Science Montgomery 2017 Category and Community Awards Winners

Category Winners - High School First Prizes: $100 and Certificate Second Prizes: $50 and Certificate Third Prizes: $25 and Certificate Teams Share Awards

H100 - Behavioral Social Sciences Project # Full Name School Place H H105 Marina Salinas-Canas Montgomery Blair High School H H106 Sareet Nayak Richard Montgomery High School H Samarth Nayak Richard Montgomery High School 3rd H103 Kathleen Cho Poolesville High School 2nd H102 David Yang Winston Churchill High School 1st H104 Chloe Noh Richard Montgomery High School

H200 - Biology Project # Full Name School Place H H201 Luckshika Arudchandran Poolesville High School H H202 Kevin Boby Poolesville High School H H207 Faith Mindy Burton Montgomery Blair High School H Hannah Lee Montgomery Blair High School H H215 Claire Hu Montgomery Blair High School H Sarah Di Montgomery Blair High School H Kristi Ng Montgomery Blair High School H H220 Kevin Manakkunnel Poolesville High School H H223 Esha Mittal Thomas S. Wootton High School H H225 Surya Perla Thomas S. Wootton High School H H234 Alice Varughese Montgomery Blair High School H Soumith Gadila Montgomery Blair High School H Jeremy Zhou Montgomery Blair High School H H236 Daojun Xu Poolesville High School H H239 Amelia Cherian Poolesville High School 3rd H205 Lacy Bryant III Thomas S. Wootton High School 3rd H210 Adenike Falade Montgomery Blair High School 3rd Jordan Wallace Montgomery Blair High School 3rd H216 Nathan Kaplan Thomas S. Wootton High School 3rd H221 Thanushree Manjunath Poolesville High School 3rd H233 Jonathan Simak Richard Montgomery High School 3rd H237 Cheng Yan Zheng Gaithersburg High School 2nd H203 Amy Borton Montgomery Blair High School 2nd H208 Jason Cao Thomas S. Wootton High School 2nd H217 Shreya Khanna Poolesville High School 2nd H226 Siri Ranganath Thomas S. Wootton High School 2nd H232 Daniel Schaffer Montgomery Blair High School 2nd H235 Katherine Wu Montgomery Blair High School 1st H204 Garyk Brixi Winston Churchill High School 1st H209 Ethan Chen Montgomery Blair High School 1st H218 Chaitali Chitnis Thomas S. Wootton High School 1st H222 Nidhi Mathew Poolesville High School 1st H228 Nadia Roghani Muslim Community School 1st Marshall Butler Gaithersburg High School

H300 - Chemistry Project # Full Name School Place H H301 Mehana Daftary Montgomery Blair High School H H303 Marzieh Kazemi Muslim Community School H H305 Reihanha Nasrati Muslim Community School 3rd H306 Wally Niu Poolesville High School 3rd H307 Esika Savsani Richard Montgomery High School 3rd Kush Savsani Richard Montgomery High School 2nd H304 Shraeya Madhu Poolesville High School 2nd H310 Olivia Wang Winston Churchill High School 2nd Bethany Chen Winston Churchill High School 1st H302 Jayna John Montgomery Blair High School 1st H309 Wendy Shi Montgomery Blair High School 1st Cindy Shi Wooton High School

H400 - Computer Science & Math Project # Full Name School Place H H405 Raymond Cheng Poolesville High School H H406 Shivam Amin Northwest High School H Nicolas Aparicio-Felix Northwest High School H H409 Henry Gao Poolesville High School H H410 Brittany Goldstein Montgomery Blair High School H H411 Calvin Kinzie Poolesville High School H H413 Azeem Mohammed Poolesville High School H H418 Hannah Sun Poolesville High School H H420 Sreya Vangara Poolesville High School 3rd H402 Karanbir Chawla Poolesville High School 3rd H408 Matthew Feng Poolesville High School 3rd H417 Yash Somaiya Poolesville High School 3rd H424 Jessica Yin Poolesville High School 2nd H403 Chuan Chen Poolesville High School 2nd H407 Naveen Durvasula Montgomery Blair High School 2nd H415 Safiullah Rifai Poolesville High School 2nd H423 Abigail Wilson Montgomery Blair High School 1st H401 Allie Battista Our Lady of Good Counsel High School 1st Clara Benadon Poolesville High School 1st H412 Andrew Lent Poolesville High School 1st H416 Devin Smedira Poolesville High School 1st H421 Richard Wang Poolesville High School

H500 - Engineering Project # Full Name School Place H H501 Jessica Bhattacharyya Poolesville High School H H507 Catherine Rodriguez Montgomery Blair High School 3rd H503 Ben Ganelin Thomas S. Wootton High School 3rd H509 Cole Schneider Poolesville High School 2nd H502 Aaron Liss Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School 2nd H508 Melika Sizar Muslim Community School 1st H504 Ryan Needle Winston Churchill High School 1st H505 Michelle Tang Montgomery Blair High School

H700 - Physics Project # Full Name School Place H H703 Kathryn Christensen Poolesville High School H H709 Ishan Mundra Poolesville High School 3rd H706 Sri Kanipakala Thomas S. Wootton High School 3rd H710 Shreya Shete Poolesville High School 2nd H701 Seungkyoon Bong Poolesville High School 2nd H708 Caroline Leng Poolesville High School 1st H702 Sambuddha Chattopadhyay Montgomery Blair High School 1st H707 Grace Kim Poolesville High School 1st Na Hye Kim Poolesville High School Category Winners - Middle School First Prizes: $100 and Certificate Second Prizes: $50 and Certificate Third Prizes: $25 and Certificate Teams Share Awards

M100 - Behavioral Sciences Place Project # Full Name School H M102 Michael Sun Roberto Clemente Middle School H M102 Eric Zhang Roberto Clemente Middle School H M107 Pelin Altintas Parkland Middle School 3rd M106 Sara Thomas St. Andrew Apostle School 2nd M103 Katherine Zalewski Holy Cross School 1st M104 Isaac Newman Takoma Park Middle School 1st Raquel Chaupiz Takoma Park Middle School 1st Amanda Li Takoma Park Middle School

M200 - Biology Project # Full Name School Place H M201 Darya Alimoradi Holton-Arms School H M205 Ajeetha Arudchandran Roberto Clemente Middle School H M208 Nadia Baten Muslim Community School H M209 Ishaan Bhardvaj Roberto Clemente Middle School H M211 Albert Chen Roberto Clemente Middle School H M211 Max Chiu Roberto Clemente Middle School H M213 Donhee Cui Holy Cross School H M215 Sanjana Das Takoma Park Middle School H M218 Alena Hu Takoma Park Middle School H M225 Elizabeth Mai Roberto Clemente Middle School H M226 Pratyusha Mandal Takoma Park Middle School H M227 Jonathan Nalikka Roberto Clemente Middle School H M228 Fatemeh Naghavi Muslim Community School H M229 Jennifer Owen Roberto Clemente Middle School H M234 Carter Rodia Holy Cross School H M242 Camden Spielman Roberto Clemente Middle School H M244 Anika Seth Takoma Park Middle School H M244 Esther Tang Takoma Park Middle School H M244 Shruti Chauhan Takoma Park Middle School H M247 Samantha Rodriguez Takoma Park Middle School 3rd M203 Lana Anderson Takoma Park Middle School 3rd M216 Roma Dhingra Roberto Clemente Middle School 3rd M217 Akshaj Gaur Roberto Clemente Middle School 3rd M231 Celine Paul St. Andrew Apostle School 3rd M237 Renita Santhoshkumar Takoma Park Middle School 3rd M241 Danesh Sivakumar Roberto Clemente Middle School 2nd M202 Chad Alrawashdeh Roberto Clemente Middle School 2nd M210 Matthew Casertano Takoma Park Middle School 2nd Andrew Healey Takoma Park Middle School 2nd M220 Rashmi Kanipakala Robert Frost Middle School 2nd M232 Justin Pham Roberto Clemente Middle School 2nd M238 Ronoy Sarkar Roberto Clemente Middle School 2nd M246 Dev Desai Roberto Clemente Middle School 2nd M246 Joseph Jubilee Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M207 Eric Wang Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M212 Daniel Choi Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M224 Jason Liu Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M224 Kevin Huang Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M230 Sydney Ozbun Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M240 Valentina Simon Robert Frost Middle School 1st Rachel Rosenzweig Robert Frost Middle School 1st M243 Ashley Thommana Takoma Park Middle School

M300 - Chemisty Project # Full Name School Place H M301 Andrew Adams Roberto Clemente Middle School H Eric Jung Roberto Clemente Middle School H M302 Ziyan Ahmed Roberto Clemente Middle School H M305 Ritwik Behera Roberto Clemente Middle School H M306 Nathan Beukema Home Schooled H M307 Sarah Briggs St. Andrew Apostle School H M323 Bethany Hurt Montgomery Village Middle School H M338 Sujay Swain Takoma Park Middle School H M341 Davy Wang Roberto Clemente Middle School H M344 Tony Wu Roberto Clemente Middle School H M349 Ian Yu Roberto Clemente Middle School 3rd M308 Aditya Chattopadhyay Takoma Park Middle School 3rd M317 Arun Ghosh Roberto Clemente Middle School 3rd M328 Jacob Kiwanuka St. Andrew Apostle School 3rd M339 Moiz Uddin Roberto Clemente Middle School 3rd M347 Kevin Yang Roberto Clemente Middle School 2nd M303 Anna Anand Roberto Clemente Middle School 2nd Serena Choy Roberto Clemente Middle School 2nd M315 Efe Eroz Roberto Clemente Middle School 2nd M327 Kyle Kim Roberto Clemente Middle School 2nd M340 Visesh Uppoor Roberto Clemente Middle School 2nd M345 Vivian Xiao Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M310 Tiffany Costa St. Andrew Apostle School 1st M312 Jordan De La Rosa Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M322 Philip Huang Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M333 Benjamin Nachod Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M342 Matthew Wong Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st Nicholas Asante Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M350 Aditi Gubba Roberto Clemente Middle School

M400 - Computer Science & Math Project # Full Name School Place H M402 Aidan Goettsch Roberto Clemente Middle School H Nathan Tang Roberto Clemente Middle School 3rd M401 Ishaan Bhardwaj Roberto Clemente Middle School 2nd M403 Brant Jiang Takoma Park Middle School 1st M404 Kaan Kayaalp Takoma Park Middle School

M500 - Engineering Project # Full Name School H M503 Siya Behl Roberto Clemente Middle School H Eileen Zhang Roberto Clemente Middle School H M513 Shreya Gunda Roberto Clemente Middle School H M514 Pranav Hegde Roberto Clemente Middle School H M517 Adam Lederer Argyle Middle School H Jake Ventura-Martin Argyle Middle School H David Diouf Argyle Middle School H M518 Mulan Liu Roberto Clemente Middle School H M519 Diego Lopez Holy Cross School H M520 Benjamin Martin Shady Grove Middle School H M522 Aaron Ouyang Roberto Clemente Middle School H M527 Ali Reza Salimi Muslim Community School H M533 Thokozani Tembo Roberto Clemente Middle School H M537 Keejay Kim Roberto Clemente Middle School H M538 Sarai Lazo-Salvador Argyle Middle School H Katiti Kajubi Argyle Middle School 3rd M501 Mykel Bailey Holy Cross School 3rd M509 Ameya Deshmukh Robert Frost Middle School 3rd M521 Rajit Mukhopadhyay Takoma Park Middle School 3rd M521 Ezra Bernstein Takoma Park Middle School 3rd M526 Dale Ren Roberto Clemente Middle School 3rd M536 Joshua Wang Takoma Park Middle School 3rd Hudson Tao Takoma Park Middle School 2nd M508 Caroline Dinh Takoma Park Middle School 2nd Jennifer Li Takoma Park Middle School 2nd M515 Maya Lall Holton-Arms School 2nd M523 Saahith Tupakula Rocky Hill Middle School 2nd Sai Havish Gadde Rocky Hill Middle School 2nd Shreedatta Indur Rocky Hill Middle School 2nd M528 Anjali Samavedam Robert Frost Middle School 2nd M535 Ayush Varshney Takoma Park Middle School 1st M525 Srisrujan Penikelapati Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M506 Michael Chu Takoma Park Middle School 1st M511 Christian Dove Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M524 Dhruv Pai Takoma Park Middle School 1st Joshua Wolfson Takoma Park Middle School 1st M532 Sabrina Su Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st Pragya Jha Roberto Clemente Middle School

M700 - Physics Project # Full Name School Place H M703 Anishka Basheerbad Roberto Clemente Middle School H M706 Ethan Convis Home Schooled H M708 Fang Du Roberto Clemente Middle School H Brian Xiang Roberto Clemente Middle School H M709 Michael Edwards Roberto Clemente Middle School H Nadula Kadawedduwa Roberto Clemente Middle School H M719 Dineth Meegoda Roberto Clemente Middle School H Lucas Gonzalez-Rey Roberto Clemente Middle School H M727 Abrar Sheikh Roberto Clemente Middle School 3rd M705 Elizabeth Chu Takoma Park Middle School 3rd M714 Stella In Roberto Clemente Middle School 3rd M722 Anushka Poddar Takoma Park Middle School 3rd M728 Eashan Siddalingaiah Roberto Clemente Middle School 3rd M737 Adeline Yu Roberto Clemente Middle School 2nd M707 Lottie Doughty Takoma Park Middle School 2nd M711 Noah Ferrara Roberto Clemente Middle School 2nd M724 Arjun Rakheja Roberto Clemente Middle School 2nd M729 Carl Stahlberg Roberto Clemente Middle School 2nd M732 Sarah Thomas Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M701 Brian Aniya Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M712 Samhitha Gandla Hallie Wells Middle School 1st Manasvi Jadcharla Hallie Wells Middle School 1st M720 Lara Ojha Takoma Park Middle School 1st M730 Sonia Stan Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M736 Kevin Wu Takoma Park Middle School Community Awards Presented by Community Organizations in Support of Young Scientists and Engineers

Aerospace Corporation The Robert H. Herndon Award to Encourage Minority Students to Pursue Careers in Science and Engineering Junior: Honorable Mention: Invitation to participate in The Aerospace Corporation Herndon Science Competition M403 Brant Jiang Takoma Park Middle School M404 Kaan Kayaalp Takoma Park Middle School M506 Michael Chu Takoma Park Middle School M518 Mulan Liu Roberto Clemente Middle School M531 Christopher Stallard Roberto Clemente Middle School M705 Elizabeth Chu Takoma Park Middle School M707 Lottie Doughty Takoma Park Middle School M724 Arjun Rakheja Roberto Clemente Middle School Junior: 1st Place: $300 cash award & invitation to participate in The Aerospace Corporation Herndon Science Competition M729 Carl Stahlberg Roberto Clemente Middle School Senior: Honorable Mention: Invitation to participate in The Aerospace Corporation Herndon Science Competition H410 Brittany Goldstein Montgomery Blair High School H415 Safiullah Rifai Poolesville High School H417 Yash Somaiya Poolesville High School H418 Hannah Sun Poolesville High School H419 Aneesha Sampath Thomas S. Wootton High School H505 Michelle Tang Montgomery Blair High School H701 Seungkyoon Bong Poolesville High School H707 Grace Kim Poolesville High School Na Hye Kim Poolesville High School H708 Caroline Leng Poolesville High School H709 Ishan Mundra Poolesville High School H711 Shishir Velma Richard Montgomery High School Senior: 1st Place: $300 cash award & invitation to participate in The Aerospace Corporation Herndon Science Competition H423 Abigail Wilson Montgomery Blair High School

ACHIEVERS LEAGUE USA LLC 58 3rd place: $25, medal, certificate M403 Brant Jiang Takoma Park Middle School M535 Ayush Varshney Takoma Park Middle School H106 Sareet Nayak Richard Montgomery High School Samarth Nayak Richard Montgomery High School H225 Surya Perla Thomas S. Wootton High School 2nd place: $50, medal, certificate H308 Alex Sherwin Richard Montgomery High School Farzad Mustafa Wooton High School H104 Chloe Noh Richard Montgomery High School 1st Place: $100 cash award, medal, and certificate M114 Rohan Ojha Takoma Park Middle School American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Potomac Section For Achievements in Projects Demonstrating Excellent Industrial Hygiene Practice or Technology (PLEASE STAND ONLY) Honorable Mention H507 Catherine Rodriguez Montgomery Blair High School H307 Esika Savsani Richard Montgomery High School Kush Savsani Richard Montgomery High School 3rd Place: $100 H406 Nicolas Aparicio-Felix Northwest High School Shivam Amin Northwest High School H505 Michelle Tang Montgomery Blair High School 2nd Place:$150 H103 Kathleen Cho Poolesville High School 1st Place: $250 H308 Alex Sherwin Richard Montgomery High School Farzad Mustafa Wooton High School

American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA) Capital Section 484 For Excellent Achievements in Projects in Space and Aviation Winners are invited to a VIP Summer Experience at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center 3rd Place: Certificate H707 Grace Kim Poolesville High School Na Hye Kim Poolesville High School 2nd Place: Certificate H412 Andrew Lent Poolesville High School 1st Place: Certificate H301 Mehana Daftary Montgomery Blair High School

American Meteorological Society - District of Columbia Chapter For Outstanding Achievement in an Atmospheric or Earth Science

Outstanding Achievement Certificate and an invitation to the 2017 DC-AMS Science Fair Banquet H706 Sri Kanipakala Thomas S. Wootton High School M317 Arun Ghosh Roberto Clemente Middle School M514 Pranav Hegde Roberto Clemente Middle School

American Nuclear Society; Washington, DC Section For Outstanding Achievement in Projects in Nuclear Physics and Technology (PLEASE STAND ONLY) 3rd place - certificate M737 Adeline Yu Roberto Clemente Middle School 2nd place - certificate H227 Priyanka Ravi Montgomery Blair High School Patrick Kim Montgomery Blair High School Fucheng Li Montgomery Blair High School 1st place - certificate H502 Aaron Liss Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School American Psychological Association Recognizing Outstanding Research Projects in Behavior and Social Science

Junior: Certificate for Achievement in Research in Psychological Science M101 Janet Ruan Roberto Clemente Middle School Senior: Certificate for Achievement in Research in Psychological Science H104 Chloe Noh Richard Montgomery High School

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Excellence in Science and Engineering Honorable mention - Certificate H307 Esika Savsani Richard Montgomery High School Kush Savsani Richard Montgomery High School H505 Michelle Tang Montgomery Blair High School M513 Shreya Gunda Roberto Clemente Middle School M515 Maya Lall Holton-Arms School M528 Anjali Samavedam Robert Frost Middle School 3rd place- certificate M524 Dhruv Pai Takoma Park Middle School Joshua Wolfson Takoma Park Middle School 2nd place - $50, award dinner with parents, certificate H502 Aaron Liss Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School 1st place - $75, award dinner with parents, certificate H503 Ben Ganelin Thomas S. Wootton High School

The ASM Materials Education Foundation--DC Chapter Recognizing Outstanding Projects in Materials Science Junior: Certificate of Recognition and medallion M722 Anushka Poddar Takoma Park Middle School Senior: Certificate of Recognition and medallion H310 Olivia Wang Winston Churchill High School Bethany Chen Winston Churchill High School

Association for Women Geoscientists For a Project by a female Student for High Standards of Innovation and Excellence in the Geosciences Junior: Certificate of Excellence M230 Sydney Ozbun Roberto Clemente Middle School Senior: Certificate of Excellence H401 Allie Battista Our Lady of Good Counsel High School Clara Benadon Poolesville High School

ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives For Creativite Sustainable Solutions Senior: Nomination to enter the Grand Prize, a trip to Arizona for the 2018 Sustainabilty Solutions Festival H307 Esika Savsani Richard Montgomery High School Kush Savsani Richard Montgomery High School H234 Alice Varughese Montgomery Blair High School Soumith Gadila Montgomery Blair High School Jeremy Zhou Montgomery Blair High School

Biophysical Society For a senior project demonstrating excellence in biophysics Biophysics award, for the best project related to biophysics: Certificate and $100 check H304 Shraeya Madhu Poolesville High School

Broadcom MASTERS (DO NOT READ) For middle school projects demonstrating excellence in Math, Applied Science, Technology, and Engineering Certificate, chance to win a trip in October 2017 and up to $25,000 M104 Isaac Newman Takoma Park Middle School Raquel Chaupiz Takoma Park Middle School Amanda Li Takoma Park Middle School M230 Sydney Ozbun Roberto Clemente Middle School M212 Daniel Choi Roberto Clemente Middle School M224 Jason Liu Roberto Clemente Middle School Kevin Huang Roberto Clemente Middle School M207 Eric Wang Roberto Clemente Middle School M243 Ashley Thommana Takoma Park Middle School M240 Valentina Simon Robert Frost Middle School Rachel Rosenzweig Robert Frost Middle School M310 Tiffany Costa St. Andrew Apostle School M322 Philip Huang Roberto Clemente Middle School M333 Benjamin Nachod Roberto Clemente Middle School M350 Aditi Gubba Roberto Clemente Middle School M342 Matthew Wong Roberto Clemente Middle School Nicholas Asante Roberto Clemente Middle School M312 Jordan De La Rosa Roberto Clemente Middle School M404 Kaan Kayaalp Takoma Park Middle School M525 Srisrujan Penikelapati Roberto Clemente Middle School M532 Sabrina Su Roberto Clemente Middle School Pragya Jha Roberto Clemente Middle School M511 Christian Dove Roberto Clemente Middle School M524 Dhruv Pai Takoma Park Middle School Joshua Wolfson Takoma Park Middle School M506 Michael Chu Takoma Park Middle School M736 Kevin Wu Takoma Park Middle School M720 Lara Ojha Takoma Park Middle School M701 Brian Aniya Roberto Clemente Middle School M712 Samhitha Gandla Hallie Wells Middle School Manasvi Jadcharla Hallie Wells Middle School M730 Sonia Stan Roberto Clemente Middle School

Clean Air Partners Best science fair project that addresses air quality or climate change Junior: Certificate and $50 Gift certificate M238 Ronoy Sarkar Roberto Clemente Middle School Senior: Certificate and $50 Gift certificate H308 Alex Sherwin Richard Montgomery High School Farzad Mustafa Wooton High School

Educational Systems Federal Credit Union For Best Projects in Math or Computer Science (PLEASE STAND ONLY)

$100 Visa Gift Card & Certificate H702 Sambuddha Chattopadhyay Montgomery Blair High School H421 Richard Wang Poolesville High School

Friends of Agricultural Research--Beltsville (FAR-B)-in Health, Biology, Environment For Excellent Junior Projects 3rd Place: Certificate and $25 M339 Moiz Uddin Roberto Clemente Middle School M238 Ronoy Sarkar Roberto Clemente Middle School M347 Kevin Yang Roberto Clemente Middle School 2nd Place: Certificate and $35 M736 Kevin Wu Takoma Park Middle School M201 Darya Alimoradi Holton-Arms School M101 Janet Ruan Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st Place: Certificate and $50 M350 Aditi Gubba Roberto Clemente Middle School M212 Daniel Choi Roberto Clemente Middle School M240 Valentina Simon Robert Frost Middle School Rachel Rosenzweig Robert Frost Middle School

GENIUS OLYMPIAD For Projects in Ecology and biodiversity, environmental quality, human ecology and Innovation Senior: Certificate and nomination to compete in the SUNY Oswego GENIUS OLYMPIAD H234 Alice Varughese Montgomery Blair High School Soumith Gadila Montgomery Blair High School Jeremy Zhou Montgomery Blair High School H401 Allie Battista Our Lady of Good Counsel High School Clara Benadon Poolesville High School H230 Elaine Reed Poolesville High School

Geological Society of Washington For Excellence in Earth Science Third Place: Certificate and Ribbon H502 Aaron Liss Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School Second Place: Certificate and Ribbon H401 Allie Battista Our Lady of Good Counsel High School Clara Benadon Poolesville High School First Place Senior: Certificate, ribbon and invitation to present project at a GSW Meeting H230 Elaine Reed Poolesville High School

Graduate Women in Science For Recognition of Excellence (PLEASE STAND ONLY) Honorable Mention H401 Allie Battista Our Lady of Good Counsel High School Clara Benadon Poolesville High School H505 Michelle Tang Montgomery Blair High School Senior: 1st Place for Excellence Certificate from the Graduate Women in Science Omicron Chapter - $25 award H309 Wendy Shi Montgomery Blair High School Cindy Shi Wootton High School

IEEE Washington Section Third Place: Certificate + $100 check sent in mail H712 Sresth Viswanathan Richard Montgomery High School Second Place: Certificate+$200 check sent in mail H505 Michelle Tang Montgomery Blair High School First place: Certificate + $300 check in mail + invitation to attend NCA Awards Banquet to receive Award H503 Ben Ganelin Thomas S. Wootton High School

Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award For Excellence in the Use of Computer Technology in the Senior Division One Award in the Senior Division: Certificate of Achievement and $200 H416 Devin Smedira Poolesville High School

I-SWEEEP: International Sustainable World (Engineering, Energy, Environment) Project Olympiad For Outstanding Projects in Environmental Sustainability and Innovation Senior: Sustainability Award and Invitation to Student and Supervisor Apply to Participate in 2017 Olympiad H401 Allie Battista Our Lady of Good Counsel High School Clara Benadon Poolesville High School H502 Aaron Liss Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School

KJW Young Scientists Association "Young Scientist Rising Star" award for middle school students Certificate & $30 award: M701 Brian Aniya Roberto Clemente Middle School Certificate & $30 award: M535 Ayush Varshney Takoma Park Middle School

MIT Club of Washington, D.C. For 11th grade projects demonstrating Excellence in Life or Physical Science, Engineering, Mathematics/Computer Science or Life Sciences Certificate of Excellence, $75 stipend, and one-year subscription to MIT Technology Review H310 Olivia Wang Winston Churchill High School Bethany Chen Winston Churchill High School H508 Melika Sizar Muslim Community School H420 Sreya Vangara Poolesville High School

MedImmune Advancing Science for Better Health Award Best Individual Project with Biological Relevance to the Causes, Treatment and Prevention of Human Disease, Exemplifying Values Core to MedImmune Philosophy (PLEASE STAND ONLY) 1st Place:•Certificate •$200 cash •An invitation to present at the MedImmune Gaithersburg Spring R&D Science Fair •A H105 Marina Salinas-Canas Montgomery Blair High School

Metro Bethesda Rotary Club Excellence in Science: Certificate to a female Middle School student M240 Valentina Simon Robert Frost Middle School Rachel Rosenzweig Robert Frost Middle School

MRIGlobal For Outstanding Achievement in Life Sciences WILL MAIL TO STUDENTS Junior: Certificate and $75 Award M207 Eric Wang Roberto Clemente Middle School Senior: Certificate and $100 Award H237 Cheng Yan Zheng Gaithersburg High School

Mu Alpha Theta For Most Challenging, Through, and Creative Investigation of a Problem Involving Mathematics Senior: A certificate H418 Hannah Sun Poolesville High School H421 Richard Wang Poolesville High School

NASA Earth System Science Award Certificate M701 Brian Aniya Roberto Clemente Middle School H230 Elaine Reed Poolesville High School

National Capital Astronomers For Projects Demonstrating Excellence in Astronomy (PLEASE STAND ONLY)

Year's membership in NCA and year's subscription to Sky & Telescope magazine. Would like winners to present their project M720 Lara Ojha Takoma Park Middle School H707 Grace Kim Poolesville High School Na Hye Kim Poolesville High School H711 Shishir Velma Richard Montgomery High School

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) For Research That Helps Understand and Predict Changes in Earth's Environment, and Conserve and Manage Natural Resources Senior: Letter, certificate & a NOAA medallion H401 Allie Battista Our Lady of Good Counsel High School Clara Benadon Poolesville High School Junior: Letter, certificate and a NOAA medallion M701 Brian Aniya Roberto Clemente Middle School

National Security Agency - Research directorate Best project in Cybersecurity Research 3rd place: $50 award and certificate * must be US Citizen H408 Matthew Feng Poolesville High School 2nd place: $100 award and certificate H416 Devin Smedira Poolesville High School 1st Place: $250 award and certificate * must be US Citizen H420 Sreya Vangara Poolesville High School

Naval Research Laboratory For Achievement in Science or Technology Certificate of Excellence, Tour of Laboratory facilites H301 Mehana Daftary Montgomery Blair High School H401 Allie Battista Our Lady of Good Counsel High School Clara Benadon Poolesville High School H411 Calvin Kinzie Poolesville High School

Office of Naval Research Naval Science Award For Achievement in Science or Technology Junior Division: Letter of congratulations, Certificate of Excellence and medallion M338 Sujay Swain Takoma Park Middle School M403 Brant Jiang Takoma Park Middle School M404 Kaan Kayaalp Takoma Park Middle School M535 Ayush Varshney Takoma Park Middle School M701 Brian Aniya Roberto Clemente Middle School Senior Division: Letter of congratulations, Certificate of Excellence, $50 award, and medallion H408 Matthew Feng Poolesville High School H502 Aaron Liss Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School H710 Shreya Shete Poolesville High School

Optical Society of America, National Capital Section/IEEE Photonics For Achievement in Optics and Photonics Junior Division: Notable Achievement: Certificate M527 Ali Reza Salimi Muslim Community School M720 Lara Ojha Takoma Park Middle School Junior Division: Outstanding Award: Certificate M310 Tiffany Costa St. Andrew Apostle School Senior Division: Notable Achievement: Certificate H503 Ben Ganelin Thomas S. Wootton High School Senior Division: Oustanding Award: Certificate H233 Jonathan Simak Richard Montgomery High School Senior Magnet Division: Outstanding Award: Certificate H710 Shreya Shete Poolesville High School

Ricoh Sustainable Development Award For Outstanding Projects Addressing the Potential for Increasing Our Ability to Grow Environmentally Friendly and Socially Responsible Businesses

Junior: Certificate M342 Matthew Wong Roberto Clemente Middle School Nicholas Asante Roberto Clemente Middle School Senior: Certificate H233 Jonathan Simak Richard Montgomery High School

Rockville Science Center For Middle School Projects Demonstrating Excellence in the Communication of Science Honorable Mention: Certificate M107 Pelin Altintas Parkland Middle School M109 Monica Escalante Argyle Middle School Mary Abbago Argyle Middle School Melisa Sucuzhanay Argyle Middle School M238 Ronoy Sarkar Roberto Clemente Middle School M247 Samantha Rodriguez Takoma Park Middle School M248 Kyra Freeman Argyle Middle School M317 Arun Ghosh Roberto Clemente Middle School M402 Aidan Goettsch Roberto Clemente Middle School Nathan Tang Roberto Clemente Middle School M521 Rajit Mukhopadhyay Takoma Park Middle School Ezra Bernstein Takoma Park Middle School 3rd Place: Certificate M103 Katherine Zalewski Holy Cross School M310 Tiffany Costa St. Andrew Apostle School M333 Benjamin Nachod Roberto Clemente Middle School M404 Kaan Kayaalp Takoma Park Middle School M513 Shreya Gunda Roberto Clemente Middle School M731 Steven Su Takoma Park Middle School 2nd Place:Certificate M104 Isaac Newman Takoma Park Middle School Raquel Chaupiz Takoma Park Middle School Amanda Li Takoma Park Middle School M324 Abhinav Karthikeyan Roberto Clemente Middle School Pranav Tippa Roberto Clemente Middle School M338 Sujay Swain Takoma Park Middle School M403 Brant Jiang Takoma Park Middle School M506 Michael Chu Takoma Park Middle School M724 Arjun Rakheja Roberto Clemente Middle School M729 Carl Stahlberg Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st Place Certificate M111 Alexandra Poremba Julius West Middle School M212 Daniel Choi Roberto Clemente Middle School M216 Roma Dhingra Roberto Clemente Middle School M240 Valentina Simon Robert Frost Middle School Rachel Rosenzweig Robert Frost Middle School M350 Aditi Gubba Roberto Clemente Middle School M401 Ishaan Bhardwaj Roberto Clemente Middle School M518 Mulan Liu Roberto Clemente Middle School M720 Lara Ojha Takoma Park Middle School Sigma Xi, NIST Chapter For Excellence in Measurement Science (PLEASE STAND ONLY) Junior: Certificate and $25 check, attendance at Spring Banquet for winner and parents M729 Carl Stahlberg Roberto Clemente Middle School Senior: Certificate and $25 check, attendance at Spring Banquet for winner and parents H401 Allie Battista Our Lady of Good Counsel High School Clara Benadon Poolesville High School

Sigma Xi, FDA Chapter Excellence in Science Senior Honorable Mention, $25 Gift certificate H201 Luckshika Arudchandran Poolesville High School H210 Adenike Falade Montgomery Blair High School Jordan Wallace Montgomery Blair High School H226 Siri Ranganath Thomas S. Wootton High School Senior 3rd Place, $50 Gift certificate H237 Cheng Yan Zheng Gaithersburg High School Senior 2nd Place, $100 Gift certificate H204 Garyk Brixi Winston Churchill High School Senior 1st Place, $150 Gift certificate H209 Ethan Chen Montgomery Blair High School

Society for In Vitro Biology For 11th Grade Projects Demonstrating Excellent Research in Plant or Animal in vitro Biology or Tissue Culture Certificate of Outstanding Achievement H235 Katherine Wu Montgomery Blair High School

Society of Toxicology- National Capital Area Chapter Toxicology-related research includes science fair projects involving a hypothesis testing of the interaction of a chemical, biological, or physical agent that has an impact on the health of a system whether it is at the environmental, population, organismal, or cellular level. 2nd place: A certificate and $50 M230 Sydney Ozbun Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st place: A certificate and $100 M338 Sujay Swain Takoma Park Middle School

Stockholm Junior Water Prize For Excellence in Water Research Senior Division: Certificate and invitation to enter SJWP competition H234 Alice Varughese Montgomery Blair High School Soumith Gadila Montgomery Blair High School Jeremy Zhou Montgomery Blair High School H223 Esha Mittal Thomas S. Wootton High School H307 Esika Savsani Richard Montgomery High School Kush Savsani Richard Montgomery High School

U.S. Airforce For Excellence in Math, Science and Engineering Senior Division: Certificate and shoulder sling pack, powerbank charger, dog tag USB flash drive, and a USB car charger H307 Esika Savsani Richard Montgomery High School Kush Savsani Richard Montgomery High School H504 Ryan Needle Winston Churchill High School H703 Kathryn Christensen Poolesville High School

U.S. Metric Association For Best Use of the SI Metric System for a Significant Amount of Quantitative Measurement Junior: Certificate M237 Renita Santhoshkumar Takoma Park Middle School Senior: Certificate H701 Seungkyoon Bong Poolesville High School

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission For Outstanding Projects in Nuclear Science or Engineering (PLEASE STAND ONLY) Junior: 3rd Place M510 Aidan Douglas Roberto Clemente Middle School 2nd Place M402 Aidan Goettsch Roberto Clemente Middle School Nathan Tang Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st Place M701 Brian Aniya Roberto Clemente Middle School Senior: 3rd Place H227 Priyanka Ravi Montgomery Blair High School Patrick Kim Montgomery Blair High School Fucheng Li Montgomery Blair High School 2nd Place H106 Sareet Nayak Richard Montgomery High School Samarth Nayak Richard Montgomery High School 1st Place H104 Chloe Noh Richard Montgomery High School

U.S. Public Health Service - Commissioned Officers Association For Outstanding Projects in Medicine and Public Health Meritorious Achievement Awards Certificate H201 Luckshika Arudchandran Poolesville High School H214 Winston Grenier Poolesville High School H416 Devin Smedira Poolesville High School H415 Safiullah Rifai Poolesville High School H306 Wally Niu Poolesville High School H210 Adenike Falade Montgomery Blair High School Jordan Wallace Montgomery Blair High School M350 Aditi Gubba Roberto Clemente Middle School M221 Juan Rodriguez-Arraiz St. Andrew Apostle School M306 Nathan Beukema Home Schooled M305 Ritwik Behera Roberto Clemente Middle School M302 Ziyan Ahmed Roberto Clemente Middle School M312 Jordan De La Rosa Roberto Clemente Middle School M303 Anna Anand Roberto Clemente Middle School Serena Choy Roberto Clemente Middle School 3rd Place Distinguishing Achievement Certificate H304 Shraeya Madhu Poolesville High School M241 Danesh Sivakumar Roberto Clemente Middle School M243 Ashley Thommana Takoma Park Middle School 2nd Place Distinguishing Achievement Certificate M240 Valentina Simon Robert Frost Middle School Rachel Rosenzweig Robert Frost Middle School H425 Kevin Zong Poolesville High School 1st Place Distinguishing Achievement Certificate H238 Marshall Butler Gaithersburg High School H407 Naveen Durvasula Montgomery Blair High School H507 Catherine Rodriguez Montgomery Blair High School

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) For the best drinking water, wastewater or science related exhibit (PLEASE STAND ONLY) $250 Check award via mail H234 Alice Varughese Montgomery Blair High School Soumith Gadila Montgomery Blair High School Jeremy Zhou Montgomery Blair High School

Washington Statistical Society For use of statistics in planning or interpreting results produced by a science fair project Honorable Mention: Certificate and book M732 Sarah Thomas Roberto Clemente Middle School M340 Visesh Uppoor Roberto Clemente Middle School 3rd Place: Book, certificate M212 Daniel Choi Roberto Clemente Middle School 2nd Place: Book, certificate, subscription to "Chance" magazine M720 Lara Ojha Takoma Park Middle School 1st Place: $100 check in mail, "Chance" magazine subscription, certificate H407 Naveen Durvasula Montgomery Blair High School

Yale Science & Engineering Assoc. Inc. For the Most Outstanding 11th Grade Student from the Areas of Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or Chemistry 1 Award: Certificate of Merit and Medallion H420 Sreya Vangara Poolesville High School Broadcom

M100 - Behavioral Sciences Project # Full Name School 1st M104 Isaac Newman Takoma Park Middle School 1st Raquel Chaupiz Takoma Park Middle School 1st Amanda Li Takoma Park Middle School

M200 - Biology Project # Full Name School 1st M230 Sydney Ozbun Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M212 Daniel Choi Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M224 Jason Liu Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st Kevin Huang Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M207 Eric Wang Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M243 Ashley Thommana Takoma Park Middle School 1st M240 Valentina Simon Robert Frost Middle School 1st Rachel Rosenzweig Robert Frost Middle School

M300 - Chemisty Project # Full Name School 1st M310 Tiffany Costa St. Andrew Apostle School 1st M322 Philip Huang Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M333 Benjamin Nachod Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M350 Aditi Gubba Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M342 Matthew Wong Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st Nicholas Asante Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M312 Jordan De La Rosa Roberto Clemente Middle School

M400 - Computer Science & Math Project # Full Name School 1st M404 Kaan Kayaalp Takoma Park Middle School

M500 - Engineering Project # Full Name School 1st M525 Srisrujan Penikelapati Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M532 Sabrina Su Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st Pragya Jha Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M511 Christian Dove Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M524 Dhruv Pai Takoma Park Middle School 1st Joshua Wolfson Takoma Park Middle School 1st M506 Michael Chu Takoma Park Middle School

M700 - Physics Project # Full Name School 1st M736 Kevin Wu Takoma Park Middle School 1st M720 Lara Ojha Takoma Park Middle School 1st M701 Brian Aniya Roberto Clemente Middle School 1st M712 Samhitha Gandla Hallie Wells Middle School 1st Manasvi Jadcharla Hallie Wells Middle School 1st M730 Sonia Stan Roberto Clemente Middle School ISEF

Cateogory Project Name & School Project Title Garyk Brixi- Winston Innovative Optimization for Malnutrition Biology H204 Churchill High School Treatment Using 3D Modeling to Save our Reefs: Exploring the Accuracy of Reef Allie Battista- Our Lady of Assessment Techniques Using Computer Science & Math H401 Good Counsel High School Structure from Motion Clara Benadon- Poolesville High School Naveen Durvasula- Metrics for Kidney Transplantation Montgomery Blair High Computer Science & Math H407 School On T-Reflection via Analytic Sambuddha Chattopadhyay-Continuation in Quantum Mechanics Montgomery Blair High Physics H702 School

1st Alternate: $100 Cash and First Alternate for trip to ISEF Biology What are the protein domains in Daniel Schaffer- wolframin, an endoplasmic reticulum Montgomery Blair High protein mutated in a monogenic form of H232 School diabetes?