Winners

Category Award Name School Title
Animal Sciences 1st Alexandra Claire D'Alessio (Half Hollow Hills West) Half Hollow Hills West A Comparison of Ceramic and Wooden Mediums for Artificial Pollinator Habitats to Mitigate Thermal Shock and Fungal Spread
2nd Aleeza Akhtar (Valley Stream South High School) Valley Stream South High School Timing-Dependent Effects of Resveratrol on FASD and Diabetes-Induced Developmental Deficits in Drosophila Melanogaster
3rd Alexa Joy Kosinski (Valley Stream South High School) Valley Stream South High School Mitigating Implications of Glyphosate-based Herbicides on Earthworms Through Cyanobacteria (Spirulina) and Fungi (Trichoderma) Supplementation
3rd Anthony Richard Caiazza (St Anthony's High School) St Anthony's High School Optimizing DNA Extraction for Non-Invasive Tarantula (Theraphosidae) Exuviae DNA Barcoding, utilizing Oxford Nanopore Sequencing
3rd Naima Brown (Valley Stream South High School) Valley Stream South High School The Long Term Effect of Styrofoam Based Diets on Zophobas morios
H.M Kyle Wasserman (Bellmore John F. Kennedy High School) Bellmore John F. Kennedy High School The Synergistic Effect of Spermidine and Urolithin A on Muscle Degeneration in a Drosophila melanogaster Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Model
H.M Amanda Klein (Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School) Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School The Impacts of Curcumin and Methylene Blue on the Rough Eye Phenotype of V337M Drosophila​.
H.M Salvatore LoBrutto (W.C. Mepham High School) W.C. Mepham High School Trabecular Bone Adaptation to Mechanical Forces in the Proximal and Distal Regions of Canine Fabellae
Behavioral and Social Sciences 1st Karina Sofia Rios (Long Beach Schools) Long Beach Schools Evaluating Behavioral Outcomes and Gut Microbiome Diversity in Drosophila melanogaster Following Exposure to Natural Versus Prescription ADHD Interventions
1st Daniel Lang Ming (Syosset High School) Syosset High School Digital Expressions of Discontent: A Computational Analysis of Anti-Work Reddit Communities and Evolving Work Narratives
1st Nikhil Shah (Syosset High School) Syosset High School Examining the Impact of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines on Racial Disparities in Federal Sentencing
2nd Kate Marianne Ragona (Long Beach Schools) Long Beach Schools Consumer Explicit vs. Implicit Attitudes and Taste Perception of Dairy and Plant-based Milks
2nd Sydney Pollux Bergstein (Long Beach Schools) Long Beach Schools The Impact of AI-Generated Social Media Photo Filters on Self Reported Confidence and the Efficacy of Media Literacy Interventions
2nd Yael Novak (Roslyn High School) Roslyn High School Broken Mass Index (BMI): Developing Inclusive Anthropometric Tools for Diverse Populations
2nd Elaine Liu (Syosset High School) Syosset High School The Effects of Apology Strategies on the Spread and Intensity of Cancel Culture Incidents
3rd Ruby Baik (Commack High School) Commack High School Effects of Dop1R Knockdown and Dop2R Overexpression on Addiction-Related Behavior in Drosophila
3rd Taylor Amber Fong (Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School) Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School Intersecting Impacts of Racial Identity and Ascribed Gender Stereotypes on Public Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence Victims
3rd Soha Jhaveri (Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School) Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School Evaluating the Effectiveness of Various Interpreter Modalities on the Behaviors of Medical Providers in a Clinical Setting
3rd Kkomal Dhllon (East Meadow High School) East Meadow High School Through Their Eyes: The Impact of 2D Simulations on Empathy and Attitudes Toward Schizophrenia
3rd Emily Zheng (East Meadow High School) East Meadow High School Facing Fears: Developing a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Based Mobile Application to Combat Adolescent Specific Phobia
3rd Maya Shiloh Stromer (Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School) Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School The Role of the Implementation of the Multi-Tiered System of Supports on Teacher Effectiveness in Accommodating Student Mental Health Needs
H.M Leonora Bella Atmadjaja (North Shore High School) North Shore High School Questioning Rules: How Rule Relativity Beliefs Shape Human Responses to AI
H.M Asees Kaur Chhabra (W. Tresper Clarke High School) W. Tresper Clarke High School Environmental Stress Responses in Drosophila melanogaster: Implications for Human Disease Models
H.M Giana Carla Diaz (Plainedge High School) Plainedge High School TikTok Tics: Exploring the Outbreak of Functional Tics on TikTok
H.M Jia Ru Yang (Valley Stream South High School) Valley Stream South High School HOW DIFFERENT MOTIVATIONS OF PENPALLING AFFECT THE PERCEIVED QUALITY OF RELATIONSHIPS, COMPARED TO SOCIAL MEDIA
H.M Gianni Livigni (Paul D Schreiber High School) Paul D Schreiber High School The Effect of AI Content Labels on Music Consumption and Marketing
H.M Samaya Syali (Half Hollow Hills East) Half Hollow Hills East How the long-term effects of Unemployment Insurance Generosity and Secondary Measures affect Opioid Overdose Mortality before and after the COVID-19 Pandemic (2018 to 2023)
Biology Related 1st Benson Lu Huang (Half Hollow Hills West) Half Hollow Hills West BLADE: Bioimpedance-Enabled Laparoscopic Articulated Dual-purpose EndoWrist for Force Sensing and Anomaly Detection in a Glove-Based Robotic Surgery Interface
1st Anchita Agrawal (Jericho High School) Jericho High School Characterizing Convergent Transcriptomic Impacts of Norepinephrine Across Breast Cancer Grades via Element AVITI-24
1st Tessla Chan (Roslyn High School) Roslyn High School Uncovering Mechanistic Insights into PELO Dependency Across Molecular Subtypes of Gastrointestinal Cancers
1st Nikita Kumar (Herricks High School) Herricks High School BRAINMAP-NET: A Multilayer Convolutional Neural Network-Based Tool for Clustering Glioma Mechanical Subregions Using Topological Modeling of MRE-Derived Stiffness Gradients and Curvature
2nd Taylor Maguire (Garden City High School) Garden City High School Dragon Gel: Exploring the Capabilities of a Dragon Fruit-Infused Wound Healing Hydrogel in the Mitigation of Oxidative Stress
2nd Austin Hanchi Jin (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School) William A. Shine Great Neck South High School M-CATCH: A Multiplex Microparticle CRISPR Assay for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Characterization
2nd Samantha Liu Stoneking (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School CLECL1+ CLL Cells Drive Lymph Node Fibroblast Reprogramming via Lymphotoxin Secretion
2nd Alexandra LaBella (Bellmore John F. Kennedy High School) Bellmore John F. Kennedy High School The Effects of Adolescent Isolation on Social Behavior and Their Relationship with Neural Activity Utilizing Brain Tissue from TRAP2 Male Mice
2nd Rachel Sloane Braverman (Half Hollow Hills West) Half Hollow Hills West A Comparison of Deep Neural Networks and Random Forests in Binary Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Pathogenicity Classification
2nd Wenshu Wang (Herricks High School) Herricks High School Developing a Novel Hippocampus-Specific Epigenetic Clock Based on DNA Methylation Signatures of Late-Life Individuals
3rd Connor William Chiu (Jericho High School) Jericho High School Uncovering a Novel miR-6068–RSPO3 Axis Driving Hyperactive Wnt Signaling and Treatment Resistance in Glioblastoma
3rd Vanessa Rose Maltez (Long Beach Schools) Long Beach Schools Synthetic and Natural Food Dye- Induced Modulation of Probiotic Biofilm Formation, Viability, and Chemical Resistance in L. acidophilus
3rd Natalie Horioglu (Paul D Schreiber High School) Paul D Schreiber High School Effects of Post-Dauer Development on Longevity in miRNA-Deficient C. elegans
3rd Abigail Thomas (Herricks High School) Herricks High School Examining the Pathway of Rab8 Mediated Trafficking of GluA1-AMPARs in Response to In Vitro Chemical LTP Induction in Wildtype and Lrrk2G2019S Striatal and Cortical Neurons
3rd Kevin Liu (Jericho High School) Jericho High School Integrative Structural Modeling and Molecular Dynamics Simulations Reveal Novel Insights Into Autism SORCS3 Missense Mutations
3rd Ethan Y Wang (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School) William A. Shine Great Neck South High School SPARK - Simulation Platform for Adaptive Resistance Kinetics
3rd Nathanial Ma (Half Hollow Hills East) Half Hollow Hills East Genome-Wide Mapping of Hyperhidrosis Vulnerability: Novel Loci and Mechanisms
H.M Isabel Rose Gonzalez (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School Towards Highly Sensitive, Non-Invasive Liquid Biopsy-Based Cancer Detection: Evaluating The Stability of Frenkel Excitonic Supramolecular Nanoassemblies with Biological Systems
H.M Cathlyne Gabrielle Cueto (Lynbrook Senior High School) Lynbrook Senior High School Engineering a Microneedle-Mediated Transdermal Epinephrine Administration Platform for Prophylaxis Against Anaphylactic Immunological Responses
H.M Trisha Samanpure (Garden City High School) Garden City High School Transtibial Prosthetic Socket Engineering: A Closed-Loop Workflow Combining 3D Limb Reconstruction, Stereolithographic Fabrication, Mechanical Load Characterization, and Finite Element Analysis
H.M Kaylee Xinying Kuhr (Half Hollow Hills East) Half Hollow Hills East Embryonic Stage-Specific Localization and Enrichment of RhoGEFs in Drosophila PGCs Suggests Candidates for Therapeutic Metastatic Cancer Suppression
H.M Brendan Lo (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School) William A. Shine Great Neck South High School Blocking SERCA2a With Thapsigargin Induces Cytokinesis Failure in Cardiomyocytes
H.M Colin Davison (North Shore High School) North Shore High School Serine Threonine Kinase 25 (STK25) is an Integral Regulator of Basal Myeloid Cell Production
H.M Noa Karp (Roslyn High School) Roslyn High School Basal Type I Interferon Signaling Pre-Programs Effector Memory CD4⁺ T Cells in a Genetically Tunable IFNAR Model
H.M Sahil N Patel (St Anthony's High School) St Anthony's High School Direct Visualization and Comparative Analysis of Let-7 and Lin-4 Transcriptional Dynamics in C. elegans With MS2-MCP Signal Optimization
H.M Dominic Cyril (New Hyde Park Memorial High School) New Hyde Park Memorial High School Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Naproxen Sodium Combined With Cerium Oxide (CeO2) Nanoparticles on IL-1β-Inflamed Chondrocyte Cells
H.M Alan Shiheng Yu (Half Hollow Hills West) Half Hollow Hills West CEP164 as a Focused Full Cilia-Function Knockout for Neurodevelopment
H.M Varda Qudratullah (Elmont Memorial) Elmont Memorial Synergistic Toxicity of Manganese and MPP⁺ Through Oxidative and Metabolic Collapse in SH-SY5Y Cells in Parkinsons Disease
H.M Manasvi Dendukuri (Jericho High School) Jericho High School A Computational Ranking of Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma CAR-T Targets Using Antigen Stability Signals
H.M Liana Cheng (Smithtown High School West), Jacey Lin (Smithtown High School West), Gyuree Lee Kim (Bethpage High School) Smithtown High School West Comparative Study of Mucilaginibacter sp. AK6, Mucilaginibacter sp. AK15 and Pedobacter sp. AK17 on their Effect on Wheat Plant Health and Growth
Chem Related 1st Ryan Tae (Jericho High School) Jericho High School Unlocking a Tenfold Increase in Battery Performance: Poly(citric Acid) as a Novel Binder for Silicon Anode Batteries
2nd Lucienne Keyoung (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School Tunable Morphology of Zero-Waste Cellulose Nanofiber Hydrogels via a Novel Gelatin-Mediated Ice Inhibition Mechanism for Sustainable Agriculture and Water Remediation
3rd Michelle Okonowicz (Commack High School) Commack High School New Approaches for Affordable, Earth Abundant Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Synthesis and Characterization of [Fe(CN)4(dppz)]2- and [Fe(CN)4(dppn)]2-
3rd Catherine Chen (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School Preventive and Restorative Strategies for Multifunctional Concrete Using Hydrogel-Encapsulated Healing Agents and CNF: Integrated Wet-Lab and Computational Approaches
3rd Matthew Lin (Roslyn High School) Roslyn High School Using Bayesian Optimization to Design Conductive PEO-Based Mixed-Graft Block Copolymers
H.M Charlie Mastroberti (West Islip High School) West Islip High School Analysis of Microplastic and Chemical Filtration Through Different Water Filters
H.M Odelia Syrai Nugent (Elmont Memorial) Elmont Memorial Investigating the Effects of Graphite Particles on the Electrical Conductivity of Concrete
H.M Xiaowu Lai (Jericho High School) Jericho High School Printing the Future of Flight: Additive Manufacturing of Carbon Fiber/Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Reinforced Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) Composites using Selective Laser Sintering
Enviroment Related 1st Vedant Balani (Jericho High School) Jericho High School Hurricane Forecasting Using Comprehensive Multivariable Machine Learning Modeling with Atmospheric Temperatures, Polar Motion, and Sunspot Numbers
1st Sydney Grace Olivo (Long Beach Schools) Long Beach Schools Detection of Trifluoroacetic Acid in Commercial Water Filters and Its Toxicological Impacts on Keystone Aquatic Species
1st Rachel Olivia Master Huth (Huntington High School) Huntington High School Design and Evaluation of an Energy-Efficient CO₂ Capture System Utilizing Sodium Hydroxide for Ammonium Bicarbonate Fertilizer Synthesis
2nd Christina Jeannette Bayne (Elmont Memorial) Elmont Memorial Utilizing Foraminifera to Compare Temperature Changes in the Western Pacific Warm Pool Thermocline to Orbital Forcing.
2nd Anjali Ponugupati (Bethpage High School) Bethpage High School Effect of pH-Modified Dissolved Organic Matter On Per- and Polyfluoralkyl Substance Adsorption by Granular Activated Carbon
2nd Victoria Rose Sinnona (Long Beach Schools) Long Beach Schools Pilot Study: Low-Cost Removal of Polypropylene Microplastics Using Electrospun Biocompatible Fiber Mats
2nd Joshua Norman Fields (Northport High School) Northport High School Evaluating rGO/ZIF-67 Nanocomposites for Dye Remediation Using an Algal Photosynthesis Bioassay
3rd Alice Huang (Syosset High School) Syosset High School Advancing Ensemble Tropical Cyclone Forecasts with a Novel Integration of Atmospheric Physics-Aware Consistency Frameworks in Artificial Intelligence Weather Prediction Models
3rd Ella Marie Menu (East Hampton High School) East Hampton High School Ocean Wave Growth Measurements in Hurricane-Force Winds
3rd Vaibhavi Hegde (Hauppauge High School) Hauppauge High School Textile Recycling: Exploring Enzymatic and Anaerobic Methods for Blended Textile
3rd Humzah Syed Mohsin (Valley Stream South High School) Valley Stream South High School A Machine Learning–Powered Water Quality Prediction Model and Cost-Effective Iot Water Quality Monitoring Systema Machine Learning–Powered Water Quality Prediction Model and Cost-Effective Iot Water Quality Monitoring System.
3rd Cynthia Qian (Jericho High School) Jericho High School Computational Discovery of Marine Plastic-Degrading Enzymes Enhanced by Deep Eutectic Solvents
H.M Cynthia Zhang (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School) William A. Shine Great Neck South High School Evaluation of AI Weather Prediction Model on Extreme Eastern U.S. Extratropical Cyclones Using a Cyclone-Relative Approach
H.M Thomas James Fini (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School Longitudinal Comparison of Microeukaryote Diversity in Contrasting Urban Reservoirs
H.M Robert Lu (Manhasset High School), Yu Xiang Lin (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School Iron-Based Ferrofluids Enhance Chlorella vulgaris-Mediated Bioremediation of Sewage Water Contaminants
H.M Charlotte Avery Rothemich (St Anthony's High School) St Anthony's High School Examination of the Clearance Rate and Effects of Short-Term Exposure of Crassostrea virginica to Margalefidinium polykrikoides
H.M Gregorio Andres Bonetti (Bethpage High School), Sarah Oh (Bethpage High School), Aryaan Khalfan (Bethpage High School) Bethpage High School The Effect of the Proximity of a Salt Marsh to Urbanized Areas on the Presence of Heavy Metals
H.M Kahela Jade Michel (Elmont Memorial) Elmont Memorial A Geochemical Approach for Identification of Sea Surface Temperature Change: Using Coral Skeleton Temperature Proxies
H.M Sebastian Truong (Mineola High School) Mineola High School The Effect of Pseudomonas stutzeri on the Inhibition of Alexandrium tamutum: Exploring Biosurfactant (Rhamnolipid) Amplification
H.M Parker Eugene Molina (Hampton Bays High School) Hampton Bays High School Effects of Microplastic Pollution on Soil Microbial Communities in an Agricultural Soil.
H.M Ella Rose Trama (Sayville High School) Sayville High School A Novel Approach to Nutrient Removal in Shellfish Upwelling Systems Using Biofiltration
H.M Alexander James Keenan (Kings Park High School) Kings Park High School Streaming Potential: Enhanced Electrokinetic Energy Harvesting Using Wicking Materials
Math and Physics 1st Arav Chand (Half Hollow Hills West) Half Hollow Hills West Universal Matrices For Counting Fibo-Multinomial and C-Multinomial Coefficients With a Cryptographic Application
1st Gary Han (Syosset High School) Syosset High School Discovery of Previously Undetected Exocomets in Kepler Using ExoSeek, a Novel End-to-End Deep Learning Exocomet Detection Algorithm
2nd Michael Petrizzo (Commack High School) Commack High School SFDiff: An Accurate, Generalizable Diffusion Denoising Probabilistic Model (DDPM) for State Estimation of Nonlinear Systems
3rd Henry Zhang (Jericho High School) Jericho High School Information Geometry of Continuous-Variable Quantum Neural Networks
3rd Kristina Nicole Theodosopoulos (Manhasset High School) Manhasset High School Noise-Hardened BB84: Quantifying and Mitigating Environmental Noise to Restore Secure Keys in a Classroom-Scale QKD System
H.M Arjun Patel Sankran (The Wheatley School) The Wheatley School Optimizing the Freemium Model: Conversion Challenges and Opportunities
H.M Joaquin Charles Martin (Lynbrook Senior High School) Lynbrook Senior High School A Machine Learning Approach to Conduct Exoplanet Classification Based on Habitability Using Labeled and Unlabeled Data
H.M Adrianna Theresa Stucchio (Half Hollow Hills East) Half Hollow Hills East Quantifying a Limiting Factor in Closed Shell Effect Charge State Breeding: Approximating a Point Beyond Which Radiative Recombination Becomes Non-Negligible
H.M Brandon Li (John L. Miller Great Neck North High School) John L. Miller Great Neck North High School Analysis of Geomagnetic Storm Effects on Satellite Orbital Decay
H.M Ariana Summer Bridges (North Shore High School) North Shore High School A Silent Breakthrough: Improving Variational Quantum Eigensolver Accuracy Through Use of a Denoising Autoencoder
Medical Related 1st Noor Waqas Sohail (Westhampton Beach High School), Brady Charles Schultz (Westhampton Beach High School) Westhampton Beach High School An Experimental Analysis of the Effect of Dietary P. dactylifera Concentration on the Midguts and Memory in D. melanogaster Expressing the Amyloid Precursor Protein
1st Divya Jayam (The Wheatley School) The Wheatley School Cephalexin as a Potential Novel Treatment for Parkinson's Disease Through Modulation of Gut Inflammasome Activity and Neuroprotective Pathways
1st Jonathan Zachary Philip (Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School) Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School The Impacts of Resveratrol and Escherichia Coli Dietary Restriction on the Behavioral and Pathological Aspects of Alzheimer's Disease using Caenorhabditis Elegans as a Model
2nd Aryana Adur (Jericho High School) Jericho High School Modulating a Novel Neuroepithelial Circuit in Food Allergy to Repair Barrier Dysfunction with Larazotide Acetate and Neuregulin-1
2nd Sia Kripalani (The Wheatley School) The Wheatley School Integrating Selenium into Mercury Risk Models for Fish Consumption
2nd Daniel Qiao Lin (Bellmore John F. Kennedy High School) Bellmore John F. Kennedy High School Liquid Lens-Based Automation of Accommodative Facility Testing in Myopia
2nd Angelina Liu (Herricks High School) Herricks High School Deglycosylated L1CAM Targeting Antibody Optimizes Ovarian Cancer Tumor Specificity in Immuno-PET Imaging
3rd Samantha Reese Heyman (Half Hollow Hills East) Half Hollow Hills East Beyond the Sideline: Gaps in Brain Region Coverage by Sideline Concussion Assessments
3rd Ella Rose Findling (George W. Hewlett High School) George W. Hewlett High School Glucagon-like peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Reduce Hepatic Steatosis and Fibrosis in Pediatric Metabolic-dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease
3rd Jennifer K Pyo (Jericho High School) Jericho High School Effect of Melatonin on the HMGB1-Inflammatory Pathway and Macrophage Polarization
3rd Chrysta Thomas (Oyster Bay High School) Oyster Bay High School Shaped by signals: Leveraging breast cancer nuclear morphology to elucidate regulatory pathways as therapeutic targets
3rd Alessandra Marchese (Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School) Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School The Impact of Prickly Pear Extract on C. elegans Modeling Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
H.M Yena Hwang (St Anthony's High School) St Anthony's High School Mechanical Activity of Skeletal Muscle Suppresses Lung Cancer Migration Through Myokine-Mediated Pathways
H.M Olivia Z Zeng (The Wheatley School) The Wheatley School Co-Targeting NPFF, Metformin, and GSK-3β for Multi-Pathway Alzheimer's Therapy.
H.M September Chiang (Commack High School) Commack High School Evaluating the Effects of Curli Producing E.Coli on Alpha- Synuclien Aggregatiom in Dosophila
H.M Aleena Zaidi (Friends Academy), Anthony Yu (Friends Academy) Friends Academy Improving Enteral Tube Care: Testing Methods to Clear Nutritional Formula Blockages Against a Novel Approach
H.M Sophia Marie Stevenson (Long Beach Schools) Long Beach Schools Ultrasonographic Evidence of in Vivo Rouleaux Formation Induced by Cell Phone Radiation Exposure
H.M Rylee Elizabeth Varian (Long Beach Schools) Long Beach Schools A Novel Investigation of Metformin's Effects of Metabolic and Neurological Defects in a Pan-Neuronal Drosophila melanogaster Model of Huntington's Disease (elav-GAL4; UAS-Htt)
H.M Sophia Akmal (Syosset High School) Syosset High School Sargassum Pallidum Effects on the Alzheimer's Disease Model of Caenorhabditis elegans
H.M Michelle V. Evangelista (Seaford High School) Seaford High School The Effect of Nicotinamide Mononucleotide and Caffeine on the Proliferation of ΔSir2 Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Plant Sciences 1st Julia Igaunis (George W. Hewlett High School) George W. Hewlett High School Epigenetic regulation of rhizoid and root hair development in Ceratopteris richardii
2nd Elizabeth Hsiao (Roslyn High School) Roslyn High School Restor-AI-tion Chamber: Integrating Machine Learning Detection and Ultraviolet C Therapy to Treat Xanthomonas Infections in Tomatoes and Bell Peppers
3rd Virginia Rose Levine (North Shore High School) North Shore High School Novel SbMATE Isoforms & Expression Patterns Under Aluminum Stress in Sorghum
3rd Valeria Camila Paez Martinez (George W. Hewlett High School) George W. Hewlett High School Alternative Splicing and Retrotransposon-Linked Intron Expansion in a Ceratopteris richardii Phytochrome Gene Yields a Red Light Induced Truncated Isoform
H.M Jillian Kate Olfano (West Islip High School) West Islip High School Biopriming With Bacillus Probiotics: Effects on the Growth and Nutritional Value of Watercress
H.M Sophie Jane Lancashire (East Hampton High School) East Hampton High School The Effect of Calcium Nitrate Concentration on Growth and Leaf Expansion in Hydroponically Grown Butterhead Lettuce.
H.M Wilmer Steven Verdugo (East Hampton High School) East Hampton High School Evaluating the Effects of Pantoea Agglomerans, Endophytic Bacterium Strain PaKM, on the Growth and Nutrient Accumulation of Four Cultivars of Hydroponically Grown Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.)
Technology 1st Emma Elise Su (Herricks High School) Herricks High School Developing a Novel Adaptive Tuning Module for Real-Time Frequency Correction in Radiofrequency Coils During Concurrent TMS-fMRI
1st Partap Sidhu (Bethpage High School) Bethpage High School NeuroGait: A Low-Cost, Mind-Controlled Pneumatic Exoskeleton With CNN-Based Control for Individuals With Lower-Limb Mobility Impairments Using Brain Computer Interface
2nd Harrison Pearce Bernstein (Half Hollow Hills West), Galileo Solis (Half Hollow Hills West) Half Hollow Hills West Fire Resistant Drone That Uses Thermal, Radar, and Stereoscopic Vision Sensors to Navigate, Scan and Map Fires to Determine Location of Fire Victims
2nd Julia Xu (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School) William A. Shine Great Neck South High School A Novel Market-Based Machine Learning Framework for Detecting ESG-Washing in Investment Funds
2nd Ethan Lin (New Hyde Park Memorial High School) New Hyde Park Memorial High School Development and Implementation of an Improved A*/FTG Hybrid Algorithm on a Differential Drive Mobile Robot Chassis
3rd Joyce Xu (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School) William A. Shine Great Neck South High School Developing an Affordable On-Device Animatronic Hand and Large Language Model Based Pipeline for Real-Time American Sign Language Conversation
3rd Eric Zheng (Herricks High School) Herricks High School Quiet as an Owl: A Biomimetic Study Utilizing Low Fidelity Computational Simulations To Assess Propeller Aerodynamic Performance and Aeroacoustic Noise
3rd Mohammad Wasim (Half Hollow Hills East) Half Hollow Hills East Automating Quantum Support Vector Classifier Feature Mapping: A Reinforcement Learning Based Approach to Data-Specific Optimization
3rd Mark Xu Li (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School), Hye-Seung Cho (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School) William A. Shine Great Neck South High School NTStream: A Cross-Stack Hardware Compiler for the Structural Synthesis of Custom ASIC Accelerators From Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) for Edge Computing Applications
H.M Jiacheng Huang (Jericho High School) Jericho High School Subwavelength Grating and Slot Waveguide Designs for Ultra-Compact Nonvolatile Silicon Photonic Phase Shifters
H.M Eric Todd Greene (South Side High School) South Side High School Accelerating k-Nearest Neighbors Classification by Creating Two Dataset Optimization Algorithms
H.M Ryan Yim (H. Frank Carey) H. Frank Carey Predicting Thyroid Cancer Recurrence Using Machine Learning Models With Feature Selection
H.M Ray Tang (Shoreham-Wading River High School) Shoreham-Wading River High School Kinematic Synthesis of Planar Leg Mechanisms through Large-Scale Dataset Generation, Geometric Filtering, and Optimization
H.M John M Ricci (Plainedge High School) Plainedge High School Optimizing the Locomotion System of an Eight-legged Robot Through Encoder-based Motors.
H.M Serin Jo (Roslyn High School) Roslyn High School Design of a Lightweight Peak Picking Algorithm for Noisy Mass Spectrometry Data
H.M Adithya Patnam (Herricks High School) Herricks High School Optimizing Information Delivery for Time-Critical Blind or Low Vision Navigation: Machine Learning vs. Heuristic Signaling in a Virtual Reality Obstacle Avoidance Task
H.M Denys Zagrebin (Seaford High School) Seaford High School Utilizing RSSI Ranging in a Smartwatch Application to Measure Sprint Performance