Delaware Valley Science Fair
2024
Founded in 1949, The Delaware Valley Science Fairs, Inc. (DVSF), is a non-profit organization sponsored by companies, foundations, universities, and individual donors in Philadelphia and the surrounding areas within Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. DVSF is one of the oldest science fairs in the nation and has always promoted the philosophy that students learn science by doing science. We research teachers here at HTHS embrace that same philosophy. In the research process, students learn how to think and develop critical problem-solving skills that they will utilize in in the lab here at High Tech, in college, and later in their careers. The mission of DVSF is to connect hard working and inventive young minds with professionals in their fields. During the fair the competitors are interviewed by experts in their field as their research is evaluated. The students who compete at DVSF have to opportunity to learn from top research scientists and engineers, gain insight into new directions for their research, and, in some cases, make connections with people who could help bring a potential product to market. Students compete for scholarships, monetary prizes, and a chance to compete in the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).
Each year, 900 to 1,000 students in grades 6 through 12 from Pennsylvania, Central and Southern New Jersey, and Delaware compete in the Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF). Our students enter projects that address a novel research question or engineering solution. In participating in this rigorous research competition, they make new discoveries that could change their lives forever as they compete for the nearly $6 million in scholarship and prize money awarded at DVSF. The gold medal winners then represent DVSF as they travel to the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) competition in May to compete for more than $5 million in scholarships and awards.
This year's Delaware Valley Science Fair was an in-person event, and project submissions from JSSF for the top three finishers in each category were advanced to DVSF to be reviewed by their judging panel. There were special awards given by sponsoring corporations and institutions and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place was awarded in each category. Then, the first place finishers in each grade level competed for the Gold, Silver and Bronze prizes that allow them to advance to Regeneron's ISEF.
Delaware Valley Science Fair 2024 Official Results - Category Winners
Delaware Valley Science Fair 2024 Official Results - Special Award Winners
See the Jersey Shore Science Fair Page for Full Student Participants List
Special Awards
Anabelle Ahteck
Society of Women Engineers 2nd place ($50)
Haley Deng
Merck Science Achievement Award ($100)
Janssen Biotechnology Research Award ($250)
Sophia Gao
American Statistical Association Philadelphia Chapter Award ($150)
Society of Women Engineers Honorable Mention
Aarthi Gunasekaran
US Stockholm Junior Water Prize NJ Winner ($500)
Roy F. Weston Memorial Environmental Sciences Award ($500)
Animish Jain
Merck Science Achievement Award ($100)
Vincent Li
Mid-Atlantic Society of Toxicology Award 1st place ($150)
Gajan Mohan Raj
Johnson & Johnson Award for Cardiovascular & Metabolic Research 1st place ($500)
Ishani Singh
Johnson & Johnson Award for Cardiovascular & Metabolic Research 3rd place ($200)
Yale Science and Engineering Association Award
Kriti Srivastava
Yale Science and Engineering Association Award
Dorisa Sun
American Psychological Association Award
Aarav Upadhyay
American Society of Naval Engineers - Delaware Valley Section ($500)
Constellation Award ($100)
Category Awards
10th Grade:
Behavioral Science: Dorisa Sun - 2nd, Emily Kim - 1st
Botany: Ayon Hajra - 2nd
Chemistry: Evelyn Lee - 1st
Computer Science: Maya Bhasin - Honorable Mention
Engineering: Anabelle Ahteck - Honorable Mention
Environmental Science: Aarthi Gunasekaran - 1st
Earth & Space Science: Rahul Gupta - Honorable Mention
Microbiology: Henry Cantor - 3rd
Zoology: Vinil Polepalli - 1st
11th Grade:
Behavioral Science: Saathvik Gubbala - 3rd
Biochemistry: Prisha Rai - 3rd
Chemistry: Kriti Srivastava - 2nd
Computer Science: Ishani Singh - 2nd
Environmental Science: Rohit Kottomtharayil - Honorable Mention
Earth & Space Science: Pramya Surapaneni - Honorable Mention, Abhinav Kartik - 3rd
Mathematics: Logan Mesh - 1st
Physics: Indus Boddu - 3rd
12th Grade:
Behavioral: Haley Deng - 1st
Computer Science: Animish Jain - Honorable Mention
Team:
Shravani Vedagiri & Advika Vuppala - 1st