2024 Coriell Institute Science Fair Winners

Congratulations to all of this year's category winners!

Top winners at the Coriell Institute Science Fair qualify to advance to the regional finals at the Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF). The 2024 DVSF is scheduled to take place April 2nd through April 4th and will be held at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA.

You can enter DVSF if:

  • You are an individual project in 6-8th grades and won 1st or 2nd
  • You are a team project in 6-8th grades and won 1st or 2nd
  • You are an individual project in 9-12th grades and won 1st, 2nd, or 3rd
  • You are a team project in 9-12th grades and won 1st, 2nd, or 3rd

Coriell will automatically register you by forwarding your project paperwork to DVSF officials.

How to Prepare for the Fair

It is your responsibility to be prepared to compete at the DVSF. You can find this year's procedures for DVSF here. For more information, visit the DVSF's homepage.

Category Awards 

Category Placement Project Number Student Name Project Name Division Origin Fair
Behavioral & Social Sciences 1st Place 1012 Catherine Fofanah Emotional Rollercoaster 11 - 12 grade Camden Academy Charter High School
Behavioral & Social Sciences 2nd Place 1020 Brie Hilton Can your gender determine your fingerprint pattern? - A sex estimation study 11 - 12 grade Camden Academy Charter High School
Behavioral & Social Sciences 1st Place 2016 Kate Hebben The Impact of Microplastics on Freshwater Fish Behavior. 9 - 10 grade Cherry Hill High School West
Behavioral & Social Sciences 2nd Place 2005 Michael Drea The Cognitive Thinking of Armadillidiidae Vulgare 9 - 10 grade Cherry Hill High School West
Behavioral & Social Sciences 1st Place 3015 Khushi Khurana Bridging the Gender Gap & Empowering Girls in Tech 6 - 8 grade William Allen Middle School
Behavioral & Social Sciences 2nd Place 3025 Elena Ray How to Tell if Someone is Lying 6 - 8 grade William Allen Middle School
Biochemistry 1st Place 2006 Yash Bhavsar Investigating the Effects of Mutations of Crucial Amino Acids on the Protein Expression and Folding of CDK2 Cancer Gene 9 - 10 grade Moorestown High School
Biochemistry 2nd Place 2017 Shreya Kalapatapu Attempting to Reverse Antimicrobial Resistance Using Existing Antibiotics 9 - 10 grade YARD Sciences
Biochemistry 1st Place 3001 Darsh Gajera Papaya's Hidden Weapons: Unveiling the antibacterial properties of Papain and Pepsin 6 - 8 grade Frances S. DeMasi Middle School
Botany 1st Place 1006 Nandini Rastogi Decoding Climate Resilience: Functional Profiling of Protein Phosphatase 2C Family Genes for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice 11 - 12 grade YARD Sciences
Botany 1st Place 3036 Hannah Bazo “Poop”-tastic Plants 6 - 8 grade Eastampton Community School
Chemistry 1st Place 1014 Vladimir Bondar Synthesis and Characterization of 1,2,3-Triazole and Methyl-Imidazole based Metal Organic Frameworks for Artificial Photosynthesis 11 - 12 grade Moorestown High School
Chemistry 1st Place 2007 Ansh Jaggi Bio-Foam: Sustainable Polyurethane Foams from Bio-polyols 9 - 10 grade Eastern Regional High School
Chemistry 2nd Place 2004 Asha Chakrabarti Biomimicry: Replacing Toxic Chemicals in Marine Antifouling Paints Through Superhdryophobicity - Impact of Replicating the Surface of the Lotus Leaf to Prevent Marine Growth 9 - 10 grade Moorestown High School
Chemistry 3rd Place 2018 Peter Moon Effects of Temperature on Acidic Buffer Capacity 9 - 10 grade Cherry Hill High School East
Chemistry 1st Place 3013 Radika Dudda Are medicinal plants beneficial for gut microbiome? Prediction models for drug development. 6 - 8 grade Voorhees Middle School
Computer Science 1st Place 1021 Kaiyan Ling Modeling Touch Pointing and Detecting Parkinson's Disease via a Mobile Game 11 - 12 grade Cherry Hill High School East
Computer Science 2nd Place 1030 Cody San Predicting Data Breaches with Machine Learning 11 - 12 grade Cherry Hill High School West
Computer Science 3rd Place 1033 Abraham Spector Using Data TO Create The Optimal Wake-up Routine 11 - 12 grade Cherry Hill High School West
Computer Science 1st Place 2008 Amogh Biradar EcoSort: An IoT-based Device using Machine Learning and AWS to Help Solve the World's Greatest Threat 9 - 10 grade Lenape High School
Computer Science 2nd Place 2019 Nithilan Rengapragash AEye - A Novel Low-Cost Non-Invasive Approach to Vision Augmentation Through Cutting-Edge AI and Augmented Reality for Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) 9 - 10 grade Lenape High School
Computer Science 3rd Place 2014 Dilora Kosimova Cyber Nexus: Understanding the Relationship Between Global Financial Cyber Incidents and Fintech Cybersecurity Investment 9 - 10 grade Cherry Hill High School East
Computer Science 1st Place 3008 Aadhavan Rengapragash ShoreTech - A Novel Vision Based Approach to Prevent Plastic Pollution Using Object Detection 6 - 8 grade Harrington Middle School
Computer Science 2nd Place 3016 Vedant Yadav Diabetes Prediction Using Machine Learning Models 6 - 8 grade William Allen Middle School
Consumer Science 1st Place 3009 Ireland Brogan The Effect Of Influencer Product Congruence On Youtube Sponsorships 6 - 8 grade Haddonfield Friends School
Earth & Space Sciences 1st Place 1011 Sammy Obeid Mobile App Development to Predict Wildfires Using the Haines Index 11 - 12 grade Cherry Hill High School West
Engineering 1st Place 1026 Dominik Krzton Increasing a Propeller Aircraft Performance through Aerodynamic Optimization. 11 - 12 grade Cherry Hill High School West
Engineering 1st Place 2020 Sonia Leo Novel, Intelligent, Personalized, Global - Real-time silent messaging and communication device for completely paralyzed and bedridden patients 9 - 10 grade Moorestown High School
Engineering 2nd Place 2012 Aditya Khurana SeniorConnect: A Low-Cost, App-Based Real-Time Alert System to Connect Seniors with Cognitive Disabilities to Their Caregivers 9 - 10 grade Moorestown High School
Engineering 1st Place 3029 Nolan Youssef Personalized Kidney Model 3D Printing Optimization 6 - 8 grade Moorestown Friends School
Environmental Science 1st Place 1015 Vanessa Genda Unveiling Antibiotic-Resistance: A Comparative Study Across Urban, Agricultural, and Pristine Zones of New Jersey 11 - 12 grade Cherry Hill High School West
Environmental Science 2nd Place 1028 Benjamin Turley Feasibility study; the effect of carbon sources on lipid extraction and biodiesel production using Aspergillus niger. 11 - 12 grade Cherry Hill High School West
Environmental Science 1st Place 2002 Ishan Ashok Bharadwaj Can Hydrogels Help Conserve Water in Farming 9 - 10 grade Cherry Hill High School East
Environmental Science 2nd Place 2021 Thomas Solitro Examining the Effects of Waterfall Dynamics on Dissolved Oxygen Levels 9 - 10 grade Moorestown High School
Environmental Science 3rd Place 2009 Sanvi Metkar Testing The Ability of Bio-Filters To Combat Carbon Footprint 9 - 10 grade Lenape High School
Environmental Science 1st Place 3011 Ethan Davis Finding Carbon Efficient Ways to Break Down Plastics 6 - 8 grade Haddonfield Friends School
Environmental Science 2nd Place 3026 Leonardo Male The Effect of Different Fire Retardants on Wildfires, Humans, and Wildlife. 6 - 8 grade Haddonfield Friends School
Mathematics 1st Place 2022 Neeka Vojdani Inductive Modeling of Format-Based Human Comprehension and Cognition 9 - 10 grade Moorestown High School
Mathematics 1st Place 3017 Chase Yalon An (almost) exact TSP Solver 6 - 8 grade William Allen Middle School
Medicine & Health 1st Place 1027 Zachary Wei Analyzing Physicochemical Properties of Hydrogel Implants in Alleviating Pain in Patients with Degenerative Disc Disease 11 - 12 grade Cherry Hill High School East
Medicine & Health 2nd Place 1017 Ruoyu Chen A Zoom-In Algorithmic Microscope: Hierarchically Detecting Rare Cell Populations in scRNA-seq Data with Self Supervised Deep Learning 11 - 12 grade Moorestown High School
Medicine & Health 1st Place 2003 Angelo Boujaoude Novel Non-Invasive Low-Cost Device For Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults 9 - 10 grade Moorestown High School
Medicine & Health 2nd Place 2023 Jason Youssef Potential Application of SLA (Stereolithography) 3D Printing of Coronary Stents 9 - 10 grade Moorestown Friends School
Medicine & Health 1st Place 3005 Ananya Relia Effect of Cosmetic Products on Skin Health 6 - 8 grade Voorhees Middle School
Medicine & Health 2nd Place 3012 Finley Kerth How does the age of the helmets effect its quality 6 - 8 grade Haddonfield Friends School
Microbiology 1st Place 1016 Karine Johnson Investigation of Common Fungi: Lentinula edodes, Agaricus bisporus, Polyporaceae, Inonotus hispidus, Pleurotus ostreatus, and Hericium erinaceus for Their Antibacterial Potential Against Staphylococcus, Pseudomonas, and E. Coli 11 - 12 grade Cherry Hill High School West
Microbiology 2nd Place 1032 Alexander Ortiz Pantoja Studying the effects of common food additives on biofilm density in commonly found gut bacteria of the human microbiome 11 - 12 grade Cherry Hill High School West
Microbiology 3rd Place 1029 Colin Coleman Understanding how Vaping can Affect Biofilm Formation in the Oral Cavity 11 - 12 grade Cherry Hill High School West
Microbiology 1st Place 2024 Avnee Malik Are Dental Products Beneficial for the Human Oral Microbiome? 9 - 10 grade Moorestown High School
Microbiology 2nd Place 2001 Ethan Yoon Step Into Cleanliness 9 - 10 grade Cherokee High School
Microbiology 3rd Place 2013 Sameel Hussain Effect of melting antartica ice caps on infectious diseaces 9 - 10 grade Cherry Hill High School East
Microbiology 1st Place 3033 Lillian Meehan How to Dry Your Hands, the Most Germ-Free Way 6 - 8 grade William Allen Middle School
Microbiology 2nd Place 3002 Xavier Tineo Antibacterial Soap vs Regular Soap 6 - 8 grade Haddonfield Friends School
Physics 1st Place 1019 Andy Nguyen Traffic Laws of the Universe 11 - 12 grade Cherry Hill High School West
Physics 1st Place 3028 JJ White Dart Battle: Testing Name Brand Darts against competitors for speed, range and accuracy and understanding which components make a winning dart 6 - 8 grade White Home School
Physics 2nd Place 3006 Jenna Moskowitz Mass: The Need For Speed 6 - 8 grade Delran Middle School
Team Projects 1st Place 4015 Iniya Malaikani, Samantha McCabe, Siya Patel Misinformation and The Mind 9 - 12 Teams grade Moorestown High School
Team Projects 1st Place 5030 James Boland, Nicholas Wagner No Longer your Standard Paper Plane 6 - 8 Teams grade St. Margaret Regional School
Team Projects 2nd Place 5010 Sadie Greenleaf, Julia Usle Dislocation with Hip Replacements 6 - 8 Teams grade William Allen Middle School
Zoology 1st Place 1018 Benjamin Hess Finding environmentally safe alternatives to Permethrin and DEET of ixodes scapularis using Liquidambar styraciflua extractions and essential oils. 11 - 12 grade Cherry Hill High School West
Zoology 2nd Place 1009 Angela Conover A Colorful Approach To Geese Deterrence 11 - 12 grade Cherry Hill High School West
Zoology 1st Place 2000 Alan Urdabayev The Effects of Mutations on Tick Salivary Cement Glycine-Rich Proteins 9 - 10 grade Moorestown High School
Zoology 1st Place 3014 Luciano Insana Mantis Meals: Yum or Yuck? 6 - 8 grade Mantis Academy

Special Awards

Award Name Project Number Student Name Project Name Division
Origin Fair
American Chemical Society Awards 3001 Darsh Gajera Papaya's Hidden Weapons: Unveiling the antibacterial properties of Papain and Pepsin 6 - 8 grade
Frances S. DeMasi Middle School
American Chemical Society Awards 1014 Vladimir Bondar Synthesis and Characterization of 1,2,3-Triazole and Methyl-Imidazole based Metal Organic Frameworks for Artificial Photosynthesis 11 - 12 grade
Moorestown High School
Best of Behavioral and Social Sciences 3015 Khushi Khurana Bridging the Gender Gap & Empowering Girls in Tech 6 - 8 grade
William Allen Middle School
Best of Behavioral and Social Sciences 2016 Kate Hebben The Impact of Microplastics on Freshwater Fish Behavior. 9 - 10 grade
Cherry Hill High School West
Best of Engineering 3029 Nolan Youssef Personalized Kidney Model 3D Printing Optimization 6 - 8 grade
Moorestown Friends School
Best of Engineering 2012 Aditya Khurana SeniorConnect: A Low-Cost, App-Based Real-Time Alert System to Connect Seniors with Cognitive Disabilities to Their Caregivers 9 - 10 grade
Moorestown High School
Best of Life Sciences 3012 Finley Kerth How does the age of the helmets effect its quality 6 - 8 grade
Haddonfield Friends School
Best of Life Sciences 2006 Yash Bhavsar Investigating the Effects of Mutations of Crucial Amino Acids on the Protein Expression and Folding of CDK2 Cancer Gene 9 - 10 grade
Moorestown High School
Best of Physical Sciences 3028 JJ White Dart Battle: Testing Name Brand Darts against competitors for speed, range and accuracy and understanding which components make a winning dart 6 - 8 grade
White Home School
Best of Physical Sciences 2019 Nithilan Rengapragash AEye - A Novel Low-Cost Non-Invasive Approach to Vision Augmentation Through Cutting-Edge AI and Augmented Reality for Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) 9 - 10 grade
Lenape High School
Camden County College Scholarship 1021 Kaiyan Ling Modeling Touch Pointing and Detecting Parkinson's Disease via a Mobile Game 11 - 12 grade
Cherry Hill High School East
Camden County College Scholarship 1027 Zachary Wei Analyzing Physicochemical Properties of Hydrogel Implants in Alleviating Pain in Patients with Degenerative Disc Disease 11 - 12 grade
Cherry Hill High School East
Lewis L. Coriell Best of Fair Award 3017 Chase Yalon An (almost) exact TSP Solver 6 - 8 grade
William Allen Middle School
Lewis L. Coriell Best of Fair Award 2020 Sonia Leo Novel, Intelligent, Personalized, Global - Real-time silent messaging and communication device for completely paralyzed and bedridden patients 9 - 10 grade
Moorestown High School
Marianne Raphaely Medicine and Health Award 3005 Ananya Relia Effect of Cosmetic Products on Skin Health 6 - 8 grade
Voorhees Middle School
Marianne Raphaely Medicine and Health Award 2023 Jason Youssef Potential Application of SLA (Stereolithography) 3D Printing of Coronary Stents 9 - 10 grade
Moorestown Friends School