Award Ceremony Program

Tiffany Krummick

Millennium Middle School

Bee Attraction Year 2 of an Ongoing Study

Deepak Marpu

Oviedo High School

A Small Device for a Small Creature: Developing a Simple Device to Efficiently & Effectively Collect Red Imported Fire Ant (RIFA) Venom for Extraction

Hanika Mehta

Seminole Science Charter

Does the effect of the bird feeder location on the number of visiting birds?

Tabitha Wages

Jackson Heights Middle School

Comparing a Synbiotic (Prebiotic + Probiotic), Probiotic, and Yogurt for Inhibiting E. coli: Implications for Animal Health

Bella Collins

Oviedo High School

Family Structure and the Correlation between Academic Outcomes of first year students

Sophia Eden

Oviedo High School

TURBOCHARGING TODDLERS TAKE 2: Exploring Shape, Color Combinations and Their Effect on Toddler Attention and Recognition

Emily Kee

Oviedo High School

Face Value: How Pretty Privilege Affects the Hiring Decisions Concerning Black Applicants in Education Positions

Guha Krishna

Jackson Heights Middle School

Digital Impulse - Behavioral Analysis of Cyber Hygiene in the Age of AI Surveillance

Lilay Mulugeta

Sanford Middle School

Conservation Empathy Questionnaire

Yasemin Quesada

Oviedo High School

Are We Kinder Than We Think? Observations of High School Students' Interactions

Prerona Sarkar

Hagerty High School

Photoplethysmography and Electrodermal Activity as predictive markers for assessing Mental Workload in Visual, Auditory and Dual-Task scenarios

Kenisha Sharma 

Sanford Middle School

True Crime Influencers. Yes or No?

Kavish Shrestha 

Seminole Science Charter

Investigating Correlations Between Temperament Traits and Emotional Intelligence to GAD Symptoms in Adults vs. Adolescents, Using Psychometric Tests on Real Populations ​

Sienna Smith

Oviedo High School

Visual Sonography's Impact on Emotional Attachment of Mothers to Babies​

Ruishi Wang

Hagerty High School

Party over Policy: To what extent does political affiliation affect political polarization and the acceptance of violence?

Ishani Chanda

Oviedo High School

Year 2: A Smartphone-Based Rapid Blood Analysis System with Multispectral Molecular Barcoding for High-Sensitivity Immune Response Monitoring

Sasha Cherukuri

Seminole High School

Biodegradable Neuroprotective Contact Lens: A Modular Platform for Prevention and Treatment of Retinal Diseases

Kaitlyn Falk

Oviedo High School

 An Investigation on structured jump rope training as a method to improve the Vo2 max and heart rate in high school female basketball players 

Elijah Franck

Jackson Heights Middle School

The Difference that Black Ant Powder Makes When Treating Inflammation

Myaraa Gupta

Sanford Middle School

Don’t Shake Under Pressure: A Study of Hand Stability

Nishchay Gupta

Seminole High School

SENTINEL (Simultaneous Electrochemical Neurotransmitter and Toxic-metal Interaction Evaluation Lab-platform) A Novel Dual Carbon Microelectrode Biosensor Enabling Real-Time Detection of Serotonin and Cadmium to analyze Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Disease

Noah Holman

Lawton Chiles Middle School

 How does the placement of the fingers affect prosthetics efficiency?

Stella Hwang

Jackson Heights Middle School

The Effect of Synthetic vs. Natural Red Dyes on the Lifespan of Drosophila Melanogaster

Anika Jain

Sanford Middle School

Don’t Shake Under Pressure: A Study of Hand Stability

Hannah Lee

Hagerty High School

Non-Invasive Measurement of Achilles Tendon Stiffness and Force Using Ultrasound, Motion Capture, and Musculoskeletal Modeling

Nicole Lijeron

Millennium Middle School

Fighting the Flu: How your Immune System Uses Its Memory

McKenna Renda

South Seminole Academy

Oil Check

Vishva Satishkumar

Jackson Heights Middle School

Modeling Non-Invasive Imaging of Vascular and the Lymphatic system

Kathir Vasanth

Seminole High School

SENTINEL (Simultaneous Electrochemical Neurotransmitter and Toxic-metal Interaction Evaluation Lab-platform) A Novel Dual Carbon Microelectrode Biosensor Enabling Real-Time Detection of Serotonin and Cadmium to analyze Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Disease

Angela Calvo-Chumbimuni

Oviedo High School

Simultaneous Electrochemical Detection of Serotonin and MicroRNAs in Biological Samples to Enhance Mental Disorder Diagnosis: Year 2

Nikhita Devireddy

Seminole High School

Comparing Biopolymers Chitosan and Psyllium to Effectively and Safely Reduce Plastic Microbead Transport Across a Simulated Intestinal Barrier

Cing Nu

Seminole Science Charter

The Effect of pH Levels on DNA: Understanding Stability and Integrity

Iksha Sonje

Sanford Middle School

Timing Is Everything: Analyzing the Effects of Delayed Treatment on Glucose Regulation

John Behanan

Oviedo High School

Influence of Water Salinity and Light Intensity on Total Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Activity in Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) Leaves

Katherine Crandall

Indian Trails Middle School

Tooth Enamel And Cleaning Agents.

Karis Forsythe

Indian Trails Middle School

Does a sports drink lose any of its Vitamin C when it is heated?

Haru Izumi

Millennium Middle School

The Spill Solution: Absorbent Materials and their Level of Oil Absorption

Adhip Maitra

Oviedo High School

The Use of Substrate Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) to Noninvasively Detect Thyroxine Levels in Blood and Tissue from Micro Vessels To Determine Thyroid Function

Josiah Miller

Jackson Heights Middle School

The Effectiveness of AOPs Breaking PFA Chains

Bailey Moore

Indian Trails Middle School

Sugarcoated: Do Different Varieties of Raw Honey Contain Different Percentages of Sugar?

Rachel Premdev

Jackson Heights Middle School

Green Tea, Garlic, and Gargles: A Comparative Study of Efficacious Natural Alternatives to Mouthwash With Everyday Germ Inhibitors

Maria Roman

South Seminole Academy

Cornstarch bioplastic

Collette Rudisill

St. Luke's Lutheran School

Which heat protectant product will protect  your hair best?

Jacob Vazquez

South Seminole Academy

What is the most effective stain remover? 

Yifan (Evelyn) Xia

Sanford Middle School

Hollow Gold-Nickel Nanoparticles: A Cheaper and More Powerful Alternative to Conventional Solid Gold Nanoparticles

Allison Alfert

Oviedo High School

Revealing an Invader: Using Environmental DNA to Detect the Invasive African Jewelfish (Hemichromis letourneuxi) in Florida Waterways

Dhruv Nunna

Sanford Middle School

Predicting Hurricane Formation Using Machine Learning: A Data-Driven Model Trained on NOAA Historical Storm Records

Eleanor Pinto

St. Luke's Lutheran School

Does the type of ventilation used when running a gas stove affect the overall score from an air quality monitor for how many pollutants are in the air?

Aneesh Ponnathota

Jackson Heights Middle School

How different colors are affecting the visibility in foggy weather?

Ethan Silvestre

Lawton Chiles Middle School

How does the type of building material used affect the tsunami resistance of a building?

Anekan Thyagarajan

Sanford Middle School

Drinking It Up And Slurping It In:  An Assessment of Microplastic Ingestion Across Varied Water Sources

Samirbek Tokhirjonov

Lawton Chiles Middle School

How does the type of building material used affect the tsunami resistance of a building? 

Yug Umasudhan 

Seminole High School

Modular sensor integrated AI anomaly detection robotic ROV for submerged environmental analysis

Renae Yan

Sanford Middle School

Gasses grew Hurricanes Brew are our waters through?

Sresht Akumalla

Sanford Middle School

IntelliShoe: Design and Development of an AI-Integrated Wearable LiDAR Smart Shoe for Real-Time Obstacle Detection for the Visually Impaired

Nihal Anghan

Sanford Middle School

On Time, Every Time Testing Automated Pill Dispensers

Anika Banerjee

Jackson Heights Middle School

Hooked on Strength: Which Crochet Stitch Holds up Best?

Rafael Benitez-Santiago

South Seminole Academy

Aerodynamics of different types of Cars 

Chase Dankel

Indian Trails Middle School

What type of 10 pound fishing line can hold the most weight 

Teagan Davis

Oviedo High School

Implementation of Halochromic Pigment in Rubber to Mitigate and Warn of Chemical Leakage     

Ankan Das

Oviedo High School

A Fully Autonomous Tensegrity-based Compliant Mobile Robot using Shape Memory Alloy Actuators for Rapid Assembly and Deployment in Planetary Explorations, Search- and-Rescue and Surveillance Missions

Rafah Gani

Seminole Science Charter

Flying More with Less Resistance!

Kai Gevero

Sanford Middle School

Fans: How Does Material Affect Voltage Output

Cayden Mahoney

Indian Trails Middle School

What type of 10lb fishing line can hold the most weight?

Frederick Monte

Indian Trails Middle School

What kind of 10 pound fishing line can hold the most weight

Wyatt Obermeier

Rock Lake Middle School

Earthquake Towers

Andrew Price

Oviedo High School

The Use of Machine Learning in Optimizing Airfoil Material Consumption

Mihika Devda

Sanford Middle School

Outpouring Storm Solutions: Cleaning Water and Creating Power

Ritvik Devineni

Sanford Middle School

Designing an Earthquake Detector Using Conductive Materials

Thomas Horn Domonkos

Milwee Middle School

Performance Difference Between Wire Connectors to Reduce Environmental Impact by Recycling Conductors when Wiring Structures

Kashwi Pathak

Jackson Heights Middle School

Innovating Residential Energy Solutions: Pool Wave Energy Converters as a Sustainable Power Source

Naboshree Santra

Jackson Heights Middle School

Combating Drought Through Environmentally-Friendly Materials Engineering - Year 1

Thanishka Senthilkumar

Sanford Middle School

Eco-Friendly Froth Flotation: Cleaning Microplastics with Natural Surfactants

Eric Stack-Thomas

Oviedo High School

From Plastic to Fertilizer: Analysis of Polystyrene Biodegradation by Mealworms and the Effect of the Subsequent Frass on Plant Growth

William Wang

Lawton Chiles Middle School

What is the best method to detect and reduce sound pollution in marine environments?

Eda Yigit

Oviedo High School

Effects of Soil-Extracted Liquids, Bleach, and Black Tea on the decomposition of Paper Producs

Aahdit Bakshi

Jackson Heights Middle School

Comparing AI Models for Stock Price Prediction

Aditya Dronadula

Oviedo High School

An Automated Momentum Trading System Combining Technical Indicators and Sentiment Analysis

Hudson Huckeba

Milwee Middle School

The AI PROJECT

Yuthika Mahajan

Sanford Middle School

AI Hall Monitor: Can a Convolutional Neural Network system recognize hazards at school?

Kimberly Oliveira

Seminole Science Charter

Optimizing Post Treatment Strategies to Minimize Thyroid Cancer Recurrence

Olivia Oliveira

Seminole Science Charter

Optimizing Post Treatment Strategies to Minimize Thyroid Cancer Recurrence

Geram Ramos

Seminole Science Charter

Optimizing Post Treatment Strategies to Minimize Thyroid Cancer Recurrence

Pranoy Roy

Hagerty High School

A Low-Cost Multi-Sensor Rover for Soil Health Monitoring and Optimization

Samhith Sunkaranam

Sanford Middle School

AI Measures Litter: How does background clutter affect the AI's litter count on a fixed path before and after a cleanup?

Aiden Xu

Winter Springs High School

Classifying and Detecting Fruits Fully Behind Obstructions in High-Noise Near Infrared Images using Convolutional Neural Network and Vision Transformer Models: Boosting Accuracy with Lock-in-Amplifier and Synthetic Feature Injection

Ishaan AdhikariI

Sanford Middle School

How can mathematical modeling be used to reduce emergency response times?

Sofie An

Oviedo High School

Cointegration-Driven Pairs Trading as an Empirical Test for Efficient Market Hypothesis

Shrestha Chhikara

Seminole Science Charter

Controlling Coin Outcomes Using Quantum Superposition

Harshvardhan Patil

Sanford Middle School

Analyzing Neurocardiac Resilience: The Effect of Acute Cognitive Load On Heart Rate Variability (HRV)

John Riggio

Lawton Chiles School

How many times will someone have to shuffle a deck of cards for it to be actually random?

Ethan Swavely

Oviedo High School

Quantifying Nature: Fractal Analysis of Florida Ferns through Mandelbrot and Julia Lenses

Siddhartha Chaklader

Seminole Science Charter

Does movement/ vibration(stress) affect Pyrocystis fusiformis ability to produce bioluminescence? 

Maanya Chauhan

Sanford Middle School

Nature Caretaker: Using AI to Help with Early Plant Disease Detection and Identification

Jamie Jiang

Jackson Heights Middle School

Cultivating chitinase to break down fungal and insect structures    

Parneet Kaur

Oviedo High School

Potential Therapeutic Properties of Turmeric in Counteracting Rotenone-Induced Neurodegeneration in C. elegans  

Gargi Paranjape

Oviedo High School

Determining the Effect of Fluoride on Bacterial Strains Within the Oral Microbiome

Dhanvin Payyavula

Seminole Science Charter

Does movement/ vibration(stress) affect Pyrocystis fusiformis ability to produce bioluminescence? 

Khanak Premji 

Seminole High School

A Theoretical Investigation of a Chitosan–Pig Blood Antimicrobial Coating for Stainless Steel Surfaces

Zoe Abbott Aldama

Jackson Heights Middle School

Electromagnetic Compatibility of Headphones and Frequency Wave Interaction

Justina Espada

Seminole Science Charter School

A Test of Wooden Will: Testing the Limits of Wood Strength

Sanjay Krishnan

Seminole High School

Acceleration of Materials Discovery: Implementing Physics-Based Neural Networks to Predict Electrical Conductivity

Samuel Llewellyn

Lawton Chiles Middle School

How do different low-budget cooling methods affect electromagnets?

Sithuli Weerabahu Mudiyanselage

Seminole Science Charter

Battery Mania: Which consumer battery type provides the best balance of energy output and performance durability under identical resistance loads?

Caleb Noh

Seminole Science Charter

Which shape will have the most insignificant radar appearance, or light intensity?

Sanjit Prakash

Seminole High School

Adaptive Measurement Locality: Reducing Computational Costs for Variational Quantum Eigensolvers

Vanmayi Rayasam

Seminole Science Charter

Snooze and Style: Which curling method is best for your hair?

Emery Rodic

Indian Trails Middle School

What Materials Insulate from Lightning

Sanjivsai Saravanan

Sanford Middle School

Gravity's Grip is Broken: The Maglev Revolution

Shreya Suresh

Seminole High School

The Future of Transportation: Enhancing the Cost-effectiveness and Safety of MagLev Systems

Rivaan Teegavarapu 

Sanford Middle School

SuperSonic Aircraft: Past, Present, Future

Aarush Balakrishnan

Oviedo High School

Application of Ryegrass Covercropping as an agricultural weed and nutrient management system

Julien Baptiste

Indian Trails Middle School

Sometimes It’s Better With Cold Weather: Which Different Types of Plants Grow Better In Cold Temperatures

Camden Bedrossian

Jackson Heights Middle School

Which Type of Auditory Stimulus---White Noise, Brown Noise or Green Noise---Has the Greatest Effect on Plant Growth or Development

Edythe Cricks

Milwee Middle School

Electrolyte Plant Experiment

Melis Demir

Oviedo High School

Wake up! A comparative study for different dormancy breaking techniques on Zinnia seeds

Suyash Kumar

Sanford Middle School

Leaf vs Sensor: Comparing the Accuracy of an AI Odel and a Research-Backed Checklist in Identifying Common Tomato Plant Disease

Ella Nobili

Tuskawilla Middle School

Growing Plants with Caffeine:Boost or Bust?

Sagar Parikh

Jackson Heights Middle School

Are The Sounds Produced By a Plant Distinct enough to Identify a Specific Type of Stress Its Experiencing?

Yuvika Samanta

Jackson Heights Middle School

Antibacterial Activity of Less-Studied Plant Extracts and Their Concentration Dependent Effects

Moitri Santra

Oviedo High School

Development of an Industrially Viable Oxytetracycline Nano-Carrier and Microneedle-Based Detection System (OXYCHECK2) for Citrus and Stone Fruit Disease Management: Year 4

Katherine Hayes

Oviedo High School

The effects of hand-gestures on child memorization development 

Jack Huffman

Oviedo High School

College Football (CFB): Analyzing the Influence of yearly Roster Turnover Rate on CFB on-field Performance and Annual TV Viewership

Reagan Oliphant

Oviedo High School

Skincare and Self Satisfaction: A Survey Study on the Psychological Impacts of Skincare Use in Teenagers

Abigail Patton

Oviedo High School

The effects of TikTok’s marketing on young adult women’s perceptions of their maturity 

Delaney Waller

Oviedo High School

Measure of Stress, Anxiety, and Burnout of Student Athletes at Oviedo High School