2026 Fair Results
Links to Fair Results and Highlights
Grand Prize Winners, 9-12
These 6 students will represent NEOSEF at the highest level of science fair competition at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix, AZ in May, 2026.
Biological Science Categories Winner
Analysis of Gene Expression and ADAR Editing in Fluoroquinolone Treated Astrocytes Exposed To Cadmium
Biological Science Categories Winner
Decoding GLP-1: Digital Twins to Separate Neural Pathways from Metabolic Pathways in Brain Health
Biological Science Categories Winner
Motorized Arm Rehabilitation Device for Disease and Sports-Induced Movement Impairment
Physical Science Categories Winner
Beyond the Riemann Hypothesis: A Novel Geometric Approach to Deterministic Prime Location for Enhanced Cryptographic Security
Physical Science Categories Winner
Early-Stage Inference of Wildfire Spread Dynamics Using Physics-Constrained Deep Learning
Physical Science Categories Winner
Impact of Mechanical Design on Piezoelectric Energy Collection
Grand Prize Winners, 7-8
Biological Science Categories Winner
Protecting Probiotics: How Buffer Foods Affect Curd Probiotics During Digestion
Physical Science Categories Winner
Real-Time ASL Word Recognition System
- Hassan Al-Shafee
- Karan Bahl
- Kamil Balci
- Zoe Barninger
- Ayushman Dey
- Michael Hardy-Elwell
- Dhriti Jayant
- Japneet Kaur
- Saavia Khan
- Oliver Krishnaney
- Sullivan Meneghetti
- Harshith Nelabhotla
- Quinn O’Brien
- Laura Pinto
- Nakshatra Sathish
- Colin Scheider
- Annie Song
- Nathan Thomas
- Layla Tilk
- Yifan Wang
- Xianhao Wu
- Andrew Zaky
Second Place Winners All Categories
- Jimmy Adair
- Aarav Ahuja
- Nabil Albeiroti
- Iris Albright
- Kian Ansari-Gilani
- Zaid Anwar
- Sammy Armanazi
- Maria Arnett
- Aradhya Arun
- Riley Ascar
- Alexander Bach
- Paul Barras
- Benjamin Bartyzel
- Riley Bautista
- Colin Bennett
- Paul Berendt
- Syna Bhattacharya
- Brooklyn Bizga
- Maddie Brooks
- Sophie Brown
- Macey Busetincan
- Mary Katherine Charmley
- Manraj Chauhan
- Nahan Chege
- Anna Chi
- Daniel Chiang
- Hari Chimalakonda
- Logan Coleman
- Niko Constantinou
- Emma Cowan
- Jac Currid
- Lucas D’Cruz
- Noah DeLuca
- Aadhi Devarajan
- Kaustubh Devarakonda
- Archishman Dey
- Ayesha Faruki
- Bradley Field
- Claire Fitzmaurice
- Juliana Gauthier
- Srinika Gona
- Raaga Gouru
- Peter Grady
- Matthew Graham
- Jessica Guo
- Wesley Harris
- Muhammad Hasan
- CJ Hofstetter
- Chloe Hollowell
- Ethan Huck
- Zion Ivezzy
- Ayat Jaffar
- Avatarnandan Jayaprakash Narayanan
- Oliver Johansson
- So Eun Kang
- Saarim Khan
- Kylie King-Woods
- Max Klarfeld
- Fulton Kler
- Liza Kleybort
- Brennen Kostura
- Aaron Kutserman
- Emma Lieberg
- Archie Lynch
- Arash Mahipal
- Layla Maurer
- Andrew McKay
- Kayleanah McKay
- Alex Miller
- Taran Mills
- Abby Mitskavich
- Joseph Mo
- Asal Mohammadi
- Emma Morgan
- Gabriella Nadolski
- Vishakan Narendrakumar
- Jacob Neiding
- Haadi Nouman
- Daniel Pang
- Aryan Patel
- Samipa Patel
- Francis Pecot
- Max Pelsozy
- Molly Percic
- Emerson Pesta
- Sophia Pinto
- Aaron Plowman
- Beckham Post
- Griffin Quigley
- Shreyas Rajagopalan
- Stone Rambert
- Nicole Rashidi
- Eloise Reese
- Nikolas Riechers
- Owen Rinker
- Ali Sahi
- Frank Santelli
- Anya Sehgal
- Farida Shahata
- Leona Shepherd
- Zakarias Shishehbor
- Nandita Srikumar
- Harsith SundaraPandiyan
- Ava Suri
- Mannat Thumati
- Jaeger Toulouse
- Awa Toure
- Braiden Tran
- Shail Vakharia
- Lucy Weaver
- Rose Weinberg
- Magdalene Whitaker
- Ruby Woodfield
- Vihaan Yanamandra
Third Place Winners All Categories
- Anush Andi
- Archimedes Athanas
- Elise Babka
- Aiden Bai
- Matthew Bauer
- Grace Bertovic
- Molly Brent
- Atticus Chung
- Emilia Cowen
- Alexander Cross
- John D’Cruz
- Neo Dave
- Sophie Davis-Yarvis
- Brennan de Camara
- Anne Fei
- Amber Fiorelli
- Aakanksha Gadani
- Lyla Gibson
- Jackson Gillen
- John Gordon
- Christopher Gray Jr
- Anthony Haney
- Nathan Hinojosa
- Audrianna Honda
- Audrey Hong
- Claire Huang
- Averie Hull
- Luke Jordan
- Mi’Angel Jordan
- Alexis Karim
- Nimisha Kasliwal
- Julius Kelly
- Gabrielle Kemmerling
- Jonah Kiwi
- Shamita Kolluru
- Viyan Kshettry
- Rahjahn Lawrence
- Jaxon Lockhart
- Samhita Madhankumar
- Gowtham Madireddy
- Tristane McDermott
- Lillian McHale
- Caleb McWhorter
- Ella Milford
- Gaurav Mishra
- Yusuf Mohamed
- Abdulrahman Mouchli
- Antoinete Mwenge
- Evelyn Nowak
- Aneesa Odetallah
- Alex Paclipan
- Shri Patel
- Evangeline Perinbaraja
- Abigail Piazza
- Andrew Ridler
- Lina Rietsch
- Elizabeth Roche
- Selena Rudin
- Cecilia Sanders
- Simrah Shaikh
- Rayeann Sharma
- Kylie Sheehan
- Elia Smith
- Nicolette Streicher
- Adam Suster
- Rida Tahir
- Decker Tatro
- Anirudh Varigonda
- Henry Vecchio
- Wesley Walker
- Matthew Wilcox
- Xinglin Yu
- Michael Zhang
- Linchang Zhao
Honorable Mention Winners All Categories
- Muhammad Abusharif
- Jesus Acevedo
- Ishita Agarwal
- Destiny Antonsanti
- Gabriel Awada
- Kanishk Bhat
- Aailyah Biami
- Varada Borawake
- Shreyas Eluri
- Nathan Fuller
- Gannon Gooding
- Sabih Halim
- AutumnRae Hardin
- Lily Hemminger
- Jules Hill
- Ethan Hudak
- Colin Kalish
- Isra Kazmi
- Hailey Kelling
- Nadine Khanfar
- Kevyon King
- Caitlin Krueger
- Daniel Lee
- Shri Madduri
- Matthew Mencke
- Chaz Miller
- Alexander Modic
- Joy Mugongo
- Lucy Mugongo
- Cybil Nagy
- Ryo Nakano
- Elizabeth O’Bryan
- Drew O’Donnell
- Syesha Paclipan
- Jenny Patton
- Sophia Petruziello
- Isabella Pontau
- Aubrey Porter
- Giana Powell
- Pedro Reyes
- Emileo Rodriguez-Toney
- Kylie Roux
- Saleh Saleh
- Hasini Senthil Kumar
- Taahir Shaikh
- Madison Sustar
- Evelyn Suvak
- Declan Varouh
- Holden Wald
Special Awards – By Last Name
- Jesus Acevedo
- U.S. Navy and Marine Corp – Office of Naval Research
- William R. Sweet Award for Chemistry
- Jimmy Adair
- U.S. Navy and Marine Corp – Office of Naval Research
- Nabil Albeiroti
- American Chemical Society – Cleveland Section
- U.S. Navy and Marine Corp – Office of Naval Research
- Anush Andi
- Society of Automotive Engineers – Cleveland Section
- Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
- Destiny Antonsanti
- William R. Sweet Award for Chemistry
- Zaid Anwar
- American Statistical Association – Cleveland Chapter
- Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Quantitative Health Sciences
- Sammy Armanazi
- Society for In Vitro Biology
- Maria Arnett
- Association for Women Geoscientists
- Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors
- Society of Automotive Engineers – Cleveland Section
- Riley Ascar
- Cleveland Chemical Association
- Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors
- Gabriel Awada
- U.S. Air Force
- Alexander Bach
- MAGNET (Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network)
- Parker Hannifin Corporation
- Karan Bahl
- American Statistical Association – Cleveland Chapter
- Cleveland Clinic Research
- Aiden Bai
- Anands Homeschool Academy
- NASA
- Kamil Balci
- Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Heart, Blood & Kidney Research
- Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Microbial Sciences in Health
- Zoe Barninger
- Water Environment Federation / Stockholm Junior Water Prize
- Benjamin Bartyzel
- American Statistical Association – Cleveland Chapter
- Riley Bautista
- American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics – Northern Ohio Section
- Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers – Cleveland Section
- Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors
- Parker Hannifin Corporation
- Colin Bennett
- Society of Automotive Engineers – Cleveland Section
- Paul Berendt
- Cleveland Chemical Association
- Kanishk Bhat
- NEOhio ADLM Emerging Scholar Award in Diagnostic Laboratory Medicine
- Syna Bhattacharya
- Cleveland Clinic – Award for Scientific Creativity
- Cleveland Clinic – Lerner College of Medicine
- Aailyah Biami
- Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors
- Brooklyn Bizga
- Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
- Molly Brent
- Cleveland Clinic – Award for Scientific Creativity
- Maddie Brooks
- Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors
- Manraj Chauhan
- American Psychological Association
- Cleveland Clinic Research
- Daniel Chiang
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers
- Parker Hannifin Corporation
- Hari Chimalakonda
- Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
- Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society
- Atticus Chung
- U.S. Metric Association
- Logan Coleman
- Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
- Niko Constantinou
- Anands Homeschool Academy
- Alexander Cross
- U.S. Air Force
- Jac Currid
- American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics – Northern Ohio Section
- John D’Cruz
- American Statistical Association – Cleveland Chapter
- Cleveland Clinic – Lerner College of Medicine
- Lucas D’Cruz
- Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Genomic Sciences & Systems Biology
- Cleveland Clinic – Lerner College of Medicine
- Cleveland Clinic Research
- Brennan de Camara
- Cleveland Chemical Association
- Noah DeLuca
- Materion
- Aadhi Devarajan
- American Statistical Association – Cleveland Chapter
- Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Neurosciences
- Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Quantitative Health Sciences
- NEOhio ADLM Emerging Scholar Award in Diagnostic Laboratory Medicine
- Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
- Archishman Dey
- American Chemical Society – Cleveland Section
- American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers
- Materion
- NASA
- Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors
- Ayushman Dey
- Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Neurosciences
- Cleveland Clinic Research
- Shreyas Eluri
- Society for Applied Spectroscopy – Cleveland Section
- Ayesha Faruki
- American Statistical Association – Cleveland Chapter
- Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Quantitative Health Sciences
- NEOhio ADLM Emerging Scholar Award in Diagnostic Laboratory Medicine
- Anne Fei
- Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
- Bradley Field
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- American Statistical Association – Cleveland Chapter
- Anands Homeschool Academy
- Cleveland Clinic Research
- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
- Claire Fitzmaurice
- Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
- Aakanksha Gadani
- Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
- Juliana Gauthier
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- Ohio Water Environment Association – Northeast Ohio Chapter
- Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society
- John Gordon
- Holden Forests & Gardens
- Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
- Raaga Gouru
- William R. Sweet Award for Chemistry
- Peter Grady
- Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
- Matthew Graham
- ASM International – Cleveland Chapter
- Heroux Devtek – Landing Gear USA
- MAGNET (Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network)
- Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors
- Jessica Guo
- U.S. Air Force
- Sabih Halim
- Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Biomedical Engineering
- Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Heart, Blood & Kidney Research
- Anthony Haney
- Anands Homeschool Academy
- U.S. Navy and Marine Corp – Office of Naval Research
- Lily Hemminger
- Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society
- Jules Hill
- American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics – Northern Ohio Section
- Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
- CJ Hofstetter
- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
- Claire Huang
- Cleveland Clinic Research
- Ethan Huck
- American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics – Northern Ohio Section
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers – Cleveland Section
- Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers – Cleveland Section
- Ethan Hudak
- Cleveland Chemical Association
- Averie Hull
- American Statistical Association – Cleveland Chapter
- Zion Ivezzy
- Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
- Ayat Jaffar
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- ASM International – Cleveland Chapter
- Citadel Securities Innovation Prize
- Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers – Cleveland Section
- The Society of Plastics Engineers – Cleveland Section
Special Awards – By Association
- American Chemical Society – Cleveland Section
- Nabil Albeiroti
- Archishman Dey
- Oliver Johansson
- Nadine Khanfar
- Sullivan Meneghetti
- Ella Milford
- Asal Mohammadi
- Aneesa Odetallah
- American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics – Northern Ohio Section
- Riley Bautista
- Jac Currid
- Jules Hill
- Ethan Huck
- Griffin Quigley
- Stone Rambert
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- Daniel Chiang
- Bradley Field
- Juliana Gauthier
- Ayat Jaffar
- Layla Maurer
- Caleb McWhorter
- Mannat Thumati
- American Psychological Association
- Manraj Chauhan
- Emma Lieberg
- American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers
- Daniel Chiang
- Archishman Dey
- Pranutosh Meda
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers – Cleveland Section
- Ethan Huck
- Griffin Quigley
- Mannat Thumati
- American Statistical Association – Cleveland Chapter
- Zaid Anwar
- Karan Bahl
- Benjamin Bartyzel
- John D’Cruz
- Aadhi Devarajan
- Ayesha Faruki
- Bradley Field
- Averie Hull
- Viyan Kshettry
- Ryo Nakano
- Aryan Patel
- Shreyas Rajagopalan
- Hasini Senthil Kumar
- Nathan Thomas
- Vihaan Yanamandra
- Anands Homeschool Academy
- Aiden Bai
- Niko Constantinou
- Bradley Field
- Anthony Haney
- ASM International – Cleveland Chapter
- Matthew Graham
- Ayat Jaffar
- Oliver Johansson
- Sullivan Meneghetti
- Emerson Pesta
- Lucy Weaver
- Association for Women Geoscientists
- Maria Arnett
- Kylie King-Woods
- Citadel Securities Innovation Prize
- Ayat Jaffar
- Leona Shepherd
- Cleveland Chemical Association
- Riley Ascar
- Paul Berendt
- Brennan de Camara
- Ethan Hudak
- Hailey Kelling
- Sullivan Meneghetti
- Ella Milford
- Alexander Modic
- Aneesa Odetallah
- Elia Smith
- Cleveland Clinic – Award for Scientific Creativity
- Syna Bhattacharya
- Molly Brent
- Simrah Shaikh
- Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Biomedical Engineering
- Sabih Halim
- Viyan Kshettry
- Annie Song
- Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Genomic Sciences & Systems Biology
- Lucas D’Cruz
- So Eun Kang
- Braiden Tran
- Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Heart, Blood & Kidney Research
- Kamil Balci
- Sabih Halim
- Taahir Shaikh
- Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Inflammation & Immunity
- Nimisha Kasliwal
- Frank Santelli
- Hasini Senthil Kumar
- Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Microbial Sciences in Health
- Kamil Balci
- Vishakan Narendrakumar
- Sophia Pinto
- Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Neurosciences
- Aadhi Devarajan
- Ayushman Dey
- Daniel Lee
- Cleveland Clinic – Dept of Quantitative Health Sciences
- Zaid Anwar
- Aadhi Devarajan
- Ayesha Faruki
- Vihaan Yanamandra
- Cleveland Clinic – Dr. Charis Eng Mentorship Award
- Samhita Madhankumar
- Michael Zhang
- Cleveland Clinic – Dr. Michael G. McKee Award for Mind-Body Medicine
- Evangeline Perinbaraja
- Vihaan Yanamandra
- Cleveland Clinic – Lerner College of Medicine
- Syna Bhattacharya
- John D’Cruz
- Lucas D’Cruz
- Viyan Kshettry
- Asal Mohammadi
- Emma Morgan
- Aryan Patel
- Frank Santelli
- Harsith SundaraPandiyan
- Ava Suri
- Cleveland Clinic Research
- Karan Bahl
- Manraj Chauhan
- Lucas D’Cruz
- Ayushman Dey
- Bradley Field
- Claire Huang
- Nimisha Kasliwal
- Daniel Lee
- Annie Song
- Nandita Srikumar
- Great Lakes Science Center
- Gowtham Madireddy
- Heroux Devtek – Landing Gear USA
- Matthew Graham
- Stone Rambert
- Holden Forests & Gardens
- John Gordon
- Japneet Kaur
- Kylie King-Woods
- Layla Maurer
- Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers – Cleveland Section
- Riley Bautista
- Ethan Huck
- Ayat Jaffar
- Mi’Angel Jordan
- Ava Suri
- Lucy Weaver
- ISA (The International Society of Automation)
- Griffin Quigley
- Yifan Wang
- The Lemelson Foundation
- Nathan Thomas
- MAGNET (Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network)
- Alexander Bach
- Matthew Graham
- Materion
- Noah DeLuca
- Archishman Dey
- Yifan Wang
- Microscopy Society of Northeastern Ohio
- Tristane McDermott
- Abigail Piazza
- Laura Pinto
- Sophia Pinto
- NASA
- Aiden Bai
- Archishman Dey
- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
- Bradley Field
- CJ Hofstetter
- NorthEast Ohio Local Section of the Association for Diagnostic and Laboratory Medicine
- Kanishk Bhat
- Aadhi Devarajan
- Ayesha Faruki
- Aryan Patel
- Farida Shahata
- Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors
- Maria Arnett
- Riley Ascar
- Riley Bautista
- Aailyah Biami
- Maddie Brooks
- Archishman Dey
- Matthew Graham
- Saarim Khan
- Jonah Kiwi
- Layla Maurer
- Harshith Nelabhotla
- Evelyn Nowak
- Aryan Patel
- Giana Powell
- Anya Sehgal
- Simrah Shaikh
- Nicolette Streicher
- Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Board of Directors – Sam Brooks Award
- Sullivan Meneghetti
- Ohio Water Environment Association – Northeast Ohio Chapter
- Juliana Gauthier
- Parker Hannifin Corporation
- Alexander Bach
- Riley Bautista
- Daniel Chiang
- Viyan Kshettry
- Emerson Pesta
- Griffin Quigley
- Annie Song
- Regeneron Biomedical Science Award
- Xianhao Wu
- Ricoh USA, Inc.
- Nikolas Riechers
- Mannat Thumati
- Rockwell Automation, Inc.
- Gabrielle Kemmerling
- Viyan Kshettry
- Vishakan Narendrakumar
- Harshith Nelabhotla
- Annie Song
- Society for Applied Spectroscopy – Cleveland Section
- Shreyas Eluri
- Samipa Patel
- Nicole Rashidi
- Society for In Vitro Biology
- Sammy Armanazi
- Nimisha Kasliwal
- Society of Automotive Engineers – Cleveland Section
- Anush Andi
- Maria Arnett
- Colin Bennett
- Lucy Weaver
- The Society of Plastics Engineers – Cleveland Section
- Ayat Jaffar
- Kayleanah McKay
- Laura Pinto
- Thermo Fisher Junior Innovators Challenge
- Anush Andi
- Brooklyn Bizga
- Hari Chimalakonda
- Logan Coleman
- Aadhi Devarajan
- Anne Fei
- Claire Fitzmaurice
- Aakanksha Gadani
- John Gordon
- Peter Grady
- Jules Hill
- Zion Ivezzy
- Luke Jordan
- Fulton Kler
- Vishakan Narendrakumar
- Haadi Nouman
- Laura Pinto
- Aaron Plowman
- Elizabeth Roche
- Awa Toure
- U.S. Air Force
- Gabriel Awada
- Alexander Cross
- Jessica Guo
- Sullivan Meneghetti
- Beckham Post
- Stone Rambert
- Braiden Tran
- Xinglin Yu
- U.S. Metric Association
- Atticus Chung
- Ella Milford
- U.S. Navy and Marine Corp – Office of Naval Research
- Jesus Acevedo
- Jimmy Adair
- Nabil Albeiroti
- Anthony Haney
- Japneet Kaur
- Owen Rinker
- Lucy Weaver
- Water Environment Federation / Stockholm Junior Water Prize
- Zoe Barninger
- Avatarnandan Jayaprakash Narayanan
- Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society
- Hari Chimalakonda
- Juliana Gauthier
- Lily Hemminger
- Gowtham Madireddy
- Maya Uchino-Garcia
- William R. Sweet Award for Chemistry
- Jesus Acevedo
- Destiny Antonsanti
- Raaga Gouru
- Oliver Johansson
- Colin Kalish
- Isra Kazmi
- Hailey Kelling
- Elia Smith
- Evelyn Suvak
- Yale Science & Engineering Association
- Griffin Quigley
- Zone Aviation
- Awa Toure
