Winners

School Award Name Category Title
Bethpage High School 1st Maya Lillian Maciel-Seidman (Bethpage High School), Ruchitha Channapatna (Bethpage High School), Suchitha Channapatna (Bethpage High School) Earth & Environmental AND Environmental Engineering Soil Moisture Sensing Robot: A Novel Agricultural Device
2nd Theresa Thulasidas (Bethpage High School), Ava Elizabeth Zingone (Bethpage High School) Engineering Mechanics Dye Sensitized v.s. Monocrystalline: Most Cost Efficient Method for Energy Production
Central Islip Senior High School H.M Oscar A Murga (Central Islip Senior High School), Leslie Clarice Mejia (Central Islip Senior High School) Plant Sciences The Effects of Rhizobacteria on Hydroponically Grown Arugula
Commack High School 3rd Ethan Jacob Sontarp (Commack High School) Earth & Environmental AND Environmental Engineering Modeling Uranium Uptake in Fossilized Teeth and Bones: Insight into Potential for Long-Term Uranium Waste Storage in Phosphates
H.M Michael Chacon (Commack High School), Defne Aktuna (Commack High School) Animal Sciences Aversive Conditioning and Scent Discrimination in the Green Crab (Carcinus maenas)
Connetquot High School 1st Melissa S Oz (Connetquot High School), Biproprosad Das (Connetquot High School), Anna Elizabeth Suske (Eastport South Manor Junior-Senior High School) Biochemistry Utilizing Protein Crystallography and X-Ray Diffraction to Determine the Structure of TrmD (Co-Crystallized with SAH) From Mycobacterium abscessus and Discover Possible Inhibitors via AutoDock VINA
3rd Atif Khan (Connetquot High School) Engineering Mechanics Using Polarized Light to Create a Cost-Effective Landmine Detector for Use in War-Torn Countries
East Meadow High School H.M Alyssa Fong (East Meadow High School) Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Analysis of APOBEC3 Hotspots in the Domains of Select Human Herpesvirus Immediate Early Proteins
Eastport South Manor Junior-Senior High School 3rd Damien Doran Edele (Eastport South Manor Junior-Senior High School), Christopher Matthew Jannotta (Eastport South Manor Junior-Senior High School), Danielle Levanti (Northport High School) Cellular and Molecular Biology The Complete Structural Refinement and Analysis of the Protein Anaplasma phagocytophilum tRNA (guanine-N1)-methyltransferase
Elmont Memorial 2nd Marvia Jozie Pressoir (Elmont Memorial) Microbiology The Individual and Synergistic Effect of Combined Heavy Metal Exposure On Dopaminergic Neurodegeneration and Associated Behaviors in C. elegans as a Model for Parkinson's Disease
H.M Maxline Delorme (Elmont Memorial) Cellular and Molecular Biology Expression of Insulin Growth Factor 2 mRNA Binding Protein on the Regulation of Fidgetin Like 2
H.M Christopher Edward Alexander (Elmont Memorial) Microbiology Characterizing the Oncolytic Properties of the Avian Paramyxovirus Serotype 4 (APMV-4) in Comparison to Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV): Developing Oncolytic Therapies Based on Viral Cell Death
Elwood - John H. Glenn 1st Rithika Narayan (Elwood - John H. Glenn) Earth & Environmental AND Environmental Engineering Coral Grief: Machine Learning on Crowd-sourced Data to Highlight an Ecological Crisis
Garden City High School 1st Ian Carlson Bailey (Garden City High School) Engineering Mechanics CAD Modeling, Simulation, and Prototyping of a Wave Energy Generation System for USVs
2nd Farah Kabir (Garden City High School) Translational Medical Science Integrated Expression Profiles of MiRNAs and GLUT1 in Murine Blood-Brain Barrier under Hyperglycemic Conditions
2nd James Zheng (Garden City High School) Behavioral and Social Sciences Microbiome Composition and Environmental pH Modulate the Behavioral Effects of SSRIs in Larval Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
George W. Hewlett High School 3rd Jude Kristoffer Ramos Tomas (George W. Hewlett High School), Kelvin Reid Cheng (George W. Hewlett High School) Plant Sciences Regulation of a Temperature-Induced Lipocalin (TIL) by Cold Stress and Epibrassinolide in the Gametophytes of Ceratopteris richardii
H.M Alex Tang (George W. Hewlett High School) Engineering Mechanics Validation of High-Order Theories for Sandwich Beam Behavior Using Direct Image Correlation (DIC) Techniques
H.M Blake Charles Lippman (George W. Hewlett High School), Tyler Bissoondial (John F. Kennedy High School) Earth & Environmental AND Environmental Engineering Investigating the Use of Ceratopteris richardii as a Model Plant for the Phytoremediation of Cadmium
Great Neck North High School 3rd Danielle Lauren Gruber (Great Neck North High School) Computational Biology and Bioinformatics A Game-Theoretic Model of Task-Positive Networks
H.M Madeline Yang (Great Neck North High School) Behavioral and Social Sciences Hyperscanning via fNIRS Reveals Eye Contact Engages Specific Neural Responses Within and Across Brains
H.M Michelle Zeng (Great Neck North High School) Chemistry Addition of Cost Effective Common Materials for a More Accessible Method of Solar Distillation
H.M Raymond Lin (Great Neck North High School) Chemistry Formation of Bilayer Sustainable Food Packaging Films
Half Hollow Hills East 1st Megan Gole (Half Hollow Hills East) Behavioral and Social Sciences Analyzing the Foundation of Rhetorical Gender Inequality through Competitive High School Debating During Adolescence and the Connection to the Workplace
1st Tong Ye (Half Hollow Hills East) Chemistry Investigations into the Significance of Epidermal Fatty Acid Binding Protein (FABP5) in Breast Cancer Survival and Design of Novel FABP5 Inhibitors
3rd Rachel Sydnie Bocian (Half Hollow Hills East) Translational Medical Science A Novel Cationically Enframed High Density Aromatic Peptide, A2, Mitigates Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Promotes Cell Survival Via Reduction of ROS and Maintenance of Mitochondrial Inner Membrane Potential
H.M Benjamin Levi Goldfried (Half Hollow Hills East) Cellular and Molecular Biology Enhanced Cholinergic Interneuron Striatal Density Demonstrated in a SAPAP3 Knockout: An Indirect Quantification of Elevated Acetylcholine Levels in an OCD Mouse Model
Half Hollow Hills West 1st Poojan Pandya (Half Hollow Hills West), Leo Takemaru (Ward Melville High School) Microbiology CHMP2A and TSG101 Interact with the Novel ESCRT-III Recruiter CCDC11 in HIV-1 Viral Budding
2nd Yash Gupta (Half Hollow Hills West), Collin Li (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School), Atreya Rawat (Half Hollow Hills East) Robotics and Intelligent Machines AND Embed. Sys. AND Sys. Software A Proposal of Deep-learning-based Magic Mirror Modules to Identify Specific Health Aspects
H.M Rishitha Kudaravalli (Half Hollow Hills West) Biochemistry GFP Tagged Mitochondrial IMG1 and BSCI Proteins Disrupt Normal Huntingtin Inclusion Body Formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaways 3rd Jonathan Aaron Lederer (Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaways), Abraham Balsam (Rambam Mesivta) Biochemistry The Effects of Graphene Oxide and Partially Reduced Graphene Oxide on the Enzymatic Activity of Thrombin
H.M Katherine (Lulu) Grace Morse (Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaways) Microbiology Prevention of Shiga-Toxin-Producing E.coli Outbreaks in Flour: The Elimination of E.faecium in Ruminant Probiotics
Herricks High School H.M Seunguk John Baek (Herricks High School) Biomedical and Health Sciences The Evaluation of the Therapeautic Potential of Orlistat on a Mouse Model of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)
Hicksville Senior High School 1st Sejal Gupta (Hicksville Senior High School) Biomedical Engineering Development of a Machine Learning Algorithm to Predict the Path of Joints for Gait Rehabilitation
Huntington High School H.M Diya Kallimar Rai-Gersappe (Huntington High School), Ikshu Pandey (East Meadow High School) Behavioral and Social Sciences Development of Novel Cerebral Aneurysm Embolization Method via Injection of Pluronic F-127 Multiblock Copolymer Hydrogel
H.M Bryce Alexander Vitulli (Huntington High School), Ryan Terence Knowles (Huntington High School) Chemistry The Effect of Fruit-Based Super Absorbent Polymers on the Moisture Retention of Topsoil
Jericho High School 1st Suchir Misra (Jericho High School) Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Abstract Mining to Create Comprehensive Disease-disease Correlation Database
1st Davesh Reddy Valagolam (Jericho High School) Robotics and Intelligent Machines AND Embed. Sys. AND Sys. Software Monitoring and Diagnosing Pathological Tremors Through Mobile and Neural Network Technology
1st Emily Gan (Jericho High School) Plant Sciences Insights into Biotic Light Manipulation: Microbial Characterization of Alkaline Model and Environmental Microalgae
1st Vyom Shah (Jericho High School) Cellular and Molecular Biology Linking Diet and Cancer: Arachidonic Acid Augments Canonical Wnt Signaling to Enhance Stemness
2nd Catherine Kim (Jericho High School) Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Co-administration of Atorvastatin Blocks CYP3A4: Exacerbated Risk of Interstitial Lung Disease
2nd William Hu (Jericho High School) Earth & Environmental AND Environmental Engineering Modeling Environmental Effects on Gulf of Maine Atlantic Herring (Clupea harengus) Using Generalized Additive Models
2nd Katherine Zhang (Jericho High School) Earth & Environmental AND Environmental Engineering Dialdehyde Cellulose Nanocrystal Hydrogel Synthesis for Antibiotic Remediation
2nd Riya Patel (Jericho High School) Chemistry Next Generation Ultrafiltration for Wastewater Treatment: Characterization and Performance of Fouling-Resistant Polymeric and Lyocell Cellulose Nanofiber Membranes
2nd Richard Hui Ren (Jericho High School) Mathematics AND Physics and Astronomy An S-polarized Scattering Near-field Microscopy Probe Design for Nanoscale Dielectric Anisotropy Analysis
H.M Alice Zhaoyi Chen (Jericho High School) Biomedical Engineering Estimating Rectal Cancer Response to Chemoradiation: Longitudinal MRI-based Radiomics
H.M Feiyang Dai (Jericho High School) Behavioral and Social Sciences Predicting Major Depressive Disorder Treatment Response: Examining Pretreatment Biomarkers GABA and Glx
John F. Kennedy High School 1st Katherine June St George (John F. Kennedy High School) Animal Sciences The Ketogenic Diet Ameliorates the Effects of Caffeine in Seizure Susceptible Drosophila melanogaster
3rd Ashley Cammiso (John F. Kennedy High School) Animal Sciences The Effect of Cell-Cell Communication on the Polarization of Hair Cells on the Lateral Line of Zebrafish
H.M Andrew John Brinton (John F. Kennedy High School) Earth & Environmental AND Environmental Engineering Marsh Restoration: Ribbed Mussels (Geukenisa demissa) as a Revival Mechanism to Rebuild the Coastal Salt Marshes of Long Island, New York
Kings Park High School 3rd Celina Ma (Kings Park High School) Chemistry The Synthesis of a Novel Streptogramin A-Benzoxaborole Conjugate and Its Potential as a Bivalent Ribosomal Inhibitor Against Staphylococcus aureus
H.M Rachel Catherine Williams (Kings Park High School) Engineering Mechanics The Design and Construction of a Stamping Die to Improve the Accuracy of Bending Orthopedic Implants
H.M Kayleigh Elizabeth O'Melia (Kings Park High School) Animal Sciences Grooming Behavior and Social Hierarchy among Adult Female Trachypithecus phayrei (Phayre's leaf monkey)
Lawrence High School H.M Bhawan Kaur Sandhu (Lawrence High School), Christine Kong (Commack High School) Energy: Sustainable Materials & Design AND Materials Science A Novel Nafion-free Proton Transport Membrane for the Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell
Lynbrook High School 3rd Arpie Bakhshian (Lynbrook High School) Biomedical and Health Sciences The Development of a CRISPR/Cas9 System with Nanoblades in Order to Study IBD-Related Genes in an in vitro Model
Manhasset High School 1st Samantha Chen (Manhasset High School), Emma Wang (Manhasset High School) Energy: Sustainable Materials & Design AND Materials Science The Creation and Optimization of a Plant Microbial Fuel Cell for Energy Generation with Brassica rapa
1st Ella Rose Wesson (Manhasset High School) Mathematics AND Physics and Astronomy Engineering One Layer of a Two-Dimensional Acoustic Band Gap Material and Reconstructing the Sound Pressure Field Using Acoustic Holography
2nd Sanjna Kedia (Manhasset High School), Emily Ma (Manhasset High School) Energy: Sustainable Materials & Design AND Materials Science Remediation of Wastewater Using a Microbial Fuel Cell with Optimized Electricity Generatioa and an Algae Bioreactor
H.M Kevin Douglas Gauld (Manhasset High School) Robotics and Intelligent Machines AND Embed. Sys. AND Sys. Software Optimizing Classification Efficacy of Image Classifiers Through the Usage of Neural Style Transfer in Image Preprocessing
H.M Serena Zhao (Manhasset High School) Earth & Environmental AND Environmental Engineering Targeting Marine Plastic Pollution with Numerical Data Modeling: Predicting Plastic Transport in Massachusetts Bay Through Flow Map Composition
H.M Mir Zayid Alam (Manhasset High School), Taylor Geeta Fox (Manhasset High School) Animal Sciences Relating Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) to Circadian Signaling in Drosophila melanogaster
North Shore Hebrew Academy High School 2nd Jeremy Noah Bernstein (North Shore Hebrew Academy High School), Aaron Michael Baruch (North Shore Hebrew Academy High School), Joseph Abraham Masri (North Shore Hebrew Academy High School) Biomedical Engineering Addressing SIDS: Analyzing the Respiratory Rate of Infants Using Image Processing Algorithm
North Shore High School 3rd Kyra Jamieson McCreery (North Shore High School) Earth & Environmental AND Environmental Engineering Associations between the Slowdown in North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Translation Speed and Intensifying Storm Precipitation
H.M Angelica Abbondandolo (North Shore High School) Biomedical and Health Sciences Elucidating the Role of Tenomodulin on IVD Homeostasis and Biomechanical Function
H.M Sarah Flynn Moran (North Shore High School) Microbiology Antiviral Capabilities of DABCO-hydrocarbon Molecules
Plainedge High School H.M Tyler John Ruvolo (Plainedge High School) Behavioral and Social Sciences A Regression Based Investigation Into Presidential Public Approval as a Factor of Political and Economic Policy
H.M Michael Galardi (Plainedge High School) Mathematics AND Physics and Astronomy A Regression-Based Analysis of Salary as a Function of Indivdual Performance in Major League Baseball
Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School 2nd Min Jee Kim (Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School) Biomedical and Health Sciences Analysis of Pore Formation and Control in Gluconacetobacter Xylinus Through Organic Additives
H.M Siean Benson (Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School) Computational Biology and Bioinformatics The Role of Delayed Rectifier Potassium Currents in Human Ventricular Cardiomyocyte Arrhythmogenesis
H.M Kreena Totala (Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School) Behavioral and Social Sciences A Novel Predictive Paradigm for Pediatric ADHD Behavior Through Thalamocortical White Matter Analysis
Roslyn High School 3rd Olivia Felice Viruet Quintero (Roslyn High School) Behavioral and Social Sciences The Effect of Accent and Accent Strength on Perceptions of Doctors
H.M Nicole Julia Blattman (Roslyn High School) Cellular and Molecular Biology Optimized Methods for Personalized Detection of ctDNA in Plasma
H.M Feyi Sayo Rufai (Roslyn High School) Behavioral and Social Sciences Does That Make Me Crazy? The Effects of Type of Psychological Disorder and Treatment Sought on Person Perception
Sachem High School East H.M Emma Michelle Foster (Sachem High School East), Julia Ashley Nadolne (Sachem High School East) Earth & Environmental AND Environmental Engineering Use of Mycorrhizal Fungi to Improve Soil Conditions for Agricultural Use
H.M Antonia Mirra Pavek (Sachem High School East), Yousuf Suleman (Sachem High School East) Biomedical and Health Sciences The Effects of Ganoderma lingzhi and Lentinula edodes on the Longevity of Drosophila melanogaster and Regeneration Rates of Lumbriculus variegatus
Sachem High School North H.M Ahmet Burak Buyukbayraktar (Sachem High School North) Cellular and Molecular Biology Targeting Dihydroceramide Desaturase 1 (DES1) as a Method to Overcome Anoikis Resistance in Basal Breast Cancer
Seaford High School 3rd Madison Marie Elias (Seaford High School) Animal Sciences Can Green Tea Alleviate the Effects of Stress Related to the Learning and Long-Term Memory of the Great Pond Snail?
Smithtown High School East 2nd Kevin Chen (Smithtown High School East) Cellular and Molecular Biology A Toxic Lunar Environment: Adverse Effects of a Lunar Soil Simulant (JSC-1A) on Alveolar Cellular Health and Genomic Integrity
2nd Kira Elyse Conte (Smithtown High School East) Behavioral and Social Sciences Think Positive! The Effect of Growth Mindset Training on Academic Attitudes
3rd Caitlin Alexandra Leodis (Smithtown High School East) Mathematics AND Physics and Astronomy Solving the Neighboring Borders Problem: Conceptualizing a Mathematical Model with Number Sets
H.M Ike Zhang (Smithtown High School East) Biomedical Engineering Texture-based Radiomics of Peritumoral Tissue Predict Subsequent Progression into Cancer in Glioblastoma Multiforme
H.M Caitlin Jean Wilkinson (Smithtown High School East) Earth & Environmental AND Environmental Engineering Rates and Traits: The Potential for Utlizing Above-ground Plant Traits to Predict Denitrification in Long Island Salt Marshes
Syosset High School 1st Jacqueline Rose Albert (Syosset High School) Biomedical and Health Sciences The Use of Curcumin to Mitigate the Inclusion of Alpha-synuclein in Transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans
1st Hailey Edelman (Syosset High School) Translational Medical Science Exploring the Role of Cannabidiol in a Caenorhabditis elegans Model
2nd Sophia Seokyoung Jang (Syosset High School) Plant Sciences The Interactions of the ECT2 and CRY2 Pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana
2nd Maiya Ali Raghu (Syosset High School) Animal Sciences The Effect of Blue Light on Oxidative Stress in C. elegans
3rd Giselle Leah Rasquinha (Syosset High School) Microbiology Lipid-Conjugated Anti-HIV Fusion Inhibitor Exhibits Enhanced Potency and Stability
Valley Stream South High School 1st Nabiha Subzwari (Valley Stream South High School) Biomedical and Health Sciences Identifying Functional Disease Drivers in Lupus Nephritis Associated with Glomerular Remodeling
2nd Mahnoor Ayaz (Valley Stream South High School) Animal Sciences The Use of Curcumin to Mitigate the Negative Effects of Nicotine on Diabetic Fruit Flies
3rd Abdullah Ali (Valley Stream South High School) Energy: Sustainable Materials & Design AND Materials Science Flammabiltiy and Water Absorption of Banana Stem Fiber Reinforced Green Composites
H.M Evan Joesph Miller (Valley Stream South High School) Cellular and Molecular Biology Protein X: A Novel Protein in Enhancing Anti PD-1 and Treating Cancer
W. Tresper Clarke High School 1st Abishek T Ravindran (W. Tresper Clarke High School) Behavioral and Social Sciences Implementation of Novel Sector Weight and Google Trends Data Objectives using MOEA/D Curtails Systematic Risk for Quintessential Investors
H.M Yuktha Chiguripati (W. Tresper Clarke High School) Earth & Environmental AND Environmental Engineering Pretreatment of Arachis hyogaea Seeds with a Coating of Trichoderma harzianum and Polymer 1 or Trichoderma harzianum and Chitosan Induces Greater Tolerance to Drought Condititons
H.M Sanjana Ahmed (W. Tresper Clarke High School) Behavioral and Social Sciences Volumetric Measurements Offer a Differential Diagnosis of Schizophrenia from Related Disorders.
H.M Saniya J Gaitonde (W. Tresper Clarke High School) Animal Sciences Bioinformatic Investigation of the Peculiarities of Long Intron Splicing in Hominidae
W.C. Mepham High School H.M Alyssa Dioguardi (W.C. Mepham High School) Behavioral and Social Sciences An Investigation of Hoodies on the Perception of Character
H.M Ryan Joseph Pittman (W.C. Mepham High School) Behavioral and Social Sciences The Financial Literacy of High School Students
Ward Melville High School 1st William Hong Sun (Ward Melville High School) Animal Sciences Lipid Droplets in the Aging Brain
2nd Chelsea Pan (Ward Melville High School) Biomedical and Health Sciences Dysregulation of Dopamine-2 Receptor with Neuronal Deficits Underlies Loss of Control in Cocaine Addiction
3rd Christopher Hua Moore (Ward Melville High School) Robotics and Intelligent Machines AND Embed. Sys. AND Sys. Software Evaluating V-MAC: A Raspberry Pi Based Data-Centric MAC for Vehicular Video Transmission
3rd Mariam Zaheera Quraishi (Ward Melville High School) Behavioral and Social Sciences The Effect of Sibling Status of Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder on Symptom Severity and Social Development
H.M Abdullah Bin Nauman (Ward Melville High School) Robotics and Intelligent Machines AND Embed. Sys. AND Sys. Software Mitigating Communication Bottlenecks in MPI-Based Distributed Learning
H.M Enyo V Okeoma (Ward Melville High School) Biomedical and Health Sciences Semen Extracellular Vesicles (SEVs) Contain Proteins that Inhibit HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase RNA-dependent DNA Polymerization in vitro
H.M Rohan Nagavardhan (Ward Melville High School) Mathematics AND Physics and Astronomy Identifying Exoplanet Companions using Radial Velocity Data with Deep Learning
West Islip High School H.M Tristan Daniel Tran (West Islip High School) Biomedical and Health Sciences Examining the Paracrine Effects of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in a Bovine Model of Osteoarthritis
William A. Shine Great Neck South High School 2nd Shourav Binayak Saha (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School) Biochemistry The Role of YY1 in the Modulation of the Podocyte Molecular Phenotype in High Glucose Conditions
3rd Somya Pathak (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School) Biomedical Engineering Depth-of-Interaction Resolution Improvement via Directional Control of Scintillator Light
3rd Joelle Siong Sin (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School) Biomedical and Health Sciences Understanding the Role of Microbes in the Pathogenesis of Intestinal Tumor Development
H.M Kallista Zhuang (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School) Biomedical and Health Sciences Xenoestrogen Bisphenol-A's Neurotoxicity via Estrogenic Activity and Resulting Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis
H.M Emma Yeung (William A. Shine Great Neck South High School) Chemistry Synthesis and Temperature-dependent Phase Behavior of a Dendritic Dipeptide
William Floyd High School H.M Farihah Chowdhury (William Floyd High School) Biochemistry Structural Resolution of a New Ligand with Human Insulin