SPECIAL AWARDS

Acoustical Society of America

Honorable Mention: Humza Salim, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Honorable Mention: Yousuf Ahmad, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Honorable Mention: Roan Manak, JL LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL, DALLAS;
Outstanding Junior Acoustic Project: Ishaan Javali, MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Outstanding Senior Acoustic Project: Arshia Elahi, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Air Force Research Laboratory
Air Force Prize: Burzin Balsara, PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Air Force Prize: Paritosh Suri, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Air Force Prize: Derek Qin, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Air Force Prize: Arnold Venter, SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Air Force Prize: Malav Shah, PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
American Chemical Society DFW
Best Chemistry Project : Abhilash Potluri, PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Honorable Mention: Eric Chen, PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Honorable Mention: Chloe Figura, BISHOP LYNCH HIGH, PAROCHIAL;
American Industrial Hygiene Association-
Junior Division, 1st Place: Isha Kalpaguri, PIONEER HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Senior Division, 1st Place: Eric Miles, SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
American Meteorology Society
Outstanding Achievement in Atmospheric Science, Senior Division: Anthony Jiang, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Outstanding Achievement in Atmospheric Science, Senior Division: Pranay Srivastava, ALLEN HIGH SCHOOL, ALLEN;
American Meteorology Society - North Texas
Honorable Mention: Priti See, HUNT MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Honorable Mention: Alefiya Kerai, ROACH MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Honorable Mention: Sabrina Gordon, HUNT MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Honorable Mention: Elaina Simonsen, FAUBION MIDDLE, MCKINNEY;
Honorable Mention: Marissa Redington, HUNT MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Honorable Mention: Reagan Andrews, ROACH MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Meteorology First Place, Junior Division: Isha Kalpaguri, PIONEER HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Meteorology First Place, Senior Division: Anthony Jiang, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Meteorology Second Place, Junior Division: Jason Shulman, RENNER MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Meteorology Second Place, Senior Division: Pranay Srivastava, ALLEN HIGH SCHOOL, ALLEN;
American Psychological Association
Achievement in Psychological Science: Esha Basoor, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
American Society of Safety Engineers
Junior Division Award: Navya Nanda, CURTIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, ALLEN;
Senior Division Award: Fatima Khalid, ISLAMIC SCHOOL OF IRVING HS, PAROCHIAL;
Baylor Research Institute
Honorable Mention: Jishnu Basu, VINES HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Honorable Mention: Vivek Mathesh, PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Honorable Mention: Russell Ramsay, DALLAS INTERNATIONAL HS, PRIVATE;
Med. & Health Sciences, Senior Division, 1st Place: Jacob Mammen, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Med. & Health Sciences, Senior Division, 2nd Place: Umangi Singh, MCMILLEN HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Med. & Health Sciences, Senior Division, 3rd Place: Abhinav Godavarthi, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Med. & Health Sciences, Senior Division, 3rd Place: Likhita Nandigam, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Dallas County Medical Society
1st Place: Rakaan Alhaddad, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
1st Place: Rohan Mehta, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
2nd Place: Alay Shah, SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Honorable Mention: Sai Kotha, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, COPPELL;
Honorable Mention: Russell Ramsay, DALLAS INTERNATIONAL HS, PRIVATE;
Honorable Mention: Likhita Nandigam, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Honorable Mention: Abhinav Godavarthi, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Dallas County Veterinary Medical Association
Honorable Mention: Claire Jenkins, BISHOP LYNCH HIGH, PAROCHIAL;
Junior Division, 1st Place: Rithvik Ganesh, RICE MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Junior Division, 2nd Place: Kathryn McElhenie, JL LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL, DALLAS;
Senior Division, 1st Place: Sabrina Wood, FRISCO ISD HS, FRISCO;
Senior Division, 2nd Place: Grace Ward, MCMILLEN HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
DFW Chapter of Hazardous Materials
1st Place Senior Division Best Hazardous Materials Project : John Rho, SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
GENIUS Olympiad
Exceptional Genius Award: Eshan Chhabra, PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Exceptional Genius Award: Shiva Teerdhala, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Exceptional Genius Award: Alvin Ta, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Intel
Excellence in Computer Science Award: Triston Zhang, PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
McKinney Amateur Radio Club, Inc
Honorable Mention: Rebecca Smith, OTTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Honorable Mention: Jonathan Smith, OTTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Junior Division, 1st Place: Katherine Forson, RENNER MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Senior Division, 1st Place: Alex Ni, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
MU Alpha Theta
Award for Mathematics: Mari Taira, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, COPPELL;
Award for Mathematics: Vishal Sivamani, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, COPPELL;
NASA
Earth System Science Award: Shiva Teerdhala, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Earth System Science Award: Alvin Ta, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award: Isha Riaz, PEARSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award: Shreya Gharge, PEARSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
National Space Society of North Texas
Honorable Mention: Andrew McFearin, HENDRICK MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Honorable Mention: Joseph Mendoza, HARMONY SCHOOL OF NATURE (DALLAS) HS, CHARTER;
Honorable Mention: Zackry Thomas, HARMONY SCHOOL OF NATURE (DALLAS) HS, CHARTER;
Honorable Mention: Merissa Rieken, HARMONY SCHOOL OF NATURE (DALLAS) HS, CHARTER;
Honorable Mention: Rishna Renikunta, FOWLER MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Space Exploration Scholarship 1st Place: Revanth Kaja, VANDEVENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Space Exploration Scholarship 2nd Place: Satvik Mahendra, RICE MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Office of Naval Research
Naval Science Award, Junior Division: Izma Khurram, RICE MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Junior Division: Angelina Yang, ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Junior Division: Nairit Sarkar, MILLRIDGE HOMESCHOOL, HOMESCHOOL;
Naval Science Award, Junior Division: Arnav Murthy, SCHIMELPFENIG MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Junior Division: Aanchal Singh, FOWLER MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Naval Science Award, Junior Division: Carter Smith, PEARSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Naval Science Award, Junior Division: Charles Hou, SCHIMELPFENIG MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Junior Division: Aditya Panda, RICE MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Junior Division: Tegan Yao, ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Junior Division: Sophie Krajmalnik, FRANKFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Senior Division: Abhilash Potluri, PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Senior Division: Alex Ni, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Senior Division: Kevin Meng, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Senior Division: Sujai Hiremath, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Senior Division: Derek Qin, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Senior Division: Nikola Djordjevic-Kisacanin, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Senior Division: Pranathi Pilla, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Senior Division: Sujoy Purkayastha, PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Rockwell Collins Leadership Association
Outstanding Communications Project Junior Div. 1st Place: Ashna Murali, SCHIMELPFENIG MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Outstanding Communications Project Junior Div. 2nd Place: Harsh Patel, MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Outstanding Communications Project Junior Div. 3rd Place: Alexander Hennel, VANDEVENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Outstanding Communications Project Senior Div. 1st Place: Rhythm Garg, FRISCO ISD HS, FRISCO;
Outstanding Communications Project Senior Div. 2nd Place: Kevin Meng, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Outstanding Communications Project Senior Div. 3rd Place: Alex Lin, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Society for In Vitro Biology
Outstanding Achievement in In Vitro Biology, 11th Grade: Jacob Mammen, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Society of American Military Engineers
Best Engineering Project: Esha Kumar, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, COPPELL;
Honorable Mention: Luke Logan, SCOGGINS MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Honorable Mention: Tanya Arya, COBB MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Southwestern Medical Foundation
Honorable Mention: Rohan Khera, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Award: Amanda Moon, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Stockholm Junior Water Prize
Best Water Project- High School: Meghana Nadella, ALLEN HIGH SCHOOL, ALLEN;
Best Water Project- High School: Tom Vazhekatt, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, COPPELL;
Terracon, Inc.
Engineering Excellence Award, Senior Div. 1st Place Individual : Ronit Kirumaki, SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Engineering Excellence Award, Senior Div. 1st Place Individual : Shohan Ghoshal, SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Engineering Excellence Award, Senior Div. 2nd Place Individual : Joshua Wang, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Engineering Excellence Award, Senior Div. 3rd Place Individual : Derek Qin, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Environmental Excellence Award, Senior Div. 1st Place Individual: John Rho, SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Environmental Excellence Award, Senior Div. 2nd Place Individual: Alvin Ta, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Environmental Excellence Award, Senior Div. 2nd Place Individual: Shiva Teerdhala, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD
Environmental Excellence Award, Senior Div. 3rd Place Individual: Michael Chen, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Texas Instruments
Best electronics or computing project, Junior Division: Harsh Patel, MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Best electronics or computing project, Junior Division: Sophie Krajmalnik, FRANKFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Best electronics or computing project, Junior Division: Ananya Sridhar, OTTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Best electronics or computing project, Senior Division: Anna Theodore, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Best electronics or computing project, Senior Division: Atharva Kakade, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Best electronics or computing project, Senior Division: Aryan Agarwal, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
The Cooper Institute
Exercise/Health/Nutrition, Junior, 1st Place: Sophie Krajmalnik, FRANKFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Exercise/Health/Nutrition, Junior, 2nd Place: Tanvi Kangralkar, FOWLER MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Exercise/Health/Nutrition, Junior, 3rd Place: Isaac Klein, COBB MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Exercise/Health/Nutrition, Senior, 1st Place: Suchira Karusala, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, COPPELL;
Exercise/Health/Nutrition, Senior, 1st Place: Anvita Ukidwe, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, COPPELL;
Exercise/Health/Nutrition, Senior, 1st Place: Aashi Lala, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, COPPELL;
Exercise/Health/Nutrition, Senior, 2nd Place: Breigh Plat, FRISCO ISD HS, FRISCO;
Exercise/Health/Nutrition, Senior, 2nd Place: Shivani Kosuri, FRISCO ISD HS, FRISCO;
Exercise/Health/Nutrition, Senior, 3rd Place: Jessica Yang, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, COPPELL;
Exercise/Health/Nutrition, Senior, 3rd Place: Mackenzie Carreon, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, COPPELL;
Honorable Mention: Neil Gupta, MAUS MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
The Mars Society -DFW Chapter
Honorable Mention: Catherine Yang, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Honorable Mention: Maggie Fosmark, SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Honorable Mention: Revanth Kaja, VANDEVENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
The Mars Society-Curiosity Award: Rithvik Ramesh, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 6th
Achievement in Environmental Protection Honorable Mention: Pranathi Pilla, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Achievement in Environmental Protection Honorable Mention: Draven Henderson, UPLIFT HAMPTON HS, CHARTER;
Achievement in Environmental Protection Honorable Mention: Risha Valera, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Achievement in Environmental Protection Honorable Mention: Dylan Monk, UPLIFT HAMPTON HS, CHARTER;
Achievement in Environmental Protection Honorable Mention: Shaan Bhandari, THE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Achievement in Environmental Protection Honorable Mention: Krithika Ravishankar, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, COPPELL;
Achievement in Environmental Protection Honorable Mention: Zach Vazhekatt, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, COPPELL;
Achievement in Environmental Protection Honorable Mention: Om Dodiya, THE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Achievement in Environmental Protection Honorable Mention: Anthony Jiang, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
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Achievement in Environmental Protection Honorable Mention: Taran Gupta, SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Achievement in Environmental Protection Honorable Mention: Karthik Karuppiah, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, COPPELL;
Exemplary Achievement in Environmental Protection: Sahana Ramasamy, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, COPPELL;
Exemplary Achievement in Environmental Protection: Thomas Kuo, CLARK HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Exemplary Achievement in Environmental Protection: Sujoy Purkayastha, PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Exemplary Achievement in Environmental Protection: Mark Panjaitan, CLARK HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
U.S. Metric Association
Best Use of SI Units in a Project, Senior Division: Bruce Capen III, SCOGGINS MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Best Use of SI Units in a Project, Senior Division: Griffin Doherty, SCOGGINS MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
WEAT / TAWWA
Honorable Mention: Mansi Madaik, MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Junior Division, 1st Place: Keshav Vasanth, OTTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Junior Division, 2nd Place: James Poe, VANDEVENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Junior Division, 3rd Place: Lucas Sasaya, MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Senior Division, 1st Place: Meghana Nadella, ALLEN HIGH SCHOOL, ALLEN;
Senior Division, 2nd Place: Tom Vazhekatt, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, COPPELL;
Senior Division, 3rd Place: Jacqueline Mojazza, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Senior Division, 3rd Place: Teddy Hsieh, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
WK Research, Inc
WK Research Best 6th Grade Project: Zehra Jaffery, HARMONY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DALLAS MS, CHARTER;
Honorable Mention: Jack Lemoine, JL LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL, DALLAS;
Honorable Mention: Evan Segura, JL LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL, DALLAS;
Honorable Mention: Gianna Fazio, H. W. LONGFELLOW CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY, DALLAS;
Honorable Mention: Marc Segura, JL LONG MIDDLE SCHOOL, DALLAS;
Yale Science & Engineering Association, Inc.
Most Outstanding 11th Grade Exhibit: Kailash Subramanian, PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;