[3] Each year, the top 10% of students from certain SSP-affiliated regional and state science fairs across the nation are eligible for entry in the Broadcom MASTERS competition.
Ostojic performed complex experiments and designed prototypes to achieve the next level of creative solutions for environmentally friendly microwave cooking.
Technology Award: First place: Manasa (Hari) Bhimaraju, Cupertino, California, for her project on a low-cost animated teaching tool for the study of elements in the periodic table with an interface for the visually impaired.
Mathematics Award: First place: David Yue, Plano, Texas for his project on 3-D x-ray reconstruction processing and its application to cancer prevention.
Second place: Madison A. Toonder, St. Augustine, Florida, for her project on the study on the effect of sunblock nanoparticles on oysters' ability to filter bay water.
Anish Singhani, San Ramon, California, for his project on an electronic system that lets a person use brain waves to control devices, such as a wheelchair and computer keyboard.
Combining a psychological evaluation with data from magnetic resonance imaging, Kaien’s work found a link between Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and shrinkage of an area called the limbic system."
Winner: Nikolai Ortiz [16] Thomas Aldous, 14, Pittsburgh, Penssylvania for Remote Rescue Robot: Robotic Hand Controlled by Human Motion Rory Hu, 12, San Jose, California, for The Effects of Pesticides, Caffeine and Tea Polyphenols on the Visual and Olfactory Learning and Memory of the Honey Bee Jeanelle Dao, 14, Chantilly, Virginia for Controlling Doors Using Interface Technology with Steps for People with Hand Disabilities (CONDUITS) Mina Fedor, 14, Berkeley, California for EEG Theta During Self-Directed Versus Passive Spatial Memory Encoding and Retrieval Ankit Biswas, 14, Charlotte, North Carolina for A Novel LP-Based Approach to Mitigating Launch Vehicle CO2 Emissions Science Award First place: Victoria Harding Bradley, 14, Menlo Park California for Green Ears: A Study of Ultrasonic Acoustic Emissions in Response to Environmental Stressors in Plants Second place: Kasey Moore, 13, Delray Beach, Florida for The Effect of Uncaria tomentosa (Cat’s Claw) in Learning and Memory in Lymnaea stagnalis (The Great Pond Snail)
Mathematics Award First place: Sritej Sai Padmanabhan, 14, Wexford, Pennsylvania for Can Video Analysis of Hand Tremors Aid in Telehealth?
Second place: Mahi Kohli, 13, Olathe, Kansas for Identifying Potential Alzheimer’s Biomarkers in Cerebrospinal Fluid Blue Team – Thomas Aldous, Shaunak Dalal, Skye Holyn Knox, Moitri Santra, Ethan Yan Luka Anthony Nguyen, 13, Henderson, Nevada for Which Mangroves (Mature Plants vs. Immature Propagules) Thrive Better and Are Best Suited for Aerial Reforestation?