2022 MSEF Awards List
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Our fair was covered by centraljersey.com.
You can watch the awards ceremony below or on our YouTube channel. You can also download the award list.
Award: Grand Prize
Division: Senior Division 2022
Organization: Mercer Science and Engineering Club
Category: Software and Embedded Systems
School: Lawrenceville School
Project Title: RARE: Machine Learning Approach for Binning Rare Variant Features to Detect Association with Disease
Students: Satvik Dasariraju
Award: First runner up
Division: Senior Division 2022
Organization: Mercer Science and Engineering Club
Category: Energy
School: Hopewell Valley Central High
Project Title: Innovative Climate Change Emissions Reduction: Flettner Vortex Scrubber with Active Seakeeping
Students: Charlotte Michaluk
Award: Second runner up
Division: Senior Division 2022
Organization: Mercer Science and Engineering Club
Category: Biochemistry, Biology and Medical
School: The Peddie School
Project Title: Prophages present in Acinetobacter pittii influence bacterial virulence, antibiotic resistance, and genomic structure
Students: Richard Zhu
Award: Broadcom Masters
Division: Junior Division 2022
Organization: Society for Science
Category: General Science (Junior)
School: Chapin School
Project Title: The Effect Of Counterweight On Trebuchet Launch Distance
Students: Bryan Zhao
Award: First Place
Division: Senior Division 2022
Organization: Mercer Science and Engineering Club
Category: Behavioral and Social Science
School: Princeton High School
Project Title: The effects of external variables on the likelihood of athletes to report concussion symptoms
Students: Kate Becker
Category: Energy
School: Hopewell Valley Central High
Project Title: Innovative Climate Change Emissions Reduction: Flettner Vortex Scrubber with Active Seakeeping
Students: Charlotte Michaluk
Category: Software and Embedded Systems
School: Lawrenceville School
Project Title: RARE: Machine Learning Approach for Binning Rare Variant Features to Detect Association with Disease
Students: Satvik Dasariraju
Category: Environmental Science and Engineering
School: Princeton High School
Students: Shrey Khetan
Category: Biochemistry, Biology and Medical
School: Princeton High School
Project Title: Imbalances in Copper or Zinc Trigger Further Trace Metal Dyshomeostasis in Amyloid-Beta Producing Caenorhabditis elegans
Students: Ada Metaxas
Category: Biochemistry, Biology and Medical
School: The Peddie School
Project Title: Prophages present in Acinetobacter pittii influence bacterial virulence, antibiotic resistance, and genomic structure
Students: Richard Zhu
Award: Superior Achievement
Division: Junior Division 2022
Organization: Mercer Science and Engineering Club
Category: General Science (Junior)
School: Chapin School
Project Title: The Effect Of Counterweight On Trebuchet Launch Distance
Students: Bryan Zhao
Award: Second Place
Division: Senior Division 2022
Organization: Mercer Science and Engineering Club
Category: General Engineering
Project Title: An adaptive grabber with the ability to actively switch between accurate grabbing and compliant grabbing
Students: Xuantong Wang
Category: Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy
School: The Peddie School
Project Title: Study on the Geometric Properties in the Cevasix Triangle
Students: Jenna Kim
Category: Software and Embedded Systems
School: Princeton High School
Project Title: Training Neural Networks with a Genetic Algorithm for Obstacle Avoidance in Simulated Autonomous Drones
Students: William Baumgartner
Category: Software and Embedded Systems
School: Lawrenceville School
Project Title: High Accuracy Seasonal Hurricane Intensity Prediction Using Outgoing Longwave Radiation Maps
Students: Antonia Comaniciu
Category: Biochemistry, Biology and Medical
School: Lawrenceville School
Project Title: Role of Cancer Associated Fibroblast Heterogeneity on Immunotherapuetic Potentials of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Students: Anushka Chintamaneni
Category: Biochemistry, Biology and Medical
School: Princeton High School
Project Title: Toxicological Assessment of Medicinal Herbs to Identify Adverse Effects on Eukaryotic Cells
Students: Julius Verma
Award: Outstanding Achievement
Division: Junior Division 2022
Organization: Mercer Science and Engineering Club
Category: General Science (Junior)
School: Chapin School
Project Title: How Does The Amount of Light Effect Plant Growth
Students: Charlotte Sweetman
Category: General Science (Junior)
School: Chapin School
Project Title: Spoilers: for show, or for performance?
Students: Phineas Dunne
Category: General Science (Junior)
School: Princeton Montessori School
Project Title: The Effect of Cleaning Methods on the Approximate Bacterial Count of a Cell Phone Case
Students: Sawyer Berness
Category: General Science (Junior)
School: Princeton Montessori School
Project Title: How Do Amounts of pH Affect a Sponge’s Performance
Students: Grant Berness
Award: Third Place
Division: Senior Division 2022
Organization: Mercer Science and Engineering Club
Category: Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy
Project Title: Non-existence of the Algorithm that can Obtain the Optimal Solution for a Few Given Options of Investment in Constructive Mathematics
Students: Jiahong Sun
Category: Software and Embedded Systems
School: Princeton High School
Project Title: Auto Attendance: A Mobile App for Automatic Attendance Taking and Rapid Contact Tracing
Students: Amy Lin
Category: Biochemistry, Biology and Medical
Project Title: Safe Distance of Viruses - Quantitative Analysis the Trajectory of Pathogen Containing Droplets in Respiratory Airways
Students: Hanwen Miao
Award: Meritorious Achievement
Division: Junior Division 2022
Organization: Mercer Science and Engineering Club
Award: Honorable Mention
Division: Senior Division 2022
Organization: Mercer Science and Engineering Club
Category: General Engineering
Project Title: Utilizing Color Sensors and Urinary Collection Bags as a Warning System for Hematuria
Students: Riya Bhat
Category: Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy
School: The Pennington School
Project Title: A Novel, Simple, Accurate Method For Experimental Determination of Thermal Diffusivity: Measure 9 Types of Foods
Students: Lisa Wang
Category: Software and Embedded Systems
School: Robbinsville High School
Project Title: Analysis of semantics and early linguistic symptoms to develop machine learning predictive modeling of Alzheimer's Disease
Students: Anushka Paulchoudhury
Category: Biochemistry, Biology and Medical
School: Princeton Day School
Project Title: Drug Repositioning Ketamine as a New Treatment for Bipolar Disorder Using Text Mining
Students: Shivani Manikandan
Category: Biochemistry, Biology and Medical
Project Title: Treating Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma Using HLA Class I Molecule Deficient Anti CD19 CAR-NK Cells
Students: Suraj Das
Award: Honorable Mention
Division: Junior Division 2022
Organization: Mercer Science and Engineering Club
Category: General Science (Junior)
School: St. Ann's School
Project Title: The Effect of Different Brands, SPFs, Types of Sunscreens, and the Amount of Sunscreen on how well They Protect Against UV Light
Students: Joyce Xia
Award: Air Force Research Laboratory Award
Division: Senior Division 2022
Organization: US Air Force
Category: Behavioral and Social Science
School: Princeton High School
Project Title: The effects of external variables on the likelihood of athletes to report concussion symptoms
Students: Kate Becker
Category: Energy
School: Hopewell Valley Central High
Project Title: Innovative Climate Change Emissions Reduction: Flettner Vortex Scrubber with Active Seakeeping
Students: Charlotte Michaluk
Category: General Engineering
Project Title: An adaptive grabber with the ability to actively switch between accurate grabbing and compliant grabbing
Students: Xuantong Wang
Category: Software and Embedded Systems
School: Lawrenceville School
Project Title: RARE: Machine Learning Approach for Binning Rare Variant Features to Detect Association with Disease
Students: Satvik Dasariraju
Category: Environmental Science and Engineering
School: Princeton High School
Students: Shrey Khetan
Category: Biochemistry, Biology and Medical
School: Princeton High School
Project Title: Imbalances in Copper or Zinc Trigger Further Trace Metal Dyshomeostasis in Amyloid-Beta Producing Caenorhabditis elegans
Students: Ada Metaxas
Category: Biochemistry, Biology and Medical
School: The Peddie School
Project Title: Prophages present in Acinetobacter pittii influence bacterial virulence, antibiotic resistance, and genomic structure
Students: Richard Zhu
Award: APA Outstanding Research
Division: Senior Division 2022
Organization: American Psychological Association
Category: Behavioral and Social Science
School: Princeton High School
Project Title: The effects of external variables on the likelihood of athletes to report concussion symptoms
Students: Kate Becker
Award: NJ Water Environment Association (NJWEA)
Division: Senior Division 2022
Organization: NJ Water Environment Association
Award: NASA Earth System Science Award 2020
Division: Senior Division 2022
Organization: NASA
Category: Software and Embedded Systems
School: Lawrenceville School
Project Title: High Accuracy Seasonal Hurricane Intensity Prediction Using Outgoing Longwave Radiation Maps
Students: Antonia Comaniciu
Award: NOAA's "Taking the Pulse of the Planet" Award
Division: Senior Division 2022
Organization: NOAA
Category: Software and Embedded Systems
School: Lawrenceville School
Project Title: High Accuracy Seasonal Hurricane Intensity Prediction Using Outgoing Longwave Radiation Maps
Students: Antonia Comaniciu
Award: Naval Science Award
Division: Junior Division 2022
Organization: US Navy Senior Division
Category: General Science (Junior)
School: Princeton Montessori School
Project Title: The Effect of Cleaning Methods on the Approximate Bacterial Count of a Cell Phone Case
Students: Sawyer Berness
Category: General Science (Junior)
School: Princeton Montessori School
Project Title: How Do Amounts of pH Affect a Sponge’s Performance
Students: Grant Berness
Award: Naval Science Award
Division: Senior Division 2022
Organization: US Navy Senior Division
Category: Energy
School: Hopewell Valley Central High
Project Title: Innovative Climate Change Emissions Reduction: Flettner Vortex Scrubber with Active Seakeeping
Students: Charlotte Michaluk
Category: Software and Embedded Systems
School: Princeton High School
Project Title: Training Neural Networks with a Genetic Algorithm for Obstacle Avoidance in Simulated Autonomous Drones
Students: William Baumgartner
Award: RICOH Sustainable Development Award
Division: Senior Division 2022
Organization: RICOH
Category: Software and Embedded Systems
School: Lawrenceville School
Project Title: High Accuracy Seasonal Hurricane Intensity Prediction Using Outgoing Longwave Radiation Maps
Students: Antonia Comaniciu
Award: 1st Place
Division: Senior Division 2022
Organization: Theobald Smith Society
Category: Biochemistry, Biology and Medical
School: The Peddie School
Project Title: Prophages present in Acinetobacter pittii influence bacterial virulence, antibiotic resistance, and genomic structure
Students: Richard Zhu
Award: Stockholm Junior Water Prize
Division: Senior Division 2022
Organization: Stockholm International Water Institute
Category: Environmental Science and Engineering
School: Princeton High School
Students: Shrey Khetan
Award: YSEA Science Fair Award
Division: Senior Division 2022
Organization: Yale Science & Engineering Association
Category: Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy
School: The Peddie School
Project Title: Study on the Geometric Properties in the Cevasix Triangle
Students: Jenna Kim
Award: Earle S. Rommel Communications Award
Division: Senior Division 2022
Organization: Mercer Science and Engineering Club
Category: Biochemistry, Biology and Medical
School: Princeton High School
Project Title: Imbalances in Copper or Zinc Trigger Further Trace Metal Dyshomeostasis in Amyloid-Beta Producing Caenorhabditis elegans
Students: Ada Metaxas
Award: Best Use of Photography
Division: Senior Division 2022
Organization: Mercer Science and Engineering Club