2020 Winners

The NHSEE Expo 2020 was scheduled for March 19, 2020 but due to the social distancing protocol for COVID-19 safety, the fair at NHTI was cancelled. Instead, with the generous help of our volunteer judges and the dedication of you, the students, we were able to take the expo virtual. Forty seven projects were uploaded, each with student video presentations and photos of the project boards. Our judges have watched your presentations and looked over your material. We are pleased as we can be to announce the winners.

Those of you who took time to help us as judges – without you this fair wouldn’t be possible. Thank You! And congratulations, Sophia, Shreya and Avery!

2020 NHSEE overall winners (L to R): Sophia Chang (1^st), Shreya Kavuru (2^nd), Avery P Clowes (3^rd)

Open Competition by category

Behavioral Science

1^st Place: Yuvraj Sethi, Phillips Exeter Academy for ” Decoding Visual Categorical Information in MEG Using a Large and Diverse Number of Naturalistic Image Stimuli”

2^nd Place: Hrishi Joshi, Nashua High School South for ” The Effects of High-Deductible Health Insurance”

Biochemistry

1^st Place: Ayshe Sozmen, Bishop Guertin High School for ” Fluorescence Based in Vitro Measurement of Cellular Metabolites”

2^nd Place: Isabella Muscelli, Nashua High School North for ” Purity of Chitin by Means of Microbial Fermentation”

Biology

1^st Place: Sophia Chang, Phillips Exeter Academy for ” The Role of the Degron, a Protein-Degradation Motif Essential for Capsid Assembly in Adeno-Associated Virus”

2^nd Place: Priyam Parekh, Alvirne High School for ” The Effect of Magnetism on Plant Growth”

Chemistry

1^st Place: Shreya Kavuru, St. Paul’s School for ” Acetaminophen Phenylbutyrate Conjugate as an Alternate to Acetaminophen”

2^nd Place: Jingchen Wang, Phillips Exeter Academy for ” Study on the Performance Identification of OpenCV in Cashew Nut Shell-based Activated Carbon”

Computers

1^st Place: Rebecca Zhu and Rucha Dave, Nashua High School South for ” Predicting Migraines Through Neural Networks By Measuring Patterns of Migraine Triggers and Occurrences Using Biometric and User-Inputted Data”

2^nd Place: Steven (Hongyi) Gao, Phillips Exeter Academy for ” Heatmap.Live”

Earth & Space Science

1^st Place: Max Tan, Phillips Exeter Academy for ” Effects of The Sun’s Magnetic Geometry on Solar Wind Properties”

Engineering

1^st Place: Avery P. Clowes, Phillips Exeter Academy for “Development and Iterative Design of Multistable Multi-Material Compliant Mechanisms”

2^nd Place: John Horangic, Bishop Brady High School for ” Can a Standard 4 Cycle Gasoline Lawn Mower be Converted to Start and Run on 100% Ethanol”

Environmental Science

1^st Place: Christopher Brahan, Kearsarge Regional High School for ” Prediction of Variable Leaf Milfoil (Myriophyllum heterophyllum) Establishment Based On Substrate Composition In New Hampshire Lakes”

2^nd Place: Emma Strongand Lainy Biron, Goffstown High School for ” Environmental Issues Tested With Composting”

Mathematics

1^st Place: Francis Vicinanzo, Holy Family Academy for ” Which Team Pitching Statistic Best Predicts Success”

2^nd Place: Lucy Cai, Phillips Exeter Academy for ” A Study of the CarathＰdory Conjecture through the Perturbation of a Rotationally Symmetric Surface”

Physics & Electronics

1^st Place: Zachariah Nathan Teagarden, Phillips Exeter Academy for ” Mond Over Dark Matter?”

2^nd Place: Christopher Duffley, Holy Family Academy for ” Quiet Down!: The Best Material to Use for Sound Barriers”

Challenge Competition:

1^st Place: Thomas Gillisand Daniel Palmer, Holy Family Academy

2^nd Place: William Hardister,Holy Family Academy

NH Science & Engineering Exposition Best in Fair Winners

		1st place for the fair went to Sophie Chang, from Phillips Exeter Academy, for “The Role of the Degron, a Protein-Degradation Motif Essential for Capsid Assembly in Adeno-Associated Virus”
		2nd place for the fair went to Shreya Kavuru, from St. Paul’s School, for “Acetaminophen Phenylbutyrate Conjugate as an Alternate to Acetaminophen”
		3rd place for the fair went to Avery P. Clowes, from Phillips Exeter Academy, for “Development and Iterative Design of Multistable Multi-Material Compliant Mechanisms”

This year, the NHSEE recognized 23 student teams for Special Awards.