2023 Delaware Valley Science Fair Winners

Congratulations to the young scientists who advanced from the Coriell Institute Science Fair to win awards at the regional Delaware Valley Science Fair! 

Below is a list of DVSF winners who started at the Coriell fair.

CATEGORY GENERAL AWARDS SPECIAL AWARDS NAME DIVISION PROJECT SCHOOL
Behavior & Social Science 1st Place Mixit - Kohlhaas Award Angelo Boujaoude 9th Grade Effects of Sleep Duration On High School Students' Test Anxiety Levels and Performance Moorestown High School
Behavior & Social Science 1st Place   Vedant Yadav 6th - 8th Grade Impact on attention & reaction time due to hands-free cell phone conversation William Allen Middle School
Biochemistry 2nd Place   Vanessa Genda 10th Grade Determining the Mutagenic Effects of Titanium Dioxide on Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cherry Hill West
Biochemistry Honorable Mention   Jacob Carlson 12th Grade Electroporation is More Efficient Than Lipofectamine Transfection at Inducing Immortalization Through Telomerase Cherry Hill High School West
Botany 3rd Place   Barry Othman 11th Grade Attractive and repulsive forces in ferromagnetic magnets stimulates plant growth Moorestown High School
Botany 3rd Place   Keyan Vojdani 12th Grade Compostal Analysis: The Effects of Compost Efficiency on Optimal Growth for a Recommendation System Moorestown High School
Chemistry 1st Place Philadelphia Society for Coatings Technology,West Pharmaceutical Services,Janssen Biotech Inc.,Mixit - Kohlhaas Award Asha Chakrabarti 9th Grade Biomimicry: Replacing Fluorochemicals with Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) Materials - Impact of Surface Morphology and Non-Polar Additives on the Hydrophobicity of Environmentally Friendly Blood Repellant Fabrics Moorestown High School
Chemistry 2nd Place ASM Intl Philadelphia Liberty Bell Chapter - Most Outstanding Exhibit in Materials Science,WL Gore and Associates - Innovation Award Deven Chakrabarti 12th Grade Soil Release Finish on Clothing Using Novel Polymerization Method of Salts of Acrylic Acid Moorestown High School
Computer Science 1st Place   Nithilan Rengapragash 9th Grade LifeSavior Lenape Highschool
Computer Science Honorable Mention   Kaiyan Ling 10th Grade Mole-Buster: A Smartphone Game for Detecting Early Parkinson's Disease Cherry Hill High School East
Computer Science Honorable Mention Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - Philadelphia Section Armaan Gupta 11th Grade Navigating the Future: A Novel Approach to Autonomous Vehicle Trajectory Generation with RAMSETE Control and Quintic Beziér Splines Cherry Hill East High School
Computer Science   Janssen R and D Excellence in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research Sophia Liu 11th Grade A Novel Study on Using Convolutional Neural Networks and Wearable Devices to Detect Myocardial Infarction Via a Mobile Application Cherry Hill High School East
Consumer Science Honorable Mention   Gabe Hutnick 6th - 8th Grade The Effect of Personality Type on Font Choice Haddonfield Friends School
Earth & Space Science 3rd Place   David Vaida 9th Grade Trappist-1C: What Does the JWST Tell Us About Its Atmosphere? Cherry Hill High School East
Engineering 1st Place PA Society of Professional Engineers,Naval Science Award,Engineers' Club of Philadelphia,Society of Women Engineers - Philadelphia Section Sonia Leo 9th Grade Low-cost real-time silent communicator for complete quadriplegia (paralyzed) patients Moorestown High School
Engineering Honorable Mention   Adi Khurana 9th Grade Cloud Enabled IoT Based Alert System for Aged, Blind & Disabled Individuals Moorestown High School
Engineering 3rd Place PA Society of Professional Engineers,Botstiber Foundation Award,American Society of Highway Engineers - Delaware Valley Section,Society of Women Engineers - Philadelphia Section,Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers - Philadelphia Section,AFCE Anna Zeigler 12th Grade Determining the Efficiency of Varying Spoke Patterns Within Airless Tires Cherry Hill High School West
Environmental Science Honorable Mention   fernando mendoza 12th Grade Enzymatic Biodegradation of Plastics By Cyanobacteria and Chlorella Cherry hill high school west
Environmental Science   USDA Future Scientist Award Ellie Noh 11th Grade The Effects of Utilizing Natural Compounds on the Sustainability of Produce Cherry Hill High School East
Medicine & Health   Parenteral Drug Association,Mid-Atlantic Society of Toxicology Alan Urdabayev 9th Grade Comparative analysis of prescription medications and over-the-counter natural and synthetic eczema products on skin microbiome. Moorestown High School
Medicine & Health   Merck Science Achievement Award,USDA Future Scientist Award,Janssen R and D Excellence in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research,Mid-Atlantic Society of Toxicology Ananya Relia 6th - 8th Grade Effect of Sugary drinks on Gut Microbiome VOORHEES MIDDLE SCHOOL
Medicine & Health   Janssen R and D Excellence in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research Katherine Green 11th Grade Comparison of blood glucose measurement technology in swine Moorestown High School
Microbiology Honorable Mention Parenteral Drug Association Anika Kaushal 11th Grade Testing Different Methods of Antibiotic Combination with Other Agents to Combat Antibiotic Resistance Moorestown High School
Microbiology 3rd Place American Society for Microbiology - Eastern PA,WL Gore and Associates - Material Science Research Award Mia Watson 12th Grade A Feasibility Study: Using an Aspergillus flavus Biofilter to Reduce Nitrogen Pollution in an Aquaponic System Cherry Hill High School West
Microbiology 1st Place SAPA-GP Song Li Award Khushi Khurana 6th - 8th Grade Effects of Alcohol Content and Storage Temperature in Hand Sanitizer to Prevent Microbial Growth William Allen Middle School
Physics 1st Place Constellation Energy Award Matthew Sonn 12th Grade Creating a High-Voltage Mud Based Microbial Fuel Cell Cherry Hill High School West
Physics 3rd Place Naval Science Award Thomas Solitro 6th - 8th Grade The Gravity of the Situation: Using Circular Motion to Generate Artificial Gravity William Allen Middle School
Team Projects 1st Place   Charles Mitchell 6th - 8th Grade The Effectiveness of Gamified Learning Compared to Traditional Learning in Middle School Students Test Performance William Allen Middle Shcool
Team Projects 1st Place   Sandro Boujaoude 6th - 8th Grade The Effectiveness of Gamified Learning Compared to Traditional Learning in Middle School Students Test Performance William Allen Middle Shcool
Team Projects 3rd Place   Julia Usle' 6th - 8th Grade Pre joint replacement cleanliness William Allen Middle School
Team Projects 3rd Place   Sadie Greenleaf 6th - 8th Grade Pre joint replacement cleanliness William Allen Middle School