2023 Fair Results

Grand Prize Winners, 9-12

Madeleine BenderMentor High School

Biological Science Categories Winner
“Examination of the Different Physiological Responses of Daphnia to Different Chemical Pollutants in Increasing Concentrations”

Samyuktha IyerLaurel School

Biological Science Categories Winner
“Role of CRMP2 Interaction with kinase CDK5 in the Formation of Neurofibrillary Tangles in Alzheimer’s Disease”

Taylor SchindleyMentor High School

Biological Science Categories Winner
“Comparing the Effectiveness of Verbal and Visual Prompting on Verbal and Nonverbal Students with Autism”

Beatrice HardacreHawken School

Physical Science Categories Winner
“Biomimetic Composites with Natural Fiber Reinforced, Recyclable Bio-based Benzoxazine Resins”

Bryn MorganWest Geauga High School

Physical Science Categories Winner
DSLR Photometry and Star Tracking

Grand Prize Winners, 7-8

Andrea TrotterSt. Mary of the Falls School

Biological Science Categories Winner
“Sugar vs. Substitutes”

Emily XieHathaway Brown School

Physical Science Categories Winner
“Solar Desalination”

First Place Winners All Categories

John Anand
Mirabel Hattier
Emily Meckler
Leen Salem
Zain Anwar
Samyuktha Iyer
John Mele
Taylor Schindley
Eve Belding
Vishwum Kapadia
Jovany Morales
Connor Shank
Madeleine Bender
Lyla Levin
Bryn Morgan
Amaan Siddiqi
Maxwell Cremona
Cecelia Mascia
David O’Reilly
Andrea Trotter
Evan Dan
Cassidy McDonald
Sairam Pantham
Emily Xie
Beatrice Hardacre

Special Awards Listed by Student

Gulrose Abdullah
Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge

David Anand
Materion

John Anand
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Statistical Association – Cleveland Chapter

Zain Anwar
Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Cancer Biology
Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Sciences
Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Inflammation & Immunity
Cleveland Clinic – Lerner College of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Lerner Research Institute

Justice Arai
American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics – Northern Ohio Section
Heroux Devtek
Materion
Parker Hannifin Corporation
Society of Automotive Engineers – Cleveland Section

Zaid Ashruf
Cleveland Clinic – Lerner College of Medicine

Alexander Bach
Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge

Yousef Bani-Hani
American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers
CSU – Dept of Physics

Benjamin Bartyzel
Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Psychiatry and Psychology

Eve Belding
American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics – Northern Ohio Section
American Statistical Association – Cleveland Chapter

Madeleine Bender
American Chemical Society – Cleveland Section
American Statistical Association – Cleveland Chapter
CSU – Dept of Biological, Geological & Environmental Sciences
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize

Ruby Bentkowski
ASM International – Cleveland Chapter

Isabella Bodzin
Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Psychiatry and Psychology

Dylan Bosley
ASM International – Cleveland Chapter

Olive Capretta
Cleveland Chemical Association

Grace Chen
FirstEnergy Corporation
National Geographic

Grant Congdon
Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Biomedical Engineering
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers – Cleveland Section
Rockwell Automation
U.S. Air Force

Dominic Corletzi
Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors

Maxwell Cremona
American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics – Northern Ohio Section
Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge

Josephine Daher
Cleveland Chemical Association
Iota Sigma Pi – Fluorine Chapter, Cleveland
William R. Sweet Award for Chemistry

Evan Dan
Cleveland Clinic – Lerner College of Medicine

Jayden Davidson
Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Psychiatry and Psychology

Manzili Denis
Cleveland Clinic – Lerner College of Medicine

Matthew Devine
American Society of Civil Engineers
ASM International – Cleveland Chapter
Ricoh Americas Corporation

Bryan Dong
Cleveland Clinic – Lerner Research Institute
Dominion Energy Ohio
Rockwell Automation
U.S. Navy and Marine Corp – Office of Naval Research

Hadi El-Hallak
American Society of Mechanical Engineers – Cleveland Section
Heroux Devtek
Society of Automotive Engineers – Cleveland Section

Amber Ellis
American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Dalia Epstein
Cleveland Chemical Association

Kaitlyn Ernst
American Statistical Association – Cleveland Chapter
Cleveland Clinic – Lerner College of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Lerner Research Institute

Adeline Estremera
American Chemical Society – Cleveland Section

Madelyn Formanski
CSU – Dept of Biological, Geological & Environmental Sciences

Marquis Fort
William R. Sweet Award for Chemistry

Grace French
American Statistical Association – Cleveland Chapter
CSU – Office of Admissions

Olivia Frey
CSU – Dept of Physics

Taryn Goedecke
American Society of Civil Engineers
ASM International – Cleveland Chapter
Parker Hannifin Corporation

Joshua Gordon
Cleveland Chemical Association

Giuliana Grdina
William R. Sweet Award for Chemistry

Nathan Greenberg
Cleveland Chemical Association

Augusta Halle
Cleveland Clinic – Lerner College of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Lerner Research Institute
Society for In Vitro Biology
Yale Science & Engineering Association

Beatrice Hardacre
The Society of Plastics Engineers – Cleveland Section

Ian Harrison
Northeastern Ohio Water Environment Association

Ameina Harvey
American Psychological Association

Ava Hawkins
Holden Forests & Gardens
Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge

Olivia Heinz
Cleveland Chemical Association
William R. Sweet Award for Chemistry

Haniyah Imran
American Statistical Association – Cleveland Chapter
Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Quantitative Health Sciences
Cleveland Clinic – Lerner College of Medicine
CSU – Dept of Biological, Geological & Environmental Sciences
CWRU – Women Faculty of the School of Medicine

Alexander Ing
Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors

Samyuktha Iyer
Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Inflammation & Immunity
Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Neurosciences
CWRU – Women Faculty of the School of Medicine

Ayat Jaffar
American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers
FirstEnergy Corporation
Great Lakes Science Center
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers – Cleveland Section
Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge
U.S. Air Force

Ailyia Jones
CWRU – Leonard Gelfand STEM Center

Ava Kaminski
American Chemical Society – Cleveland Section

Jack Klinect
Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge

Francesca Koonce
Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Sciences

Zoltan Kotrebai
Battery Innovation Center
CSU – Office of Admissions
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers – Cleveland Section
U.S. Navy and Marine Corp – Office of Naval Research

Madelyn Krese
Cleveland Chemical Association

Kaajal Krishnan
American Statistical Association – Cleveland Chapter
Cleveland Clinic – Lerner College of Medicine
CWRU – Women Faculty of the School of Medicine

Lyla Levin
Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Neurosciences
Cleveland Clinic – Dr. Michael G. McKee Award for Mind-Body Medicine

Laila Lewis
Cleveland Clinic – Genomic Medicine Institute, Dr. and Mrs. S.P. Eng Memorial Award
Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors
U.S. Navy and Marine Corp – Office of Naval Research

Kathryn Lisachenko
Association for Women Geoscientists

Caroline Lu
American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics – Northern Ohio Section
Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors

Holly Marquis
American Statistical Association – Cleveland Chapter
Cleveland Clinic – Lerner Research Institute

Connor Marrie
Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society

Ismael Masood
Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge

Tyler McClelland
U.S. Navy and Marine Corp – Office of Naval Research

Tristane McDermott
Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors

Colin McDonald
Cleveland Chemical Association
William R. Sweet Award for Chemistry

Emily Meckler
American Chemical Society – Cleveland Section
Cleveland Chemical Association
Iota Sigma Pi – Fluorine Chapter, Cleveland
Materion
Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors – Sam Brooks Award
Society for Applied Spectroscopy – Cleveland Section
U.S. Navy and Marine Corp – Office of Naval Research
William R. Sweet Award for Chemistry

John Mele
ASM International – Cleveland Chapter
Parker Hannifin Corporation

Sullivan Meneghetti
Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors
The Society of Plastics Engineers – Cleveland Section

Liam Meyerhoeffer
Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors

Jarod Miller
American Chemical Society – Cleveland Section
Cleveland Clinic – Award for Scientific Enthusiasm
Cleveland Clinic – Genomic Medicine Institute, Dr. Charis Eng Mentorship Award

Kaitlyn Miller
American Society of Civil Engineers
Cleveland Clinic – Genomic Medicine Institute, Dr. and Mrs. S.P. Eng Memorial Award
U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize

Jonathan Mo
American Statistical Association – Cleveland Chapter

William Monaghan
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Parker Hannifin Corporation

Sean Morad
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers – Cleveland Section
Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors
The Lemelson Foundation
Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge
U.S. Air Force

Jovany Morales
Cleveland Chemical Association
William R. Sweet Award for Chemistry

Bryn Morgan
American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics – Northern Ohio Section
Cleveland Clinic – Lerner Research Institute
NASA Earth System Science Award

Caitlyn Morton
Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors

Elisa Moulthrop
Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors

Adharsh Narendrakumar
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers – Cleveland Section
ISA (The International Society of Automation)
Rockwell Automation

Jack Nelson
Parker Hannifin Corporation

Will Northup
American Society of Mechanical Engineers – Cleveland Section
Society of Automotive Engineers – Cleveland Section

John O´Donnell
American Psychological Association

David O’Reilly
American Chemical Society – Cleveland Section
U.S. Metric Association
William R. Sweet Award for Chemistry

Elle Oberfield
Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Cancer Biology

Sairam Pantham
American Statistical Association – Cleveland Chapter
Regeneron Biomedical Science Award

Katarina Pavlak
Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge

William Pecot
Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Psychiatry and Psychology

Manya Raina
U.S. Navy and Marine Corp – Office of Naval Research

Stone Rambert
American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Estella Reese
American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers
CSU – Dept of Physics

Mason Reiss
ASM International – Cleveland Chapter

Christopher Riley
Cleveland Clinic – Lerner Research Institute
Parker Hannifin Corporation

Aria Risling
Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Psychiatry and Psychology
Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors

Edwin Rosello
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society

Anthony Sacha
ASM International – Cleveland Chapter
U.S. Navy and Marine Corp – Office of Naval Research

Clare Salem
Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors

Taylor Schindley
Cleveland Clinic – Dr. Michael G. McKee Award for Mind-Body Medicine
Cleveland Clinic – Genomic Medicine Institute, Dr. and Mrs. S.P. Eng Memorial Award
CWRU – Women Faculty of the School of Medicine