Mussels Granules Coated with Actives from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch Extract as A Natural Coagulant Earth and Environmental Sciences Indonesia
2018 Hileuskaya, Aliaksandra (School: BSU Lyceum)
Karpovich, Lizaveta (School: BSU Lyceum)
Chitosan as an Eco-Friendly Biopack Earth and Environmental Sciences Belarus
2018 Huang, Shen-Chang (School: Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School) Examining Directivity of the 2016 Meinong Earthquake Using Doppler Effect Earth and Environmental Sciences Chinese Taipei
2018 Wu, Jacob (School: The Lawrenceville School) Spray and Stick: A Novel Agent for Pesticide Adhesion Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NJ Patent and Trademark Office Society: Second Award of $500
Fourth Award of $500
National Security Agency Research Directorate : Honorable Mention "Material Science"
2018 Nair, Anushka (School: Lake Oswego High School) Radiochemistry and AI: Development of a Targeted Emergency Response and Recovery System Using ML Algorithms for Use After a Nuclear Event Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OR University of Arizona: Tuition Scholarship Award
Second Award of $2,000
2018 Ambroise-Robles , Jean (School: Colegio Rosa-Bell)
Vega- Calderon, Isabel (School: Colegio Rosa-Bell)
Study of Mercury (Hg) Concentration Levels in Commercial Fish: A Quantitative Analysis Earth and Environmental Sciences Puerto Rico
2018 Balestrieri, Jacqueline (School: Saint Anthony's High School)
Makani, Dylan (School: North Shore Hebrew Academy High School)
Ye, Tong (School: Half Hollow Hills High School East)
Mitigation of Ti02 Stress and Characterization of a Brassinosteroid Insensitive-1 Gene in Aquatic Bioindicator Species Lemna minor Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2018 Coskun, Zeynep (School: Fethi Gemuhluoglu Fen Lisesi)
Guler, Ali (School: Fahri Kayahan Kultur Temel Lisesi)
Comparison of the Toxic and Lethal Effects of the Cleaners Containing and Non-Containing Phosphate and Petroleum Derived Agents on Biomes in Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystem Earth and Environmental Sciences Turkey
2018 Cruz, Emily (School: Manhasset High School) Tracking Climate Change, Human Impact, and the Overall Oceanic and Terrestrial Health of Estuaries Along the Hudson River and Long Island Sound to Influence Policy Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY Geological Society of America &amp
American Geosciences Institute: Third Award of $500
2018 Tremsin, Vasily (School: Campolindo High School) Stop the Flame in Its Infancy! Multivariable Early-Warning System for Low-Cost Prevention of Wildfire Proliferation Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA First Award of $5,000
ASU Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service: Award of $1,000
American Meteorological Society: First Award of $2,000
China Association for Science and Technology (CAST): Award of $1,200
U.S. Agency for International Development: USAID Science for Development Third Place Award of $2,000.
Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000
2018 Quan, Melanie (School: Las Lomas High School) Microplastics, Macro Problem: A Novel Technique to Remove Microplastics from Water Using a Modified Electrostatic Filter Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA United States Environmental Protection Agency: The Patrick Hurd Sustainability Award winner will travel to EPA's National Sustainable Design Expo
Arizona State University: Arizona State University Intel ISEF Scholarship
King Abdulaziz &amp
his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity: Award of $1000 for research Water Technology
Third Award of $1,000
2018 El Sheikh, Ahmed (School: Kafr EL-Sheikh STEM School)
Elshenawy, Ahmed (School: Kafr EL-Sheikh STEM School)
Eco-Brick Earth and Environmental Sciences Egypt
2018 Cizdziel, Siena (School: Oxford High School) Microplastics in the Terrestrial Food Chain via Earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MS
2018 Cizdziel, Claire (School: Oxford High School) Quantifying Microplastics in the Mississippi River: A Source of Pollution in Gulf Coast Seafood Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MS
2018 Segaran, Nicole (School: Carmel High School) The Optimization of Degradation of Azo Dyes via Saccharomyces cerevisiae Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IN
2018 Santell Lebron, Naomi (School: Specialized School of Science and Mathematics Genaro Cautino Vazquez)
Santell Lebron, Krystal (School: Specialized School of Science and Mathematics Genaro Cautino Vazquez)
Effect of the Extract of the Leaves of the Rizophora mangle on the Growth of E. coli Bacteria Earth and Environmental Sciences Puerto Rico
2018 Borg, Sabrina (School: St. Andrew's Episcopal School)
Pryor, Vivian (School: St. Andrew's Episcopal School)
The Effects of Increasing Temperature on Plant Development and Nutritional Content Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MS
2018 Ibrahim Hasan, Sara (School: Hadabet El-Ahram Governmental Language School) Enhanced Biogas System for Sustainable Agriculture Earth and Environmental Sciences Egypt
2018 Ang, Alexandria (School: Bronx High School of Science) A Destructive Invader: How Rising Atmospheric CO2 Is Aiding Noctiluca scintillans in Taking Over Tropical Oceans Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY Fourth Award of $500
2018 Li, Marvin (School: James M. Bennett High School) Machine Learning Algorithms for Satellite Remote Sensing of Ocean Color in Coastal Waters Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MD American Statistical Association: Second Award of $1,000
Fourth Award of $500
2018 Inkaew, Chidchanok (School: Suratpitaya School)
Namwongnao, Pattadon (School: Suratpitaya School)
Sukkwai, Kasidet (School: Suratpittaya School)
Innovative Conservation of Wetland Resources with Rhizophora mucronata Nursery Earth and Environmental Sciences Thailand Pathum Thani U.S. Agency for International Development: USAID Science for Development First Place Award of $5,000.
2018 Chainiwattana, Pattharaphol (School: Bangkok Christian College)
Cheenchamrat, Naphat (School: Bangkok Christian College)
Effect of Mud Conditions in Mangrove Forests on Rowing Motions of Robotic Mudskippers: A Novel Anticipation Method on Reforestation and Ecosystem Rehabilitation Earth and Environmental Sciences Thailand American Statistical Association: Certificate of Honorable Mention
2018 Petersen, Lillian (School: Los Alamos High School) Predicting Food Shortages in Africa from Satellite Imagery Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NM First Award of $5,000
U.S. Agency for International Development: USAID Science for Development Third Place Award of $2,000.
2018 Lu, Katie (School: Central High School) Silver Nanoparticles: Reducing Environmental Toxicity Through Shape Control Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MO
2018 Du, Youngseo (School: Gyeonggibuk Science High School)
Myung, Hajun (School: Gyeonggibuk Science High School)
Trip to Old Astronomical Map: Development and Application of Equation to Convert from 2D to 3D Earth and Environmental Sciences South Korea
2018 Cross, Emily (School: Hammarskjold High School) Taphonomic Geochemistry of Fossil Bones from Marine and Terrestrial Fossilization Environments Earth and Environmental Sciences Canada Geological Society of America &amp
American Geosciences Institute: First Award of $1,500
2018 Grimmett, Glenn (School: American Heritage School of Boca Delray) Carbon Capture Using Solid Sorbents. Amine-tethered Polystyrene and Ppolyacrylic Polymers for CO2 Adsorption Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL Second Award of $2,000
2018 Licato, James (School: Washington-Lee High School) The Effect of Pharmaceuticals on Nitrate Concentration and Removal Rate in a Simulated Bardenpho Reactor Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America VA
2018 Weng, Anthony (School: Terre Haute South Vigo High School) Satellite Modeling of Wildfire Susceptibility in California by Using Artificial Neural Networking Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IN National Taiwan Science Education Center: Taiwan International Science Fair Special Award is a trip to participate in the Taiwan International Science Fair
Fourth Award of $500
American Meteorological Society: Certificate of Honorable Mention
2018 Bunn, Ryan (School: Success Academy DSU) Speed and Survival Rate of Oncorhynchus nerka Migrating from the Pacific Ocean Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America UT
2018 Firdaus, Arif (School: Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 2 Kota Malang)
Syarifah, Nadia Alfi (School: Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 2 Kota Malang)
Can Cicada's Song Forecast Local Weather? A Scientific Approach Earth and Environmental Sciences Indonesia
2018 Odzer, Michael (School: Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School) The Abundance and Population Health of Common Reef Fish in Protected Marine Reserves Compared to Unprotected Reef Environments, Utilizing Baited Remote Underwater Video (BRUV) Surveys Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2018 Collins, Evan (School: Ridgeview High School) Combating Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Developing World: A Novel Discovery of the Fungicidal Potential of Bicarbonate Solutions Against Aspergillus flavus Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL Third Award of $1,000
2018 Rogers, Hannah (School: Camdenton High School) The Dark Side of Light: The Potential Impact of Artificial Light on Libellulid Feeding Behavior and Activity Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MO Third Award of $1,000
2018 Park, Gloria (School: Pacific Horizons School) Reducing Total Coliform Bacteria in American Samoa's GUDI Wells with UV-B Treatment Earth and Environmental Sciences American Samoa
2018 Kahalewai, Cameryn Rae (School: Molokai High School)
Powell, Marion (School: Molokai High School)
Comparing the Difference in Plant Species Diversity, Plant Growth Forms, and Soil Characteristics Between Native and Non-Native Forests,Year II Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America HI
2018 Bengu, Elda (School: Hamilton High School)
Tripathi, Shreya (School: Hamilton High School)
The Effect of Different Types of Fruit Peels on the Absorption of Oil: A Biodegradable Way to Clean Oil Spills Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AZ Arizona State University: Arizona State University Intel ISEF Scholarship
2018 Bhattacharyya, Anusha (School: Little Rock Central High School) Adsorption of Nitrophenols (NPhs) Using N-Doped Carbonaceous Material Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AR Arizona State University: Arizona State University Intel ISEF Scholarship
Third Award of $1,000
2018 Stall, Rachel (School: Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts) Assessment of Water Quality of the Gulpha Creek Watershed, Hot Springs National Park Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AR Drexel University: Full tuition scholarship $250,000
2018 Easley, Lily (School: Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts)
Hagler, Hollie (School: Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts)
Eradication Methods of Paulownia tomentosa in the Hot Springs National Park Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AR
2018 Molejona Jr., Randy (School: Iloilo National High School)
Saquin, Elaine Nicole (School: Iloilo National High School)
Biosorption of Manganese Mine Effluents Using Crude Chitin from Shell Wastes of Philippine Bivalves Earth and Environmental Sciences Philippines Third Award of $1,000
2018 Le, Savio (School: Holy Rosary Academy) Evaluating Phosphorus Absorbing Materials for the Mitigation of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AK Arizona State University: Arizona State University Intel ISEF Scholarship
2018 Kellogg, Alexis (School: Warwick High School) The Effects of Bacteria on the Biodegradation of Polymers Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America PA Arizona State University: Arizona State University Intel ISEF Scholarship
2018 Post, Abigail (School: Hankinson Public School) Air Quality: A Quantitative Approach to Small and Large Particles Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America ND
2018 Trimble, Sarah (School: Kossuth High School) The Aquaponic Life Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MS
2018 Johnson, Kevin (School: Pratt High School) Earthquakes ROCK: Preliminary Data from a Manipulated Model to Show the Newton Force of Different Bedrock Types and Their Relationship with Induced Earthquakes in Kansas Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America KS
2018 Schnabel, Addie (School: Ashley Public School) Nitrogen Fixation: Biological vs. Synthetic Agents Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America ND
2018 Ingraham, Lillian (School: Northwest Technology Center)
McKinney, Taylor (School: Fairview High School)
Micro Farms Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OK
2018 Michel, Amber (School: Monte Vista High School) The Alamosa River Watershed: A Unique Proving Ground for Natural Selection Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CO
2018 Brifkani, Dinya (School: Ronaki Duhok Ishik Girls College)
Mohammed, Rashan (School: Ronaki Duhok Ishik Girls College)
Save It, Repeat and Eat It Earth and Environmental Sciences Iraq
2018 Cleary, Seamos (School: Pacific Horizons School) Searching for Hydrothermal Vents in the Samoan Archipelago Earth and Environmental Sciences American Samoa Geological Society of America &amp
American Geosciences Institute: Third Award of $500
2019 Hybl, Vojtech (School: Gymnazium Dr. Josefa Pekare) What Can Lead Tell Us about Celtic Life? Tracing the Origin of Lead in Celtic Artifacts Using Mass Spectrometry Earth and Environmental Sciences Czech Republic
2019 Artamonov, Ivan (School: Municipal Lyceum # 3) Well-Being of Large Forest Ecosystems: Ask Aphyllophoroid macromycetes Earth and Environmental Sciences Russian Federation
2019 Grigorieva, Varvara (School: School #1553 named after V. I. Vernadskiy) Hydrothermal Synthesis and Treatment of Jadeite Earth and Environmental Sciences Russian Federation
2019 Palijo, Rabail (School: PakTurk International Schools and Colleges, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Girls Campus) Bagasse Fibers Used in Construction Earth and Environmental Sciences Pakistan Federal Capital
2019 Anupam, Sagnik (School: Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram) Augura: Flood Risk Prediction Using Machine-Learning and Geographic Information Systems Earth and Environmental Sciences India Delhi Serving Society Through Science: Second Award of $500
Third Award of $1,000
2019 Kahalewai, Cameryn Rae (School: Molokai High School) The Effect of Salt Spray, Ungulate Fencing, and Soil Type on Coastal Plant Distribution and Abundance on the Kalaupapa Peninsula, Molokai Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America HI
2019 Osorio, Valentina (School: Colegio Fenix)
Vergara, Stephania (School: Colegio Fenix)
Analysis of the Concentration of Particles by Air Pollution due to the Port Activity in the Sector of the Bellamar Promenade in the District of San Antonio Earth and Environmental Sciences Chile
2019 Roychoudhury, Hrishika (School: Ardrey Kell High School) Bioremediation of Wastewater - Effect of Algae in Bioremediation of Nitrate and Phosphate Content in Wastewater Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NC
2019 Brummer, MacKenzie (School: Cloquet Senior High School)
Schneberger, Payten (School: Cloquet Senior High School)
What Effect Do Local Factors (Lake Breeze, Industry, Topography, Harbor, and Weather) versus Regional Factors (Statewide Transport) Have on Ozone Levels in Duluth, Minnesota? Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MN
2019 Murali, Netaji Rao (School: Penang Free School)
Ooi, Krisada (School: Penang Free School)
Papainor: A Novel Eco-Friendly Organic Fabric Softener Earth and Environmental Sciences Malaysia
2019 Schilling, Andrew (School: Jasper County High School)
Snyder, Cameron (School: Jasper County High School)
Synthesis of Organic Pinene Pyrethrum Attractant for D. frontalis Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America GA ASU Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service: Award of $1,000
2019 Alkandari, Dana (School: Qurtoba High School) Natural Air Filters Earth and Environmental Sciences Kuwait National Center Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: UN Sustainable Development Goal Award $ 500.00
2019 Wang, Sophia (School: Amity Regional High School) Real-Time Sinkhole Detection Using Civil Engineering Techniques, the Internet of Things (IoT), and Artificial Intelligence Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CT First Award of $3,000
Geological Society of America &amp
American Geosciences Institute: Second Award of $1500
2019 Eom, Jiwon (School: Seokjeong Girls' Middle School)
Kim, Huigyeong (School: Seokjeong Girls' Middle School)
Kim, Jihyun (School: Seokjeong Girls' Middle School)
How Can We Make Local Plants Grow Well in Severe Environment? Earth and Environmental Sciences South Korea
2019 Bektemur, Berk Alaattin (School: Private Anabilim Anatolian High School)
Dogu, Asli (School: Private Anabilim Anatolian High School)
Mobile Weather Station and Databank Earth and Environmental Sciences Turkey American Meteorological Society: First Award of $2,000
2019 Zagorulko, Oleg (School: Belgorod Engineering Youth Boarding School) Application of Biotechnologies for Receiving Nano-Dimensional Pigments Earth and Environmental Sciences Russian Federation
2019 Bustamante Leon, Luis Carlos (School: Colegio Tecnico Don Bosco) Forest App: Redesign the Urban Landscape so Birds Will Return to San Jose, Costa Rica Earth and Environmental Sciences Costa Rica San José
2019 Pankow, Julianne (School: New Prague High School)
Prchal, Anna (School: New Prague High School)
An Analysis of Natural Soil Amendments Applied to Ryegrass and Switchgrass to Reduce the Effects of Road Salt Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MN
2019 Hiremath, Sanjana (School: Plano East Senior High School)
Teerdhala, Sriya (School: Plano East Senior High School)
Bioremediation of Tetracycline Polluted Soils: How Antibiotic Resistance Can Reduce Antibiotic Pollution in the Environment and a Solution to Groundwater Antibiotic Pollution Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX Third Award of $1,000
2019 Wetsel, Emma (School: Oregon Episcopal School) The Role of Fluorescent Pigments in Protecting Zooxanthellae Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OR Drexel University: Full tuition scholarship $200,000
2019 Achour, Maha (School: Bartlesville High School) Big Problem, Tiny Solution; Is Nanotechnology the New Oil Spill Clean Up Solution? Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OK
2019 De Silva, Sandaradura Sachin (School: Gnanodaya Maha Vidyalaya)
Denuwan Hashela, Hikkaduwa (School: Gnanodaya Maha Vidyalaya)
Senevirathna , Ramanayakage (School: Gnanodaya Maha Vidyalaya)
Effect of Acidity on Seed Germination of Selected Varieties of Paddy Earth and Environmental Sciences Sri Lanka
2019 Hernandez Gil, Alex (School: Colegio de Bachilleres del Estado de Hidalgo)
Lorenzo Aldana, Cristian (School: Colegio de Bachilleres del Estado de Hidalgo)
POLIPLASTIK: From Waste to a Sustainable Biopolymer Earth and Environmental Sciences Mexico Fourth Award of $500
2019 Delli-Santi , Jack (School: Lake Travis High School) The Effect of Carboxymethyl Cellulose on the Filtration Capabilities of Zebra Mussels Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX Second Award of $1,500
2019 Slechta, Tyler (School: Adams Central Jr.-Sr. High School)
Weston, Tristan (School: Adams Central Jr.-Sr. High School)
The Effect of Margaritifera margaritifera on Nitrates in Hastings NE Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NE
2019 Singh, Sid (School: Alabama School of Fine Arts) Utilizing Native Hyper-Accumulators to Determine Efficient Methods for Heavy Metal Phytoremediation Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AL
2019 Lindsley, Paige (School: Grangeville High School) The Effect of Smoke on Farm Crops Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America ID
2019 Stall, Rachel (School: Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts) Water Quality Analysis of the Gulpha Creek Watershed Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AR
2019 Fan, Chieh-Hsiang (School: The Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University)
Hsiao, Bo-Jhih (School: The Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University)
Remote Heavy Rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Earth and Environmental Sciences Chinese Taipei American Meteorological Society: Certificate of Honorable Mention
2019 Shirmer, Adele (School: Susquenita High School) Beetles Beware: Effects of Various Biopesticides on Callosobruchus maculatus Behavior Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America PA
2019 Kamijo, Aihisa (School: Matsumoto Fukashi Senior High School) Long-Term Visual Monitoring Revealed Importance of Sea Wind in Causing Sudden Showers in Japanese Mountain Basin Earth and Environmental Sciences Japan American Meteorological Society: Third Award of $500
2019 Minke, Annalisa (School: Immaculate Heart High School) Investigating How Water Vapor Emission Impacts the Temperature of the Troposphere Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AZ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: First Award of $1500.00
University of Arizona: Renewal Tuition Scholarship
2019 Park, Gloria (School: Pacific Horizons School) Reducing Water Turbidity Using Natural Coagulant Mangifera indica (Valencia Pride Mango) Earth and Environmental Sciences American Samoa
2019 Blonder, Tal (School: Midrashiya Hartman) A New Experimental Approach for Study Metasomatism of Peridotite in the Earth's Mantle Earth and Environmental Sciences Israel Third Award of $1,000
Geological Society of America &amp
American Geosciences Institute: Third Award of $750
2019 I Made, Wiratathya Putramas (School: Denpasar 3rd State Senior High School)
Nggebu, Carolline (School: Denpasar 3rd State Senior High School)
Potential Identification and Application of the Rhizophora apiculata and Sonneratia alba as a Bio Antifouling Agent for Antifoulant Paints Earth and Environmental Sciences Indonesia Jakarta Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society: Second Physical Science Award of $1,000
Fourth Award of $500
2019 LaPlante, Ainsley (School: Southwest Virginia Governor's School) Effects of Gasoline on RGB Values of Montipora capricornis and Pavona frondifera Corals Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America VA
2019 Hagans, Carsyn (School: Archbold High School) A Survey of Lichen Diversity in Fulton County OH Cemeteries and Spectrophotometric Analysis for Use as Air Quality Indicators, Year Two Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OH
2019 Ge, Kelsey (School: Ward Melville High School) Multidecadal Trends in Tropical Cyclone Behavior within Tropical North Atlantic Sub-basins Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY Third Award of $1,000
2019 Michel, Amber (School: Monte Vista High School) Rock On: Limestone's Potential to Improve Water Quality in the Alamosa River Drainage Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CO
2019 Rawinski, Alyssa (School: Monte Vista High School) Tracking Microplastics through a Food Chain to Determine the Effectiveness of Plastic Biodegradation in Mealworms Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CO
2019 Cross, Deirdre (School: Elk Point Jefferson High School)
Peirce, Elisabeth (School: Elk Point Jefferson High School)
Spotting Space Weather: Finding a Correlation between Kp Index and Error Magnitude Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America SD
2019 Jazlan ‘Arif, Puteri Irdina Sofea (School: MRSM Tun Abdul Razak)
Rosli, Farah Wadhihah (School: MRSM Tun Abdul Razak)
Eniac Se'avarador: Providing Safe Water for Agriculture Use Earth and Environmental Sciences Malaysia
2019 Chiguripati, Yuktha (School: W. Tresper Clarke High School) Pretreatment of Brassica rapa with Pyrabactin Increases Tolerance to Drought Conditions Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY Fourth Award of $500
2019 Licato, James (School: Washington-Lee High School) Optimizing Metformin HCl Removal: Utilizing Molecular Sieves and Absorbents within Sand Filtration Units Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America VA Second Award of $1,500
2019 Westmoreland, Josie (School: Odessa High School) Brake Pad Dust Particulates on the Fertility and Vitality Rates of Drosophila melanogaster Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America WA
2019 Salvat, Jenna (School: Coronado High School) A Geochemical and Petrographic Analysis of Metamorphic Lithologies Proximal to the Cripple Creek and Victor Alkaline Diatreme Complex Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CO Geological Society of America &amp
American Geosciences Institute: First Award of $2,000
2019 Liu, Peizhi (School: Troy High School)
Zhou, Kevin (School: Troy High School)
Utilizing Google Earth Engine to Retrieve the Devon Ice Cap's Equilibrium Line Altitude Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MI
2019 Michaluk, Sonja (School: Hopewell Valley Central High School) A Novel Method of Monitoring the Health of Our Global Fresh Water Supply Using DNA Barcoding of Chironomidae (Diptera) Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NJ Fourth Award of $500
2019 Cave, Amelia (School: Edward Douglas White Catholic High School) The Introduction of Different Nitrogen and Phosphorus Levels to Regulate Phytoplankton Growth in Aquatic Habitats Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America LA Drexel University: Full tuition scholarship $200,000
2019 Quan, Melanie (School: Las Lomas High School) Algal Bioplastics: Developing a Sustainable Cycle of Compostable and Water-Soluble Plastics by Repurposing Waste Products of Algal Biofuel Production Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA Air Force Research Laboratory on behalf of the United States Air Force: First Award of $750 in each Intel ISEF Category
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: Second Award of $500
Second Award of $1,500
2019 Ramkumar, Vayd (School: Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science)
Tsang, Esmond (School: Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science)
A Comprehensive Spatiotemporal Model for Interpolation of Tropospheric Fine Particulate Matter Concentration Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MS Third Award of $1,000
2019 Walker, Joseph (School: Berks Catholic High School) Using a Collaborative Robot to Simulate How Topography Impacts Tornado Intensity Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America PA American Meteorological Society: Certificate of Honorable Mention
2019 Kim, Keith (School: The McCallie School)
Suh, Eric (School: The McCallie School)
Excess Carbon Dioxide Compromises Shell Integrity, Reproduction, and Behavior in the Freshwater Gastropod Melanoides tuberculata Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TN
2019 Gilbert, McKayla (School: Farmington High School) Metals and Metalloids in Corn Detected with the Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NM University of Arizona: Renewal Tuition Scholarship
Fourth Award of $500
2019 Zhuo, Jialin (School: Bronx High School of Science) Ash Me Again! Looking for U in All the Unusual Places at Golema Pest, Macedonia Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2019 Grimmett, Glenn (School: American Heritage School of Boca Delray) Carbon Capture Using Solid Sorbents. CO2/N2 Selectivity with Amine-Tethered Polystyrene and Polyacrylic Polymers Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2019 Guerra, Angelina (School: Edgewood Junior Senior High School) Novel Unmanned Environmental DNA Collection Technique Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: First Award of $1500.00
2019 Geogdzhayeva, Maria (School: Hunter College High School) Evaluating Severe Weather Prediction Methods from Thermodynamic Profiles Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY King Abdulaziz &amp
his Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity: Award of $1500 in Intelligent-Based Solutions in Cyber-security
American Meteorological Society: Certificate of Honorable Mention
2019 Abd El Khalik, Amany (School: Dakahlia STEM School)
Abdel Salam, Asmaa (School: Dakahlia STEM Cchool in Egypt)
Absorb Heavy Metals from the Polluted Soil by Using Zeolite Till Reach the Required Value of Heavy Metals Earth and Environmental Sciences Egypt Egyptian Association for Scien
2019 Li, Marvin (School: James M. Bennett High School) Machine Learning Classifiers to Predict Red Tide in Florida Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MD Fourth Award of $500
2019 Leone, Mark (School: Estero High School) Mitigation of Florida Red Tide (Karenia brevis) Blooms through Flocculation with Enhanced Local Sediments Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: Second Award of $500
2019 Sontarp, Ethan (School: Commack High School) U-Pb Geochronology of Fluid Flow Events in the Barstow Formation, California Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY Geological Society of America &amp
American Geosciences Institute: Third Award of $750
2019 Maylath, Madeleine (School: Chapin High School) An New Estimate of Marine Ice under Amery Ice Shelf Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America SC
2019 Agrawal, Harshal (School: Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School) Large-Scale Field Testing of Stropharia Mycelium Buffer Strips for Harmful Algae Bloom Prevention, Year 5 Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NJ United States Environmental Protection Agency: The Patrick Hurd Sustainability Award winner will travel to EPA's National Sustainable Design Expo
2019 Lu, Katie (School: Central High School) Evaluating Nano-Ferrofluid as a Technique for Microplastic Removal in Water Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MO First Award of $3,000
Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000
2019 Kinsey, Elizabeth (School: North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics)
Volety, Uma (School: John T Hoggard High School)
The Bioaccumulation, Toxicity, and Electrical Discharge Plasma-Treatment of the Emerging Perfluorinated Contaminant, GenX Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NC National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: Second Award of $500
2019 Kemp, Alyssa (School: Cavalier Public High School) Saving Our Seas: A Solid Solution to Reducing Carbon Dioxide and Ocean Acidification Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America ND
2019 Sparling, Matthew (School: Penncrest High School) Evaluating Pollution Concentrations with a Drone Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America PA
2019 Vyas, Leena (School: Tippecanoe High School) Thermodynamics: Analysis of Wildfire Ash, and the Melting Effect on Alaska's Mount Hunter Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OH
2019 Le, Savio (School: Holy Rosary Academy) The Implementation of a Novel Phosphate Device for the Mitigation of Harmful Algal Blooms Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AK
2019 Falk, Emerson (School: Hankinson Public School) An Analysis of Microbial Reductions Methods for Lake Water Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America ND
2019 Buan, Maryjoise Karla (School: Pangasinan National High School) Solar Powered Arduino Based Deforestation Alert System (Device) for Real Time Forest Monitoring Earth and Environmental Sciences Philippines
2019 Pryor, Vivian (School: St. Andrew's Episcopal School) Sargassum's Impact on Ocean Acidification Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MS
2019 Donovan, Haley (School: Wetumpka High School) Achroia grisella as Effective Decomposers of Polyethylene Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AL
2019 Wolfe, Mikayla (School: Tioga High School) (H2O)h My! Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America ND
2019 Goodwin, Jared (School: Hilo High School) Mapping Arsenic Movement due to Tsunami Events: Developing a Comprehensive Hot Spot Map of Arsenic Contamination in Wailoa State Park in Hilo, Hawaii Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America HI Arizona State University: Arizona State University Intel ISEF Scholarship
Third Award of $1,000
2019 Giles, Mary (School: Roanoke Valley Governor's School for Science and Technology) Evaluating the Impact of Coal Ash Pollution through a C. elegans Developmental Model Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America VA Fourth Award of $500
2019 Haque, Ishraq (School: Academic Magnet High School) A Novel Arsenic Filtration System for Low-Income Families in Rural Bangladesh Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America SC
2019 Martinez, Bryan (School: Trenton High School) The Environmental Impact of Sodium in Nature Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America ND
2019 McQuilkin, Ellery (School: Lee Vining High School) Sierra Streams: The Effect of Glacial Melt on Fall Flow Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA
2019 Strauss, Robert (School: Los Alamos High School) Tsunami Forecasting and Risk Analysis Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NM National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: Second Award of $500
2019 Gale, Skylar (School: Evergreen Senior High School) Induced Seismicity: Relationships between Earthquake Frequency and Magnitude to Saltwater Injection in Oklahoma Arbuckle Group Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CO Fourth Award of $500
2019 Ramachandran, Shreya (School: American High School) Water Recycling: The Effect of Soap Nut Grey Water on the Environment (Soil Microbiome, Year 4) Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA Third Award of $1,000
2019 Tripathi, Shreya (School: Hamilton High School)
Zhu, Aris (School: Hamilton High School)
Biochar Filtrate: A Novel Solution to Lead Contamination through Adsorption Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AZ
2019 Sivakumar, Ashwin (School: Flintridge Preparatory School) Studying Avian Biodiversity Changes after Wetland Restoration: A Novel Approach via Remote Sensing and Citizen Science Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA Fourth Award of $500
2019 Tianshi, Emily (School: The Cambridge School) Biomimicking Torrey Pine Needles: Atmospheric Moisture Harvesting through Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Micro-Patterns Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA Second Award of $1,500
2020 Rabuan, Nur Fatehah Izzaty (School: Sekolah Menengah Agama Al-Maarif)
Zaharin, Nur 'Adlina Zahirah (School: Sekolah Menengah Agama Al-Maarif)
Hairy Enhanced Oil and Grease Trap for Cleaner Environment Earth and Environmental Sciences Malaysia
2020 Wagner, Griffin (School: Vero Beach High School) A Novel Machine Learning Process for Proactive Management of Cyanobacteria Blooms and Microcystin Toxins Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2020 Barnes, Morgan (School: Canterbury School) Modeling in vitro Environmental Impacts on Nutrient Remediation in Immobilized Chlorella vulgaris (A Novel Second Year Study) Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2020 Bin Sabt, Jood (School: The Universal American School) The Extraction and Environmental Applications of Chitosan Earth and Environmental Sciences Kuwait
2020 Alhemood , Lujain (School: Secondary Girls Jabriyah) Comparing Natural Products Using as Antibacterial Agents Earth and Environmental Sciences Kuwait
2020 Sai, Ashna (School: Spruce Creek High School) Engineering a Filter through 3-D Printing Capabilities in order to Remove Microplastics from Drinking Water Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2020 Nerush, Ruslan (School: Mariupol Technical Lyceum) An Innovative Method of Assessment the Degree of Transformation of Land Ecosystems Earth and Environmental Sciences Ukraine
2020 Baek, Seung-a (School: McIntosh High School) Incorporating P.M. 2.5 to Improve Harvested Rainwater Quality Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America GA
2020 Bennett, Elizabeth (School: Mary Persons High School)
Boyer, Sarah (School: Mary Persons High School)
The Effects of Cobalt on Daphnia magna Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America GA
2020 Fomin, Grigorii (School: The Advanced Education Science Center Kolmogorov Boarding School of the Moscow State University) Monitoring of the Ice Cover Changes in Polar Regions Based on Acoustic Detection of Cracks in It Earth and Environmental Sciences Russian Federation
2020 Enguidanos, Joseph (School: Niceville High School) Remote Controlled Solar Powered Micro and Macro Plastic Water Cleaning System (Year 2) Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2020 Johnson, Mia (School: The Villages Charter High School)
Taylor, Kaitlyn (School: The Villages Charter High School)
A Natural Solution to Sinkholes Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2020 Beeler, Caleb (School: Mililani High School)
Carney, Ashlynn (School: Mililani High School)
Processing and Testing of the Invasive Species, Ipomoea aquatica, as a Low-Cost and Environmentally Sustainable Soil Amendment Agent Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America HI
2020 Bullion, Bailey (School: Pensacola High School)
Kruse, Jenna (School: Pensacola High School)
Mealworms: The Solution to Mounting Plastic Waste Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2020 Kagiliery, Julia (School: Episcopal School of Jacksonville) A Dual Sensor Machine Learning Approach to Sulfur Quantification in Lignite Coal Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2020 Youd, Beatrice (School: F J Turner High School) Phosphate Loading Prevention Qualities of Biodegradable Filters for Septic Use Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America WI
2020 Gregerson, Aidan (School: Kauai High School) Programming an Analysis of the Effects of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation Cycle on the Development of Hurricanes and Their Translation Speed Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America HI
2020 Knoll, Evan (School: Park Christian School) Don't Be So Salty, Phase III: The Phytoremediation of Brine Contaminated Soils through the Use of Cover Crops, Halophytes, and Foxtail Barley Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MN
2020 Carter, Peyton (School: Cascia Hall Preparatory School) Evaluating the Effects of Heavy Metals on the Germination and Development of Seeds and Employing the Bioremediation Properties of Wood Mulch in Extracting Heavy Metals from Tar Creek Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OK
2020 Scriven, Savannah (School: Palos Verdes High School) Clean Clothes, Contaminated Conditions: Fabric as a Source of Plastic Microfiber Pollution Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA
2020 Khazi-Syed, Ashar (School: Harmony School of Innovation - Fort Worth) A Quantum Leap: Application of CNTs/GOs/GQDs to Desalination Using MDCs Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX
2020 Singley, Mattie (School: Brush High School)
Stratman, Emily (School: Brush High School)
A Simplified Method to Measure Ground-Level Ozone in the Atmosphere Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CO
2020 Schweinfurth, Lila (School: Oregon Episcopal School) Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms to Mitigate Neurotoxin Exposure Using 20 Years of Shellfish and MODIS Satellite Data Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OR
2020 Quinn, Mariko (School: James B. Castle High School) To Tree or Not to Tree: Tracking Survival and Growth of Pocillopora acuta Spat on Coral Restoration Trees vs. Direct Reef Placement Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America HI
2020 Gootzeit, Jack (School: Waconia High School) Environmentally Friendly Alternatives to Standard Road Salts Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MN
2020 Andrade, Ku'ualoha (School: Waipahu High School)
Cabato, Dean (School: Waipahu High School)
Nishizawa, Riki (School: Waipahu High School)
Protecting the Reef Starts with the Right Protection Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America HI
2020 Chen, Victor (School: Pacific Horizons School) Calculating Evapotranspiration on Tutuila Island Earth and Environmental Sciences American Samoa
2020 Detor, Samantha (School: Breck School)
Roh, Abigail (School: Breck School)
Searching the Shadows: Using s Shadows in Aerial Imagery to Classify Trees by Genus for Urban Tree Management, Year II Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MN
2020 Kummel, Kathryn (School: William J. Palmer High School) Investigating Urban Heat Islands Using Mathematical Models, Satellite Data, and On-Site Measurements Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CO
2020 Liao , Ting-Juan (School: The Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University) Global Mean Sea Level Variations on Interannual-to-Decadal Timescales Earth and Environmental Sciences Taiwan
2020 Baumgardner, Kalli (School: Northwest Technology Center) How Super Are Superworms? Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OK
2020 Chery, Anne Marie Krishna (School: College Methodiste des Freres)
Monde, Maranatha (School: College Methodiste des Freres)
Brique Ecologique Earth and Environmental Sciences Haiti
2020 Perkins, Madison (School: Gilmer High School) Stayin' Alive: Effects of Disturbances on the Biodiversity of an Aquatic Ecosystem Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX
2020 Worrell, Virginia (School: Southwest Virginia Governor's School) Determining the Toxicological Effects of Polyurethane Foam and Complex Leachate on Artemia nauplii Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America VA
2020 Cao, Rina (School: University City High School) Effect of Cities on Normalized Differences of Land Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA
2020 Mitchell, Echo (School: Rural Special High School) The Long-Term Monitoring of Macroinvertebrate Community Structure in an Intermittent Ozark Headwater Stream Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AR
2020 Franks, Mia (School: University High School) Microfossils and Monsoons: What Is Their Relationship across the Deglaciation? Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AZ
2020 McQuilkin, Ellery (School: Lee Vining High School) A Study of Glacial Movement Based on the Kuna and Dana Glaciers Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA
2020 Narayan, Rithika (School: Elwood John Glenn High School) Coral Grief: Machine Learning on Crowd-sourced Data to Highlight an Ecological Crisis Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2020 Prevost, Henri (School: Warwick Valley High School) Assessing Toxic Airborne Nicotine Concentrations from the Use of Electronic Vapor Products (EVPs) in Public Middle and High School Bathrooms to Quantify Youth Exposure Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2020 Morgan, Caleb (School: West Point Junior High School) Climate Change: How Carbon Dioxide Affects the Earth's Atmosphere and Oceans Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America UT
2020 Park, William (School: Northfield Mount Hermon School) Optimizing S. cerevisiae Population Networks for Ecological Resilience Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MA
2020 Dunn, Kieran (School: Boston College High School) Antibiotic Effects on Tenebrio molitor Ingestion of Styrofoam Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MA
2020 Quan, Melanie (School: Las Lomas High School) Plastic Debris as a Vector for Heavy Metal Transport and Contamination in the Marine Environment Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA
2020 Yahne, Rosemary (School: Northern Utah Academy for Math, Engineering and Science) Impact of Grain Size and Inclination on Liquefaction Induced Lateral Ground Displacement for Sands Subjected to Simulated Seismic Shock Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America UT
2020 Wald, Elliot (School: Joel E. Ferris High School) Using eDNA to Estimate L. terrestris Populations Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America WA
2020 Peterson, Samuel (School: Joplin High School) The Relationship between Residential and Commercial Zoning and the Concentration of Toxic Heavy Metals Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MO
2020 Grimmett, Glenn (School: American Heritage School of Boca Delray) Carbon Capture Using Solid Sorbents. CO2 Adsorption Using Amine-Tethered Polystyrene and Polyacrylic Polymers in Humid Conditions Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2020 Smith, Parker (School: Dunwoody High School) Coastal Wave Attenuation Effect of Rhizophora sp. & Avicennia sp. vs. Vertical Seawalls & Other Man-made Coastal Protections Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America GA
2020 Michaluk, Sonja (School: Hopewell Valley Central High School) Optimizing Taxonomic Identification of Chironomidae (Diptera) for a Novel Method of Monitoring Our Global Fresh Water Supply Using DNA Barcoding (A Continuation) Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NJ
2020 Bissoondial, Tyler (School: John F. Kennedy High School)
Lippman, Blake (School: George W. Hewlett High School)
Investigating the Use of Ceratopteris richardii as a Model Plant for Phytoremediation of Cadmium Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2020 Rang, Adeline (School: Sumner High School) The Effect of Permeable Pavements on Danio rerio Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America WA
2020 Phuong, Madeline (School: Homestead Senior High School) Effect of Sanco Crystal Blue Ultra Concentrate Pond Dye on Swimming Behavior of Daphnia magna Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IN
2020 Jeho, Koo (School: Incheon Jinsan Science High School) Production and Fabrication of the Depth of Hypocenter Visualization Devices Using Geometric Principles Earth and Environmental Sciences South Korea Seoul
2020 Krostenko, Anastazja (School: John Adams High School) Evaluating Possible Effects of Polystyrene Sphere Ingestion on Brine Shrimp Hatchability, Longevity, and Length Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IN
2020 Miller, Lindsey (School: Palm Beach Central High School) The Effect of Nanosilver Particles on the DNA Sequence of Daphnia magna across Multiple Generations Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2020 Razon, Franklin (School: MIMAROPA Regional Science High School) Oil Retrieval System Using Selected Philippine Fibers for Remote Sensing Surface Vehicle Earth and Environmental Sciences Philippines
2020 Housel, Dillon (School: Fremont High School)
Hunsaker, Jaxon (School: Fremont High School)
A Novel Approach to Maximizing the Efficiency of Carbon Capture Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America UT
2020 Sontarp, Ethan (School: Commack High School) Modeling Uranium Uptake in Fossilized Teeth and Bones: Potential for Long-Term Uranium Waste Storage Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2020 Roman, Cesia (School: CROEM HS) Effects of Environmental Contaminant on Anxiety-like Behavior in Rodents Earth and Environmental Sciences Puerto Rico
2020 Nez, Alesia (School: Navajo Preparatory School) Establishing a Radon Region on the Navajo Nation's Abandoned Uranium Mines Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NM
2020 Gelderblom, Natalie (School: Reddam House Somerset) Comparing Relative Significance and Sources of Plastic Straws, Sucker-Sticks (Lollipop Sticks) and Earbud Sticks as Pollutants on Western Cape Beaches Earth and Environmental Sciences South Africa Gauteng
2020 Cotter, Madeleine (School: Allendale Columbia School) Watching Our Water: Predicting Water Quality from Satellite Images Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2021 Enguidanos, Marisol (School: Niceville High School) Is It Possible to Create a Self-sufficient Solar Powered Filtration System to Reduce Coral Bleaching Using Natural Resources (Year 3)? Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2021 You, Sunny (School: Miami Palmetto Senior High School) A Novel Deep Learning Model for Estimating Tropical Cyclone Intensity from Satellite Images Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL Second Award of $2,000
2021 Sahasika Kusumadyas, Valencio (School: SMA Negeri 3 Yogyakarta) Analysis of Potential Groundwater Availability Using Euclidean Distance in Yogyakarta Suburban City Earth and Environmental Sciences Indonesia Jakarta China Association for Science and Technology (CAST): Award of $1,200
2021 Shevchenko, Vlada (School: The Specialized Educational Scientific Center on Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology of Novosibirsk State University) The Luch-2 Lava Cave in the Zvezda Crater, Tolbachik Volcanic Complex, Kamchatka Peninsula Earth and Environmental Sciences Russian Federation China Association for Science and Technology (CAST): Award of $1,200
2021 He, Vivien (School: Palos Verdes Peninsula High School) A Consumer Internet-of-Things Device for On-Site and Regional Earthquake Early Warning Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA U.S. Agency for International Development: Second Award Working in Crisis and Conflict
Third Award of $1,000
2021 Baveja, Gunbir (School: Delhi Public School, Dwarka ) Earthquake Magnitude and b Value Prediction Model using Extreme Learning Machine Earth and Environmental Sciences India Delhi
2021 Duma, Camille (School: Vanguard High School) Utilization of Manihot esculenta Peels, Used Coffee Grounds, and Eggshells from Gallus gallus to Create Biodegradable Polymers Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2021 Agnihotri , Rudransh (School: Birla Vidya Niketan)
Mittal, Utkarsh (School: Birla Vidya Niketan)
Forest Guard: An Integrated Sensor cum AI-based Fire-prone Area Mapping and Early Forest Fire Detection System with Real-time Fire Tracking and Prediction of the Direction of Spread through a Mobile User-app Interface Earth and Environmental Sciences India Delhi
2021 Eddula, Shrika (School: Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science)
Huang, Jennifer (School: Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science)
Developing a Free Energy Parameter Model for the Prediction and Mapping of the Uptake of Hazardous Organic Pollutants by Plant Cuticle Membranes Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX
2021 Sufnarski, Mason (School: Marvin Ridge High School) Rethinking Our Roads: The Ability of Porous Concrete to Reduce Surface Runoff of Tire Wear Particles (TWP) Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NC China Association for Science and Technology (CAST): Award of $1,200
Air Force Research Laboratory on behalf of the United States Air Force: First Award of $750 in each Regeneron ISEF Category
2021 Nolan, Sarah (School: Brigidine College Randwick) The Effect of pH on RNA Absorption and Liberation on Mineral Surfaces Earth and Environmental Sciences Australia New South Wales
2021 King, Amy (School: Burns Science and Technology Charter School) Coagulation Flocculation Sedimentation Filtration of Microplastics Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2021 Marr, Caitlin (School: St. Mary's College)
Walter, Emily (School: St. Mary's College)
An Investigation into Salix fragilis and the Subsequent Environmental Impacts of Its Introduction to the Tasmanian Landscape Earth and Environmental Sciences Australia Victoria
2021 Yang, Yixiao (School: The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University) Effects of Elevated Temperatures on the Photodegradation of Pyrethroid Insecticides on Vegetable Leaves Earth and Environmental Sciences China Fourth Award of $500
2021 Casey, Conor (School: Pobalscoil Inbhear Sceine) Using Machine Learning to Improve Numerical Weather Prediction Earth and Environmental Sciences Ireland Second Award of $2,000
2021 Egaas, Lauren (School: Monarch High School)
Fox, Maddie (School: Monarch High School)
Haralson, Annalie (School: Monarch High School)
Hidden Signals in Paleoclimate Records: Investigating the Importance of the Sun to Earth’s Climate Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CO American Meteorological Society: First Award of $2,000
2021 Yan, Jessica (School: The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science) Reinforced Lignin Foams with Higher Adsorption Capabilities Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MS
2021 Harrow, Jordan (School: Episcopal School of Jacksonville) Demonstrating D. pulex as Environmental Buffers to Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors on H. littoralis Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL Third Award of $1,000
2021 Barnes, Morgan (School: Canterbury School) Analyzing In-situ Environmental Impacts on Long Term Durability, Cohesivity, and Viability Sodium Alginate Immobilized Chlorella vulgaris Bioremediation Units (A Novel Third Year Study) Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL Fourth Award of $500
2021 Ramirez, Mireya (School: North Gwinnett High School) Galleria mellonella Biodegradation of Polyethylene by Digestion Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America GA
2021 Chimbwanda, Marlvern (School: Mufakose 1 High School) Climate Clock: A Window of Hope — Our Most Critical Time Window to Take Bold, Transformative Action to Protect Our Climate for All Generations Earth and Environmental Sciences Zimbabwe HARARE
2021 Usdin, Richard (School: Benjamin Franklin High School) The Effect of CAFO Proximity on Water Quality of Inland Recreational Lakes in Southwest Michigan Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America LA
2021 Rawashdeh, Aseel (School: L C Anderson High School) Larvicidal “Trojan-horse”: Experimentally Developing a Novel Low-Cost and Eco-Friendly Mosquito Vector Control Treatment Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX U.S. Agency for International Development: Second Award Global Health
Second Award of $2,000
2021 Xu, Jinyi (School: No. 2 High School of East China Normal University) Study on Protein Precipitation Methods of Wastewater in Sweet Potato Food Processing Earth and Environmental Sciences China Fourth Award of $500
2021 Rawinski, Camille (School: Monte Vista High School) Analyzing the Effects of Spruce Beetles on Aquatic Ecosystems through Macroinvertebrate and Water Quality Sampling in Conejos County, Colorado Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CO Fourth Award of $500
2021 Arguello, Michelle (School: James Pace High School) The Hurricane Engine: Identifying the Correlation Between Ocean Eddies and the Development and Intensification of Hurricanes Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX
2021 Schweinfurth, Lila (School: Oregon Episcopal School) Developing a User-Friendly System for Predicting Harmful Levels of Marine Biotoxins Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OR Second Award of $2,000
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: Second Award of $500
2021 Kagiliery, Julia (School: Episcopal School of Jacksonville) The Creation and Practical Application of Industry Standards Water Analysis via PXRF Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL Second Award of $2,000
2021 Lindenthal, Stephan (School: Saint Edward's School) A Novel Model of Microplastics Pollution for Terrestrial Environments in Drosophila melanogaster Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2021 Bucklin, Claire (School: North Toole County High School) Microplastic Contamination in Montana's Mountains Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MT
2021 Larisa, Edenia (School: Al Irsyad Al Islamiyyah Senior High School Purwokerto)
Syifa, Amira (School: Al Irsyad Al Islamiyyah Senior High School Purwokerto)
Identification of Microplastics in Baby Fish Tuna (Euthynnus affinis) in Manis Market Purwokerto Earth and Environmental Sciences Indonesia Jakarta
2021 Tsang, Yi-Sin (School: The Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University) Rotation of Inner Eyewall within Double-Eyewall Typhoons Earth and Environmental Sciences Taiwan Taipei
2021 Alshaibi, Mohammed (School: Ahmad Bin Hanbal Secondary School)
Makableh, Ahmad (School: Ahmad Bin Hanbal Secondary School)
Remote Monitoring System for Swimming Pools Water Quality (IOT) Earth and Environmental Sciences Qatar
2021 Grow, Caleb (School: Jordan High School) Locking Down: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Air Pollution in Salt Lake City Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America UT
2021 Koda, Samuel (School: Hershey High School) Which Is the Best Spotted Lanternfly Trap? Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America PA
2021 Tingey, McKayla (School: Weber High School) Environmental Impact of Batteries on Animal and Human Health Through Soil and Groundwater Contamination Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America UT
2021 Radle, Alyse (School: North Ogden Junior High) Comparative Analysis of the Effectiveness of Cetyl Alcohol (Hexadecan-1-ol) and Shade Balls in Preventing Evaporation of Water Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America UT
2021 Mitchell, Echo (School: Rural Special High School) Seasonal Abundances of Macroinvertebrate Orders in an Intermittent Ozark Headwater Stream Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AR
2021 Kirklin, Maddie (School: Live Oak Classical School) Determining the Natural Microbial Flora Found on the Stem Surfaces of Aquatic Plants and Their Connection to Water Filtration Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX
2021 Kim, Gyunho (School: Masan Yongma High School)
Kim, Minseong (School: Masan Yongma High School)
Son, HeeGyu (School: Masan Yongma High School)
The Production of Bioplastics Using Persimmon Pruned Branches Earth and Environmental Sciences South Korea
2021 Holder, Cameron (School: Nettleton High School) Quantifying Soybean CO2 Exchange with Chlorophyll Content Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AR
2021 Ross, Isabel (School: Cienega High School) Green Infrastructure Impacts on Carbon Cycling: Evaluating Changes in Soil Microbial Composition and Function Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AZ University of Arizona: Renewal Tuition Scholarship
2021 Kwok, Christopher (School: Sequoia High School)
Kwok, Nicholas (School: Sequoia High School)
Modifying the Activity of Hydrogenase and Carbonic Anhydrase Enzymes in Chaetomorpha to Mitigate Ocean Acidification Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA Fourth Award of $500
2021 Yahne, Rosemary (School: Northern Utah Academy for Math, Engineering and Science) Minimum Slope Required for Liquefaction Induced Lateral Ground Displacement to Occur in a Confined Soil Mass Subject to a Simulated Seismic Shock Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America UT U.S. Agency for International Development: Third Award Working in Crisis and Conflict
2021 Young, Joseph (School: Moutain Pine High School) Water Energy Usage Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AR
2021 Agrawal, Ayush (School: Canyon Crest Academy) Detection of Arsenic Contamination Using Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA Second Award of $2,000
2021 Eswaran, Tarini (School: Little Rock Central High School) Plant Based Water Purification Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AR
2021 Bagchi, Avi (School: Shaker High School)
Bargeer, Ayaan (School: Shaker High School)
A New Approach To Ecology: Using Machine Learning to Predict the Spread of Invasive Species Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY ASU Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service: Award of $1,000
Second Award of $2,000
2021 Park, Geunhee (School: Kyeongbuk Science High School)
Song, Hyeokju (School: Kyeongbuk Science High School)
Woo, Hajin (School: Kyeongbuk Science High School)
Operation and Verification of Weather Prediction System for Marine Vessels Using NOAA Polar Orbit Satellites Earth and Environmental Sciences South Korea American Meteorological Society: Certificate of Honorable Mention
2021 Li, Yuchen (School: Nikola Tesla STEM High School) Path Dependence of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Weakening: A Geostrophic Shear Approach Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America WA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: First Award of $1500.00
2021 Lira de Paula Pinto , Sophia (School: Luiz Nunes de Oliveira)
Silva, Samuel (School: Luiz Nunes de Oliveira)
Silva, Gustavo (School: Luiz Nunes de Oliveira)
Package Reading and Interpretation, Agroxic Labels with the Use of Multimodal Texts Earth and Environmental Sciences Brazil Rio Grande do Sul
2021 Li, Yuntong (School: Burnaby North Secondary School)
Ross, Rowan (School: Burnaby North Secondary School)
A Novel Approach to Bio-Friendly Microplastic Extraction with Ascidians Earth and Environmental Sciences Canada Ontario Fourth Award of $500
2021 Soboleva, Anastasia (School: Krasnovskaya Secondary School) The Dynamics of Vegetation of the Re-cultivated and Eco-Restored Anthropogenically-Altered Landscapes in Krasnoye Settlement and in Its Vicinity (the Nenets Autonomous Area, 2016-2020) Earth and Environmental Sciences Russian Federation
2021 Choudhary, Rhea (School: Pulaski Academy) The Impact of Root Depth in Regards to Carbon Dioxide Absorption in Brassica Rapa Subspecies Pekinensis Plants Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AR
2021 Knobbe, Kiersten (School: Guthrie Center High School) UVClean or SODISgusting: Comparing the Effectiveness and Efficiency of an Ultra-Violet C (UVC) Sanitizer Box and the Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS) Method Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IA
2021 Mottley, Kai (School: Kauai High School) Identifying Climate Change Refugia for Hawaii's Vulnerable Endemic Species with a Spatial-Temporal Model in GIS Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America HI
2021 McQuilkin, Ellery (School: Lee Vining High School) Quantifying Volume of the Dana Glacier Using Field Measurements and 3D Modeling Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA First Award of $5,000
2021 Smith, Talia (School: Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI) The Effect of ZnO Nanoparticles on Arabidopsis Growth in Elevated CO2 Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MA
2021 Lee, Junsung (School: Logan High School) Abrupt Change in Ice Loss Rate of Alaska's Glaciers Observed from GRACE and GRACE-FO Data Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America UT
2021 Takahashi, Koya (School: Tosa High School) How Do We Save Our Lives? Discovery of Realistic Evacuation Issues and a Proposal of New Solution Earth and Environmental Sciences Japan
2021 Hu, Chelsea (School: BASIS Independent McLean) Eastern Skunk Cabbages: A Natural and Sustainable Solution for Combating Bank Erosion Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America VA Third Award of $1,000
2021 Dougherty, Jack (School: Pelham Memorial High School)
Dusevic, Daniel (School: Pelham Memorial High School)
A Profile of Heavy Metal Contamination in Lower Hudson Valley Tributaries Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2021 Christensen, Madeline (School: Bellarmine Preparatory School) New Estimates of Nitrogen Fixation on Early Earth Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America WA
2021 Camilliere, Nicole (School: Ossining High School) Year-Long Salinization of Groundwater and Surface Waters of Hudson River Watersheds due to Chronic Road Salt Application Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2021 Janapaty, Vedant (School: Silver Creek High School) An Accessible, Low Cost Tool for Citizen Scientists: Using Remote Sensing Techniques to Predict Fire Damage Propensity Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA
2021 Quan, Melanie (School: Las Lomas High School) Analysis of Plastic Pellet Distribution in the Environment Using Citizen Science Nurdle Patrol Data and Batch Identification to Differentiate Spills Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: First Award of $1500.00
2021 McCarthy, Katherine (School: Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy) The Great Lakes Nonmetal Concentrations: Potential Causes of Harmful Algal Blooms Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MI Fourth Award of $500
2021 Little, Eleanor (School: Roanoke Valley Governor's School for Science and Technology) Analysis of Microbial Diversity in PCB-Contaminated Environments Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America VA Fourth Award of $500
2021 Wang, Jason (School: Walnut High School) Polar Vortex and Long-Duration Events: Climate Change in the U.S. and Canada Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA American Meteorological Society: Certificate of Honorable Mention
2021 Rosario Pizarro, Lorraine (School: Colegio Rosa-Bell)
Rosario Pizarro, Rubén (School: Colegio Rosa-Bell)
Phenotypic Analysis on Trichoptera Larvae Behavior to Assess a Stream Quality and Changes in Flow Earth and Environmental Sciences Puerto Rico
2021 Pambukhchyan, Marta (School: Crescenta Valley High School) Leachate-Filtering Efficacy of Varied Liners Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA
2021 Bober, Brett (School: Pelham Memorial High School) Determining Effective Locations of Seagrass to Prevent Coastal Erosion Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2021 Renta Ortiz, Claudia (School: Escuela Especializada en Ciencias, Matemáticas y Tecnología) Design and Creation of an Artificial CaCo3 Porous Reef Prototype as a Support Structure for the Adaptation Capacity of the Marine Ecosystem Earth and Environmental Sciences Puerto Rico
2021 McGee, Natalie (School: Mt. Lebanon High School) Examining the Effects of Marine Microplastics on Porifera Microbial Filtration Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America PA
2021 Gu, Claire (School: Valley High School) Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms in Green Valley Lake Using a Machine Learning Model Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IA
2021 Sharma, Cameron (School: Mills E. Godwin High School) Aero2Aqua: A Novel Bioinspired Atmospheric Water Harvester Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America VA Third Award of $1,000
2021 Shen, Aniyah (School: University High School) Assessing Grass Water Use Efficiency Through Smartphone Imaging and ImageJ Analysis Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA Fourth Award of $500
2021 Zhang, Anya (School: Ed W. Clark High School) Delineation of Capture Zones for Springs in Southern Great Basin Based on Modeling Results and Geochemical Data Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NV Third Award of $1,000
2021 Noble, Emma (School: Eureka High School) Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Uptake in Plants Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America KS
2021 Bhushan, Rithik (School: Monterey High School) Utilization of Spirulina for Phytoremediation of Cadmium Pollution in Waterways Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA
2021 Chen, Angela (School: William G. Enloe High School) Assessing and Predicting Wildfire Severity in California Based on Relationships Between Wildfires and Drought Using Machine Learning Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NC National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: Second Award of $500
Fourth Award of $500
2021 Lavallee, Lucia (School: Pelham Memorial High School) Street Trees: An Analysis of Undergrounding Power Lines in the Northeastern Suburbs Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2021 Nilsson Rapping, Liv (School: Vagga Gymnasieskolan ) The Environmental Impact of Clothing: A Comparative Study Between Cotton and Lyocell from an Environmental, Economical and Quality Perspective Earth and Environmental Sciences Sweden
2021 Du, Anna (School: Phillips Academy) Developing a 3D Trajectory Modeling System to Predict Ocean Floor Microplastic Aggregation Using a Voxel-Based Neural Network Approach Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MA Third Award of $1,000
2021 Phuong, Madeline (School: Homestead Senior High School) Effect of Organic Materials Review Institute-Certified Bacillus thuringiensis Bio-insecticide on Daphnia magna Swimming Behavior Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IN
2021 Kratcha, Gavin (School: Hankinson Public School) An Analysis of Agricultural Tile Drainage and the Impact of Crop Residue Retention Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America ND Fourth Award of $500
2021 Rennekamp, Joshua (School: Conestoga Valley Senior High School) Using Bivalve Mollusks to Detect Water Contaminates Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America PA
2021 Lee, Jaeyoung (School: Auburn High School) Environmental Conservation: Calculation of Irregular Surface Area Utilizing the Monte Carlo Method and the Law of Large Numbers Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AL
2021 Nichols, Christian (School: Brockton High School) Identifying Invertebrate Fossils in the Field Utilizing Machine Learning with a Novel 3D Augmentation Approach Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MA
2021 Kallberg, Harriet (School: Lugnetgymnasiet)
Norman, Kajsa (School: Lugnetgymnasiet)
What Underwater Sounds Does a Small Boat Make and Do the Dominant Frequencies in the Noise Coincide With Fish Calls? Earth and Environmental Sciences Sweden
2021 Ryan, Ashton (School: Rochester High School) Zooplankton Studies in Lentic Ecosystems: Phase V - Cyclomorphosis Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IL
2021 Kratcha, Emma (School: Hankinson Public School) Soil Farms: A New Approach to Cropland Restoration Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America ND ASU Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Service: Award of $1,000
Fourth Award of $500
2021 Roth, Ashley (School: Lynbrook Senior High School) Aquatic Habitat Nitrate Levels on Long Island: The Effect of High Nitrate Levels on Anuran Species Abundance Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2021 Manlongat, Sharlene Faye (School: Niles North High School) Math Model on the Effect of Deforestation and Anthropization on the Transmission Rates of Bat-Related Diseases Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IL
2021 Narayan, Rithika (School: Elwood John Glenn High School) Harnessing Deep Learning to Assess Coral Reef Health Through Crowd-sourced Efforts Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: Second Award of $500
2021 Hefty, Sydney (School: DeKalb High School) The Effects of Different Turbine Blade Shapes on the Output of Hydroelectric Power Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IN
2021 Singh, Ridhima (School: Farragut High School) Spatial Pattern and Correlation Analysis to Understand the Relationship of City Structure on the Urban Heat Island (UHI) Intensity Across the US Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TN Fourth Award of $500
2021 DeMessie , Sahle (School: William Mason High School) Removing Chromium (VI) from Contaminated Water Using a Low-Cost Chitosan Coated Diatomaceous Earth Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OH U.S. Agency for International Development: USAID Science for Development First Award - Climate and Environmental Protection
Third Award of $1,000
2021 Vaughan, Breanna (School: Central City High School) The Effect of Biochar on Phosphorus Leaching in Chicken Manure Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NE
2021 Xu, Alex (School: Boston Latin School) The Effect of Covid-19 on the Air Filtration Systems in the Train System Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MA
2021 Khullar, Shreya (School: West High School) Dendrochronological Data Analysis to Measure Climate Sensitivity and to Develop Paleoclimate Reconstructions Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: Second Award of $500
American Meteorological Society: Third Award of $500
2021 Shields, Thanaphone (School: West Point Junior High School) Detection of Coliforms in Adam's Canyon Watershed Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America UT
2021 Carter, Cameron (School: Ocean Lakes High School) Rapid Intensification of Hurricanes in the Atlantic Basin Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America VA
2021 Dhulipalla, Saketh (School: Nikola Tesla STEM High School) Predicting the Extent of Late Seasonal Wildfires in Washington Using the Correlation Between the Standardized Precipitation Index and Burned Area Data Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America WA American Meteorological Society: Second Award of $1,000
2021 Vachal, Brooke (School: Tioga High School) Manure to Energy Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America ND
2021 Dugar, Aahana (School: Arizona College Preparatory- Erie)
Enwiller, Blake (School: Arizona College Preparatory- Erie)
Hanford, Nevan (School: Arizona College Preparatory- Erie)
The Degradation of Polystyrene (Styrofoam) by Tenebrio Beetles and Their Larvae Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AZ Fourth Award of $500
2021 Mao, Angela (School: Syosset High School) Analyzing Water Contaminants Through Image Processing of Chlorophyll-a Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2021 Benjamin, Rolains (School: Petit Seminaire College Saint-Martial)
Oculte , Ravelito (School: Petit Seminaire College Saint-Martial)
The Transformation of Household Waste into Combustible Briquettes Earth and Environmental Sciences Haiti
2021 Licato, James (School: Washington-Lee High School) Development of a Zeolite Composite Material for the Simultaneous Removal of Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Products (PPCPs), and Perfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) in Water Treatment Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America VA Third Award of $1,000
2021 Sikorski, Lily (School: Sarasota High School)
VanSuch, Alexa (School: Sarasota High School)
Secretion of Microplastics on the Seafloor Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2021 Hegy , Yasmin (School: Kafrawy Language School) Enhancement of Binary Geothermal Power Plants by Using Nanoparticles and It's Application in Egypt Earth and Environmental Sciences Egypt Alexandria, Egypt
2021 Rodriguez , Daniel (School: Colegio de Estudios Cientificos y Tecnologicos del Estado de Puebla Plantel Magdalena )
Rojas , Dannai (School: Colegio de Estudios Cientificos y Tecnologicos del Estado de Puebla Plantel Magdalena )
Biodegradable Film Based on Banana Peel, Cornstarch and Glycerin Earth and Environmental Sciences Mexico Circuito Juan Pablo II No.2240
2021 Castillo, Diego (School: Colegio de Estudios Cientificos y Tecnologicos del Estado de Puebla Plantel Cholula) Edible Spoon Made from Cereals, Seeds and Natural Gums Earth and Environmental Sciences Mexico Circuito Juan Pablo II No.2240
2021 LaFortune, Alexander (School: Satellite High School) Predictive Modeling of Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification by Analyzing Convective Patterns with Convolutional Neural Networks, Year Four Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2021 Huang, Caroline (School: Abbey Park High School) Predicting Mechanisms of Flood Vulnerability for Southeast Asia Using Statistical Percolation Theory Earth and Environmental Sciences Canada Ontario Third Award of $1,000
2021 Ali, Hiba (School: South Burlington High School) Functional Roles of Mysis and Amphipods Between Lake Basins Faced by Two Different Stressors: Zebra Mussels and Cyanobacteria Blooms Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America VT
2021 Haque, Ishraq (School: Academic Magnet High School) A Novel Low-Cost Filtration System for Removing Arsenic and Improving Health in Rural Populations Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America SC
2021 Berry IV, William (School: Oxford High School) Removing Harmful Nitrates from Bodies of Fresh Water Through Biosorption Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MS
2021 Earl, Adrie (School: Success Academy DSU) The Burning Effects of Sunscreen on Coral Algae (Zooxanthellae) Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America UT
2021 Gupta, Neha (School: Westdale Secondary School) A Novel and Low-cost Microfluidic-based C. elegans Electrotaxis Assay for Screening of Toxic Chemicals in Water Earth and Environmental Sciences Canada Ontario
2021 Javali, Ishaan (School: Plano East Senior High School)
Joshi, Shrey (School: Plano East Senior High School)
GLAS: A Global Landslide Analytics System Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX First Award of $5,000
U.S. Agency for International Development: USAID Science for Development First Award - Working in Crisis and Conflict
2021 Hiremath, Sanjana (School: Plano East Senior High School)
Teerdhala, Sriya (School: Plano East Senior High School)
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 Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX U.S. Agency for International Development: Third Award Agriculture and Food Security
Third Award of $1,000
2021 Anderson, Kenna (School: Flathead High School)
Mitchell, Emily (School: Flathead High School)
Effect of Lemna minor on Caffeine Levels in Freshwater Ecosystems Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MT
2021 Chen, Victor (School: Pacific Horizons School) Calculating Evapotranspiration on Tutuila Island with Python Earth and Environmental Sciences American Samoa
2021 Nielsen, Anna (School: West Linn High School)
Nielsen, Sophia (School: West Linn High School)
Progression of Sea Star Wasting Syndrome on the Oregon Coast Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OR
2021 Christensen , Rachel (School: Evergreen Senior High School) The Environmental Effect on Aquatic Ecosystems of Run-Off From Wildfires Where Fire Retardant Slurry Was Used Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CO
2021 Juarez, Eliana (School: V. Sue Cleveland High School) Using Machine Learning to Combat Air Pollution by Forecasting Tropospheric Ozone Levels Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NM Raytheon Technologies Corporation: Each winning project will receive $1,000.
2022 Muhamad Shukor, Nur Ain Dafina (School: Sekolah Menengah Sains Sultan Mohamad Jiwa)
Suhaimi, Awatif Qistina (School: Sekolah Menengah Sains Sultan Mohamad Jiwa)
Zainuddin, Muhammad Fitri Hatim (School: Sekolah Menengah Sains Sultan Mohamad Jiwa)
ChaCO-Ban: The Revolutionary Eco-Charcoal Earth and Environmental Sciences Malaysia
2022 Kondo, Jun (School: Kyoto Tachibana High School) Development of a Portable Sensor Using Soil Fluorescence as an Indicator of Fertility in Rice Paddies Earth and Environmental Sciences Japan Tokyo Fourth Award of $500
2022 Paciorek, Katelynn (School: Wiregrass Ranch High School) Study on the Effects of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Water Contamination on the Oxygen Production Levels of Elodea densa (Aquatic Elodea Plant) Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2022 Ghosh, Rishita (School: Learning Paths School) Designing of Nitrogen Doped Melamine Foam-Graphene-CNT-Metal Oxide Heterostructure Photocatalyst for Industrial Waste Management Earth and Environmental Sciences India DELHI Arizona State University: Arizona State University ISEF Scholarship (valued at up to $52,000 each)
Second Award of $2,000
2022 Nemeth, Reka (School: Darwin High School) Darwin Mangrove Ecosystem Field Study Earth and Environmental Sciences Australia Victoria
2022 Han, Gaon (School: Haemil High School)
Hwang, Jiho (School: Haemil High School)
Yang, Hui Gwan (School: Haemil High School)
Please Embedding Roundabout on the City!: Roundabout Planning Program for Reducing Air Pollution in the Urban Planning Stage Earth and Environmental Sciences South Korea Chungnam-do
2022 Hackland, Sarah
Hunn, Audrey (School: Protea Heights Academy)
A Comparison Between Two Rocky Shore Ecosystems on Two Different Coastlines Earth and Environmental Sciences South Africa Gauteng
2022 Wang, Lu-Heng (School: Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School)
Yang, Po-Kai (School: Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School)
Polar Vortex Influence on Broadscale Cold Extremes Associated With Arctic Oscillation Earth and Environmental Sciences Taiwan American Meteorological Society: Third Award of $500
Fourth Award of $500
2022 You, Sunny (School: Miami Palmetto Senior High School) Predicting Future Tropical Cyclone Intensity Using a Convolutional Neural Network Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL U.S. Agency for International Development: Second Award Working in Crisis and Conflict
Third Award of $1,000
2022 Stan, Brianna (School: Lauder-Reut Educational Complex) Performance of Machine Learning Algorithms for Predicting Air Pollution Parameters Earth and Environmental Sciences Romania Suceava Fourth Award of $500
2022 He, Vivien (School: Palos Verdes Peninsula High School) Qube Network: A Low-Cost, High-Sensitivity Consumer Seismic Network for Earthquake Early Warning Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA CA Air Force Research Laboratory on behalf of the United States Air Force: Glass trophy and USAF medal for each recipient
Air Force Research Laboratory on behalf of the United States Air Force: First Award of $750 in each Regeneron ISEF Category
2022 Koivutalu , Rhea (School: Tallinn Secondary School of Science) The Spread of the Woolly Mammoth Over Time and Determining Its Habitat Earth and Environmental Sciences Estonia Tartu County
2022 Chen, Angela (School: North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics) Developing a Machine Model to Predict Wildfire Risk and Identify Key Wildfire Drivers in California Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NC American Statistical Association: In-Kind membership to ASA for all winners, including honorable mentions
American Statistical Association: First Award of $1,500
Fourth Award of $500
American Meteorological Society: Honorable Mention of $125
2022 Das, Sreya (School: Liberty High School) A Novel Solution to Combat Brewery Waste Utilizing Hermetia illucens Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX
2022 Fetherlin, Carmela (School: Haines City IB East) The Effects of Increasing Iron Concentration on the Biomass and Fluorescence of Chlorella sp. Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2022 Moeller, Grace (School: Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial) The Effects of Natural and Artificial Dyes on Water Quality Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MN
2022 Alizade, Samed (School: Baku European Lyceum)
Omarli, Ayaz (School: Young Talents High School)
Accelerated Reconstruction of the Ecosystem of Karabakh Region Through Innovative Technologies Earth and Environmental Sciences Azerbaijan
2022 Phan, Ai (School: Atlanta Girls' School) Project Titan-Phyto: The Effects of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles on Marine Phytoplankton Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America GA
2022 Gosukonda, Jaabili (School: Houston County High School) Superabsorbent Hydrogels for Water Conservation and Plant Growth Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America GA
2022 Wells, Benjamin (School: Weldon Valley High School) LD50 Investigation With Brine Shrimp: Comparing the Effects of COVID Disinfectants With Water Dilution and Brine Shrimp Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CO
2022 Alkaka, Lamar (School: Dhahran Ahliyya School) Estimating the Capillary Pressure of Reservoir Rocks Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Logging Earth and Environmental Sciences Saudi Arabia Fourth Award of $500
2022 Hagans, Carsyn (School: Archbold High School) The Effect of Artificial Light at Night on Anabaena and Microcystis Growth Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OH United States (1)
2022 Gabrielson, Cameron (School: Oregon Episcopal School) The Effect of Climate Change on Carbon Sequestration in Pinus ponderosa Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OR
2022 Elias, Nathan (School: Liberal Arts and Science Academy) A Novel Method for Automated Identification and Prediction of Invasive Species Growth Using Deep Learning Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence: Honorable Mention
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence: AAAI Membership for the School Libraries of All 8 Winners (in-kind award / part of 1st-3rd prize and honorable mentions' prize)
Drexel University: Full tuition scholarship
U.S. Agency for International Development: Second Award Agriculture and Food Security
2022 Schultz, Josephine (School: Winston Churchill High School) Replicability of Light Pollution Effects on Timing of Butterfly Metamorphosis Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX American Statistical Association: In-Kind membership to ASA for all winners, including honorable mentions
American Statistical Association: Honorable Mention
2022 Allegood, Brecken (School: Hillcrest High School)
Elison, Nathan (School: Hillcrest High School)
Is True Glacier Water Really More Pure? Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America ID
2022 Noor, Hiba (School: Aga Khan Higher Secondary School) Influence of Organic Liquid Fertilizer on Crops Earth and Environmental Sciences Pakistan Capital
2022 Cox, Georgia (School: Pacific Horizons School) Skyglow in American Samoa Earth and Environmental Sciences American Samoa
2022 Lavan, Grace (School: Cloquet Senior High School) Effects of the Line 3 Oil Pipeline on Gray Wolves (Canis lupus) on the Fond du Lac Reservation Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MN
2022 van der Leeuw, Nathaniel (School: University High School)
Wood, Lily (School: University High School)
Contemporary and Projected Climate Change Across the Southwestern United States Relative to the Last 24,000 Years Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AZ Arizona State University: Arizona State University ISEF Scholarship (valued at up to $52,000 each)
Arizona State University: Arizona State University ISEF Scholarship (valued at up to $52,000 each)
University of Arizona: Renewal Tuition Scholarship
2022 Grover, Uma (School: West Linn High School)
Lin, Melinda (School: West Linn High School)
What Are the Effects of Cyanobacteria Blooms on the Taxa Diatoma? Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OR
2022 Achour, Mehdi (School: Bartlesville High School) Orange Is the New Green; From Waste to Water Absorbent BioPolymer: How Can Orange Peels Help Plants Resist Drought? Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OK U.S. Agency for International Development: USAID Science for Development First Award - Agriculture and Food Security
2022 Bucklin, Claire (School: North Toole County High School) Assessing Microplastic Pervasiveness in Bark Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MT
2022 Larndate, Thitipong (School: Princess Chulabhon Science High School Pathumthani)
Sengnongban, Jirapon (School: Princess Chulabhon Science High School Pathumthani)
A Novel Floatable Planting Material for Inner Mangrove Forest Inspired by Barringtonia asiatica Earth and Environmental Sciences Thailand Pathum Thani Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society: First Life Science Award of $1,500
Second Award of $2,000
2022 Li, Emmy (School: Clear Lake High School) Enhanced CO2 Capture via Carbon Mineralization Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX
2022 Gupta, Arjun (School: Quest for Education and Arts) Nouveau-AI-Plastic-Degen: A Novel Approach Using AI-Based Enzyme Engineering To Design New and Highly Efficient Marine Plastic Degrading Enzymes Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AZ Arizona State University: Arizona State University ISEF Scholarship (valued at up to $52,000 each)
Third Award of $1,000
2022 Tryndyak, Olya (School: Little Rock Central High School) The Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewaters Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AR
2022 Ernst, Emily (School: Broadneck High School) Tides, Pollution, and Human Health: Exploring the Relationship Between Tidal Phases and Water Contamination in a Coastal Inlet Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MD Drexel University: Full tuition scholarship
2022 Radle, Alyse (School: Weber High School) Comparative Analysis of the Effectiveness of Polyethylene, Cetyl Alcohol (Hexadecan-1-ol) and Shade Balls in Preventing Evaporation of Water and Its Effect on Water Quality Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America UT
2022 Cho, Rebecca (School: Jericho High School) Reconstruction Modeling Using Tectonics and Climate of Western North America Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY First Award of $5,000
Robert Horvitz Prize for Fundamental Research
2022 De La Garza, Jade (School: Nacogdoches High School)
Rocha, Brisa (School: Nacogdoches High School)
Plant Growth With At-Home Soil Treatments Planted in Riverside Soil Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX
2022 Boykin, Desmen (School: Governor's School at Innovation Park) The Effect of Casein Polymers on the Filtration of Heavy Metals and Contaminants in Well Water Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NM Fourth Award of $500
2022 Sasikumar, Tarunika (School: Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School) Assessing the Efficacy of the U.S. Endangered Species Act Through the Novel Quantification of Species Charisma and Respective Population Trends Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY Second Award of $2,000
2022 Shields, Emma (School: Jackson Senior High School) The Effect of Replacing Surfactants With Fossil Fuel Free Alternatives on the Toxicity of Ceriodaphnia dubia Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MO
2022 Wise-Maldonado, Ruth (School: Sunnyside Senior High School) How Do Sound Waves Affect Plant Root Physiology and Photosynthesis? Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America WA United States University of Arizona: Renewal Tuition Scholarship
2022 Alam , Juzaili (School: SMA Negeri 1 Bawang)
Istiqomah , Erma (School: Bawang Public High School 1)
How Does the RUSLE Equation Determine the Soil Erosion in Watershed? A Case Study at Serayu Watershed, Banjarnegara, Indonesia Earth and Environmental Sciences Indonesia Jakarta
2022 Udata, Dev Rishi (School: Jesuit High School) A Novel Approach for Coral Rehabilitation: Growth Enhancement With Electrochemical Deposition of CaCO3 Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OR
2022 McQuilkin, Ellery (School: Lee Vining High School) Projecting Disappearance of the Dana Glacier Using Observed Melt Rate and 3D Modeling Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: Judges' Award
Fourth Award of $500
2022 Bailey, Makena (School: Chino Hills High School)
Phaychanpheng, Kyra (School: Chino Hills High School)
The Effects of Varying Nitrogen: Phosphorus: Potassium (NPK) Ratios on Algal Growth in Wetland Water Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA
2022 Esteban Perez, Hany (School: Colegio de Estudios Cientificos y Tecnologicos del Estado de Puebla Plantel Cholula)
Maldonado Franco, Wendy (School: Colegio de Estudios Cientificos y Tecnologicos del Estado de Puebla Plantel Cholula)
Mejia Arellano, Diana (School: Colegio de Estudios Cientificos y Tecnologicos del Estado de Puebla Plantel Cholula)
Biodegradable Container Made From Coconut Shells and Cane Husks Earth and Environmental Sciences Mexico Puebla
2022 Carretero Mendez, Jose Jesus (School: Colegio de Estudios Cientificos y Tecnologicos del Estado de Puebla Plantel Cholula)
Reyes Ramos, Roxana (School: Colegio de Estudios Cientificos y Tecnologicos del Estado de Puebla Plantel Cholula)
Preparation of a Waterproofing Based on Nopal Mucilage (Opuntia ficus-indica), Alum and Liquid Soap Earth and Environmental Sciences Mexico Puebla
2022 Ramos Burgos, Edmarie (School: Escuela Superior Juana Colón) Microplastics in the Beaches of Western Puerto Rico Earth and Environmental Sciences Puerto Rico
2022 Allen, William (School: Buckeye Valley High School) Interactions of Various Algae Species and Phosphate Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OH
2022 Daoud, Anthony (School: Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy) Assessing Genotoxicity and Coliform Contamination of Rivers and Lakes in the Saginaw Watershed Area Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MI
2022 Dong, Owen (School: Rochester Adams High School) Arsenic Metabolism in the Mushroom Agaricus bisporus Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MI
2022 Washington , Kiera (School: Davis Aerospace) Daphnia magna in Surface Runoffs Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MI Lawrence Technological University: Tuition scholarship of $19,650 per year, renewable for up to four years and applicable to any major
2022 Bhowal, Druhin (School: Nikola Tesla STEM High School)
Singh, Arihant (School: Nikola Tesla STEM High School)
It's Flaming Out: Using Artificial Intelligence To Emulate Critical Aspects of Wildfire Growth Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OR Arizona State University: Arizona State University ISEF Scholarship (valued at up to $52,000 each)
Arizona State University: Arizona State University ISEF Scholarship (valued at up to $52,000 each)
Fourth Award of $500
2022 Nath, Artash (School: Bloor Collegiate Institute) The Silence of Global Oceans: Acoustic Impact of the COVID-19 Lockdown Earth and Environmental Sciences Canada MT Ontario Second Award of $2,000
2022 Ryan, Ashton (School: Rochester High School) Zooplankton Studies in Lentic Ecosystems - Phase VI: Vertical Migration Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IL Third Award of $1,000
2022 Sieg, Julie (School: Earl Haig Secondary School) The Effects of Increased Sea Temperature on Phytoplankton Community Composition by Cell Size Earth and Environmental Sciences Canada MT Ontario Fourth Award of $500
2022 Miller, Jett (School: Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy) The Effect of Fracking on Thermal Conductivity and Seismic Wave Transmission Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MI
2022 Lee, Maxwel (School: Hackley School) The Effect of Hordeum vulgare l. Extract and Phragmites australis Extract on the Growth of Algae in a Freshwater Environment Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2022 Marriott, Oakely (School: Fremont High School)
Mitchell, Keiley (School: Fremont High School)
Effectiveness of Grass Clippings as a Fuel Alternative Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America UT
2022 Shields, Thanaphone (School: Syracuse High School) How Humans Have an Impact on Our Watersheds Today: A Microbial Study on the Jordan River Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America UT
2022 Yan, Felicia (School: William G. Enloe High School) Modeling Sea Level Rise Driven Coastal Forest Loss and the Aboveground Carbon Impacts With Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NC
2022 Romero, Jorge (School: Muskogee High School) Fluid Filtration Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OK
2022 Chzhen, Maria (School: Westdale Secondary School) Multiple Factor Regression Analysis of Vegetation Changes and Land Degradation in Drylands Earth and Environmental Sciences Canada Ontario Third Award of $1,000
2022 Yahne, Rosemary (School: Northern Utah Academy for Math, Engineering and Science) A 1-g Earthquake Simulation Model Evaluating the Impact of P-waves and S-waves on the Occurrence of Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Spread Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America UT
2022 Sohn, Kayla (School: Herricks High School) Biologically Inspired Material Design for Selective Removal of Estradiol Water Contaminants Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY Fourth Award of $500
2022 Puri, Anika (School: Horace Greeley High School) ElSa: A Novel Real-Time Wildlife Poacher Detection Solution Leveraging Machine Learning-Driven Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Nighttime UAV Thermal Infrared Videos Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY First Award of $5,000
Peggy Scripps Award for Science Communication
2022 Pambukhchyan, Marta (School: Crescenta Valley High School) Dissolved-Solid Filtering Efficacy of Varied Landfill Liners Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA
2022 Kim, Eyrin (School: Farragut High School) Planning Equitable Accessibility to Dialysis Care: A Case Study of Hurricane Ida Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TN National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: Taking the Pulse of the Planet First Award
Second Award of $2,000
2022 Clarke, Michael (School: Westlake High School) Evaluating the Efficacy of Organic Management Methods on Japanese Stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum) Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2022 Singh, Ridhima (School: Farragut High School) Quantification of Environmental Drivers Underlying the Changes in Urban Vegetation Across the United States Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TN
2022 Kratcha, Gavin (School: Hankinson Public School) An Innovative Approach To Manage the Environmental Impact of Agricultural Drainage Water Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America ND
2022 Barnes, Morgan (School: Canterbury School) Engineering a Biomimetic System That Maximizes Surface Area Exposure to Water Flow Thus Increasing the Rate of Bioremediation in an in vitro Hypereutrophic System (A Novel Fourth Year Study) Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2022 Wang, Jason (School: Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics) Big Data Analysis of Climate Change: Extreme Temperature, Rainfall, Snowfall Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OK American Meteorological Society: First Award of $1,500
2022 Chen, Alvin (School: Stuyvesant High School) The Implicative Comparisons of 90th Percentile Lead and Copper Compliance Calculations on Historic NYC Public Water System Data Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2022 Abraham, Ethan (School: Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus) Effectiveness of a Fire-Fighting Foam as an Eco-Friendly Replacement Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America HI Arizona State University: Arizona State University ISEF Scholarship (valued at up to $52,000 each)
2022 Cavaneau, Emma (School: Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts) A Direct Comparison of the Acute Toxicity of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles and Avobenzone to Daphnia magna Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AR
2022 Dunn, Cameron (School: Boston College High School) Effects of Copper Sulfate Exposure on the Nervous System of the Hirudo verbana Leech Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MA Third Award of $1,000
2022 Lee, Katherine (School: Jasper High School) Finding an Accessible, Environmentally Friendly Solution to Water Purification: Testing the Effectiveness of Aloidendron barberae and Bambusa dolichomerithalla as Natural Coagulants on Copper Ion Concentration Using UV-vis Spectrophotometry Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX
2022 Bergstrand, Lovis (School: Uddevalla gymnasieskola) Effects of Changes in Precipitation on Marine Ecosystems Due to Overstraining of Wastewater Treatment Plants Earth and Environmental Sciences Sweden
2022 Gbadebo-Goyea, Brenton (School: The Governor French Academy) Evaluating Ultraviolet Rays as a Method To Increase the Efficiency of Methods Used To Clean Up Oil Spills Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IL
2022 Cox, Nicholas (School: Sarasota High School)
Mulhollen, Rylee (School: Sarasota High School)
How Do Different Concentrations of Glyphosate Affect Phytoplankton Populations and How Effective Will a Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) Absorption Filtration Test Be at Removing Glyphosate From an Herbicide to Protect Phytoplankton Populations? Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2022 Karamchedu, Mithra (School: Jesuit High School) Boundary Detection of Debris-Covered Glaciers Using Fractal Analysis and Normalized Differencing of Thermal and Infrared Bands in Remote-Sensed Landsat Datasets Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OR
2022 Anderson, Kenna (School: Flathead High School) The Effect of Ocean Acidification on Carbon Sequestration by Nannochloropsis Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MT
2022 Juarez, Eliana (School: V. Sue Cleveland High School) Urban Ozone Forecasting and Policy Recommendations Through Photochemical Modeling and Machine Learning Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NM National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: Taking the Pulse of the Planet First Award
University of Arizona: Renewal Tuition Scholarship
Third Award of $1,000
American Meteorological Society: Honorable Mention of $125
2022 Schwarzbauer , Anja (School: Sarasota High School) The Effect of Consuming Polyethylene on the Function and Consumption Rate of the Zophobas atratus Superworm Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL Florida Institute of Technology: Full Tuition Presidential Scholarship
2022 Vaddi, Suraj (School: Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology) Tar Print: Novel Convolutional Remote Sensing Techniques To Quantify Urbanization and Study Water Quality Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America VA Third Award of $1,000
2022 Partsch, Glenn (School: International School of Luxembourg) To What Extent Is There a Relationship Between Phosphorus and Nitrogen Concentrations and Excessive Cyanobacteria Growth in Simulated Upper Sure Lake Conditions? Earth and Environmental Sciences Luxembourg
2023 Babar, Areebah (School: PakTurk International Schools and Colleges, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Girls Campus)
Haque, Fatima (School: PakTurk International Schools and Colleges, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Girls Campus)
An Experimental Approach to Make Paper From Aquaculture By-Product Earth and Environmental Sciences Pakistan Islamabad Capital Territory
2023 Kolachina, Roshan (School: McIntosh High School) Sustainable Eating to Save Our Planet Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America GA
2023 Ko, Szu-Yun (School: Taipei First Girls High School) Physical Disturbances Affect Food Availability To Shape Benthic Community Structure in Submarine Canyons Earth and Environmental Sciences Taiwan Third Award of $1,000
2023 Fukutomi, Brie-Ann (School: Henry Perrine Baldwin High School)
Tupou, Penelope (School: Henry Perrine Baldwin High School)
The Effects of Coastal Erosion Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America HI Arizona State University: Arizona State University ISEF Scholarship (valued at up to $52,000 each)
2023 Thomas, Riley (School: Greybull High School) Reducing Potential Groundwater Contamination From Coal Fly Ash: Developing a Unique Bentonite/Zeolite Matrix Barrier Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America WY
2023 Gorska, Oliwia (School: XL Liceum Ogolnoksztatcace z Oddziatami Dwujezycznymi im. Stefana Zeromskiego w Warszawie)
Markiewicz, Karolina (School: XL Liceum Ogolnoksztatcace z Oddziatami Dwujezycznymi im. Stefana Zeromskiego w Warszawie)
Can Anthropogenic Pollutants (Microplastics and Fertilizers) Really Be Dangerous to Freshwater Zooplankton? Earth and Environmental Sciences Poland - China Association for Science and Technology (CAST): Award of $1,200
Third Award of $1,000
2023 Ghosh, Rishab (School: College Park High School) An Analysis Into the Removal of Microplastics From Water Using Oil-Based Ferrofluids Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX Serving Society Through Science: Second Award of $500
2023 McBride, Alynza (School: South Sumter High School) Are Growth Rates of Pine Trees Affected by Depth to Groundwater? Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2023 Choi, Hoi Fong (School: Yuet Wah College)
Liu, Kuan I (School: Yuet Wah College)
Ng, Hio Chit (School: Yuet Wah College)
Synergistic Effect of Co-Exposure to SOA and Transition Metals Induces Toxicity and Developmental Defects in vitro and in vivo Earth and Environmental Sciences China, Macao Special Administrative Region
2023 You, Sunny (School: Miami Palmetto Senior High School) Hurricane Rapid Intensification Convolutional Neural Network: A Novel Deep Learning Model for Predicting Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification Using 20 Years of Satellite Rainfall Data Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL National Geographic Society: Excellence in Geography and Geospatial Science Award
Fourth Award of $500
2023 Sebatlelo , Keitumetse (School: Carleton Jones High School ) Predicting the Likelihood and Severity of Sinkholes Occurring in Khutsong Due to Leakage From Underground Water Pipes Earth and Environmental Sciences South Africa Gauteng
2023 Blignaut, Enzo (School: Paul Roos Gymnasium) The Impact of Land Use Type and Distance Downstream on the General River Health and Water Quality in the Eerste River, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa Earth and Environmental Sciences South Africa Gauteng
2023 Quint, Cornelius-Agidian (School: Hermann-Tast-Schule) SMS | Sphagnum MicroSpheres: The Fast Moor Renaturation Earth and Environmental Sciences Germany Hamburg
2023 Choi, Yuhyun (School: Korean Minjok Leadership Academy)
Lee, Dahin (School: Korean Minjok Leadership Academy)
Demonstration and Efficiency Tests of the Biodegradation of Polyurethane by Microorganisms in the Gut of the Zophobas atratus Larvae Earth and Environmental Sciences South Korea Chungcheongnam-do Third Award of $1,000
2023 Khattiyawong, Prompiriya (School: Princess Chulabhon Science High School Pathumthani)
Sengnongban, Jirapon (School: Princess Chulabhon Science High School Pathumthani)
Yajai, Naruephat (School: Princess Chulabhon Science High School Pathumthani)
A Novel Invention of Aerial Delivery of Planting Material for Burnt Forest Restoration Inspired by the Structure of Kadsura coccinea Fruit Earth and Environmental Sciences Thailand Please select... Second Award of $2,000
2023 Enguidanos, Marisol (School: Niceville High School) Reducing Coral Bleaching Using Natural Resources and a Self-Sufficient Solar-Powered Filtration System (Year 4) Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2023 Auter, Ava (School: West Shore Junior/Senior High School) Muck Accumulation and Nutrient Cycling Within Salt Wedge Zones in the Indian River Lagoon: A Second Year Study Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2023 Lin, Shanshan (School: Harrow International School Hong Kong)
Wei, Shi Yao (School: Victoria Shanghai Academy)
Zhan, Yeuk Tong Rita (School: Chinese International School)
A Study on Diving Behaviors of Macaca mulatta in Hong Kong: Implications of Climate Change Earth and Environmental Sciences China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Fourth Award of $500
2023 Canary, Laina (School: Hardee Senior High School) Do Cattle That Graze Off of Farmfields That Have Been Farmed With Plastic Mulch Have Microplastics in Them? Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2023 Beaster, Emelyn (School: East High School) Using Microplastics to Sequester Organophosphate Pollutants Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MN TUBITAK The Scientific and Technological Research Institution of Türkiye: 1st Prize Award
2023 Luna, Giselle (School: Dr. Dennis D. Cantu Early College High School) Cognitive Regeneration of Planaria Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX
2023 Marwahi, Deema (School: Al Hussan National Model School For Girls - Jubail) A New Approach for Optimizing a Light Scattering Coating Formulated With Different Sized BaSO4 Particles for Energy Conservation Applications Earth and Environmental Sciences Saudi Arabia China Association for Science and Technology (CAST): Award of $1,200
Second Award of $2,000
2023 Musingadi, Tinevimbo (School: Mabvuku High School) Development of a Novel AI Last-Minute Flood Forecasting and Warning Gadget Using IOT and Deep Learning Earth and Environmental Sciences Zimbabwe n/a Fourth Award of $500
2023 Garcia, Isabella (School: Colegio San Agustin) Estimation of Carbon Sequestration in Urban Parks in the Rufina Alfaro Township, Panama City Earth and Environmental Sciences Panama
2023 Grover, Uma (School: West Linn High School)
Lin, Melinda (School: West Linn High School)
Microscopic Menace: What Are the Effects of Cyanobacteria Blooms on Primary Productivity, Toxicity, and Microorganisms? Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OR Second Award of $2,000
2023 Theobald, Elizabeth (School: Archbold High School) Trihalomethane Occurrence and Formation Within Water Distribution Systems in Public Schools Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OH United States (1)
2023 Shujaa, Dhay (School: Secondary Gifted School) Low-Cost Replicable Open-Source Mangrove Monitoring System Earth and Environmental Sciences Saudi Arabia Fourth Award of $500
2023 Zhang, Jiaming (School: Oregon Episcopal School) The Effect of Rainwater Origin on the Heavy Metal Content, pH, and Ion Percentage Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OR
2023 Wimmer, Isabella (School: Perham High School) The Study of Aquatic Plants Effect on Polluted Waters Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MN Air Force Research Laboratory on behalf of the United States Air Force: Glass trophy and USAF medal for each recipient
Air Force Research Laboratory on behalf of the United States Air Force: First Award of $750 in each Regeneron ISEF Category, FOR 2023 ONLY: EBED WILL HAVE TWO
2023 Davis, Jayden (School: Holy Cross School) The Levels of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Compounds in Run-Off After Using Various Types of Fertilizers Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America LA University of Texas at Arlington College of Science: Alternates in case any of your recipients do not accept the award (not to be read aloud)
2023 Barnes, Morgan (School: Canterbury School) Utilizing Nutrient Enriched Biologically Activated Bioremediation Units as a Soil Amendment in a Cyclic Remediation System (A Novel Fifth Year Study) Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL Second Award of $2,000
2023 Fallon, Emma (School: West Islip High School) Analysis of Microplastic Compositions in Salt and Freshwater on the South Shore of Long Island Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: Science Communication Award
2023 Sciotto, Joseph (School: Ward Melville High School) Laboratory Studies of X-Ray Amorphous Phases: Constraining the Amorphous Components in Martian Soils and Rocks Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2023 Leal, Kevin (School: Brentwood High School) Cost-Effective Air Quality Monitoring Using Readily Available Programming Interfaces Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2023 Baker, Carson (School: Ballard High School) The Cloud Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America KY Kentucky
2023 Bonhart, Dimple (School: Fa'asao Marist High School) Comparing the Effects of Fish Hydrolysate and Fish Emulsion on the Growth of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) Earth and Environmental Sciences American Samoa
2023 Borneff, Franziska (School: Hidden Valley High School) Measuring the Effects of Climate Change on Arctic Rivers Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America VA National Geographic Society: Excellence in Geography and Geospatial Science Award
First Award of $5,000
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: Judges' Award
2023 Uribe Lin, Jimena (School: Harvest Preparatory Academy) A Novel Approach on Mitigating Ocean Acidification by Enhancing Photosynthesis Rate of Macroalgae Ulva lactuca Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AZ American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science: Alternates for trip
University of Arizona: Renewal Tuition Scholarship
2023 Rivera, Wilfred (School: Escuela Pedro Falu Orellano) Abundance and Distribution of Mosquitoes in Two Areas of an Educational Institution in the Municipality of Rio Grande, Puerto Rico Earth and Environmental Sciences Puerto Rico
2023 Han, Jia (School: The Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University) Bioaccumulation of AgNPs of Different Sizes and Coatings Along the Aquatic Food Chain Earth and Environmental Sciences China
2023 Elbarraz, Mohamed (School: Glory American School)
Elmahalawy, Yousef (School: Glory American School)
Geothermal Energy Earth and Environmental Sciences Egypt Alexandria, Egypt
2023 Rezende Tsao, Serena (School: University High School) Catching Plastics: Which Species of Algae Can Best Catch Microplastics? Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AZ Arizona State University: Arizona State University ISEF Scholarship (valued at up to $52,000 each)
University of Arizona: Renewal Tuition Scholarship
2023 Olson, Kaia (School: Joel E. Ferris High School) The Application of Mycorrhizal Inoculation to Increase Agricultural Productivity and Carbon Sequestration in Hugelkultur Systems Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America WA
2023 Agrawal, Nikita (School: Whitney M. Young Magnet High School) Predicting Large Wildfires Using Machine Learning Approach Towards Environmental Justice via Remote Sensing Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IL National Geographic Society: Excellence in Geography and Geospatial Science Award
University of Texas at Arlington College of Science: Scholarship of $10,000
Arizona State University: Arizona State University ISEF Scholarship (valued at up to $52,000 each)
Third Award of $1,000
2023 Bender, Madeleine (School: Mentor High School) Examination of the Differences in Physiological Responses of Daphnia to Different Chemical Pollutants Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OH
2023 Daoud, Anthony (School: Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy) Assessing Microplastics and Genotoxicity of Rivers in the Great Lakes Bay Area Using S9 Enzymes to Simulate Human Environment Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MI
2023 Blair, Rylee (School: Hopkinton High School)
Mudenur, Disha (School: Hopkinton High School)
Striek, Dylan (School: Hopkinton High School)
The Electrolytic Extraction of Dawsonite From Ocean Water: Efficient Saltwater Mineral Recovery Through Electrolysis Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MA Third Award of $1,000
2023 Hinkle, Paige (School: Wilson High School ) Experiments to Determine Radon Levels in Household Water and Measure the Effectiveness of Mitigation Options Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America PA NC State College of Engineering: Alternates (not read aloud)
First Award of $5,000
2023 Hohl, Jacob (School: Central Lee High School) The Effects of the Denitrifications Process Through Bioreactors, Avena sativa, Triticum, and Secale Cereal Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IA IA Fourth Award of $500
2023 McCallister, Lily (School: Severna Park Senior High School) Worming Through Plastics Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MD
2023 Moore, Nicholas (School: South Iredell High School) Study of Future Atmospheric Concentrations of CO2 and CH4 on Global Heat Absorption and Retention Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NC
2023 Bahl, Reyansh (School: Green Level High School) Mapping Soil Organic Carbon for Regenerative Agriculture and Reducing Atmospheric Carbon Using Multispectral Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NC Fourth Award of $500
2023 Rychener, Carlynn (School: Chapin High School) Microplastics From Mats: How Abiotic Environmental Factors Affect the Degradation of Polyethylene Foam Water Mats Into Microplastics Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America SC Third Award of $1,000
2023 Schnecker, Audrey (School: Ossining High School) Infestation of Parthenogenetic Haemaphysalis iongicornis Ticks in New York Schoolyards: Implications for Spread of Tick-Borne Disease Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2023 Iyer, Vidhatri (School: University High School of Indiana) A Rapid One-Step Field-Based Detection Method for Nanoplastics in Wastewater Samples Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IN IN
2023 Nuthakki, Mira (School: Carmel High School) Short Range Hourly Temperature Forecasting in Relation to National Weather Prediction Models: A Breakthrough Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America IN IN
2023 Cullen, Molly (School: Bishop Feehan High School) Are There Microplastics in Fast-Food? Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MA
2023 Goel , Anish (School: Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science)
Singirikonda, Aditya (School: Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science)
Comprehensive Dataset Utilizing Meteorological and Topographical Feature Data for Next-Day Wildfire Spread Prediction Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX Second Award of $2,000
2023 Chen, Zach (School: Boston Latin School) Novel Multivariate Analysis of Road Erosion Factors Through the Utilization of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to Model Road Erosion Risk Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MA
2023 Wang, Maggie (School: Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School) Evaluating the Detrimental Effects of Mask Leachates on the Growth of Anabaena Cyanobacterium Through Spectrometry and Chlorophyll Analysis Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2023 Hardwick, Charles (School: Hilton Head Preparatory School) The Effect of Runoff and Eutrophication on Mangroves Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America SC
2023 Reddy, Pranav (School: St. Andrew's Episcopal School) Runoff of Chemical Herbicide Paraquat and Its Concentration in the Environment Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MS
2023 Bawek, Jodyn (School: Doland High School) The Effects of Magnetism on the Regeneration of Tricladida Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America SD
2023 Alfaro, Eduardo (School: Downtown Doral Charter Upper School )
Kaya, Elif (School: Downtown Doral Charter Upper School )
San Martin, Isis (School: Downtown Doral Charter Upper School )
The Resilience of Daphnia to Liquid Household Products Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America FL
2023 Mohammed, Naflah (School: John Jay Senior High School) Biological Buffers: Countering Ocean Acidification Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2023 Lafortune, Djeika Ketsia (School: College Marie-Anne)
Paul, Adjael Joannie (School: College Marie-Anne)
Saint-Vil, Angie-Reyna Leddycia (School: College Marie-Anne)
ECOHUB: A Rewarding Ecological Platform Earth and Environmental Sciences Haiti
2023 Rayson, Annabelle (School: Saint Patrick's Catholic High School) Plankton Wars: An Innovative Analysis of Daphnia Genotype Biomanipulation for Algae Bloom Prevention Earth and Environmental Sciences Canada MT Ontario China Association for Science and Technology (CAST): Award of $1,200
Fourth Award of $500
2023 Pandey, Shaunak (School: Vandegrift High School) Computational Modeling of CO2 Migration and Trapping in Geologic Formations for Risk Assessment of Carbon Sequestration Impacting Carbon Footprint Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America TX University of Texas at Dallas: Back-up scholarship recipients
2023 Huang, Angel (School: Staten Island Technical High School)
Yu, Erica (School: Staten Island Technical High School)
Effect of Drought on Grassland Bird Species in an Urban Reclaimed Landfill Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NY
2023 Wallace, Talmage (School: Salem Hills High School) Biomechanical and Biological Accumulation of Lead in Ants at a Shooting Range Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America UT
2023 Dame, Cheyanne (School: Baker High School)
Hess, Conrad (School: Baker High School)
Investigation of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in the Baker Lake via Monitoring of Fecal Coliforms and Genomic Analysis Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MT
2023 Janapaty, Vedant (School: Silver Creek High School) A Novel Physics Based Predictive Model for Wetland Eutrophication Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America CA
2023 Wey, Stanley (School: Queensland Academies for Health Sciences) Hydroxyapatite as a Novel, Efficacious, and Marine Friendly UV-Filter Earth and Environmental Sciences Australia NSW
2023 Juarez, Eliana (School: V. Sue Cleveland High School) Addressing Disparities in Air Quality Monitoring: Using Machine Learning and Remote Sensing to Estimate the Distribution of PM2.5 in Mexico Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America NM Fondazione Bruno Kessler: Award to participate in summer school "Web Valley"
U.S. Agency for International Development: Third Award Climate and Environmental Protection
Third Award of $1,000
2023 Gorsline, Lauren (School: Weber High School) The Use of Bio Plastics Made From Bio Materials in Connection to Deforested Ecosystem Viability Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America UT
2023 Robbins, Chloe (School: Bartlesville High School)
Ruddick, Rylee (School: Bartlesville High School)
Effects of FeHEDTA Pesticide on Cell Regeneration in Planaria dorotocephala Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America OK
2023 Peddi, Sruti (School: BASIS Scottsdale) FloodCast: Real-Time Flood Mapping and Prediction in Southeast Asia Using Remote Sensing Data Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AZ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: Taking the Pulse of the Planet First Award
Arizona State University: Arizona State University ISEF Scholarship (valued at up to $52,000 each)
U.S. Agency for International Development: USAID Science for Development First Award - Working in Crisis and Conflict
2023 Barnes, Elizabeth (School: Shawnee Mission West High School) Analysis of the Extent of Microplastic Contamination Through the Study of Beach Sand Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America MO
2023 Zhan, Chloe (School: Hamilton High School) Forecasting County Level Crop Yield in Top Agricultural-Producing States Using Satellite Data Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America AZ Arizona State University: Arizona State University ISEF Scholarship (valued at up to $52,000 each)
Fourth Award of $500
2023 Kang, Andrew (School: John F. Kennedy High School ) Invisible Groundwater Discharge Patterns Across Tumon Bay, Guam: Discovery of Vital Habitats Sustained by Tumon Bay Karst Watershed Discharges From an Uplifted Carbonate Aquifer Earth and Environmental Sciences Guam National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: Judges' Award
2023 Askandar, Liya (School: Slemani International Girls' Secondary School)
Jalal, Nina (School: Slemani International Girls' Secondary School)
Smart Chilly Water Tank System Earth and Environmental Sciences Iraq
2023 Janderka, Ales (School: Gymnazium Sumperk Masaryk Square 8) Fossil Association of the Stity Locality (Bystrice Lithofacial Development of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin) Earth and Environmental Sciences Czech Republic 00564613
2023 Murata, Madison (School: Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus) Studies on Gracilaria salicornia: Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Sunscreen Exposure and Use as Agricultural Fertilizer Earth and Environmental Sciences United States of America HI National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA: Taking the Pulse of the Planet First Award
Arizona State University: Arizona State University ISEF Scholarship (valued at up to $52,000 each)
Fourth Award of $500