2023 Science Fair - Category Awards

These are the winners of the category awards at the 2023 Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair.

Grand Prize Winners

Category Project Title Student Name(s) School
Animal Sciences Effect of Larval Crowding of the Zophobas morio Beetle on Consumption of Polystyrene Foam Elizaveta Plis Falls Church High School
Behavioral and Translational Medical Sciences OtoScan: A Novel, Inexpensive System for Comprehensive Diagnosis of Middle Ear Infections with an Intelligent Mobile Otoscope Omkar Kovvali, Sritan Motati Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Behavioral and Translational Medical Sciences Diagnosing Monkeypox Via Deep Learning-Driven Primary Morphology Analysis Sara Becker, Kyan Yang Madison High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Investigating the Efficacy of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Utilizing Multiple Sources of Anthocyanin Danial Syed Hayfield Secondary School
Environmental Engineering ARM: Streamlining Recyclable Waste Identification with Highly Scalable Deep Learning Algorithms Frank Chang, Stephen Tsai, Jason Yoo Chantilly High School
Mathematics and Computer Sciences Simulated Brokerage System for Novice Investors Samuel Stankiewicz West Springfield High School
Mathematics and Computer Sciences Hybrid Plasticity: A Novel, Biologically Realistic Meta-Learning Algorithm to Increase the Adaptability and Efficiency of AI Systems Rohan Kalahasty Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Physics and Astronomy Implementing a Hybrid Quantum-Classical Neural Network by Utilizing a Variational Quantum Circuit for Detection of Dementia Ryan Kim Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Physics and Astronomy The Effect of Gravity Darkening on the Atmospheric Dynamics of KELT-9b Ronit Kapur Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Plant Sciences The Effect of Chlorine (ppm) on the Lead Phytoremediation Rate in Lemna minor Aayush Shivashankar Chantilly High School

Grand Prize Alternates

Category Project Title Student Name(s) School
Biochemistry Reducing the Negative Effects of Angiogenesis Inhibitors by Inducing Combative Blood Compounds on D. melanogaster Eeshan Dandamudi, Siddanth Vinay Chantilly High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences and Engineering Using RTK and Resulting Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascade to Relocate Interleukin-7 Receptor to Provide Therapeutic Treatment for MS Akshath Karthikeyan Centreville High School
Environmental Engineering Tracking Microplastics via Remote Sensing and Mathematical Analysis Anirudh Mantha Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics HypeFL: A Novel Blockchain-Based Architecture for a Fully-Connected Autonomous Vehicle System using Federated Learning and Cooperative Perception Mihika Dusad, Aryaman Khanna Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Microbiology LetoHealth: A Second Opinion for Embryologists to Aid the Evaluation of the Health of Fertilized Embryos Ashrita Gandhari Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Physics and Astronomy Lighting the Way: Emulating Fiber Optics with Acrylic Rods Sophia Cloutier Marshall High School

Category Awards

First Place

Category Project Title Student Name(s) School
Animal Sciences Effect of Larval Crowding of the Zophobas morio Beetle on Consumption of Polystyrene Foam Elizaveta Plis Falls Church High School
Animal Sciences The Effect of Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG) on the Regeneration Rate of Planaria: The Magic Behind a Green Tea Antioxidant Tina Jose Herndon High School
Biochemistry Reducing the Negative Effects of Angiogenesis Inhibitors by Inducing Combative Blood Compounds on D. melanogaster Eeshan Dandamudi, Siddanth Vinay Chantilly High School
Biochemistry In-vitro Aided Computational Approach to Identify Preclinical Drug Targets to Treat Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) Samvrit Rao Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Biochemistry Catalase's Caffeine Kick: Optimizing Catalase Activity on Hydrogen Peroxide for Cancer Therapy Using Caffeine Anderson Hoang, Arnav Ketineni Langley High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences and Engineering Project Pill Tracker: The Bottle Integrated Automatic Pill Tracking and Dispensing System Archishma Marrapu Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Biomedical and Health Sciences and Engineering MoodBox: Vocal Screening for Depression and Gamified Relief Shinyoung Jeon Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Biomedical and Health Sciences and Engineering Using RTK and Resulting Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascade to Relocate Interleukin-7 Receptor to Provide Therapeutic Treatment for MS Akshath Karthikeyan Centreville High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences and Engineering Investigating Racial Bias in Convolutional Neural Networks Trained with Mammograms for Breast Cancer Prediction Shriya Jaddu Langley High School
Behavioral and Translational Medical Sciences OtoScan: A Novel, Inexpensive System for Comprehensive Diagnosis of Middle Ear Infections with an Intelligent Mobile Otoscope Omkar Kovvali, Sritan Motati Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Behavioral and Translational Medical Sciences Diagnosing Monkeypox Via Deep Learning-Driven Primary Morphology Analysis Sara Becker, Kyan Yang Madison High School
Behavioral and Translational Medical Sciences AI in School Safety: Using Neural Networks to Perform Threat Level Assessment for School Shootings Sara Elanchezhian Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Chemistry A Novel Methodology for Safer Hard Gold Deposition Kiran Donnelly, Manav Gagvani Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Chemistry Measuring Vitamin C in Different Fruits Abby Nguyen Madison High School
Chemistry The Impact of Insect Repellent on the Effectiveness of Sunscreen Benjamin Hawkins Woodson High School
Chemistry The Effect of Increasing Temperature on the Illuminance of a Luminol Reaction Abigail Skinner South Lakes High School
Chemistry Removing Ammonia Olivia Munson Robinson Secondary School
Earth and Environmental Sciences Identification of Plant Disease from Dracaena marginata and Dracaena sanderiana Annette Paik Woodson High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences The Effect of Artificial Sweeteners on Lemna minor Kelly Zou Oakton High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences The Effect of Soil Density on Runoff and Erosion Megan Ellis Marshall High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences Using Long Short-Term Memory Networks to Predict Future Tropical Forest Cover Sanchali Banerjee Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Earth and Environmental Sciences An Innovative Alternative to Plastic Straws with Bacterial Cellulose Kevin Lee, Sean Lee Langley High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Solar Tree: Bioinspired Solar Panel Design and Performance Review Seoyoung Jun Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design The Effect of Temperature and Cooling Methods on Solar Cell Efficiency Ellie Ngo, Sofia Pakhomkina South Lakes High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design The Effect of Granular Material on Heat Storage Ashley Chen, Michelle Zuo Oakton High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Investigating the Efficacy of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Utilizing Multiple Sources of Anthocyanin Danial Syed Hayfield Secondary School
Environmental Engineering ARM: Streamlining Recyclable Waste Identification with Highly Scalable Deep Learning Algorithms Frank Chang, Stephen Tsai, Jason Yoo Chantilly High School
Environmental Engineering Saving Our Concrete Jungle: An Analysis of Carbon Dioxide Reduction in the Concrete Jungle Shri Bala, Isabella Phillips Falls Church High School
Environmental Engineering Tracking Microplastics via Remote Sensing and Mathematical Analysis Anirudh Mantha Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics Building Equitable and Environmentally Conscious Last-Mile Delivery Infrastructure in Urban Spaces: Using a Multi Nodal, Reverse Hub-and-Spoke design as a Community-Centric Approach to Civic Andrew Kim, Joseph Tso Woodson High School
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics Architectural Aerodynamics: The Effect of A Building's Helical Twist on Drag Force and Usable Interior Space Harris Lechtman Marshall High School
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics A Polarization-Based Approach to Reduce Glare of Vehicles at Night William Zhang Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics The Effect of Wing Aspect Ratio on the Range of a Glider Joshua Skeen Langley High School
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics HypeFL: A Novel Blockchain-Based Architecture for a Fully-Connected Autonomous Vehicle System using Federated Learning and Cooperative Perception Mihika Dusad, Aryaman Khanna Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Materials Science The Effect of Diamond Concentration in Thermal Interface Material on Ryzen 7 1700 CPU Idle Temperatures Lorenzo Gabriel Valerio Mount Vernon High School
Materials Science The Effect of Sucrose on the Biodegradability of Gelatin-Based Bioplastic David Alfert South Lakes High School
Materials Science How A Trash Robot Can Affect Litter: A Novel Approach to Litter Disposal Michelle Amoako Mount Vernon High School
Microbiology The Effect of Hydrochloric Acid Molarity on Bacterial Viability Using a Hemocytometer Ayse Yener Marshall High School
Microbiology The Antibacterial Effect of Allium sativum (Garlic) on E. coli Sharon Cho Marshall High School
Microbiology The Effect of Gluten-Free Bread Type and Moisture Content on Mold Growth Olivia Hamilton, Lucy Marshall West Potomac High School
Microbiology LetoHealth: A Second Opinion for Embryologists to Aid the Evaluation of the Health of Fertilized Embryos Ashrita Gandhari Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Mathematics and Computer Sciences Simulated Brokerage System for Novice Investors Samuel Stankiewicz West Springfield High School
Mathematics and Computer Sciences A Photonic Hardware Accelerator for Ultrafast Tensor Algebra Computations and Neural Network Inference Dhruv Anurag, Steven Lu, Sathvik Redrouthu Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Mathematics and Computer Sciences Hybrid Plasticity: A Novel, Biologically Realistic Meta-Learning Algorithm to Increase the Adaptability and Efficiency of AI Systems Rohan Kalahasty Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Physics and Astronomy The Effect of Reduced Friction on Vehicle Speed Kent Fruchtman Oakton High School
Physics and Astronomy Implementing a Hybrid Quantum-Classical Neural Network by Utilizing a Variational Quantum Circuit for Detection of Dementia Ryan Kim Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Physics and Astronomy Leveraging Quantum Computing to Simulate Ising Model Hamiltonians and its Implications on Material Sciences David Cao, Khoi Dinh Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Physics and Astronomy Lighting the Way: Emulating Fiber Optics with Acrylic Rods Sophia Cloutier Marshall High School
Physics and Astronomy The Effect of Gravity Darkening on the Atmospheric Dynamics of KELT-9b Ronit Kapur Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Plant Sciences The Effect of Chlorine (ppm) on the Lead Phytoremediation Rate in Lemna minor Aayush Shivashankar Chantilly High School
Plant Sciences The Effect of Decreasing the pH of Soil on the Germination of Radish Seeds Ammal Iqbal Marshall High School
Plant Sciences The Effect of the Concentration of Sodium Chloride, in the Soil, on Leaves' Stomata Viola D'Aloia, Zermah Jafri Mount Vernon High School

Second Place

Category Project Title Student Name(s) School
Animal Sciences The Effect of Colloidal Silver on Daphnia magna Raymond Xu Oakton High School
Animal Sciences Radiation’s Effect on Daphnia’s Biological Processes Kunal Anuje, Bumkyu Kang Oakton High School
Biochemistry The Effect of Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes on the Degradation of Fruits Anshul Yarlagadda Chantilly High School
Biochemistry The Effect of PAC Filters on PFAS Anushree Chandrashekar, Gauri Manocha, Drishti Nishar Fairfax High School
Biochemistry How Does the Composition of an Oil Have an Effect on Its Smoke Point? Emily Manifor Marshall High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences and Engineering Optimization of tPA Delivery for Ischemic CVA using Fluid Flow Dynamics and Navier-Stokes Equations Ram Dosibhatla Chantilly High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences and Engineering A Novel Implementation of Simplified Multiview Reconstruction for Prosthetic Socket Dimensioning Joshua Park Woodson High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences and Engineering The Effect of Different Drinks on How Much They Stain Teeth Morgan Wright Herndon High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences and Engineering Hierarchical Modeling for Interpretable Deep Learning-Based Multiomics for Cancer Analysis Zarif Azher, Aiden Cheong Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Biomedical and Health Sciences and Engineering Creating a Medication Dispenser Rachel Adu, Elie Lervik, Afia Ofori Mount Vernon High School
Behavioral and Translational Medical Sciences How Effective Are Lights, Crosswalks, and Signage in Improving Pedestrian Safety? Miriam Fabrycky Woodson High School
Behavioral and Translational Medical Sciences Rehearsal-based Continual Learning for Human-like Disease Classification Athan Zhang Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Behavioral and Translational Medical Sciences Evaluating Eyewitness Testimony Julia Hosage Madison High School
Chemistry What is the Effect of Changing the Temperature of the Water Liquid IV is Dissolved in on the Concentration of Ascorbic Acid in the Solution? Natalya Baccam Robinson Secondary School
Chemistry Investigating the Polarity of Rit Royal Blue Dye Using Different Solvents Ngoc Thao Nhi Nguyen Falls Church High School
Chemistry The Colorimetric Determination of Lead Content in Water Peter Choubah, Aaron Walsh Madison High School
Chemistry The Effect of Drink Type on Amount of Electrolytes Anna Foote, Nairi Masih West Potomac High School
Chemistry The Effects of Different Liquids on the Sublimation Rate of Dry Ice Chip Dinh, Veronica Mariduena Robinson Secondary School
Chemistry The Effect of Temperature on Luminol Brielle Kirk, Rhona Peterson West Potomac High School
Chemistry The Effect of Molarity of an Acid on the Rate of Reaction Liam Basye Robinson Secondary School
Earth and Environmental Sciences Predicting The Magnitude Of Wastewater Induced Earthquakes Wesley Kang Madison High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences How do Different Concentrations of Fertilizer Affect Radish Seed Germination Time? Talia Krasner Marshall High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences The Effect of Magnesium Sulfate on the Hypocotyl Length of Turnip Seeds Gowri Bharamagoudar Marshall High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences Effective Methods to Clean up Oil Spills Natalie Billeb, Takari Gray South County High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences The Effect of Ultraviolet Light on Yeast Colony Growth Jeasmitha Rajesh Westfield High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design The Effect of Catalysts on Electrolysis Sina Frezghi, Olivia Granholm Madison High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design How Does the Number of Blades on a Wind Turbine Impact Energy Efficiency? Brooke Campbell, Julia Franco Justice High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design The Effect of Electromagnetic Levitation and Vacuum Insulation on Heat Transfer Efe Yilmaz Langley High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design The Effect of Secondary Turbine Placement on Rate of Rotation Katie Myers Marshall High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design How Breaking Wind Saves the World Lillian Rubenstein Marshall High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Elastocaloric Cooling: An Efficient Future, or a Bit of a Stretch? Amel Alahmadi Marshall High School
Environmental Engineering FIREWATCH: A Plant Microbe Powered Intelligent Fire Monitoring System Adithya Somashekhar Madison High School
Environmental Engineering The Effect of Ink Amount on Readability of Printed Documents Julie Xu Oakton High School
Environmental Engineering The Effect of Water-Based Combatants on Oil Cleansing Glen Marques Westfield High School
Environmental Engineering Durability of Biodegradable Fishing Nets Reilly Tibbitts, Eowyn Worst Fairfax High School
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics Tactile Sensory Apparatus Samuel Golden, Leon Orrel, Yacov Schwartz Woodson High School
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics The Effect of Material Size on Bridge Load Capacity Eli Fugate Robinson Secondary School
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics The Effect of Track Spikes on High School Athletes' Performance Mahmut Inanoglu, Andrew Jolley Madison High School
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics Reducing Wind Force on Buildings with Blow-Through Holes Frances Smalera Marshall High School
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics Effect of Placement of the Horizontal Stabilizer on the Tail of a Plane on Time to Stabilize the Yaw Sophia Welch Marshall High School
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics Winged Noise Barriers: The Future of Efficient Highway Sound Suppression Celina Zaccack Marshall High School
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics Aerial Mapping System for VR/AR Applications and Statistical Analysis with AI Luke Wirtanen, John Wu Langley High School
Materials Science The Effect of Food Storage Type on the Ripeness of Fruit Lizzy Doan Woodson High School
Materials Science A Study of the Oxidation Rate of Various Metals in Golf Clubs Zachary Ng Edison High School
Materials Science Strength and Absorbency of Handmade Recycled Paper Compared to Non-Recycled Paper Hannah Fabrycky Woodson High School
Materials Science Plant Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles for Effective Food Packaging Sravya Tathicherla Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Microbiology Eczema Remedies - The Effect of Different Substrates on Micrococcus luteus Melinda Nguyen, Katelyn Tran Woodson High School
Microbiology The Effect of Propolis and Honey Concentrations on their Antibacterial Properties Valerie Gutierrez, Valli Swaminathan Woodson High School
Microbiology The Effect of UV-C light on Prokaryotic Cell Growth Eshak Akrache, Alejandro Andrade-Cruz, Ahmad Choudhry Justice High School
Microbiology The Enemy of My Enemy is My Phage: Discovery of Lytic Bacteriophages from the Environment – Year 2 Madeline Levorson Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Microbiology 5 Second Rule Anne McCauley, Joey Ouellette, Sammie Ten Hayfield Secondary School
Microbiology Examining Antimicrobial Effects of Different Categories of Antibiotics Aman Chhina Marshall High School
Mathematics and Computer Sciences Advancing Gender Fairness in Machine Learning through Multiple Debiasing Techniques Phoebe Pan Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Mathematics and Computer Sciences The Effect of Machine Learning Models on Breast Cancer Prediction Accuracy Aneesh Mandapati South Lakes High School
Mathematics and Computer Sciences Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Informed Infectious Disease Policy Alvan Arulandu Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Mathematics and Computer Sciences BOTler Devakh Rashie, Ahan Vermani, Arav Vermani Centreville High School
Physics and Astronomy Making An Impact: Investigating the Mathematical Relationship Between the Impact Kinetic Energy on Crater Diameter Natalie Laclede Edison High School
Physics and Astronomy The Effect of Total Volume on Volume of Harmonic Overtones on Violin Nathaniel Kurland Woodson High School
Physics and Astronomy The Effect of Spin-Rate on Vertical Baseball Movement Jackson Borgia, Kai Ferro Falls Church High School
Physics and Astronomy Determining Shielding Performances of Different Metals to Attenuate EMF Radiation Without Compromising Wi-Fi Connectivity Max Hong Madison High School
Physics and Astronomy The Effect Graphite Lead Thickness Has on the Brightness and Time of Light Isabella Anzaldua Mount Vernon High School
Physics and Astronomy The Effect of Reflective Surfaces on Reverberation Time Ketan Kane, Dibora Yilma Justice High School
Physics and Astronomy The Effect of the Counterweight of a Trebuchet on the Distance the Payload Travels Jay Eckardt Mount Vernon High School
Plant Sciences The Effects of Road Salt on the Dissolved Oxygen Produced by Java Moss Yashasvi Banka, Asvita Bonthagorla, Preeti Vukkalkar Chantilly High School
Plant Sciences The Effect of Adding Organic Material to Soil on Lepidium sativum Height Max Alfert, Connor Blair South Lakes High School
Plant Sciences The Effect of Fire on Plant Growth Sofia Lazareva Robinson Secondary School
Plant Sciences The Effect of Different Growing Mediums on the Length of Propagated D. trifasciata Cuttings Alicia Lee Fairfax High School
Plant Sciences The Effect of Light Spectra on Growth of Plants Abhi Naren, Thomas Sites Falls Church High School

Third Place

Category Project Title Student Name(s) School
Animal Sciences The Effect of Natural Oil Supplements on the Health and Quality of a Dog's Hair Natalie Shinego Chantilly High School
Animal Sciences The Effect of Sodium Chloride Concentration on the Packed Cell Volume of Dog Blood Cells James McClure Woodson High School
Animal Sciences The Effect of Temperature on a Tardigrades' Ability to Enter Cryptobiosis Hazel Calway Langley High School
Animal Sciences The Effect of Melatonin on Planaria Jocelyn Tran South County High School
Biochemistry How pH Impacts the Production of Catalase in Plant and Animal Cells Eleanor Teal Edison High School
Biochemistry The Effect of Different Oil Preservatives in Apple Kaniz Mim, Natalie Ryan, Zainab Shahzadi Justice High School
Biochemistry The Effect of Agar Percentage on the Rate of Agarose Gel Electrophoresis Migration Kaitlyn Hoang Oakton High School
Biochemistry The Effect of Different Types of Flour In Muffins Sarah Papadopoulos, Lillian Voyer Robinson Secondary School
Biomedical and Health Sciences and Engineering SCIRA (Skin Cancer Image Recognition Application): A Novel Android Studio and MobileNetV2 Image Recognition Software Anika Giri, Sana Khilwatgar, Jourdan Rhines Chantilly High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences and Engineering Wipe Research and Development of a Natural Alternative William Chappell, James (JD) Farrow Madison High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences and Engineering The Effects of UV Light on Different Forms of Sunscreen Allison Izquierdo, Rachel Jacobson Edison High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences and Engineering The Effect of Adding Ammonia to Vinegar Test Samples on Covid -19 False-Positive Test Results Isabella Fiore, Vittoria Garcia South Lakes High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences and Engineering The Effects of Different Types of Coffee on Daphnia's Heart Rate Sivadarshan Ajanth, Lucas Rossi, Loc Tran Westfield High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences and Engineering The Effect of Radioactivity on Patient Health Kylee Ledford, Tabitha Thomas West Potomac High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences and Engineering Testing and Measuring Concussions In Different Sports Hope Baxter, Alexia Zakaryan South County High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences and Engineering The Effect of the Material of Protection on the Surface Area of Damage on a Tomato Jalon McInnis, Krish Seth, Abel Webshet Annandale High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences and Engineering The Gut-Brain Connection: How Traditional Korean Food Can Affect Mental Health Evelyne You Robinson Secondary School
Biomedical and Health Sciences and Engineering The Effects of Natural vs. Synthetic Antibiotics on E. coli Krishna Kuppam, Leila Slye South County High School
Behavioral and Translational Medical Sciences The Effect of Sex Differences on Flexion in Automobiles to Address Automotive Injury Mia Fanshaw, Caelan Hagopian Woodson High School
Behavioral and Translational Medical Sciences Suggestibility and Patterns in False Memory Sarah Hymans, Nicole Lee Woodson High School
Behavioral and Translational Medical Sciences The Effect of Frequencies of Sound on Ladybugs' Speed over a 0.5 Meter Distance Sanjana Balamurugan, Zara Ghattas Langley High School
Behavioral and Translational Medical Sciences Effect of Study Habits on Happiness Levels for High School Students in FCPS Alex Kim Centreville High School
Chemistry The Effect Of Electrochemical Cells On Sodium Sulfate Solutions Alanoud Alshihri Oakton High School
Chemistry The Effect of pH Level on the Corrosion of Steel Wool Anusha Krishnan Westfield High School
Chemistry The Effect of Fuel Types on Fire Starters Asher Embry South County High School
Chemistry The Effect of the Amount of Agar Powder on the Durability of Bioplastic Bags Parisa Ahmad, Joudia Benjelloun West Potomac High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences Stream Water Pollution Based on Location Steffi Forde, Raegan Rajala Falls Church High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences Reef-safe Sunscreen: The Most Moisturizing Consistency of Non-nano Zinc-Oxide Sunscreen Noah Tajudeen Woodson High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences Water Quality of the Creek in Relation to the Course of the Water Hannah Weingast Langley High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences The Effect of Environmental Pollutants on Soil Nutrition Anay Bansal Westfield High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences The Effect of Aquatic Pond Plant Type on Nitrogen and Phosphorus Absorption Sage Nagle Annandale High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences Algae Attack!: To What Extent Does Nitrogen Runoff Affect The Levels of Nitrates In Lake Barcroft? Yasmin Ahmed Justice High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design The Effect of Material Types on the Temperature of Shirts Maya Campbell, Raina Determan Justice High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design The Effect of Different Cow Manure Products on the Production of Biogas Brinda Patel Oakton High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design The Effect of Turbine Position on Hydroelectric Power Plant Energy Production Henry Lin, Zachary Yellen Langley High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design The Effect of Green Structures on Building Temperatures Aashee Balani, Wren Colaco Oakton High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design The Effect of Cloud Coverage on Energy Produced by a Solar Panel Sarah Soliman Fairfax High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Which Colors of Light Output the Greatest Amounts of Energy when Directed at a Solar Panel? Noah Rabinovitch South Lakes High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design The Effect of Unnecessary Red Light Wait Time on the Environment: Wasting Time and CO2 Amanda Nolan West Potomac High School
Environmental Engineering The Effect of Activated Charcoal on the Conductivity of Water in a Filtration System Aditi Bhattacharjee, Samiksha Gumma Chantilly High School
Environmental Engineering The Effect of Natural Materials as Filter Media on Water Filtration Emma Hering Hayfield Secondary School
Environmental Engineering Protecting Against Natural Disasters: Designing the Best Seawall Kian Mesforush Marshall High School
Environmental Engineering The Application of Natural Organic Sorbents for Oil Spill Cleanup Rishi Anangi Oakton High School
Environmental Engineering The Effect of Different Barriers on Sand Displacement Wilman Vlach Mount Vernon High School
Environmental Engineering Hot Air Blower Gabriel Garcia, Colin Park Madison High School
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics The Effect of Changing Diameter of the Jet's Outlet on Thrust Produced Daniel Bayasgalan, Mark Wilson Mount Vernon High School
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics The Effect of Bridge Designs on Mass Capacity Zaara Kapadia, Evelyn Wagner South Lakes High School
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics The Effect of Pitch Length on the Time it Takes for an Archimedes Screw to Carry an Object Hanako Patten Edison High School
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics The Effect of Water on Friction Mia Richmond Woodson High School
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics Mechanical Chair Project Riley Seewer Langley High School
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics The Effect of Various Bridge Designs on the Structural Integrity of the Bridge Vikas Kotla South Lakes High School
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics The Effect of a Boom Length on Time it Takes to Lift Objects Mohammad Rahman, Ammar Sherian Justice High School
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics Can a Circuit Board Detect the Color of Produce? Gerard Llames, Gabriel Presidio Robinson Secondary School
Materials Science The Effect of Additives on Concrete Strength Wyatt Hadley Woodson High School
Materials Science Effect of Different Protection Methods on Health of Hair During Bleaching Bear Foxen South Lakes High School
Microbiology The Effect of pH on the Reproduction of S. cerevisae and Its Implications on Candida Yeast Infections Bhuvana Lavu, Shreya Sheth, Mahati Thiyagarjan Chantilly High School
Microbiology Bacterial Difference Between Sample Makeup and Unused Makeup Dhanvi Patel, Grace Sanchez Lake Braddock Secondary School
Microbiology The Effect of Cleaning Solutions on the Growth of Bacterial Colonies Riya Gupta, Alette McNeill Madison High School
Microbiology The Effect of Sugar Concentration on Bacterial Growth Maraky Alemu Edison High School
Microbiology The Effect of Dilution Levels of Cymbopogon martinii on E. coli K-12 Growth Lily Gunn, Dennis Hadjimichael South Lakes High School
Microbiology The Effects of Disinfectants on E. coli K-12 Jacqueline Dougherty, Hannah Ko Robinson Secondary School
Microbiology The Effect of Essential Oils on Microbial Growth of E. coli Khushi Muddalli Robinson Secondary School
Mathematics and Computer Sciences The Effect of Pathfinding Algorithms on Processing Time and Route Distance Noah Lee Chantilly High School
Mathematics and Computer Sciences Frequency Analysis of Words in English, French, and Spanish Abubaker Mohammed, Nebil Mohammed Edison High School
Mathematics and Computer Sciences A Machine Learning Algorithm to Predict Breast Cancer Mortality Natalie Chandler Woodson High School
Mathematics and Computer Sciences The Effect of Surface Area on Ice Melting Rate William Casamo, Henry Crapo Hayfield Secondary School
Mathematics and Computer Sciences A Novel Framework for Detecting an Approaching Projectile Through Image Sensing and Ultrasonic Detection Ananya Karunakaram Westfield High School
Mathematics and Computer Sciences Kessler Syndrome: Investigating the Effect of Space Debris Jenny Piao Hayfield Secondary School
Mathematics and Computer Sciences Image Recognition of Pneumonia and COVID-19 Chest X-rays Using Machine Learning Roshan Ram Westfield High School
Mathematics and Computer Sciences The Effect of Training Dataset Image Augmentation on Image Classification Algorithm Accuracy Pradeep Ravi Falls Church High School
Mathematics and Computer Sciences The Speed of Sine Approximating Algorithms Alex Landry Madison High School
Physics and Astronomy The Effect of Air Pressure in a Soccer Ball on the Distance Traveled Henry Berglie, Justin Jerome Chantilly High School
Physics and Astronomy Effects of Distance on Star Light Intensity Stephen Aiello, Jordan Lindsay, Adrian Samayoa Hayfield Secondary School
Physics and Astronomy The Effect of a Plane's Wing Area on its Flight Patterns Satya Gandla Oakton High School
Physics and Astronomy How Stealth Technology is Determined by Color, Shape, and Material Ayesha Khan West Potomac High School
Physics and Astronomy The Effect of Using Ferrofluid in a Gauss Rifle Ethan Bong Marshall High School
Physics and Astronomy The Effect of Sole Material on the Coefficient of Friction for Footwear Areebah Junaid, Chloe Leonard West Potomac High School
Plant Sciences The Effect of Fertilizer on Algae Growth Liam Birch, Aya Ryan South Lakes High School
Plant Sciences The Effect of Water Solutions With pH Levels 5-9 on the Height Growth of Sunflower Seeds Ansh Sehgal, Kenji Urano South Lakes High School
Plant Sciences To Grow or to Not Grow? The Effect of Different Liquids on Plant Growth Zara Ramadan Westfield High School
Plant Sciences The Effect Of Hydroponics On Plant Growth Benjamin Lebedeker, Roman Rousek Hayfield Secondary School
Plant Sciences Effects of Different Fertilizers on Plant Growth Jessica Dennis, Saanvi Vootla Herndon High School
Plant Sciences Biochar At Work Lucy Freeland, Will Johnson Hayfield Secondary School
Plant Sciences The Effect of Perlite Concentration in Soil on Radish Biomass Christine Pham, Maddox Shreve Justice High School
Plant Sciences The Effect of Sunlight Angle on Radish Growth Jasper Geer, Halima Jama, Katherin Salazar Justice High School
Plant Sciences The Effect of Homemade Herbicide on Invasive Species: English Ivy Charlotte Akers, Katie Depasse Fairfax High School
Plant Sciences The Effect of Fertilizer Amount On Strawberry Sugar Content Melany Velasquez, Olivia Whitridge Mount Vernon High School

Honorable Mention

Category Project Title Student Name(s) School
Animal Sciences Dietary Influence of Macronutrients on Life Expectancy of Drosophila melanogaster Arjun Gowder, Shreeya Suresh Oakton High School
Animal Sciences How Have the Earliest Arrival Dates of Birds Changed in New York, NY, from 2001 to 2020? Angeline Ngo Edison High School
Animal Sciences The Effect of Acetaminophen on the Heart Rate of Daphnia magna Arnav Jadhav, Arnav Jain, Nimal Muthukumar Chantilly High School
Animal Sciences How Vibrations Affect Ants' Ability to Find Food Isa Grois, Jessica Wiriadinata, Jordan Plumb South County High School
Biochemistry The Effect of Temperature on the pH of Kimchi  During Fermentation Amy Huynh Edison High School
Biochemistry The Effect of Type of Saccharide Substrate on the Rate of CO2 Production in S. cerevisiae William Choi, Rohan Soma Fairfax High School
Biochemistry The Effect of the Amount of Fluoride in Your Toothpaste on the Protection of Your Teeth Chloe Bratten, Wynne Smith West Potomac High School
Biochemistry The Effect of Active Sodium Lauryl Sulfate on the Amount of DNA Extracted From Onions Grace Niebuhr, Tristan Schneider West Potomac High School
Biomedical and Health Sciences and Engineering Investigating DNA Damage: Measuring the Alterations of Repeated UV Radiation on S. cerevisiae Ella Geisler, Amelia Haid Oakton High School
Behavioral and Translational Medical Sciences The Effect on State Mental Health Service Spending on the Percentage of Youth that Did Not Receive Treatment After an MDE Mary Hammond Mount Vernon High School
Behavioral and Translational Medical Sciences Feeling stressed? Laugh it out. Charlotte Schouten Hayfield Secondary School
Behavioral and Translational Medical Sciences Langley High School COVID-19 Simulator Eric Zhao Langley High School
Behavioral and Translational Medical Sciences The Effect of Road Condition on Vehicle Speed Connor Chan, Grayson Nijbroek Hayfield Secondary School
Behavioral and Translational Medical Sciences The Association of Hue on the Taste of that Food Breilynn Daniels West Springfield High School
Chemistry Say No Way to Tooth Decay: The Effect of Fluoride on Tooth Decay Annanya Bitra, Ethan Chien, Ashley Ding Chantilly High School
Chemistry The Effect of Different Fruit Juices on Strength and Durability of Eggshells Bridget Dombro, Grace Drost Chantilly High School
Chemistry The Effect of Solution Type on the Mass of Copper Evan Bonshock, Tyler Jencks Chantilly High School
Chemistry The Validity of Different Brands of Orange Juices’ Nutrition Labels Tammy Dao Edison High School
Chemistry Testing Vitamin C Levels in Different Fruits Molly Joachim, Audrey Stolarz, Justin Woods West Potomac High School
Chemistry Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy: Determining Vitamin C Concentration In Fruits Grace Vlattas Westfield High School
Chemistry The Effect of Various Experimental Factors to Optimize Adsorption of Toxic Industrial Dye Methylene Blue on Sand Abraham Tuluva Chantilly High School
Chemistry The Relationship Between the Acidity of Liquids and the Integrity of Enamel After Exposure Ethan Masci, Charlie Meidlinger South Lakes High School
Chemistry The Effect of Different Community Site Locations on Lead Content in Water James Butlin, Kian Linam, Matthew McArthur South Lakes High School
Chemistry The Effect of the Preliminary Stages of Thermoforming on the Release of Chemicals into Water by Polyethylene Terephthalate Genevieve Tierney West Potomac High School
Chemistry The Effect of Substances and Preservation Methods on the Enzymatic Browning of Avocados Cooper Holtz Annandale High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences The Effect of Natural Materials on Soil Erosion Shana Moskowitz, Ava Tardy Madison High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences The Effect of Method for Purifying Water on Water Quality Sean Esen, Jayden Nguyen, Angelina Taimouri Falls Church High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences The Effect of the Phytoremediation Abilities of Different Plants on Soil Zn Concentrations Linus Koepcke Oakton High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences The Effect of Updraft and Downdraft on Tornado Simulation An Nguyen Chantilly High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences Man-Made Soil Erosion Prevention Korey White, Sydney Wong Hayfield Secondary School
Earth and Environmental Sciences The Effect of Horizontal Cultivation On The Growth of Sugar Kelp (Saccharina latissima) Isabel Joseph Oakton High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences The Effects of Turf Fields on the Environment Ashlyn Choi, Katie Tylecki Madison High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences The Effect of Various Inexpensive Water Filtration Methods on Chemical Contamination and Water Quality Benjamin Habyarimana Oakton High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences The Relationship Between Forestry and Lightning Density in Virginia Hadley Forman Marshall High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences The Effect of Materials on Water Filtration Audrey Odell Herndon High School
Earth and Environmental Sciences How Does the Level of Salt in Water Affect the Melting Rate of Ice? Maysam Ider, Jenna Kassem Justice High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design How Does the Weight of a Citrus Fruit Effect its Voltage Output? Joseph James, Ryan Mulvaney Edison High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Which Household Fruit or Vegetable has the Most Milli-voltage? Kimberly Retana Ramos Edison High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design The Effect of the Diameter of a Candle Wick on the Time it Burns Nikhil Kuntipuram, Thara Venkatesan South Lakes High School
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design The Effect of Gear Ratio on Electricity Output Benjamin Deadman Fairfax High School
Environmental Engineering Don't Spoil The Soil Cordelia Norris Marshall High School
Environmental Engineering Which Material is Best to Use for Straws? U Claros Falls Church High School
Environmental Engineering Application of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) to Calibrate and Predict Subsurface Contaminant Transport Daiwik Sahoo Robinson Secondary School
Environmental Engineering The Effect of Textile Dye Waste on the Growth of an Elodea Plant Zoe Ligairi Annandale High School
Environmental Engineering Effect of Mirror Surface Area on Sun-drip Desalination Rory Frantz Fairfax High School
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics How Do Different Pulley Systems Effect Mechanical Advantages? Joshua Fondriest, Jacob Ross West Potomac High School
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics The Coefficient of Static Friction of Different Surfaces Cooper Keefer, Gus Neuberg Falls Church High School
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics The Effect of the Number of Vertical Supports on a Bridge's Weight Capacity Jackeline Hong, Donny Nguyen, Derek Smits Justice High School
Materials Science The Effects of Different Shapes and Materials on Sound Reduction Capabilities Jack Evans Chantilly High School
Materials Science The Lightfastness of Different Pigments Joelle Madison Chavez, Anna Linton Woodson High School
Materials Science The Effect of Water Sealant on the Water Absorption of Cardboard Aiden McHale, Andrew Wood South Lakes High School
Materials Science The Effect of Microwaves on Different Types of Plastic Samuel Glassman, Colin S. Surovell West Potomac High School
Microbiology Do Different Temperature Starters Affect the Rise of Sourdough Bread? Ahora Rahman, Ruth Tewodros Edison High School
Microbiology The Effect of Varying Cleaning Brands on the Amount of Bacteria Killed on a Given Surface Max Purtill, Betty Schlageter-Prettyman, Katherine Schlageter-Prettyman Falls Church High School
Microbiology The Effect of Different Substances on K-12 E. coli Michael Barrera-Hernandez, James Sejas Justice High School
Microbiology The Effect of Antibacterial Properties on the Growth of Inhibition Rate of E. coli Jayden Vinh, Labeed Zaib South Lakes High School
Mathematics and Computer Sciences The Effect of Password Type on Algorithm Runtime Length Finnegan Lauro, Joshua Lauro Madison High School
Mathematics and Computer Sciences The Effects of Economic Factors on the US Stock Market Jai Elhance Madison High School
Physics and Astronomy The Effect of Your Phone Mode on Radiation Levels at Varying Distances Amira Traish Falls Church High School
Physics and Astronomy Measuring the Frequency of Sympathetic Vibrations Kiara Frey Edison High School
Physics and Astronomy Paper Airplane Flight Marisela Escobar, Maggie Lin Edison High School
Physics and Astronomy The Effect of Ramp Surface Type on Car Speed Aaron James, Sanjay Modak, Ethan Nguyen Falls Church High School
Physics and Astronomy Masses' Effect on Time on Distance Dimash Adikhan, Shaun Mallari Falls Church High School
Physics and Astronomy The Effect of Pickup Position on Frequency Response Silas Mitchell, Jamison Scott Falls Church High School
Physics and Astronomy The Importance of Sound Quality: The Effect of Speaker Size on Fidelity Kerstin Quach Marshall High School
Physics and Astronomy The Effect of Different Levels of Magnetic Field Strength on Velocity of a Magnetic Levitation Train Model Kaitlin Cascio, Yordanose Moges West Potomac High School
Plant Sciences The Effect of Water pH on the Growth of Pea Plants Caden Duong, Christopher Haase, Minh-Vien Nguyen Falls Church High School
Plant Sciences The Effect of Storage Temperature of Popcorn Kernels on the Amount of Kernels Popped Katherine Pickering South Lakes High School
Plant Sciences The Effects of Coffee on Mint Plants Emily Lord Westfield High School
Plant Sciences The Effect of Mycorrhizal Fungi on the Biomass of Radishes Sophia Goyanko Edison High School
Plant Sciences The Effect of Chlorine and Vinegar on Lettuce Annie Osorio Mount Vernon High School
Plant Sciences Will Smoke Have an Effect on Bean Plant Germination? Rediet Mikru, Rihan Mohammed, Rebecca Oviedo Justice High School
Plant Sciences The Effect of Fertilizers with Different Amounts of Nitrogen and Phosphorus on a Radish's Height Andrew McGee Annandale High School
Plant Sciences The Effect of Temperature on Tangerines Lily Al Hamadani, Joshua Trias, Kiyan Slove-Rezvani Hayfield Secondary School
Plant Sciences The Effect of Temperature on the Rate of Photosynthesis of a Bolbitis Aquatic Plant Carolina Herrera Fairfax High School