2022 High School Fair Winners
Thank you to all the students who entered projects into the fair this year, the teachers and mentors who supported them, and the judges who devoted hours of their time to our students’ presentations! We couldn't do this without your creative and innovative ideas. Also, a great big thank you to the sponsors and committee members for making the fair possible.
Please see this thank you letter from our WRSEF Chair, Taryn Surabian.
First place winners qualify to enter ISEF Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair.
All winners qualify to enter the Massachusetts Science and Engineering Fair (MSEF).
Winners and participating schools will be contacted via email with details on how to register for these fairs. All participants will receive feedback from the judges via their contact teacher.
Congratulations to all the winners!
1st Place Award Winners
Jaclyn Zatsiorsky
St. Mark's School
JNK Signaling as a Mediator for Gene Differentiation in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells Exposed to High Glucose
Special Award: Sanofi Specialty Care Grand Prize
Nevin Thinagar
Shrewsbury High School
Reducing the Impact of Wingtip Vortices on Aircraft Through the Use of a Novel Winglet
Special Award: NSAP Naval Award
Esha Bennet and Eva Bennet
Hopkinton High School
Intergenerational Substance Abuse Transmission: A Novel Testing Model
Special Award: Sanofi Specialty
Maya Zheng
Mass Academy for Math and Science
Bacteriophage Resistance in E. coli Impacts Sensitivity to Antibiotics
Special Award: Society of Microbiology
2nd Place Award Winners
Maya Sushkin
South High Community School
Mobile Carbon Capture - Phase 3
Special Award: MA Chemistry & Technology Alliance
Anush Shah
Mass Academy for Math and Science
Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting on Flying Wildlife for Electronic Tags
Aaron Tian
Mass Academy for Math and Science
Discrete soft actor-critic framework for synthesis-based drug design
Shreya Devarajan
Mass Academy for Math and Science
Using RNNs to Predict Climate Trends and Mitigate Urban Heat Islands
Special Award: National Geographic Geography Award
Saaya Daga
Mass Academy for Math and Science
Impact of Curcumin on Depressive Symptoms in Drosophila melanogaster
Special Award: Sanofi Specialty
Simran Kaur
Hopkinton High School
Treating 2,4-D-Exposed Planaria with Drug-Supplement Interactions to Palliate Parkinson’s Disease
Special Award: Sanofi Specialty
Ishita Khurana
Hopkinton High School
Vitamin B Overconsumption on Diet-Induced Obesity in Danio rerio (Zebrafish)
Isabella Palit
Algonquin Regional High School
SmartStrides - Pathway Obstruction Detection Using Computer Vision and Machine Learning
3rd Place winners
Misha Mishechkin, Vishnu Angiras
Shrewsbury High School
Optimizing Thermal Energy Recovery Using a Nickel-Titanium Based Heat Engine
Saahil Minocha
Hopkinton High School
Asynchronous Lidar-Enabled 3D Modeling for Interior Navigation
Special Award: Optical Society Award
Special Award: NSAP Naval Award
Lauren Tran
St. Mark's School
A low-cost voice-controlled prosthetic hand
Henry Liu
Mass Academy for Math and Science
A Machine Learning Method for the Automatic Classification of Strokes
Callan Asher
Wachusett Regional High School
Tesla Valve Modification: Effect of Loop Shape and Number on Flow Rate
Gabriela Hamburger Medailleu
Wachusett Regional High School
Building Green
Avani Daga, Briana Mallouh, and Tomo Oga
Hopkinton High School
The Effect of Bis-Aminopropyl Diglycol Dimaleate on the Reformation of Disulfide Bonds in Hair
Special Award: MA Chemistry & Technology Alliance
Verena Welch
Wachusett Regional High School
The Effects of Probiotics on Malnourished Fruit Flies
Aaheli Saha
Mass Academy for Math and Science
Inflammation in Danio rerio and symptomatic correlation to Alzheimer’s
Daniel Kaminski
Mass Academy for Math and Science
Enhanced Computer Heatsink Using PCMs and Thermoelectric Generators
Srivishnu Piratla
Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School
Assurance: A firearm detection system and intrusion prevention system for schools
Advait Bhowmik
Shrewsbury High School
Park the Progression of Parkinson’s: Using Machine Learning to Diagnose Parkinson’s Disease through Speech
Honorable Mention Awards
Kathryn Adiletta
Worcester Academy
Polyphonic Timing Accurate Universal Piano Trainer with LED Visualization
Kaya Weiner
Bancroft School
Effect of Movement on Regeneration of Planaria
Joseph Yu
Shrewsbury High School
Using Deep Neural Networks to Differentiate Human and Synthetic Speech
Nicole Plotnik
Shrewsbury High School
Repelling Ants With Sound Frequency
Donovan Sappet
Worcester Academy
Simulating the Effects of Solar Collectors on Orbital Space Debris
Sruthi Kurada and Victoria Yuan
Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School and Lexington High School
Characterizing Ergothioneine Pathways and Potential Drug Targets via Intrinsically Disordered Protein Analysis
Diego Suchenski Loustaunau
Mass Academy for Math and Science
In-silico design of novel 2’FANA oligonucleotides to inhibit APOBEC3G
Alexander Chenevert
Wachusett Regional High School
How Much Faster the Ice Caps are Melting due to Solid Carbon Pollution
Special Award: Stockholm Junior Water Prize
Maya Kasbekar
Shrewsbury High School
Pupillometry Based Alzheimer’s Detection
David Priefer, Dylan Striek
Hopkinton High School
The Affect of Car Exhaust Carbonated Water on Ocimum Basilicum
Mariam Iqbal
Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School
Preventing Opioid Overdoses among Alzheimer’s and Dementia Patients.
Bharat Mekala, Brian Gu, and Neil Abraham
Hopkinton High School
Urban Wind Turbines
Alexander Stephan, Arin Upalekar, and Kaizar Rangwala
Hopkinton High School
A Coherent Solution to Microplastic Pollution
Evanya Mathur, Srilakshmi Venkatesan
Hopkinton High School
PatientConnect: Bridging the Communication Gap for Nonverbal Patients in Hospital Settings
Allison Bechard
St. Mark's School
Polyphenols and the Cognitive Decline of Alzheimer's Disease
Zifan Guo
St. Mark's School
Applying Transformer Deep Learning Model on Low-Level Programs