The 2023 Louisville Regional Science & Engineering Fair took place on Saturday, March 4. View the complete list of winners below. View the 2023 Winners Gallery and Fair Day Photos.
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Junior Category Awards
Animal Sciences
4th Place
Owen Zuber – South Oldham Middle School – Middle School
ANIM-005-MS – How Cats Respond to Colors
3rd Place
Cole Sprague – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ANIM-007-MS – Exhibit Types Effects on Primates Behavior
2nd Place
Emma Diehl – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ANIM-006-MS – Exploring the Effect of Light Pollution on Honey Bees
1st Place
Bo Cook – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ANIM-008-MS – Different Music Genres: Can Any Calm Dogs
Behavioral and Social Sciences
4th Place
Hawa Omar – Nur Islamic School of Louisville – Middle School
BEHA-017-MS – The Effect of The Stroop Effect on Brain Interference
3rd Place
Bella Holtgrave – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
BEHA2-012-MS – Teens; Energy Drink Consumption and Risk Taking
2nd Place
Emery Cox – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
BEHA-009-MS – Exploring the Relationship of ACEs and Altruism in Teens
1st Place
Bianca Cristobal – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
BEHA-010-MS – Exploring Self Efficacy in Different Teen Personality Types
Biochemistry
4th Place
Lucy Koerber – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
BCHM-003-MS – Goldenrod and Black Walnut Extracts Affect Enzyme Activity
3rd Place
Agnes Loeser – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
BCHM-004-MS – Milkweed and Ragweed Extracts Impact PTP-1B and Cancer Models
2nd Place
Tasneem Faiz – Nur Islamic School of Louisville – Middle School
BCHM-005-MS – The Effect of Sugar Substitutes on Yeast Growth
1st Place
Ifrah Shaik – J Graham Brown Middle School – Middle School
BCHM-002-MS – Drowning in Drugs: Measuring the Ecotoxicity of Pharmaceuticals in Water Using Daphnia Heart Rate
Biomedical Engineering
4th Place
Sarah Jacob – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ENBM-004-MS – 3D Printing Stronger and More Flexibe Bone Implants
3rd Place
Edward Depp – Sacred Heart Model School – Middle School
ENBM-001-MS – The Bees’ Knees
2nd Place
Grady Amick – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ENBM-002-MS – Mind’s Language: Verbal Behavioral Arduino Algorithm to Detect Personality Disorders
1st Place
Rihaan Kapoor – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ENBM-003-MS – A Convolutional Neural Network to Detect Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Biomedical and Health Sciences
4th Place
Noor Fatihallah – Nur Islamic School of Louisville – Middle School
BMED-006-MS – The Effect of Video Games on Heart Rate and Blood Pressure for Teenagers 13-15
3rd Place
Reka Stanev – J Graham Brown Middle School – Middle School
BMED-001-MS – Germs in Brown
2nd Place
Elli Keeley-Fine – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
BMED-003-MS – Exploring UV Exposed Plastic Toxicity
1st Place
Ester Line – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
BMED-004-MS – Inhaling Our Clothes: Personal Particulate Cloud
Cellular and Molecular Biology
4th Place
Eric Chaw – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
CELL-004-MS – Do fabric softeners degrade ascorbic acid
3rd Place
Mariah Peterson – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
CELL-002-MS – Exploring Tea: A Potential Remediator of Ethonolic Damage in Liver
2nd Place
Caroline Cotton – St. Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
CELL-001-MS – Asimina Triloba: A Potential Anti-Cancer Medicine
1st Place
Katelyn Stroud – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
Chemistry
4th Place
Turner Gooch – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
CHEM-013-MS – Exploring if magnetic fields affect scale formation
3rd Place
Olivia Bellinger – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
CHEM-012-MS – Milkweed Floss; A New Source for Bioethanol
2nd Place
Avery Lloyd – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
CHEM-014-MS – Extracting Oxygen from Martian Regolith
1st Place
Kai Nakamura – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
CHEM-015-MS – Catalyzing Greater Thrust in Rocket Fuel
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
3rd Place
Amelia Bader – Sacred Heart Model School – Middle School
CBIO-001-MS – From Land to Seas: The Evolution of Dolphin DNA
2nd Place
Owen Singer – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
CBIO-003-MS – mRNA Isoform Therapy Targets in Sensory Neurons
1st Place
Jacob Holtgrave – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
CBIO-002-MS – DOES ALCOHOL USE INCREASE RISK AND SEVERITY OF SKIN CANCER
Earth and Environmental Science
4th Place
Mia Briley – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
EAEV-004-MS – Exploring Indoor Cooked Food Air Pollution
3rd Place
Harper Sexton – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
EAEV-003-MS – How People, Altitude, and Time Affect Microclimates
2nd Place
Johanna Hawley – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
EAEV-002-MS – Does the Amount and Placement of Driftwood Affect Stream Erosion?
1st Place
Patrick Galla – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
EAEV-001-MS – Exploring Microplastic Content in Combined Sewage Overflow
Embedded Systems
1st Place
Annika Chadha – Noe Middle – Middle School
EBED-002-MS – Omni Wheel: An innovative wheel design for improved walker safety and stability and bi-mode fall notification system
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
4th Place
Harper Joaquin – J Graham Brown Middle School – Middle School
EGSD-002-MS – Solar Experimentation
3rd Place
Matthew Clare – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
EGSD-007-MS – Converting Breeze Flutter to Electricity
2nd Place
Nicholas Mayer – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
EGSD-005-MS – creating a dye-sensitized solar cell
1st Place
Emily Koch-Serrano – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
EGSD-004-MS – The Efficiency of Hydrogen Production
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics
4th Place
Stephen Sexton – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ETSD-007-MS – Does Levee Base Design Affect Durability
3rd Place
Mason Nunn – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ETSD-006-MS – Detecting and Damping earthquakes using arduinos and ferrofluid
2nd Place
Todd Niemann – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ETSD-005-MS – Exploring Anode-Cathode Spacing in Ionic Thrusters
1st Place
Meredith Elder – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ETSD-004-MS – Reducing Conductor Gallop With 3D Printed Coverings.
Environmental Engineering
4th Place
Mckenna Riley – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ENEV-006-MS – Ferrofluid Remediation of Microplastics
3rd Place
Nevaeh Peterson – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ENEV-005-MS – Eggshells: Remediation for clothes dye waste
2nd Place
Seth Niemann – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ENEV-004-MS – Remediating Oil Spill with a Milkweed and TiO2 Combination
1st Place
Julia Keeney – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ENEV-003-MS – Hydrogels: A Potential CO2 Absorber
Materials Science
4th Place
Reagan Fleming – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
MATS-002-MS – Creating Degradable Bioplastics Using TiO2
3rd Place
Lila Glaser – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
MATS-003-MS – Thermochromic Bioplastic: A Dual-Purpose Insulator
2nd Place
Katie Mulvihill – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
MATS-005-MS – Infection Detecting Bioplastic Film
1st Place
Finn Oetken – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
MATS-004-MS – Exploring the Creation of Electrically Conductive Concrete
Mathematics
1st Place
Maylin Kidwell – Noe Middle – Middle School
MATH-001-MS – Precision Through Randomness: A Physical Demonstration of Using Noise to Improve Measurements
Microbiology
4th Place
Matilda Reinhart – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
MCRO-007-MS – Exploring Mistletoe Endophytes: A Potential New Antimicrobial
3rd Place
Charles Hummel – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
MCRO-003-MS – Fracking Fluid: A Contributor to the Creation of Human Pathogens
2nd Place
Marlowe Jeffreys – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
MCRO-004-MS – Toothpaste; a Possible Source of Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance
1st Place
Calla Magnuson – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
MCRO-005-MS – Royal Jelly: An Aid to Honey in Fighting Bacteria
Physics and Astronomy
4th Place
James Lavenson – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
PHYS-016-MS – Do different dimensions of frisbees affect their flight
3rd Place
Hasina Sabur – Nur Islamic School of Louisville – Middle School
PHYS-015-MS – Using Your Phone as a Homemade Microscope: The Effect of Zoom Levels on Image Clarity
2nd Place
Penelope Harris – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
PHYS-011-MS – Golf Controversy: The Locked Putter Advantage
1st Place
Sawyer McCree – Home School – Middle School
PHYS-014-MS – Coca-“Cool”a
Plant Sciences
4th Place
Ali Aljabbari – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
PLNT-006-MS – Gravitropism VS Salinity Intolerance: Exploring opposing forces in plants
3rd Place
Nour Albarqawi – Nur Islamic School of Louisville – Middle School
PLNT-009-MS – The Effect of Different Chemicals on Plant Growth
2nd Place
Eva Donis – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
PLNT-007-MS – Increasing Drought Tolerance in Plants
1st Place
Tyler Head – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
PLNT-008-MS – Exploring Above-Ground Allelopathy in Pinus Strobus
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
3rd Place
James Welch – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ROBO-003-MS – Creating a Sound-Activated Smart Robotic Gripper
2nd Place
Max Griffin – Sacred Heart Model School – Middle School
ROBO-001-MS – Quadroid: A Robotic Quadruped
1st Place
Vera Naidu – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ROBO-004-MS – TaMRA: Temperature Monitoring Robotic Assistant
Systems Software
2nd Place
Reese Amerson, Aaden Walden, Gene Martin – Hopkinsville Middle School – Middle School
SOFT-001-MS-T – The Showdown: Find My iPhone vs. Life 360
1st Place
Isaac Given – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
SOFT-003-MS – Refugee Aid: A website to aid refugees
Translational Medical Science
3rd Place
Karl Manke – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
TMED-003-MS – Can Holy Basil Potentially Be a Cancer Medicine
2nd Place
Leah Rasnake – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
TMED-001-MS – Anticoagulation and Coagulation Effects of Herbs and Medicines
1st Place
Eva Garvin – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
TMED-002-MS – Acetaminophen Controversy: Can It Affect Developing Children?
Senior Category Awards
Animal Sciences
4th Place
Keegan Clapp – Eastern High School – High School
ANIM-003-HS – A Cats Blood Pressure
3rd Place
Rachel Ashley, Erin Johnston – Valley High School – High School
ANIM-007-HS-T – Can animals help reduce stress levels?
2nd Place
Alexander Yang – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
ANIM-005-HS – Effectiveness of zeolite media
1st Place
Anya Cullen – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
ANIM-006-HS – Effects of Worm Diet on Plant Growth
Behavioral and Social Sciences
4th Place
Mary Claire Black, William Maynard – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
BEHA-011-HS-T – Bachelors in Curiosity
3rd Place
Elsie Iglar,Ava Batovsky – Eastern High School – High School
BEHA-006-HS-T – Will Music Improve the Ability to Remember Material
2nd Place
NeVaeh Parhams – Valley High School – High School
BEHA-014-HS – Emotional and Stressful part of having a pet?
1st Place
Ryleigh Humphreys – Eastern High School – High School
BEHA-008-HS – Ryleigh Humphreys – food and drink colors vs. our minds
Biochemistry
4th Place
Kenny Nelson, Khamari Brown, Brice Asberry – Eastern High School – High School
BCHM-002-HS-T – The In & Outs of Hot sauce
3rd Place
Aicha Faiz – Nur Islamic School of Louisville – High School
BCHM-006-HS – How Much Fat is in Your Food? Use of Solvent (Acetone) to Extract Fat from Different Foods
2nd Place
Bhavyasree Puchakayala – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
BCHM-005-HS – The effect of soda on the human teeth enamel
1st Place
Muhilan Balasubramaian – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
BCHM-004-HS – The Effect of Protease and Enzymes on the Cleavage of Polymers of the EPS of Cultured E coli Biofilms
Biomedical Engineering
4th Place
Luna Mesa – Eastern High School – High School
ENBM-004-HS – Making art with a disability
3rd Place
Julia Sparks, Tristan Coulter, Brendan Cubbage – Eastern High School – High School
ENBM-001-HS-T – Social Experiment
2nd Place
Michael Waterbury, Elijah Borders – J Graham Brown High School – High School
ENBM-002-HS-T – Designing a cheaper wheelchair
1st Place
Krithik Nadimpally – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
ENBM-005-HS – A Non-Invasive & Novel Method for The Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer
Biomedical and Health Sciences
4th Place
Stephen Rueff – Eastern High School – High School
BMED-005-HS – weight cut blood pressure relation
3rd Place
Malaia Sofia Canete – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
BMED-012-HS – Active vs Sedentary: Carbon Dioxide Levels
2nd Place
Cali Cox, Ashley Robertson, Alexa Cardoza – Eastern High School – High School
BMED-001-HS-T – Do energy drinks effect your reaction time
1st Place
Ryan Yakoumatos – North Oldham High School – High School
BMED-013-HS – The Impact of β-Glucans on Murine Macrophage Activation
Cellular and Molecular Biology
4th Place
Elaniah McDougal – Valley High School – High School
CELL-004-HS – ZMPSTE24 & T-CELLS: IS IT DISEASE RELEVANT?
3rd Place
Jace Taila – Saint Xavier High School, Louisville – High School
CELL-001-HS – Do taste neurons sensitive to sweet tastes innervate more taste bud cells that transduce sweet tastes?
2nd Place
James Marshall, Ruby Sullivan – Louisville Collegiate School – High School
CELL-002-HS-T – Differences in resistance to erastin induced ferroptosis in the HaCaT and KerCT cell lines are not due to differences in GSH amounts or metabolism
1st Place
Divya Naidugari – Gatton Academy of Science & Mathematics – High School
CELL-003-HS – Regional Control of Hairless and Hair
Chemistry
3rd Place
Porter Prewitt – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
CHEM-008-HS – Electrolysis and Electrolytes
2nd Place
Nandhika Veeramalli – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
CHEM-009-HS – The effects of acids and bases on the browning of apples.
1st Place
Kareena Pansuria – Gatton Academy of Science & Mathematics – High School
CHEM-007-HS – Iron-based metal-organic framework for photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
1st Place
Kevin Brothers – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
CBIO-002-HS – Reuniting Children with their Parents using Facial Recognition
Earth and Environmental Science
4th Place
James Summers – Eastern High School – High School
EAEV-003-HS – How global warming affects polar bears
3rd Place
Samuel Murphy – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
EAEV-004-HS – The Varying Effectiveness of Water Filters
2nd Place
Angel Gutierrez – J Graham Brown High School – High School
EAEV-002-HS – Mesuring the air quality around carpool a designing a way to reduce air pollution at these times
1st Place
Carson Baker – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
EAEV-005-HS – The Cloud
Embedded Systems
2nd Place
Easha Heellage – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
EBED-002-HS – Smart Irrigation
1st Place
Karthik Nadimpally – Ballard High School Science & Engineering
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
4th Place
Joseph Rawlings, Christian Asmerom – Eastern High School – High School
EGSD-004-HS-T – Do different types of light produce more energy?
3rd Place
Quincy O’Connell – J Graham Brown High School – High School
EGSD-006-HS – how to produce biodiesel from used vegetable oil
2nd Place
Conor O’Bryan – Saint Xavier High School, Louisville – High School
EGSD-001-HS – The Wave Shaper
1st Place
Mihira Sumanasekera – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
EGSD-009-HS – Problems of All-Solid-state Lithium-Sulfur Batteries and Improvement of their Performances
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics
4th Place
Gaurish Rai, Gaurav Goswami, Braden Liford – Eastern High School – High School
ETSD-003-HS-T – Student Study Project
3rd Place
Carson Shee, Mark Harmon Jr., Cole Ungar – Eastern High School – High School
ETSD-002-HS-T – Plastic Ball Machine
2nd Place
Connor Hamm – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
ETSD-005-HS – The Effect Of Acid On 3D Printing
1st Place
Garrett Polete, Evan Paige – Christian County High School – High School
ETSD-001-HS-T – “Launch, Land, Reuse!” (The Importance of Reusable Rockets)
Environmental Engineering
3rd Place
Sarah Bruner, Charlotte Williams, Brooke Caswell – Eastern High School – High School
ENEV-003-HS-T – A Race with the Power of the Sun!
2nd Place
Veeksha Katta – North Oldham High School – High School
ENEV-001-HS – Desalination Goes Green: A Solar-Powered Solution for Water Purification.
1st Place
Amina Albarqawi – Nur Islamic School of Louisville – High School
ENEV-004-HS – Cleaning Up Oil Spills: The Effect of Hair Sorbents and Plastic Sorbents on Oil Spills
Materials Science
3rd Place
Max Leachman – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
MATS-005-HS – Stretch Mesh
2nd Place
Maddy Myers, Sarah Beard – Eastern High School – High School
MATS-001-HS-T – Electric Paint; applications on various materials and future uses
1st Place
Richard Davidoff – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School MATS-006-HS – The Effect of Infill Pattern Selection On Deformation Of 3d Printed Structures
Mathematics
2nd Place
Jaquavia Milford – Eastern High School – High School
MATH-004-HS – Mathematics of Hairstyles
1st Place
Cooper Risinger – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
MATH-003-HS – The Probability of Scoring the First Touchdown on the Outcome of the Game
Microbiology
4th Place
Grace Reck – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
MCRO-008-HS – mouthwash vs. bacteria
3rd Place
Om Patel, Davis Schindler,Jack Bolyard – Eastern High School – High School
MCRO-003-HS-T – Natural Vs Branded Deodorants; Which Can Kill BO Better??
2nd Place
Martha Wood – Valley High School – High School
MCRO-010-HS – How well do we clean the schools?
1st Place
Rachel Berdichevsky, Madelyn Cain – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
MCRO-009-HS-T – Does hand drying effect the amount of bacteria killed?
Physics and Astronomy
4th Place
Tucker Lindroth – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
PHYS-008-HS – Launch Angles vs Distance
3rd Place
Bryce Green – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
PHYS-007-HS – The Effect of Shooting String Placement on the Speed of a Lacrosse Ball
2nd Place
Ishannita Banerjee – Louisville Male High School – High School
PHYS-010-HS – Cosmic Muon Detection
1st Place
Gabriel Nowaskie – Gatton Academy of Science & Mathematics – High School
PHYS-009-HS – Quarkonium Dynamics in Phase Space
Plant Sciences
4th Place
Alex Morton, Ethan Wasson – Eastern High School – High School
PLNT-004-HS-T – Rocky Balboa
3rd Place
Logan Burks – Eastern High School – High School
PLNT-005-HS – Cat grass using different medications.
2nd Place
Katherine Shugars – J Graham Brown High School – High School
PLNT-006-HS – How plants improve indoor air quality
1st Place
Leia Lukas – Valley High School – High School
PLNT-007-HS – What happens in an Aquaponic garden that causes it to grow, and how does it compare to soil and hydroponics?
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
4th Place
Max Thompson – Eastern High School – High School
ROBO-001-HS – Robotic Arm Modification
3rd Place
Javier Alcantara – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
ROBO-004-HS – Can an AI Solve a Six-Sided Puzzle Cube using a Plastic Brick Robot?
2nd Place
Shresta Malviya – Eastern High School – High School
ROBO-002-HS – TECH ART
1st Place
Summon Gebrelibanos – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
ROBO-003-HS – Transferring Pictures and Text Effectively using Augmented Reality, Salient Object Detection Neural Networks and WebSockets
Systems Software
3rd Place
Griffin Siebert, Spencer Bliss – Eastern High School – High School
SOFT-003-HS-T – The Best of Both Worlds: Speed and Compression of Filesystems
2nd Place
Tanner Aslan – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
SOFT-004-HS – Real Time Ocean Simulation
1st Place
Carolina Wheeler – Gatton Academy of Science & Mathematics – High School
SOFT-005-HS – Virtual Reality Campus Tour Using 3D Modeling and Scanning
Translational Medical Science
3rd Place
Vaishnavi Pendyala – North Oldham High School – High School
TMED-001-HS – Study of Pro-Inflammatory Lipid Mediators and Development of Alzheimer’s Disease
2nd Place
Kai Miller – Valley High School – High School
TMED-003-HS – How does bipolar 1 disorder affect a student’s ability to complete work both inside and outside of the classroom?
1st Place
Zaynab Pervez – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
TMED-002-HS – Effect of Cadmium Chloride on Oligodendrocyte Development
Special Awards
American Chemical Society Awards
First Place (Junior and Senior category) Chemistry and Biochemistry
Second Place (Junior and Senior category) Chemistry and Biochemistry
Invitation to ACS section Awards Recognition Reception. Prizes are awarded at the reception.
Muhilan Balasubramaian – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
BCHM-004-HS – The Effect of Protease and Enzymes on the Cleavage of Polymers of the EPS of Cultured E coli Biofilms
Tasneem Faiz – Nur Islamic School of Louisville – Middle School
BCHM-005-MS – The Effect of Sugar Substitutes on Yeast Growth
Avery Lloyd – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
CHEM-014-MS – Extracting Oxygen from Martian Regolith
Kai Nakamura – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
CHEM-015-MS – Catalyzing Greater Thrust in Rocket Fuel
Kareena Pansuria – Gatton Academy of Science & Mathematics – High School
CHEM-007-HS – Iron-based metal-organic framework for photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide
Bhavyasree Puchakayala – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
BCHM-005-HS – The effect of soda on the human teeth enamel
Ifrah Shaik – J Graham Brown Middle School – Middle School
BCHM-002-MS – Drowning in Drugs: Measuring the Ecotoxicity of Pharmaceuticals in Water Using Daphnia Heart Rate
Nandhika Veeramalli – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
CHEM-009-HS – The effects of acids and bases on the browning of apples.
American Psychological Association Award
Certificate and subscription to psychology society (a $35) value.
Emery Cox – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
BEHA-009-MS – Exploring the Relationship of ACEs and Altruism in Teens
Bianca Cristobal – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
BEHA-010-MS – Exploring Self Efficacy in Different Teen Personality Types
American Society of Civil Engineers – Kentucky Section – Civil Engineering Award
Junior Award: 1 Certificate + $25
Senior Award: 1 Certificate + $25
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Amina Albarqawi – Nur Islamic School of Louisville – High School
ENEV-004-HS – Cleaning Up Oil Spills: The Effect of Hair Sorbents and Plastic Sorbents on Oil Spills
Zoey Van Zee – Shelby County East Middle School – Middle School
ETSD-001-MS – Truss Me, I’m an Engineer…Part 2
Association for Women Geoscientists – Award for Women Geoscientists
Johanna Hawley – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
EAEV-002-MS – Does the Amount and Placement of Driftwood Affect Stream Erosion?
Ellie Jones – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
PHYS-012-MS – Using Cellphones to Predict Space Weather Activity
Bakelite Synthetics – Community Impact Award
Senior winner: 1 certificate & $50
Junior winner: 1 certificate & $50
Karl Manke – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
TMED-003-MS – Can Holy Basil Potentially Be a Cancer Medicine
Elijah Borders, Michael Waterbury – J Graham Brown High School – High School
ENBM-002-HS-T – Designing a cheaper wheelchair
Bakelite Synthetics – Creative Project Award
Senior winner: 1 certificate and $50
Junior winner: 1 certificate and $50
Keegan Clapp – Eastern High School – High School
ANIM-003-HS – A Cats Blood Pressure
Avery Lloyd – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
CHEM-014-MS – Extracting Oxygen from Martian Regolith
BC Plumbing Company – Water Award
Senior winner – $100 + Certificate
Junior winner – $100 + Certificate
Mckenna Riley – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ENEV-006-MS – Ferrofluid Remediation of Microplastics
Hannah Sullivan – Eastern High School – High School
CHEM-006-HS – What substance will melt ice the fastest?
Department of Defense-Department of Defense STEM Leadership Prize
$100 award and certificate to the middle school student or team that demonstrates excellence in STEM.
Maylin Kidwell – Noe Middle – Middle School
MATH-001-MS – Precision Through Randomness: A Physical Demonstration of Using Noise to Improve Measurements
Engineering Division U. S. Army Corps of Engineers-Excellence in Civil Engineering
Certificate of Excellence –Middle School and/or Certificate of Excellence –High School
Meredith Elder – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ETSD-004-MS – Reducing Conductor Gallop With 3D Printed Coverings.
Stephen Sexton – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ETSD-007-MS – Does Levee Base Design Affect Durability
FirstBuild Scholarship Award
A cash award of $750 for post secondary education will be made directly to the student(s)
after high school graduation and evidence of acceptance to a post secondary program is sent to LRSEF.
Krithik Nadimpally – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
ENBM-005-HS – A Non-Invasive & Novel Method for The Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer
Conor O’Bryan – Saint Xavier High School, Louisville – High School
EGSD-001-HS – The Wave Shaper
GE Appliances Asia Pacific American Forum (APAF) – Clear Thinker Middle School
Junior winner: Certificate $100
Emma Diehl – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ANIM-006-MS – Exploring the Effect of Light Pollution on Honey Bees
GE Appliances Asia Pacific American Forum (APAF) – Clear Thinker Award
Senior winner: Certificate $100
Summon Gebrelibanos – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
ROBO-003-HS – Transferring Pictures and Text Effectively using Augmented Reality, Salient Object Detection Neural Networks and WebSockets
Gibson Family – Sustainability Award
Senior winner: $100 + certificate, book for student and teacher
Junior winner: $100+ certificate, book for student and teacher
Amina Albarqawi – Nur Islamic School of Louisville – High School
ENEV-004-HS – Cleaning Up Oil Spills: The Effect of Hair Sorbents and Plastic Sorbents on Oil Spills
Ifrah Shaik – J Graham Brown Middle School – Middle School
BCHM-002-MS – Drowning in Drugs: Measuring the Ecotoxicity of Pharmaceuticals in Water Using Daphnia Heart Rate
Jefferson County Conservation District Conservation Awards
1st place ($200) 2nd place ($150) 3rd place ($100)
Carson Baker – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
EAEV-005-HS – The Cloud
Tyler Head – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
PLNT-008-MS – Exploring Above-Ground Allelopathy in Pinus Strobus
Leia Lukas – Valley High School – High School
PLNT-007-HS – What happens in an Aquaponic garden that causes it to grow, and how does it compare to soil and hydroponics?
Kentucky Science & Engineering Fair (KYSEF) with support of Amazon Corporation Amazon Innovation Award
2 Junior Awards of $100 each. Invitation to KYSEF
Nevaeh Peterson – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ENEV-005-MS – Eggshells: Remediation for clothes dye waste
Mariah Peterson – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
CELL-002-MS – Exploring Tea: A Potential Remediator of Ethonolic Damage in Liver
Kentucky Science & Engineering Fair (KYSEF) with support of Amazon Corporation Amazon Innovation Awards
2 Senior winners of $100 each. Invitation to KYSEF
Javier Alcantara – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
ROBO-004-HS – Can an AI Solve a Six-Sided Puzzle Cube using a Plastic Brick Robot?
Anas Bousrih – Nur Islamic School of Louisville – High School
SOFT-006-HS – The Effect of Password Construction on The Time to Crack A Password
Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers – Engineering Award
Certificate + $50
Conor O’Bryan – Saint Xavier High School, Louisville – High School
EGSD-001-HS – The Wave Shaper
KPFF – Engineering Achievement Award
1 Senior winner: $100 plus certificate 1 Junior winner: $50 plus certificate
Kevin Brothers – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
CBIO-002-HS – Reuniting Children with their Parents using Facial Recognition
Mason Nunn – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ETSD-006-MS – Detecting and Damping earthquakes using arduinos and ferrofluid
KY Chapter of Air and Waste Management Association (KY-AWMA) – Conservation and Waste Management Award
2 winners selected from any category/any division MS or HS: $100 and certificate for each winner.
Amina Albarqawi – Nur Islamic School of Louisville – High School
ENEV-004-HS – Cleaning Up Oil Spills: The Effect of Hair Sorbents and Plastic Sorbents on Oil Spills
Easha Heellage – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
EBED-002-HS – Smart Irrigation
KY Chapter of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers KCHMM – Environmental Science Award
Certificate, Cash prize and invitation to KCHMM Chapter meeting.
Mihira Sumanasekera – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
EGSD-009-HS – Problems of All-Solid-state Lithium-Sulfur Batteries and Improvement of their Performances
Louisville Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience – Neuroscience Award
Prize of $150, Winner will be invited to present poster at Neuroscience Day at University of Louisville
Vaishnavi Pendyala – North Oldham High School – High School
TMED-001-HS – Study of Pro-Inflammatory Lipid Mediators and Development of Alzheimer’s Disease
Louisville Water Company – Water Award
Certificate and $300
Seth Niemann – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ENEV-004-MS – Remediating Oil Spill with a Milkweed and TiO2 Combination
Maryam’s Charity Inc.-Community Service and Social Benefit Award – $50
Kevin Brothers – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
CBIO-002-HS – Reuniting Children with their Parents using Facial Recognition
Annika Chadha – Noe Middle – Middle School
EBED-002-MS – Omni Wheel: An innovative wheel design for improved walker safety and stability and bi-mode fall notification system
Elijah Borders, Michael Waterbury – J Graham Brown High School – High School
ENBM-002-HS-T – Designing a cheaper wheelchair
Maryam’s Charity Inc. – Health and Safety Award – $50
Calla Magnuson – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
MCRO-005-MS – Royal Jelly: An Aid to Honey in Fighting Bacteria
Dolores Wood – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
BMED-011-HS – The Effects of Popular Beverages on Human Teeth
Maryam’s Charity Inc. – Global Perfection Award – $50
Nicholas Mayer – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
EGSD-005-MS – creating a dye-sensitized solar cell
Maryam’s Charity, Inc. – Green or Environmentally Friendly Award – $50
Amina Albarqawi – Nur Islamic School of Louisville – High School
ENEV-004-HS – Cleaning Up Oil Spills: The Effect of Hair Sorbents and Plastic Sorbents on Oil Spills
Julia Keeney – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ENEV-003-MS – Hydrogels: A Potential CO2 Absorber
Nevaeh Peterson – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ENEV-005-MS – Eggshells: Remediation for clothes dye waste
Sora Yusupova – Nur Islamic School of Louisville – Middle School
ENEV-008-MS – The Effect of Aerators on a Faucet Water Flow
NASA Earth Systems Science-NASA Earth Systems Science Award
Certificate
Carson Baker – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
EAEV-005-HS – The Cloud
Avery Lloyd – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
CHEM-014-MS – Extracting Oxygen from Martian Regolith
National Geographic Society – That’s Geography Cultivating Empathy for the Earth Award
$100.00 prize and certificate from National Geographic
Veeksha Katta – North Oldham High School – High School
ENEV-001-HS – Desalination Goes Green: A Solar-Powered Solution for Water Purification.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Assoc. (NOAA) – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Award
Letter, certificate
Amina Albarqawi – Nur Islamic School of Louisville – High School
ENEV-004-HS – Cleaning Up Oil Spills: The Effect of Hair Sorbents and Plastic Sorbents on Oil Spills
Office of Naval Research – Naval Research Award
Senior Winners: Certificate and medallion, $50 gift card.
Junior Winners: Certificate and medallion
Annika Chadha – Noe Middle – Middle School
EBED-002-MS – Omni Wheel: An innovative wheel design for improved walker safety and stability and bi-mode fall notification system
Rihaan Kapoor – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ENBM-003-MS – A Convolutional Neural Network to Detect Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Maylin Kidwell – Noe Middle – Middle School
MATH-001-MS – Precision Through Randomness: A Physical Demonstration of Using Noise to Improve Measurements
Kareena Pansuria – Gatton Academy of Science & Mathematics – High School
CHEM-007-HS – Iron-based metal-organic framework for photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide
Ryan Yakoumatos – North Oldham High School – High School
BMED-013-HS – The Impact of β-Glucans on Murine Macrophage Activation
Regeneron – Biomedical Science Award
$375 and Certificate
Muhilan Balasubramaian – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
BCHM-004-HS – The Effect of Protease and Enzymes on the Cleavage of Polymers of the EPS of Cultured E coli Biofilms
Ricoh USA, Inc. – Sustainable Development Award
Certificate
Sarah Bruner, Brooke Caswell, Charlotte Williams – Eastern High School – High School
ENEV-003-HS-T – A Race with the Power of the Sun!
Emily Koch-Serrano – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
EGSD-004-MS – The Efficiency of Hydrogen Production
Society for In Vitro Biology – Achievement In Vitro Biology
Certificate
Vaishnavi Pendyala – North Oldham High School – High School
TMED-001-HS – Study of Pro-Inflammatory Lipid Mediators and Development of Alzheimer’s Disease
Grace Reck – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
MCRO-008-HS – mouthwash vs. bacteria
Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP)
Stockholm Junior-Regional certificate and nomination for the Kentucky SJWP Competition
Amina Albarqawi – Nur Islamic School of Louisville – High School
ENEV-004-HS – Cleaning Up Oil Spills: The Effect of Hair Sorbents and Plastic Sorbents on Oil Spills
Veeksha Katta – North Oldham High School – High School
ENEV-001-HS – Desalination Goes Green: A Solar-Powered Solution for Water Purification.
Alexander Yang – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
ANIM-005-HS – Effectiveness of zeolite media
The Lemelson Foundation – Early Inventor Prize
$100 award and a certificate to young inventor (or team)
Meredith Elder – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ETSD-004-MS – Reducing Conductor Gallop With 3D Printed Coverings.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (JIC)
Annika Chadha – Noe Middle – Middle School
EBED-002-MS – Omni Wheel: An innovative wheel design for improved walker safety and stability and bi-mode fall notification system
Bo Cook – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ANIM-008-MS – Different Music Genres: Can Any Calm Dogs
Emery Cox – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
BEHA-009-MS – Exploring the Relationship of ACEs and Altruism in Teens
Meredith Elder – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ETSD-004-MS – Reducing Conductor Gallop With 3D Printed Coverings.
Eva Garvin – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
TMED-002-MS – Acetaminophen Controversy: Can It Affect Developing Children?
Tyler Head – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
PLNT-008-MS – Exploring Above-Ground Allelopathy in Pinus Strobus
Bella Holtgrave – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
BEHA2-012-MS – Teens; Energy Drink Consumption and Risk Taking
Rihaan Kapoor – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ENBM-003-MS – A Convolutional Neural Network to Detect Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Maylin Kidwell – Noe Middle – Middle School
MATH-001-MS – Precision Through Randomness: A Physical Demonstration of Using Noise to Improve Measurements
Emily Koch-Serrano – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
EGSD-004-MS – The Efficiency of Hydrogen Production
Ester Line – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
BMED-004-MS – Inhaling Our Clothes: Personal Particulate Cloud
Calla Magnuson – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
MCRO-005-MS – Royal Jelly: An Aid to Honey in Fighting Bacteria
Sawyer McCree – Home School – Middle School
PHYS-014-MS – Coca-“Cool”a
Hawa Omar – Nur Islamic School of Louisville – Middle School
BEHA-017-MS – The Effect of The Stroop Effect on Brain Interference
Ifrah Shaik – J Graham Brown Middle School – Middle School
BCHM-002-MS – Drowning in Drugs: Measuring the Ecotoxicity of Pharmaceuticals in Water Using Daphnia Heart Rate
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Science Champion Award
Certificate and Social Media Toolkit
Winners will be invited to join other winners from around the world in a virtual conversation
with USAID Chief Scientist, to be held in summer 2023.
Agnes Loeser – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
BCHM-004-MS – Milkweed and Ragweed Extracts Impact PTP-1B and Cancer Models
Krithik Nadimpally – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
ENBM-005-HS – A Non-Invasive & Novel Method for The Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer
U.S. Air Force – U.S. Air Force Award
Certificate of Achievement & other gifts
Summon Gebrelibanos – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
ROBO-003-HS – Transferring Pictures and Text Effectively using Augmented Reality, Salient Object Detection Neural Networks and WebSockets
Karthik Nadimpally – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
EBED-001-HS – A novel configurable rectangular acoustophoresis simulation
Todd Niemann – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
ETSD-005-MS – Exploring Anode-Cathode Spacing in Ionic Thrusters
Leah Rasnake – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
TMED-001-MS – Anticoagulation and Coagulation Effects of Herbs and Medicines
US Metric Association-Metrics Award
Certificate
Penelope Harris – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
PHYS-011-MS – Golf Controversy: The Locked Putter Advantage
Kai Nakamura – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
CHEM-015-MS – Catalyzing Greater Thrust in Rocket Fuel
Women Environmental Leaders of Louisville – Girls Achieving Leadership through Science (GALS)
$75 for Junior and $75 for Senior
Emily Koch-Serrano – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
EGSD-004-MS – The Efficiency of Hydrogen Production
Kareena Pansuria – Gatton Academy of Science & Mathematics – High School
CHEM-007-HS – Iron-based metal-organic framework for photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide
Yale Science and Engineering Association – Yale Science and Engineering Award
Certificate to an 11th grader. Yale will send medallion to student winner.
Ryan Yakoumatos – North Oldham High School – High School
BMED-013-HS – The Impact of β-Glucans on Murine Macrophage Activation
School Awards
Certificates, Trophies made by GE Appliances, Asian Pacific American Forum (APAF)
Cash Awards for School STEM programs — $400 for 1st, $250 for 2nd $175 for 3rd
Middle School – Junior
1st Place – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville
2nd Place – Nur Islamic School, Louisville
3rd Place – J. Graham Brown Middle School, Louisville
High School – Senior
1st Place – Eastern High School, Louisville
2nd Place – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair, Louisville
3rd Place – Valley High School, Louisville
Best of Fair Awards
sponsored by GE Appliances, a Haier Company
Middle School – Junior Best of Fair
Certificate, Trophy made by GE Appliances Asia Pacific American Forum (APAF) and $240 for each project
Annika Chadha – Noe Middle – Middle School
EBED-002-MS – Omni Wheel: An innovative wheel design for improved walker safety and stability and bi-mode fall notification system
Ester Line – Saint Francis of Assisi, Louisville – Middle School
BMED-004-MS – Inhaling Our Clothes: Personal Particulate Cloud
Ifrah Shaik – J Graham Brown Middle School – Middle School
BCHM-002-MS – Drowning in Drugs: Measuring the Ecotoxicity of Pharmaceuticals in Water Using Daphnia Heart Rate
High School – Senior Best of Fair
Certificate, Trophy made by GE Appliances Asia Pacific American Forum (APAF) and $420 for each project. Travel grant to attend Regeneron International Science & Engineering Fair in Dallas, TX. May 13-19, 2023, with “TEAM Kentucky.”
Carson Baker – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
EAEV-005-HS – The Cloud
Muhilan Balasubramaian – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
BCHM-004-HS – The Effect of Protease and Enzymes on the Cleavage of Polymers of the EPS of Cultured E coli Biofilms
Krithik Nadimpally – Ballard High School Science & Engineering Fair – High School
ENBM-005-HS – A Non-Invasive & Novel Method for The Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer
Divya Naidugari – Gatton Academy of Science & Mathematics – High School
CELL-003-HS – Regional Control of Hairless and Hair Bearing skin: with DKK2 and SOSTDC1 Wnt/ꞵ-catenin Signaling Pathways with the LEF/TCF Family
Gabriel Nowaskie – Gatton Academy of Science & Mathematics – High School
PHYS-009-HS – Quarkonium Dynamics in Phase Space