2024 Winners

The weather was beautiful on Pi day, 2024. What could be better than pie and science? We held the 2024 NHSEE at NHTI on March 14, and we have results. Over the weekend we’ll post the complete rundown, but for now, this is the Best-in-Fair. Congratulations to everyone who attended for all of their hard work, to the category winners and of course to the Best In Fair winners!

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 Los Angeles, CA. We’ll be posting some snapshots of the show floor this weekend.

Best in fair for 2024 (L to R) 1^st place – Jaansi Ritesh Patel, 2^nd place – Robin Chris Dao, 3^rd place – Anfeng Wilson Xie

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.

NHSEE fair winners heading to ISEF will have a chance to compete against some of the finest science students in the world, as well as representing your schools, the NHSEE, and the state of NH. We wish you the best of luck!

Open Competition by category  (click on the for a picture)

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:   Christian Alpha Fauteux, Jeramiah Anthony Guerrero and Simon Joseph Rouillard, Holy Family Academy for “The Marketing Solution: Tweaking Products to Grab Your Attention”

Biochemistry

1^st Place:   Robin Chris Dao, Phillips Exeter Academy for “CRISPR-cas12a based 1 step system for diagnostics of COPD using miRNA”

2^nd Place:   Selena Zou, Nashua South High School for “Which antiseptic is most effective on skin microbiotas?”

Biology

1^st Place:   Ethan Liu, Phillips Exeter Academy for “Neuroimmune Receptor TLR2 as One Key Differentiating Factor Between Normal Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease”

2^nd Place:   Aden Geonhee Lee, Phillips Exeter Academy for “The Glucose Metabolism of ADHD: MicroRNA SNPs Impact Glucose Transporter 3 Protein Expression”

Chemistry

1^st Place:   Audrey Elizabeth Cody, Kalyani Harshawardhan Jogdand and Aavarika Niroula, Lebanon High School for “Photolysis of Curcumin”

2^nd Place:   Isabelle Rose Barsola Canaveral and Erika Rose Barsola Canaveral, Lebanon High School for “Evaluation of a Gas Chromatography Instrument for Esterification Reaction Study”

Computational and Informatics Science

1^st Place:   Saanvi Wadhwa, Nashua South High School for “Epigenetics and Allergies: The Role of DNA Tags (Methylation) in Allergies, and Predicting the Sensitivity/Severity Using Machine Learning”

2^nd Place:   Mihir Garimella, Nashua South High School for “Computational Longitudinal Modeling of 3D Pre-Operative Brain Tumor Volume in Glioblastoma Patients”

Computers

1^st Place:   Viktor A Osadsky, Ramstein High School – Germany for “Prioritization of Pneumothorax Diagnosis in Management: Automating a Severity-Based Urgency List System with Deep Learning”

2^nd Place:   Jeongwoo Ban, Jeongwoo Ban for “Automated Recycling Trash Can”

Earth and Space Science

1^st Place:   Heidi Mae Ahlgren and Elizabeth Rose Barsola Canaveral, Lebanon High School for “Monitoring the Aquatic Conditions of Vernal Pools”

Engineering

1^st Place:   Anfeng Wilson Xie, St. Paul’s School for “Energy-Generating and Power-Storing Seashell”

2^nd Place:   Lang Gou, Phillips Exeter Academy for “Breaking Boundaries: Innovating Gantry Break Points for Enhanced Cancer Treatment Efficiency and Throughput in Particle Therapy”

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:   Adam Tang, Phillips Exeter Academy for “Exploring Microplastic Dynamics in Rivers: Insights from Flume Experiments and River Surveys”

Mathematics

1^st Place:   Derui Chu, Phillips Exeter Academy for “On an Extension of the Square Peg Problem for Polygonal Curves in Higher Dimensions”
2^nd Place:   Jialin Zhang, Phillips Exeter Academy for “Finite orbits of the braid group actions”

Physics and Electronics

1^st Place:   Torrey E Pedone, Holy Family Academy for “Nitrogen in Motorsport”

NH Science & Engineering Exposition Best in Fair Winners

		1st place for the fair went to Jaansi Ritesh Patel, from Phillips Exeter Academy, for “Examining the Impact of Inducing an Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) on Mental Function”
		2nd place for the fair went to Robin Chris Dao, from Phillips Exeter Academy, for “CRISPR-cas12a based 1 step system for diagnostics of COPD using miRNA”
		3rd place for the fair went to Anfeng Wilson Xie, from St. Paul’s School, for “Energy-Generating and Power-Storing Seashell”

2024 NHSEE Special Awards Summary

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. NHAS offers a unique opportunity to qualified high school students to perform research alongside distinguished experts. The NHSEE is thrilled that the NHAS is offering scholarships to their program to NHSEE student scientists.

$1500 half tuition:
Ishaan Parmar
Adam Tang
Viktor Osadsky
Jaansi Patel

$3000 full tuition:
Ebuka Stanley
Saanvi Wadhwa
Pooja Udayakumar
Anfeng Xie