1st Biochemistry, Exxon Mobil- SR Div - $500; Texas Master Naturalists -$500, ISEF Finalist

Sahana Pandey

Vandegrift HS

Leander ISD

Senior

Targeting Pathological Neurotransmission Dynamics through De Novo Regulatory Modulation to Suppress Glioma Progression

1st Biomedical and Health Sciences, Exxon Mobil- SR Div - $500; Ruth Hughs Family - $500

Uma Sthanu

Westwood HS

Round Rock ISD

Senior

Glia-Neuron GPCR Signaling as a Therapeutic Route to Axon Regeneration: cAMP-PKA Activation Elevates Excitability and Regrowth in Neurons

1st Chemistry, Exxon Mobil- SR Div - $500

Adheesh Chincholi

Westwood HS

Round Rock ISD

Senior

Evaluating CD44–Aptamer Binding Energetics Using Membrane-Embedded Molecular Dynamics

1st Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Exxon Mobil- SR Div - $500; Texas Master Naturalist - $500

Krishiv Potluri

Basis Cedar Park HS

BASIS Cedar Park

Senior

A Second Beat for the Broken Heart: AI-Driven Inverse Design of Bio-Instructive Hydrogels for Myocardial Regeneration

1st Mathematics, Exxon Mobil- SR Div - $500

Abhay Tippimath

McNeil HS

Round Rock ISD

Senior

Dynamic Mathematical PDE Modeling of TANGO2 Progression and Episode Prediction

1st Plant Sciences, Exxon Mobil- SR Div - $500; Summus Industries - $ 500

Jack Mueller

Austin HS

Austin ISD

Senior

Effects of Indole-3-Acetic Acid Loaded Polyvinyl Alcohol Microneedles on Drought Resistance in Solanum Lycopersicum

2nd Environmental Engineering

Aariz Karim-Ali

Austin Peace Academy HS

Austin Peace Academy

Senior

TitaniumFlow: Developing a Cost-Friendly, Industry-Ready Filtration System Using Photocatalytic Degradation & Microporous Adsorptive Capture for Oil Spill Cleanup

2nd Materials Science

Pratyush Senthil, Ishaan Kumar

Leander HS

Leander ISD

Senior

Multi Layer Radiation Shield

2nd Robotics and Inteligent Machines

Isaac Lin

Independent Projects HS

Home School

Senior

Autonomous UAV System for AI Driven Detection and Precision Treatment of Northern Corn Leaf Blight

3rd Biochemistry

David Pan

Westwood HS

Round Rock ISD

Senior

Decoding Plastic Waste: Novel AI-Guided Engineering of PETase Mutants for Enhanced PET Plastic Bioremediation

3rd Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Amrit Yadav

Vista Ridge HS

Leander ISD

Senior

From MRI to Implant: Development of an Open-Source Computational Pipeline for Patient-Specific 3D Voronoi Meniscus Scaffold Generation with Anisotropic Voxel Correction and Regional Tribological Gradients

3rd Embeded Systems

Diya Venkataragavan

Westwood HS

Round Rock ISD

Senior

StressShift: A Real-Time Embedded Control System Utilizing Inverse Dynamics for Adaptive Knee Torque Redistribution

3rd Software Design

Shruti Sivaraman

Westwood HS

Round Rock ISD

Senior

FT-Discover: A Novel S^2-DDPM Architecture For Modeling And Discovering Protein Conformational States

Regeneron Biomedical Science Award - $375

Ashley Kim

Vandegrift HS

Leander ISD

Senior

Computational Manipulation of TNF Inhibitor SPD304 to Enhance Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment

Science Toy Magic Award - $150

Sara Rajpathak, Nainika Mundluru

Vista Ridge HS

Leander ISD

Senior

The Impact of Additives on Freshwater Protist Stress to Model Aquatic Ecosystem Recovery from Contamination

SpaceX - $1,250

Ridouane Akrab, Ayman Lough

Renaissance Academy HS

Private

Senior

Engineering and Flying a Thrust Vector Controlled Model Rocket Part 2

1st Biomedical and Health Sciences, Exxon Mobil- JR Div $250

Ishaan Raj

Cedar Valley MS

Round Rock ISD

Junior

Bright Snacks, Hidden Chemicals: Measuring Food Dyes to Make Informed Choices

1st Cellular and Molecular Biology, Exxon Mobil- JR Div $250

Abdullah Zakaria

Austin Peace Academy MS

Austin Peace Academy

Junior

Biodegradable Quantum Dots from Food Waste

1st Energy: Sustainable Materials & Design, Exxon Mobil- JR Div - $250

Aarav Singh

Canyon Vista MS

Round Rock ISD

Junior

Can Piezoelectric Materials Harvest Enough Energy From a Simulated Heartbeat to Power Small Electronics Such as Pacemakers?”

1st Microbiology, Exxon Mobil- JR Div - $250

Taheem Mustaneer

Pearson Ranch MS

Round Rock ISD

Junior

Detection of Plasmodium-Infected Red Blood Cells Using Convolutional Neural Networks

1st Physics and Astronomy, Exxon Mobil- JR Div - $250

Anahita Patra

Independent Projects MS

Stacy Kaye Danielson

Junior

PCM Power : Storing Heat Smarter

1st Plant Sciences, Exxon Mobil- JR Div - $250, Best of State Honorable Mention Life Sciences

Arya Hirsave

Canyon Vista MS

Round Rock ISD

Junior

Greening the Red Planet: New Strategies to Enhance Seed Germination and Plant Growth in Mars Regolith Simulant

1st Translational Medical Sciences, Exxon Mobil- JR Div - $250

Srivibhav Amirisetty

Leander MS

Leander ISD

Junior

Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease using Machine Learning Models trained on EEG Data

2nd Biomedical and Health Sciences, Citadel Securities Innovation Prize - $ 100

Jaxon Baharudin

Canyon Ridge MS

Leander ISD

Junior

NanoHeal-Burn: A Fully Biodegradable Pickering Patch with Dual pH- and Temperature-Triggered Release for Smart Burn Care

2nd Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Amogh Bharadwaj

Walsh MS

Round Rock ISD

Junior

AI-Driven Preclinical Parkinson’s Forecasting via Novel Gut Microbial Biomarker Profiling

2nd Microbiology

Govind Iyer, Sudarshan Rangarajan

Canyon Vista MS

Round Rock ISD

Junior

Solving Rifaximin Resistance in Escherichia coli K-12

3rd Biochemistry

Aryan Patel

Challenger School MS

Challenger School

Junior

Slowing Glucose Spikes in Diabetic Patients

3rd Embeded Systems

Aditya Ariq, Rayaan Waheed

Renaissance Academy MS

Renaissance Academy

Junior

Dynamic Brail System

3rd Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics,

Saathvik Sowmyanarayanan

Pearson Ranch MS

Round Rock ISD

Junior

Harvesting Kinetic Energy From Everyday Door Movement

Science Toy Magic Award - $150

Arham Khan

Pearson Ranch MS

Round Rock ISD

Junior

Carbon Sequestration Champions: Macrophyte Farms for CO₂ Capture and Biomass Production for Biochar as a Pathway to a Carbon-Negative System