SPECIAL AWARDS

Acoustical Society of America

Outstanding Junior Acoustic Project: Alex Ni, ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Outstanding Senior Acoustic Project: Alexis Martinez, BARACK OBAMA MALE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AT B.F. DARRELL HIGH SCHOOL, DALLAS ISD;
Outstanding Senior Acoustic Project: Akhil Saxena, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Air Force Research Laboratory
Outstanding Project with Air Force Applicability: Aditya Arjun, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Outstanding Project with Air Force Applicability: Muhammad Ahnaf, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Outstanding Project with Air Force Applicability: Michael Pozmantir, IMAGINE INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CHARTER;
Outstanding Project with Air Force Applicability: Ritik Patnaik, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
American Chemical Society DFW
Best Chemistry Project : Brian Ho, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
American Industrial Hygiene Association- North Texas Section
Junior Division, 1st Place: Aravind Kuchibhatla, VANDEVENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Senior Division, 1st Place: Natasha Chugh, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
American Meteorology Society
Outstanding Achievement in Atmospheric Science, Senior Division: Burzin Balsara & Malav Shah, PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Outstanding Achievement in Atmospheric Science, Senior Division: Jacob Jeter & Levi Villarreal, WAXAHACHIE GLOBAL HS, WAXAHACHIE;
American Meteorology Society - North Texas Chapter
Meteorology First Place, Senior Division: Burzin Balsara & Malav Shah, PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Meteorology Honorable Mention, Senior Division: Jacob Jeter & Levi Villarreal, WAXAHACHIE GLOBAL HS, WAXAHACHIE;
Meteorology First Place, Junior Division: Sasha Luich, MAUS MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Meteorology Honorable Mention, Junior Division: Areebah Fatima, QALAM COLLEGIATE ACADEMY MS, PAROCHIAL;
American Psychological Association
Achievement in Psychological Science: Vivek Raghuram, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Achievement in Psychological Science: Baxter Thompson, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
American Society of Safety Engineers
Junior Division Award: Atharva Kakade, ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Senior Division Award: Thea Owens, MCMILLEN HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
American Statistical Association - North Texas Chapter
ASA Award for Statistical Excellence - Junior Division: Esha Kumar, COPPELL MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST, COPPELL;
ASA Award for Statistical Excellence - Senior Division: Jeremy Zhang, CLARK HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
ASM Materials Education Foundation
Most Outstanding Exhibit in Materials Science: Esha Kumar, COPPELL MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST, COPPELL;
Baylor Research Institute
Med. & Health Sciences, Senior Division, 1st Place: Shelly Goel, SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT YVONNE A. EWELL
TOWNVIEW CENTER
Med. & Health Sciences, Senior Division, 2nd Place: Shambhavi Badi & Riya Danait, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Med. & Health Sciences, Senior Division, 3rd Place: Yesh Doctor & Kshitij Sachan, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Dallas County Medical Society
1st Place: Shambhavi Badi & Riya Danait, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
2nd Place: Anup Arvind, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Dallas County Veterinary Medical Association
Junior Division, 1st Place: Nathan Drew, FRANKFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Junior Division, 2nd Place: Emily Chen, BOWMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Senior Division, 1st Place: Raghu Gorla & Nitya Natesan, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Senior Division, 2nd Place: Austin Katzer & Jason Smith, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
DFW Chapter of Hazardous Materials Managers
1st Place Senior Division Best Hazardous Materials Project: Khushi Thakkar, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Frontiers of Flight Museum
Aerospace Excellence Award - Junior Division: Melaud Elahi & Sai Pabbisetty, MAUS MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Aerospace Excellence Award - Senior Division: Claire Gilmore, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
GENIUS Olympiad
Energy, First Place: Eshan Chhabra, SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Enviromental Quality, First Place: Khushi Thakkar, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Robotics, First Place: Nikola Djordjevic-Kisacanin, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
iD Tech Camps
iD Tech STEM Award: Yash Saxena, RENNER MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Intel
Excellence in Computer Science Award: Brandon Wang, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
I-SWEEEP (International Sustainable World Project Olympiad)
Outstanding Sustainability Award: Shirui Zhong, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Outstanding Sustainability Award: Vandan Patel, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Outstanding Sustainability Award: Uneeb Sajjad, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Outstanding Sustainability Award: Nick Sangha, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Outstanding Sustainability Award: Vijay Vuyyuru, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Outstanding Sustainability Award: Khushi Thakkar, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Outstanding Sustainability Award: Boris Vesselinov, SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Outstanding Sustainability Award: Meghana Nadella, ALLEN HIGH SCHOOL, ALLEN;
McKinney Amateur Radio Club, Inc
Junior Division, 1st Place: Nevan Gibbens, LONGFELLOW CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY, DALLAS;
Senior Division, 1st Place: Arun Eswara & Avi Patel, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
MU Alpha Theta
Award for Mathematics: Meena Hari, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
NASA
Earth System Science Award: Khushi Thakkar, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award: Khushi Thakkar, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD
National Space Society of North Texas
Space Exploration Scholarship: Aarushi Sharma, VANDEVENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Space Exploration Scholarship: Ethan Sayre, MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Honorable Mention: Tarang Sane, PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Honorable Mention: Annie Zhi, CLARK HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
NIT-Rourkela Alumni Association
Best Engineering Project - Junior Division: Joshua Wang, ROBINSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Best Engineering Project - Senior Division: Ritik Patnaik, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Junior Division Honorable Mention: Blanca Trujillo, ARMSTRONG MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Junior Division Honorable Mention: Pratyush Mohapatra & Govardhan Poondi & Arnold Venter, RENNER MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Senior Division Honorable Mention: Jacqueline Mojazza, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Senior Division Honorable Mention: Siraj Shaikh & Ahsan Qadri & Matthew Yu, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Office of Naval Research
Naval Science Award, Junior Division: Charles Hou, SCHIMELPFENIG MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Junior Division: Sriya Chebrolu, HUNT MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Naval Science Award, Junior Division: Navya Ramakrishnan, RICE MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Junior Division: Julian Beaumont, VANDEVENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Naval Science Award, Junior Division: Robbie Violante, FOWLER MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Naval Science Award, Junior Division: Arjun Raghuram, OTTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Junior Division: William Hurley, MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Junior Division: Keshav Vasanth, OTTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Senior Division: Eshan Chhabra, SHEPTON HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Senior Division: Muhammad Ahnaf, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Senior Division: Brian Ho, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Senior Division: Abhilash Potluri, PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Senior Division: Nikola Djordjevic-Kisacanin, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Senior Division: Claire Gilmore, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Naval Science Award, Senior Division: Michael Pozmantir, IMAGINE INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CHARTER;
Naval Science Award, Senior Division: Brandon Wang, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Pleasant Oaks Gem and Mineral Club of Dallas
Pleasant Oaks Gem and Mineral Club Honorable Mention: Pedro Rodriguez & Anthony Velazquez, UPLIFTPEAK MS, CHARTER;
Pleasant Oaks Gem and Mineral Club Honorable Mention : Sara RebolloDiaz, WESTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Pleasant Oaks Gem and Mineral Club Special Award: Robert Martinez, GRIFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Ricoh Americans Corporation
Sustainable Development Award: Khushi Thakkar, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Rockwell Collins Leadership Association
Outstanding Communications Project Junior Div. 1st Place: Soren Ingraham, SANGER MIDDLE SCHOOL, DALLAS;
Outstanding Communications Project Junior Div. 2nd Place: Danielle Furman, FRANKFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Outstanding Communications Project Junior Div. 3rd Place: Yash Saxena, RENNER MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Outstanding Communications Project Senior Div. 1st Place: Nikola Djordjevic-Kisacanin, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Outstanding Communications Project Senior Div. 2nd Place: Avinash Damania, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Outstanding Communications Project Senior Div. 3rd Place: Brandon Wang, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Society for In Vitro Biology
Outstanding Achievement in In Vitro Biology, 11th Grade: Austin Katzer & Jason Smith, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Society of American Military Engineers
Best Engineering Project: Victoria Fasakin, HARMONY SCHOOL OF NATURE DALLAS HS, CHARTER;
Best Engineering Project Honorable Mention: Tiffany Doan & Samira Kethu, OTTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Best Engineering Project Honorable Mention: Karthik Iyer & Pranav Pattatathunaduvil, RICE MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Southwestern Medical Foundation
Kathryn and Ashley H. Priddy Award: Tom Punnen, FOWLER MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Stockholm Junior Water Prize
Best Water Project- High School: Meghana Nadella, ALLEN HIGH SCHOOL, ALLEN;
Best Water Project- High School: Khushi Thakkar, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Best Water Project- High School: Shirui Zhong, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Terracon Consultants, Inc.
Environmental Excellence Award, Senior Div. 1st Place Individual: Annie Zhi, CLARK HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Environmental Excellence Award, Senior Div. 2nd Place Individual: Burzin Balsara & Malav Shah, PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Environmental Excellence Award, Senior Div. 3rd Place Individual: Sumati Srivastava, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Texas Instruments
Best electronics or computing project, Junior Division: Aditi Mallela, Rishi Mallela & Sid Turaga, MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Best electronics or computing project, Senior Division: Andrei Spiride & Alex Spiride, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Best electronics or computing project, Senior Division: Muhammad Ahnaf, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Texas Tech University Dep. Of Plant and Soil Science
Environmental Science, Senior Division, 1st Place: Khushi Thakkar, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Environmental Science, Senior Division, 2nd Place: Meghana Nadella, ALLEN HIGH SCHOOL, ALLEN;
Plant Sciences, Senior Division, 1st Place: Shreeya Chodavadia, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Plant Sciences, Senior Division, 2nd Place: Faizan Firdaus & Tom Vazhekatt, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, COPPELL;
The Cooper Institute
Exercise/Health/Nutrition, Junior, 1st Place: Pratyush Mallick, BOWMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Exercise/Health/Nutrition, Junior, 2nd Place: Ivana Durcanska, FRANKFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Exercise/Health/Nutrition, Junior, 3rd Place: Ganan Muhunthan & John Rho, RENNER MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Exercise/Health/Nutrition, Senior, 1st Place: Shelly Goel, SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT YVONNE A. EWELL TOWNVIEW
CENTER,
Exercise/Health/Nutrition, Senior, 2nd Place: Shambhavi Badi & Riya Danait, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Exercise/Health/Nutrition, Senior, 3rd Place: Karthik Rajagopal & Paul Romero, CLARK HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
The Mars Society -DFW Chapter
The Mars Society-Curiosity Award: Eunyoung Kim, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, COPPELL;
The Mars Society-Honorable Mention: Jacob Jeter & Levi Villarreal, WAXAHACHIE GLOBAL HS, WAXAHACHIE;
The Mars Society-Honorable Mention: Claire Gilmore, PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
The Mars Society-Honorable Mention: Ian Strickler, PEARSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 6th chapter
Exemplary Achievement in Environmental Protection: Meghana Nadella, ALLEN HIGH SCHOOL, ALLEN;
Exemplary Achievement in Environmental Protection: Sasha Luich, MAUS MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Achievement in Environmental Protection Honorable Mention: Krithika Ravishankar, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, COPPELL;
Achievement in Environmental Protection Honorable Mention: Gaurav Pandey, PIONEER HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Achievement in Environmental Protection Honorable Mention: Avyay Katre, PIONEER HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRISCO;
Achievement in Environmental Protection Honorable Mention: Victoria Fasakin, HARMONY SCHOOL OF NATURE DALLAS HS, CHARTER;
Achievement in Environmental Protection Honorable Mention: Carole Walker, MURPHY MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Achievement in Environmental Protection Honorable Mention: Vijay Vuyyuru, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
U.S. Metric Association
Best Use of SI Units in a Project, Senior Division: Sabeen Wazir, PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
WEAT / TAWWA
Junior Division, 1st Place: Russell Ramsay & Eddie Ulbricht, DALLAS INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, PRIVATE;
Junior Division, 2nd Place: Karthik Iyer & Pranav Pattatathunaduvil, RICE MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Junior Division, 3rd Place: Abishai Rajan, SCHIMELPFENIG MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Senior Division, 1st Place: Meghana Nadella, ALLEN HIGH SCHOOL, ALLEN;
Senior Division, 2nd Place: Khushi Thakkar, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
Senior Division, 3rd Place: Shirui Zhong, JASPER HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;
WK Research, Inc
WK Research Best 6th Grade Project: John Washington, LONGFELLOW CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY, DALLAS;
Yale Science & Engineering Association, Inc.
Most Outstanding 11th Grade Exhibit: Raymond Jow, PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, PLANO ISD;