2023 Winners

Congratulations to our 2023 ISEF Judge-off Qualifiers for Region IV! 

• Aryan Mago, Groton School, "Novel Wearable Volatile Organic Compound Detection and Mitigation via Cumulative Solvatochromism and Dietary Modification"

• Arielsie Li, Phillips Academy, "An Under-Actuated Fast-Running Bipedal Lizard Robot With Optimized Lateral Bending"

• Nagamitesh Nagamuralee, Lexington High School, "Low-Cost Educational Braille Display with Cognitive Learning Features"

• Hanna Matusik, Lexington High School, "A Novel Pneumatically-Actuated Soft Robotic Hand With 3D Vision-Based Teleoperation"

Congratulations to our 2023 MSEF Qualifying Students! Students advancing to MSEF should log in to www.msefhs.zfairs.com. 

• Aryan Mago, Groton School, Novel Wearable Volatile Organic Compound Detection and Mitigation via Cumulative Solvatochromism and Dietary Modification

• Arielsie Li, Phillips Academy, An Under-Actuated Fast-Running Bipedal Lizard Robot With Optimized Lateral Bending

• Nagamitesh Nagamuralee, Lexington High School, Low-Cost Educational Braille Display with Cognitive Learning Features

• Hanna Matusik, Lexington High School, A Novel Pneumatically-Actuated Soft Robotic Hand With 3D Vision-Based Teleoperation

• Timucin Erbas, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Achieving Precision in Autonomous Rocket Landings with Convolutional Neural Networks and Model Predictive Control Algorithms

• Srivatsan Ramanujam, Hrishi Patil, Lexington High School, Think Big, Spend Small: Creating a Low-Cost Brain-Computer Interface using Data Processing and Machine Learning

• Jaeyi Song, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, A Novel Detection Methodology with Topological Network Analysis and Clustering: A Twofold Approach to Glioblastoma Diagnosis

• Amy Ge, The Governor's Academy, Interspecific Dermal Transcriptomics Analysis: Novel Drug Targets for Skin Aging and Skin Cancer

• Siddharth Nirgudkar, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Nature's Defense: Uncovering the antimicrobial properties of Herbal Plants

• Anushri Pal, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Computational Screening and Designing of Potential SARS-CoV-2 Major Protease Inhibitors through Docking, Molecular Dynamics Simulations, and Multi-Parameter Optimization

• Rushika Susarla, Pranjali Thube, Medhita Sinha, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Experimenting with Epilepsy: monitoring the effects of M. Alba, C. pluricaulis, W. somnifera and S. radiatum on mutant unc-49

• Anna Du, Phillips Academy, Developing an AI-Enhanced Protocol for Simulating Abiogenesis: Novel Nano-Structured Carbon Materials as a Templatizing Surface for Prebiotic Nucleic Acid Oligomer Formation

• Sarah Chang, Raaga Pulya, Jiun Park, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, The Correlation Between The Heat Island Effect and Social Disparities

• Dan Khoi Nguyen, Vina Le, Owen Liao, Medford High School, I Lost My Marbles : Does more randomness increase the accuracy of statistics-based measurements?

• Chengxiang Lou, Ye Yu, Malden Catholic High School, Developing a 3D Printed Mechanical System for Efficient Microplastic Degradation and Recycling

• Nicole Cui, Lexington High School, Future of COVID: Codon-based Approach to Optimize Variant Spike-Protein Mutation Prediction

• Haruki Ohara, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Bio-physical sensing of feeding pattern on invertebrates and application for smart recreational fishing

• Sneha Iyer, Soorya Soorej, Alisha Raiker, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Alzheimer's in C.elegans: Finding Efficent Supplements To Combat Symptoms of Alzheimer's in C.elegans

• Moses Gebrezgiabher, Pioneer Charter School of Science, Automated Ocean Cleanup

• Salma Bouzit, Marwa Bouzit, Pioneer Charter School of Science II (PCSS-II), Effect of Priming on Student Test Performance

• Danylo Kozyrytskyi, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, Specialized two-webcam microscope for studying the behavioral reactions of the first multicellular animals in the environment.

• Jahnavi Bolleddula, Lexington High School, A NOVEL GENETIC BIOMARKER SCREEN FOR EARLY DETECTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK ACROSS DIFFERENT ETHNIC POPULATIONS

• Shriya Kannan, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Importance of Methionine on CD8+ T-cells in Vitiligo

• Adrita Samanta, Greater Commonwealth Virtual School, Computer Model for Eye Tracking without Subject Calibration

• Kirthivarsha Sivakumar, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Using Gravitational Wave Simulations to Analyze If Primordial Black Holes Can Be Sources of Dark Matter

• Eric Nie, Middlesex School, Gravitational wave detection and pattern recognition based on deep neural networks

• Yuxin Li, Groton School, Effect of Roof Design on Wind Load of Buildings Through Numeric Simulation

• Junu Lee, Lexington High School, Mendelian Randomization Reveals Shared Genetic Landscape in Autism and Alzheimer's Disease

• Anish Srinivasan, Billerica Memorial High School, Toxorhynchites, Street Lamps, and Color Psychology: An Unanticipated, yet Effective Malaria Prevention System

• Tiffany Tran, Lowell High School, Harnessing the Intelligence of Physarum polycephalum to \Mold\" a Better Society"

• Erin Smail, Sophie Myung, Malden Catholic High School, The Impact of Coastal Defense Structures on Flood Risk

• Salma Ngokila, Leila Elhaissouni, Sofia Marmoucha, Pioneer Charter School of Science II (PCSS-II), Recycling Styrofoam using Limonene

• Rahil Kistas, Victoria Boguslavskaya, Linah Lasri, Pioneer Charter School of Science, The Effects of Caffeine on Macrophage Phagocytosis of Streptococcus Pneumoniae 3

• Pranay Kocheta, Lexington High School, A Deep learning approach to improve early detection of cancer using multimodal data

• Abigail Royo, Vanshika Ghai, Malden Catholic High School, Find out the differences in properties and effects of organic vs. chemical fertilizers.

• Ibrahim Afzal, Methuen High School, Manipulating sounds frequencies to achieve levitation

• Christopher Yoo, Lexington High School, Temperature Profiles and You: Using thermography to diagnose diseases through data processing and iterative designing

• Yiming Zhao, The Governor's Academy, Measurement of neuronal firing in intact brains without electrodes: using deconvolution to extract spikes from two-photon imaging data

• Jonathan Jin, Phillips Academy, Social Media and It's Impact on Cryptocurrency prices

• Angeline Zhao, Phillips Academy, Epigallocatechin Gallate as Potential Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease

AWARD WINNERS AND FINAL RESULTS BELOW