Carissa Chen, 18Exeter, NHOutside the Box: “Humanizing the Self and the State”
Rishab Gargeya, 18Saratoga, CATechnology: “EyeLogic: All-Purpose Vision Disease Detection in Clinic-Sourced and Low-Cost Smartphone-Based Retinal Images”
Benjy Firester, 18New York, NYScience: “Modeling the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Phytophthora infestans at a Regional Scale”
Alexander Kirov, 18Evans, GAScience: “Exosomes in Amyloid Aggregates Promote Neuronal Damage: A Mechanism of Alzheimer’s Pathology”
Manan Shah, 17Los Altos, CATechnology: “Deep Learning Assessment of Tumor Proliferation in Histopathological Images for Categorical and Molecular Breast Cancer Severity Diagnosis”
Irene Vazquez, 18Houston, TXLiterature: “Ebb and Flow: Translating Lives and Transition”
William Yin, 18Greenwich, CTEngineering: “Portable, Low-Cost Tattoo-Based Biosensor for the Non-Invasive Self-Diagnosis and Quantification of Atherosclerosis”
Zlatomir Fung, 18Westborough, MAMusic: “Folk Music Influence in the Classical Tradition”
Arjun Ramani, 18West Lafayette, INMathematics: “Fast Sampling of Stochastic Kronecker Graphs”
Arvind Sridhar, 18Sunnyvale, CAEngineering: “Engineering Injectable, Conductive Hydrogels Doped with Graphene and Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles for Post-MI Cardiac Tissue Engineering and Robust Drug Discovery: A Computationally-Aided Investigation for Enhancing Therapeutic Efficacy”
Felix Wang, 18Newton, MAMathematics: “Functional Equations in Complex Analysis and Number Theory”
Allison Huang, 18Princeton, NJLiterature: “Personal Culture: Voicing the Experiences of Postcolonial Youth Navigating Identity in a Globalized World”
Anthony Kang, 18San Diego, CAScience: “New Antibacterials: Conjugation-Mediated Transmission of Cytotoxic Genes for Targeted Bacterial Cell Elimination”
J.P. Redmond, 18Yonkers. NYMusic: “ Literature and Landscape: Receiving and Giving Inspiration as a Composer”
Pranav Sivakumar, 17Tower Lakes, ILScience: “Searches for Almost Dark Galaxies in Blank Sky Fields with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey”
Mary Zhu, 18Nashua, NHScience: “Impact of Carbon Tax Policies on the Global Agricultural Economy: A Computational Spatial Partial Equilibrium Modeling Approach”
Davey Huang, 17Honolulu, HIScience: “A Noninvasive Morphokinetic Model For Aneuploidy Screening of Human Preimplantation Embryos”
Kathy Liu, 18Sandy, UTScience: “Nature-Based Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Improved Safety, Sustainability and Efficiency in High-Performance Rechargeable Batteries”
Nishita Sinha, 18Cortland Manor, NYScience: “Reprogramming of Metabolism in Cancer Cells Through Lysine Succinylation”
Vera Zarubin, 17Bronx, NYEngineering: “A Novel Methodology to Build Organic Thermoelectric Materials For Sustainable and Renewable Energy Applications”
Mr. Vardhaan AmbatiSan Jose, CA Engineering: Personalized Therapy for Cancer Heterogeneity and Mutating Viruses: Rational Design of a CRISPR/Cas9 Nanotherapeutic
Mr. Arjun DhawanNewburgh, IN Engineering: Object Recognition for the Visually Impaired Utilization of 3D Sensor Technology to Help the Blind “See”
Mr. Muhammad Rahman Portland, OREngineering: A Smart-Burn/Spill-Proof - “SAFE” Microwave That Spares the Salad: Novel Application of Levenberg-Marquardt-Algorithm in Bayesian-Analysis for Thermodynamic-Modeling
Miss Jaclyn Grimm Orlando, FLLiterature: Identity: An Introspection of the Intersectionality Between Femininity and Queerness
Mr. Daniel Cho Wyncote, PAMusic: Sentio, Sentire: The Music of Feeling
Mr. Evren OzelMinneapolis, MN Music: A Linking from Heart to Heart: Pianist as a Conduit for Compassion
Miss Gayatri Balasubramanian Carmel, INScience: Evidence of Pt-Threshold In A System Of Phase Qubits
Mr. Rajiv Movva San Jose, CAScience: Machine Learning-Based Discovery of Synergistic Drug Combinations for Rapid and Effective Cancer Treatment
Miss Anjali NahataSalt Lake City , UT Science: Measuring the linewidth of down-converted radiation via a coherent detection scheme
Mr. Prathik NaiduPotomac Falls, VA Science: DNALoopR: A Novel High-Performance Machine Learning Predictor to Identify Genome-Wide 3D DNA Interactions in Cancer
Mr. Harish Palani Portland, ORScience: Quakify: A Low-Cost, Crowdsourced, Real-Time Solution to Earthquake Early Warning
Miss Swathi SrinivasanBeachwood, OH Science: Evaluating the Relationships Between Micronutrients in Spices and Alzheimer's Disease Through Biochemical and Bioinformatics Approaches
Mr. Brian XiaSan Diego, CA Science: Translating from fruit flies to humans: an early-life immunization-like epigenetic therapy for simultaneous prevention of multiple aging-related diseases throughout adult life
Mr. Byron Xu Sugar Land, TXScience: Direct Determination of Ocean Temperature Profiles from Seismic Oceanography
Mr. John Xu Acton, MAScience: Mitigating Congestion through Map Design: A Case Study of Washington DC Subway
Mr. Daniel Zhang San Diego, CAScience: Genome-Based Discovery of Novel CpG Biomarkers for Early Diagnosis and Prognosis of Leukemia
Miss Sharon LinCorona, NY Technology: A Novel Multiparameter Optical Sensor Using CMOS Imaging and Remote Neural Networks for Microbial Analysis
Miss Eshika Saxena Bellevue, WATechnology: A Portable Optoelectronic Molecular Identification System for Analyzing the Quality, Safety & Composition of Food & Pharmaceuticals Using Machine Learning
Mr. George StefanakisJamaica , NY Technology: A Novel Methodology Addressing Two Major Obstacles in Developing the Elusive Quantum Computer
Miss Emma Yang New York, NYTechnology: Timeless: A Mobile Application for Alzheimer's Patients Powered by Artificial Intelligence
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