2023 Winners

The 2023 NHSEE is in the can, and it was a great day!  New Hampshire is largely dug out from the storm earlier this week and we had a gymnasium full of students from around the state. It was really fun to meet the students and see their research projects. The top “Best-in-Fair” winners of the NHSEE are eligible to attend the international science fair ISEF. This year’s ISEF is in-person in Dallas, TX. If you couldn’t be with us, take a look at what you missed. Thanks Elvir for the candids from the floor in that slide show, and thanks Nathan for all the help setting up the tables!

Congratulations to all the students who attended the NHSEE at NHTI in Concord, and special congrats to the best-in-fair winners and the winners of the categories! On this page you’ll also find the winners of New Hampshire Academy of Sciences Summer Applied Scientific Research Program Scholarships. Winners are invited to attend a summer research session at the Academy (more about that here).

Best in fair for 2023 (L to R) 3^rd place – Aden Geonhee Lee, 1^st place – Abhinav Avvaru, 2^nd place – Aditya Bakshi

With the generous help of our volunteer judges and the dedication of you, the students, this year’s fair went very smoothly. A special thanks to STEM Wizard for all of their help with their part of the IT infrastructure.

Abhinav, Aditya and Aden, in addition to having a chance to compete against some of the finest science students in the world at ISEF, you’ll be representing your schools, the NHSEE, and the state of NH. We wish you the best of luck!

Open Competition by category

Behavioral Science

1^st Place: Jaansi Ritesh Patel, Phillips Exeter Academy for “Examining the Impact of Inducing an Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) on Mental Function”

2^nd Place: Jeffery Zou, Bishop Guertin High School for “Using causal machine learning to understand who bears the brunt of racial discrimination in small business loans”

Biochemistry

1^st Place: Deetya Bhat Nagri, Nashua North High School for “Effect of Bisphenol A and Bisphenol S Exposure on Models for Body Systems”

2^nd Place: Adithya Raghavendra Puninchittaya, Bedford High School for “Computational Analysis of NA Inhibitors’ Binding with NA Subtypes”

Biology

1^st Place: Aditya Bakshi, Nashua South High School for “Differential Gene Expression Between Mucinous and Non-Mucinous Colorectal Adenocarcinomas”

2^nd Place: Aden Geonhee Lee, Phillips Exeter Academy for “Computational analysis of GLUT3 regulating microRNA variants in ADHD”

Chemistry

1^st Place: Ella Renee Gessner and Anya Marie Rendahl, Lebanon High School for “Column Chromatography of Chlorophyll”

2^nd Place: Gabriel Roger Lacasse, Holy Family Academy for “Benefits of Biodiesel”

Computers

1^st Place: Riya Tyagi, Phillips Exeter Academy for “Cracking the Code of Racial Bias: Discovering Hidden Signals That Enable Algorithms to Detect Race in Medical Images Using Deep Learning”

2^nd Place: Bohan Liu, Phillips Exeter Academy for “Protein-Protein Interaction Prediction via an Advanced Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithm”

Earth and Space Science

1^st Place: Shao Qian Du, St. Paul’s School for “Compact Objects Probed by Microlensing in Universe: MACHOs, Stars, Planets”

Engineering

1^st Place: Harini Venkatesh, Phillips Exeter Academy for “The Comptometrist: A Novel Method of Calculating Optical Prescriptions”

2^nd Place: Louella Seo, Kimball Union Academy for “Bamboo-based Superabsorbent Hydrogels for Potential Replacement of Superabsorbent Polymer in Sanitary Napkins”

Environmental Science

1^st Place: Abhinav Avvaru, Nashua South High School for “An Economical and High Precision Approach for Nitrate Detection and Filtration to Ensure Quality Drinking Water”

2^nd Place: Trisha Vishal Prakash, Nashua North High School for “The Effect of Antibiotic Usage in Agriculture in Crop Growth”

Mathematics

1^st Place: Teawoo Kim, St. Paul’s School for “On Numbers Whose Integer Parts of Powers Are Never Prime”

Physics and Electronics

1^st Place: Jack Parker Sutton, Holy Family Academy for “Thermoelectricity”

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 and High Precision Approach for Nitrate Detection and Filtration to Ensure Quality Drinking Water”
		2nd place for the fair went to Aditya Bakshi, from Nashua South High School, for “Differential Gene Expression Between Mucinous and Non-Mucinous Colorectal Adenocarcinomas”
		3rd place for the fair went to Aden Geonhee Lee, from Phillips Exeter Academy, for “Computational analysis of GLUT3 regulating microRNA variants in ADHD”

Special Awards
Special Awards are offered by companies who wish to recognize students for research in specific areas that might be related to that company’s business, or are otherwise deemed worthy of special recognition. They are usually certificates with one or more additional prizes – sometimes a stipend, company swag, etc.

 
NHAS Awards
The New Hampshire Academy of Science, Inc. (NHAS) has a mission to support the scientific research of high school and middle school students and present that research to the broader scientific and local community. They are located in Warren, New Hampshire and you can find out more about them at their website.