2023 Coriell Institute Science Fair Winners

Congratulations to all of this year's category winners!

Top winners at the Coriell Institute Science Fair qualify to advance to the regional finals at the Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF). The 2022 DVSF is scheduled to take place April 5 through April 7 and will be held at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA.

You can enter DVSF if:

  • You are an individual project in 6-8th grades and won 1st or 2nd
  • You are a team project in 6-8th grades and won 1st or 2nd
  • You are an individual project in 9-12th grades and won 1st, 2nd, or 3rd
  • You are a team project in 9-12th grades and won 1st, 2nd, or 3rd

Coriell will automatically register you by forwarding your project paperwork to DVSF officials.

How to Prepare for the Fair

It is your responsibility to be prepared to compete at the DVSF. You can find this year's procedures for DVSF here. For more information, visit the DVSF's homepage.

Category Awards

Category Placement Project # Students Project Name Grade School
Behavioral & Social Sciences 1st Place 1004 Ashley Kim Opposing Common Conception: Weak negative relationship between academic performance and exercise 11 - 12 grade
Moorestown High School
Behavioral & Social Sciences 2nd Place 2011 Angelo Boujaoude Effects of Sleep Duration On High School Students' Test Anxiety Levels and Performance 9 - 10 grade
Moorestown High School -
Behavioral & Social Sciences 1st Place 2009 Vladimir Bondar QGrade: Instant Feedback to Enhance Education Outcomes 9 - 10 grade
Moorestown High School
Behavioral & Social Sciences 2nd Place 3016 Ansley Kazmarek The Effect of Birth Order On Personality Traits 6 - 8 grade
Haddonfield Friends School
Behavioral & Social Sciences 1st Place 3026 Vedant Yadav Impact on attention & reaction time due to hands-free cell phone conversation 6 - 8 grade
William Allen Middle School
Biochemistry 3rd Place 1010 Jacob Carlson Extending lifespan of heavily proliferated human fibroblasts through introduction of telomerase by transduction of hTERT 11 - 12 grade
Cherry Hill High School West
Biochemistry 2nd Place 1022 Cher Ami Panis Determining the Cytotoxicity of Green Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles Using Moringa oleifera as the Reducing Agent 11 - 12 grade
Cherry Hill High School West
Biochemistry 1st Place 1014 Bharat Elango Applying a Recently Proposed Molecular Evolution Theory, Near-Neutral Balanced Selectionist Theory, to decipher the evolutionary nature of a hemagglutinin gene from Influenza A Virus (H3N2). 11 - 12 grade
Cinnaminson High School
Biochemistry 2nd Place 2017 Vanessa Genda Determining the Mutagenic Effects of Titanium Dioxide on Saccharomyces cerevisiae 9 - 10 grade
Cherry Hill High School West
Biochemistry 1st Place 2018 Shreya Kalapatapu Effect of Food Preservatives, Probiotics, and Cuisine on Microbiomes 9 - 10 grade
Cherokee High School
Botany 3rd Place 1028 Keyan Vojdani Compostal Analysis: The Effects of Compost Efficiency on Optimal Growth for a Recommendation System 11 - 12 grade
Moorestown High School
Botany 2nd Place 1008 Micah Addun Does Growing Plants with Urine and Soil Amendments Have the Same Affect As Growing Plants with Synthetic Fertilizer? 11 - 12 grade
Cherry Hill High School West
Botany 1st Place 1006 Barry Othman Attractive and repulsive forces in ferromagnetic magnets stimulates plant growth 11 - 12 grade
Moorestown High School
Botany 3rd Place 2024 Alexandra Roehl Rate of Hydroponic Plant Growth 9 - 10 grade
Cherry Hill High School East
Botany 2nd Place 2022 Kayleen Ries Homemade fertilizer vs. Commercial fertilizer: Whose the fastest 9 - 10 grade
Camden Academy Charter High School
Botany 1st Place 2028 Neeka Vojdani The Extract Effect: An Analysis of How Utilizing Different Types of Plant-Sourced Oil in Soil Affects Plant Growth 9 - 10 grade
Moorestown High School
Botany 2nd Place 3023 Evan Strommen The effect of volume on plant growth. 6 - 8 grade
Haddonfield Friends School
Botany 1st Place 3011 Yash Bhavsar Using Plants to Make Green Energy 6 - 8 grade
William Allen Middle School
Chemistry 1st Place 1011 Deven Chakrabarti Soil Release Finish on Clothing Using Novel Polymerization Method of Salts of Acrylic Acid 11 - 12 grade
Moorestown High School
Chemistry 2nd Place 2013 Asha Chakrabarti Super Hydrophobic Materials Inspired by the Lotus Effecgt to Replace Fluorochemicals 9 - 10 grade
Moorestown High School
Chemistry 1st Place 2007 Suhani Patel Do metal electrodes affect voltage? 9 - 10 grade
Delran High School
Chemistry 1st Place 3004 Allison Gahm Why Wine About Stains? 6 - 8 grade
Aura Elementary School
Computer Science 2nd Place 1003 Armaan Gupta Navigating the Future: A Novel Approach to Autonomous Vehicle Trajectory Generation with RAMSETE Control and Quintic Beziér Splines 11 - 12 grade
Cherry Hill High School East
Computer Science 1st Place 1019 Sophia Liu A Novel Study on Using Convolutional Neural Networks and Wearable Devices to Detect Myocardial Infarction Via a Mobile Application 11 - 12 grade
Cherry Hill High School East
Computer Science 3rd Place 2003 Kushagra Goel Stroke Prediction Using Machine Learning Models 9 - 10 grade
Cherry Hill High School East
Computer Science 2nd Place 2020 Kaiyan Ling Mole-Buster: A Smartphone Game for Detecting Early Parkinson's Disease 9 - 10 grade
Cherry Hill High School East
Computer Science 1st Place 2008 Nithilan Rengapragash LifeSavior 9 - 10 grade
Lenape High School
Computer Science 1st Place 3020 Desmond Shields How Easily Can Your Password Be Compromised? 6 - 8 grade
Delran Middle School
Consumer Science 2nd Place 3014 Gabe Hutnick The Effect of Personality Type on Font Choice 6 - 8 grade
Haddonfield Friends School
Consumer Science 1st Place 3000 Sania Alikhan Optimizing cookie sheets 6 - 8 grade
Rosa International Middle School
Earth & Space Sciences 1st Place 2027 David Vaida Trappist-1C: What Does the JWST Tell Us About Its Atmosphere? 9 - 10 grade
Cherry Hill High School East
Engineering 1st Place 1030 Anna Zeigler Determining the Efficiency of Varying Spoke Patterns Within Airless Tires 11 - 12 grade
Cherry Hill High School West
Engineering 3rd Place 2002 Amogh Biradar The Succor Smart Glove 9 - 10 grade
Lenape High School
Engineering 2nd Place 2004 Adi Khurana Cloud Enabled IoT Based Alert System for Aged, Blind & Disabled Individuals 9 - 10 grade
Moorestown High School
Engineering 1st Place 2005 Sonia Leo Low-cost real-time silent communicator for complete quadriplegia (paralyzed) patients 9 - 10 grade
Moorestown High School
Engineering 1st Place 3027 Nolan Youssef 3D-Printed Model: A Potentially Useful Tool for Kidney Transplantation 6 - 8 grade
Moorestown Friends School -
Environmental Science 2nd Place 1005 Ellie Noh The Effects of Utilizing Natural Compounds on the Sustainability of Produce 11 - 12 grade
Cherry Hill High School East
Environmental Science 1st Place 1020 Fernando Mendoza Enzymatic Biodegradation of Plastics By Cyanobacteria and Chlorella 11 - 12 grade
Cherry Hill High School West
Environmental Science 2nd Place 3005 Molly Massa Let it Grow 6 - 8 grade
William Allen Middle School
Environmental Science 1st Place 3018 Leonardo Male The Effect of Lime on Ocean Acidity. 6 - 8 grade
Haddonfield Friends School
Mathematics 1st Place 1013 Makayla Collins Determining the relationship between fingerprint characteristics, ethnicity and gender 11 - 12 grade
Cherry Hill High School West
Medicine & Health 3rd Place 1015 Felicia Kachenmeister Later school start times 11 - 12 grade
Cherry Hill High School East
Medicine & Health 2nd Place 1012 Nysa Chawla Health Equity in Philadelphia 11 - 12 grade
Cherry Hill High School East
Medicine & Health 1st Place 1002 Katherine Green Comparison of blood glucose measurement technology in swine 11 - 12 grade
Moorestown High School
Medicine & Health 1st Place 2026 Alan Urdabayev Comparative analysis of prescription medications and over-the-counter natural and synthetic eczema products on skin microbiome. 9 - 10 grade
Moorestown High School
Medicine & Health 1st Place 3019 Ananya Relia Effect of Sugary drinks on Gut Microbiome 6 - 8 grade
Voorhees Middle School
Microbiology 1st Place 1029 Mia Watson A Feasibility Study: Using an Aspergillus flavus Biofilter to Reduce Nitrogen Pollution in an Aquaponic System 11 - 12 grade
Cherry Hill High School West
Microbiology 2nd Place 1016 Anika Kaushal Testing Different Methods of Antibiotic Combination with Other Agents to Combat Antibiotic Resistance 11 - 12 grade
Moorestown High School
Microbiology 3rd Place 1021 Alexandar Ortiz Pantoja Determining How Plasmid Size and Recipient Species Affect the Rate of Bacterial Conjugation 11 - 12 grade
Cherry Hill School West
Microbiology 1st Place 3002 Khushi Khurana Effects of Alcohol Content and Storage Temperature in Hand Sanitizer to Prevent Microbial Growth 6 - 8 grade
William Allen Middle School
Physics 1st Place 1026 Matthew Sonn Creating a High-Voltage Mud Based Microbial Fuel Cell 11 - 12 grade
Cherry Hill High School West
Physics 2nd Place 3006 Jenna Moskowitz Friction: Fact or Fiction? 6 - 8 grade
Delran Middle School
Physics 1st Place 3021 Thomas Solitro The Gravity of the Situation: Using Circular Motion to Generate Artificial Gravity 6 - 8 grade
William Allen Middle School
Team Projects 3rd Place 4005 Leandro Angulo, Kenyen Benton, Matthew Jenkins wifi signaling testing 9 - 12 Teams grade Leap Academy
Team Projects 2nd Place 4000 Sanyii Hawkins, My'Ariez Olano, Veronica Tran Effect of Changes in Diet and Temperature on Growth of Painted Lady Butterflies 9 - 12 Teams grade Leap Academy
Team Projects 1st Place 4003 Zoryani Alicea, Jazmin Biddle, Shanibed Corcino Vegerano The effect of light on plant growth 9 - 12 Teams grade Leap Academy
Team Projects 2nd Place 5000 Sandro Boujaoude, Charles Mitchell The Effectiveness of Gamified Learning Compared to Traditional Learning in Middle School Students Test Performance 6 - 8 Teams grade
William Allen Middle School
Team Projects 1st Place 5002 Sadie Greenleaf, Julia Usle' Pre-joint replacement cleanliness 6 - 8 Teams grade
William Allen Middle School
Team Projects 3rd Place 5001 Eva Howard, Elena Ray Aging Strawberry Brands 6 - 8 Teams grade
William Allen Middle School
Zoology 1st Place 1009 Fahad Alsobei Determining the Effectiveness of Various Deer Repellents 11 - 12 grade
Cherry Hill High School West
Zoology 1st Place 2010 Nicholas Bottalico Microplastics and Soil Invertebrates-Solution or Problem? 9 - 10 grade
Cherry Hill High School West

Special Awards

Award
Project #
Students
Project
Grade
School
American Chemical Society Awards 1001 Jose Cano Montoya Bio-Enzymatic Degradation of Petroleum Derivatives and Micro-Wastes. 11 - 12 grade
Cherry Hill High School East
American Chemical Society Awards 3004 Allison Gahm Why Wine About Stains? 6 - 8 grade
Aura Elementary School
Best of Behavioral and Social Sciences 2009 Vladimir Bondar QGrade: Instant Feedback to Enhance Education Outcomes 9 - 10 grade
Moorestown High School
Best of Behavioral and Social Sciences 3026 Vedant Yadav Impact on attention & reaction time due to hands-free cell phone conversation 6 - 8 grade
William Allen Middle School
Best of Engineering 2004 Adi Khurana Cloud Enabled IoT Based Alert System for Aged, Blind & Disabled Individuals 9 - 10 grade
Moorestown High School
Best of Engineering 3027 Nolan Youssef 3D-Printed Model: A Potentially Useful Tool for Kidney Transplantation 6 - 8 grade
Moorestown Friends School
Best of Life Sciences 3002 Khushi Khurana Effects of Alcohol Content and Storage Temperature in Hand Sanitizer to Prevent Microbial Growth 6 - 8 grade
William Allen Middle School
Best of Life Sciences 2022 Kayleen Ries Homemade fertilizer vs. Commercial fertilizer: Whose the fastest 9 - 10 grade
Camden Academy Charter High School
Best of Physical Sciences 2005 Sonia Leo Low-cost real-time silent communicator for complete quadriplegia (paralyzed) patients 9 - 10 grade
Moorestown High School
Best of Physical Sciences 3006 Jenna Moskowitz Friction: Fact or Fiction? 6 - 8 grade
Delran Middle School
Camden County College Scholarship 1016 Anika Kaushal Testing Different Methods of Antibiotic Combination with Other Agents to Combat Antibiotic Resistance 11 - 12 grade
Moorestown High School
Camden County College Scholarship 1019 Sophia Liu A Novel Study on Using Convolutional Neural Networks and Wearable Devices to Detect Myocardial Infarction Via a Mobile Application 11 - 12 grade
Cherry Hill High School East
Lewis L. Coriell Best of Fair Award 3011 Yash Bhavsar Using Plants to Make Green Energy 6 - 8 grade
William Allen Middle School
Lewis L. Coriell Best of Fair Award 1011 Deven Chakrabarti Soil Release Finish on Clothing Using Novel Polymerization Method of Salts of Acrylic Acid 11 - 12 grade
Moorestown High School
Marianne Raphaely Medicine and Health Award 1015 Felicia Kachenmeister Later school start times 11 - 12 grade
Cherry Hill High School East
Marianne Raphaely Medicine and Health Award 3019 Ananya Relia Effect of Sugary drinks on Gut Microbiome 6 - 8 grade
Voorhees Middle School