2025 SCI://TECH SCIENCE FAIR Awards
Chevron Phillips Chemical Senior High Science Fair First Place Awards
Ninth Grade Division
Animal Sciences – Sebastian Popovici and Wilson Radman
Behavioral/Social Sciences – Sophia Rice and Tvisha Singh
Biochemistry/Microbiology – Karishma Parghi and Rishabh Yadav
Chemistry – Clare McKenna
Earth & Environmental Sciences – Tristan Li
Energy & Transportation – Ben Burket and Kaiden Patel
Engineering: Aerospace – Arjun Paripelli
Engineering: Biomedical – Aaron Raj
Engineering: Chemical & Material Science – Carter Collison
Engineering: Embedded Systems – Shaan Patel
Engineering: Environmental – Yash Bhoda
Engineering: Mechanical – Catalina Delgado Cepeda
Engineering: Robotics & Intelligent Machines – Siya Adur and Ava Hatchell
Mathematics – Rukshara Premkumar
Medicine & Health – Hana Lee and Sachi Lee
Physics & Astronomy – James Godkins, Jacob Hollis and Madelyn Sharp
Plant Science – Bruno Reis
Systems Software – Ngoc Nguyen
Ninth Grade Division
Animal Sciences – Sebastian Popovici and Wilson Radman
Behavioral/Social Sciences – Sophia Rice and Tvisha Singh
Biochemistry/Microbiology – Karishma Parghi and Rishabh Yadav
Chemistry – Clare McKenna
Earth & Environmental Sciences – Tristan Li
Energy & Transportation – Ben Burket and Kaiden Patel
Engineering: Aerospace – Arjun Paripelli
Engineering: Biomedical – Aaron Raj
Engineering: Chemical & Material Science – Carter Collison
Engineering: Embedded Systems – Shaan Patel
Engineering: Environmental – Yash Bhoda
Engineering: Mechanical – Catalina Delgado Cepeda
Engineering: Robotics & Intelligent Machines – Siya Adur and Ava Hatchell
Mathematics – Rukshara Premkumar
Medicine & Health – Hana Lee and Sachi Lee
Physics & Astronomy – James Godkins, Jacob Hollis and Madelyn Sharp
Plant Science – Bruno Reis
Systems Software – Ngoc Nguyen
Senior High Division
Animal Sciences – Iris Shen
Behavioral/Social Sciences – Cera Easterwood
Biochemistry/Microbiology – Udhayan Shanmugam and Saikarthik Swaminathan
Chemistry – Prachi Natoo
Earth and Environmental – Justin Huang and Victoria Ou
Energy & Transportation – Siddharth Jain and Vuk Popovic
Engineering: Aerospace – Rafael Cantu and Robert Johnson
Engineering: Biomedical – Joshua Staub
Engineering: Chemical & Material Science – Ian Jeong and Krushal Panda
Engineering: Embedded Systems – Jose Barrios and William Li
Engineering: Environmental – Parnika Hangal
Engineering: Mechanical – Cayson Wang
Engineering: Robotics & Intelligent Machines – Praseedha Maddipatla and Mia Wang
Mathematics – Sai Balaji
Medicine & Health – Lizbeth Er
Physics & Astronomy – Jesse Miller
Plant Science – Vibhan Emmi and Adam Siddiqi
Systems Software – Isha Sahnan
Animal Sciences – Iris Shen
Behavioral/Social Sciences – Cera Easterwood
Biochemistry/Microbiology – Udhayan Shanmugam and Saikarthik Swaminathan
Chemistry – Prachi Natoo
Earth and Environmental – Justin Huang and Victoria Ou
Energy & Transportation – Siddharth Jain and Vuk Popovic
Engineering: Aerospace – Rafael Cantu and Robert Johnson
Engineering: Biomedical – Joshua Staub
Engineering: Chemical & Material Science – Ian Jeong and Krushal Panda
Engineering: Embedded Systems – Jose Barrios and William Li
Engineering: Environmental – Parnika Hangal
Engineering: Mechanical – Cayson Wang
Engineering: Robotics & Intelligent Machines – Praseedha Maddipatla and Mia Wang
Mathematics – Sai Balaji
Medicine & Health – Lizbeth Er
Physics & Astronomy – Jesse Miller
Plant Science – Vibhan Emmi and Adam Siddiqi
Systems Software – Isha Sahnan
Chevron Phillips Chemical Senior High Science Fair Grand Awards
Ninth Grade
Life Science – Karishma Parghi and Rishabh Yadav: "Uncharted Waters: Biochemical Trapping via Green Synthesized Metallic Nanoparticles in Water Purification"
Physical Science – Clare McKenna: "Enhancing Tomato Resilience: Identifying a Reversible Inhibitor for Beta-Fructofuranosidase to Combat Drought Stress"
Engineering – Aaron Raj: "How Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Affects Diabetes"
Senior Division
Life Science – Vibhan Emmi and Adam Siddiqi: "A Green Alliance: Evaluating the Synergistic Dynamics of Microbial Consortia and Plant-Microbe Interactions in Modulating Microplastic Degradation Pathways and Soil Health Resilience:
Physical Science – Siddharth Jain and Vuk Popovic: "Developing a Low-Cost, Replicable Process for the Development of a Quasi Solid-State Sodium Ion Battery"
Engineering – Jose Barrios and William Li: "FarmWise: A Sophisticated Agronomic Framework Leveraging Advanced Soil and Crop Vitality Surveillance Systems Coupled with an Aerial Drone-Driven Pathology Detection Mechanism for Precision Agriculture and Dynamic Analytical Insights"
Congratulations to all the 2025 participants, and a huge thank you to the supporters that make SCI://TECH possible!
Ninth Grade
Life Science – Karishma Parghi and Rishabh Yadav: "Uncharted Waters: Biochemical Trapping via Green Synthesized Metallic Nanoparticles in Water Purification"
Physical Science – Clare McKenna: "Enhancing Tomato Resilience: Identifying a Reversible Inhibitor for Beta-Fructofuranosidase to Combat Drought Stress"
Engineering – Aaron Raj: "How Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Affects Diabetes"
Senior Division
Life Science – Vibhan Emmi and Adam Siddiqi: "A Green Alliance: Evaluating the Synergistic Dynamics of Microbial Consortia and Plant-Microbe Interactions in Modulating Microplastic Degradation Pathways and Soil Health Resilience:
Physical Science – Siddharth Jain and Vuk Popovic: "Developing a Low-Cost, Replicable Process for the Development of a Quasi Solid-State Sodium Ion Battery"
Engineering – Jose Barrios and William Li: "FarmWise: A Sophisticated Agronomic Framework Leveraging Advanced Soil and Crop Vitality Surveillance Systems Coupled with an Aerial Drone-Driven Pathology Detection Mechanism for Precision Agriculture and Dynamic Analytical Insights"
Congratulations to all the 2025 participants, and a huge thank you to the supporters that make SCI://TECH possible!
