2022 Winners

Biochemistry

1^st Place: Zhixing Wang, St. Paul’s School for “Novel Quinoline Based Compounds Disrupt Cell Mitosis”

2^nd Place: Daniel Hu, Phillips Exeter Academy for “Early Detection Method for Chronic Kidney Disease Using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)”

Biology

1^st Place: Adithya Puninchittaya, Bedford High School for “Computational Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Variants’ Binding with Vertebrate ACE2”

2^nd Place: Anish Mudide, Phillips Exeter Academy for “Predicting mammalian conservation status from genome summary statistics”

Chemistry

1^st Place: Yves Mugiraneza, Holy Family Academy for “The Chemistry of Saponification”

2^nd Place: Baden Schifferdecker and Ellen Wolstenholme, Lebanon High School for “The Effects of Light Type on CD-MOF-1 Growth to Detect Measurable Levels of CO2”

Computers

1^st Place: Tanish Tyagi, Phillips Exeter Academy for “NeuraHealthNLP (NHNLP): An Automated Screening Pipeline to Detect Undiagnosed Cognitive Impairment in Electronic Health Records with Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing”

2^nd Place: Arsh Goenka, Nashua South High School for “Enhancing Senior Safety Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning”

Earth & Space Science

1^st Place: Michael Rennie and Gabrian David, Holy Family Academy for “How Hard and Soft Oceanic Defenses Affect Sand Displacement in Reefs”

Engineering

1^st Place: Matthew Niemaszyk, Trinity High School for “An Analysis of Plant Stomatal Transpiration in Relation to a Model of Forest Fires Utilizing Compostable Bags”

2^nd Place: Ryan Gomez and Thomas Ahlers, Salem High School for “Capstone Project”

Environmental Science

1^st Place: Henry Yao, Phillips Exeter Academy for “From Food Waste to Food Guard: Creating A Novel Chitosan Bioplastic Using Nanoparticle Coating And Its Unique Effect on Food Packaging & Preservation”

2^nd Place: Sarala Sharma, Nashua North High School for “Harmful Effects of Plant-Based Oils on Soil Bacteria”

Mathematics

1^st Place: Bohan Liu, Phillips Exeter Academy for “What If Another COVID-19 Variant Emerges: Computer Model Conducts ‘What-if’ Analysis to Improve Public Health Policy”

2^nd Place: Margaret McGee, Holy Family Academy for “Are You Smarter Than Your Siblings?”

Physics & Electronics

1^st Place: Abhinav Avvaru, Nashua South High School for “An Economical Approach to Detect Vaping, Preventing a Vaping Epidemic among Adolescents”

2^nd Place: Supratik Ghosh, St. Paul’s School for “Tracking Metal Induced RSSI Variations of UHF RFID Tags to Build a Low-Cost Displacement Sensor”

NH Science & Engineering Exposition Best in Fair Winners

		1st place for the fair went to Abhinav Avvaru, from Nashua South High School, for “An Economical Approach to Detect Vaping, Preventing a Vaping Epidemic among Adolescents”
		2nd place for the fair went to Tanish Tyagi, from Phillips Exeter Academy, for “NeuraHealthNLP (NHNLP): An Automated Screening Pipeline to Detect Undiagnosed Cognitive Impairment in Electronic Health Records with Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing”
		3rd place for the fair went to Adithya Puninchittaya, from Bedford High School, for “Computational Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Variants’ Binding with Vertebrate ACE2”