Please note that not every grade or category has a place winner at every level (sometimes no First Place).

If you have been selected for the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (JIC) (formerly Broadcom MASTERS) or the California Science and Engineering Fair (CSEF), you will receive an email from SMCOE as well as those fairs with instructions for attending.

SMCOE STEM Fair award ribbons and Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge certificates will be sent directly to the schools.

2024 Results

Below are the award winners of the 2024 STEM Fair. Individual students will be emailed with instructions on how to proceed to other fairs if they are eligible.

Student(s) Grade School and District Project Title and Category Award(s) CSEF JIC
Tomer Milo
Noah Liu
6 Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School AI or Human?
Behavioral Sciences
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible
Oscar Kimmell 6 Parkside Intermediate
San Bruno Park Elementary
Does Music improve Short Term Memory
Behavioral Sciences
Second Place
Geneva Keintz 6 Episcopal Day School of San Mateo The World of a 6th Grader
Behavioral Sciences
Second Place
Xavier Ablang 6 Parkside Intermediate
San Bruno Park Elementary
Does a certain pH level in a soil affect a marigold's growth?
Biological Systems
Second Place
Tabitha Kaiman 6 Hilldale School Handle With Care
Biological Systems
Honorable Mention
Theodore Moore 6 The Nueva School Impact of Exercise On Blood Glucose Post-Meal
Biological Systems
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible
Alphonse Normant
Mattea Kovaleski
6 Good Shepherd Elementary Rising In The Yeast
Biological Systems
Second Place
Grace Wilkins
Gabriella Gunderman
6 St. Charles Elementary Who has a cleaner mouth a dog or a human?
Biological Systems
Honorable Mention
Harper Yang
Hazel Cancilla
6 Central Middle
San Carlos Elementary
Are you bready for it?
Chemistry
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible
Nikhil Jha 6 Corte Madera
Portola Valley School District
Grey Water Experiment
Chemistry
Second Place
Mason Hernandez 6 All Souls Catholic Elementary How does pH levels affect Corrosion
Chemistry
Honorable Mention
Aubrey Khaw
Carter Philippe
6 Central Middle
San Carlos Elementary
Air Quality Levels at Different Locations in San Carlos
Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences
Honorable Mention
Aarav Bharat 6 Episcopal Day School of San Mateo Can Plants Grow On Mars
Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible
Justin Tha 6 Central Middle
San Carlos Elementary
Different Waters’ Effect on Microgreens’ Growth and Flavor
Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences
Second Place
Jayden Lam 6 Parkside Intermediate
San Bruno Park Elementary
Germ-Free Candle Extinguisher (2023 SMCOE STEM FAIR PROJECT)
Engineering, Technology and Application of Science
Second Place
Annabelle Yu 6 Crocker Middle
Hillsborough City Elementary
Motion Sensor Power Switch
Engineering, Technology and Application of Science
Honorable Mention
Avi Buxbaum 6 La Entrada Middle
Las Lomitas Elementary
Remember My...
Engineering, Technology and Application of Science
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible
Charles Grifffith 6 Episcopal Day School of San Mateo Solutions for Rising Sea Levels in the Bay Area and Beyond
Materials Science
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible
Franklin Greenfield 6 Corte Madera
Portola Valley School District
STONE BREAKERS: Testing the Impact of Variables on the Breaking Weight of Concrete
Materials Science
Second Place
Coby Lee 6 Menlo Can AI help prove the Collatz Conjecture?
Math and Software
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible
Ethan Devan 6 Episcopal Day School of San Mateo The Poppin' Cork
Physics
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible
Phoebe Aloft 7 Lipman Middle
Brisbane Elementary
Conformity Abnormity
Behavioral Sciences
Honorable Mention
Tanishk Saxena 7 Crystal Springs Uplands School Does AI make us write better?
Behavioral Sciences
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible
Matthew Molinelli 7 St. Pius Elementary Hand Dominance & Layup Success
Behavioral Sciences
Honorable Mention
Raina Oquendo 7 Lipman Middle
Brisbane Elementary
The Basketball State of Mind
Behavioral Sciences
Second Place
Zaki El Alami 7 Hilldale School Antibiotics vs. Nature’s Arsenal
Biological Systems
Second Place
Emma Terry 7 Burlingame Intermediate
Burlingame Elementary
Comparison of Fat Content from Different Foods
Biological Systems
Second Place
Maria Pavlidou 7 Ralston Intermediate
Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary
The Effect of Sunscreen on Phytoplankton
Biological Systems
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible
Gulnoza Usmanova
Lam Chung
7 Benjamin Franklin Intermediate
Jefferson Elementary
Can salt affect the freezing rate of water?
Chemistry
Second Place
Alexandra Weber 7 Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton More That Just The Outside - How Different Liquids Affect Your Teeth
Chemistry
Honorable Mention
Penelope Galifianakis 7 Hilldale School Red Velvet Vegan Challenge
Chemistry
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible
Arman Zarrin 7 Hilldale School Catch it to Cool it
Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible
Gianna Herden 7 Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton Cooking Source and Indoor AIr Pollution
Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences
Honorable Mention
Ashlyn Wulf 7 St. Matthew Catholic Dirt vs. Squirt Which will Make Plants Spurt?
Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences
Honorable Mention
Molly Sikorski 7 Woodside Elementary
Woodside School
What Plant is the Best at Reducing Soil Erosion?
Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences
Second Place
Yuvan Subbiah
Archer Troy
7 Terra Linda Middle School
San Carlos Elementary
Eco Sorter- AI Waste Identifier
Engineering, Technology and Application of Science
Honorable Mention
Delainey Guenther 7 Crocker Middle
Hillsborough City Elementary
SKIN
Engineering, Technology and Application of Science
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible
Arjun Somani 7 Crocker Middle
Hillsborough City Elementary
SwishBack
Engineering, Technology and Application of Science
Second Place
Reed Hengehold 7 Woodside Elementary
Woodside School
Wasted Tennis Balls
Materials Science
Honorable Mention
Zoya Klein
Magdalena Peiffer
7 Woodside Elementary
Woodside School
Which Wipe Works Wonders?
Materials Science
Honorable Mention
Izaiah de Luna 7 St. Matthew Catholic Shake it Up! What type of buildings best survive earthquakes?
Materials Science
Honorable Mention
Jackson Ryan 7 Nativity Catholic School K-8 Radiation shielding on Mars: Finding an optimal material to protect astronauts.
Materials Science
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible
Maxmilian Margolis Margolis
Advaith Vijayasankaran
7 Terra Linda Middle School
San Carlos Elementary
AI-Powered Emotion Detection
Math and Software
Second Place
Joey Guo 7 The Nueva School Are Sports Tournaments Wasting Our Time?
Math and Software
Second Place
Vikram Fox
Julian Berke
7 Corte Madera
Portola Valley School District
Chat SEL
Math and Software
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible
Jasper Schwab 7 Hilldale School Reproductive rate and evolutionary fitness in a computer simulation
Math and Software
Honorable Mention
Lily Sommerfeld 7 St. Matthew Catholic Discover the WIN in Protecting your SKIN
Physics
Honorable Mention
Avi Davidovits 7 Terra Linda Middle School
San Mateo County Office of Education
How Does Seating Arrangement Affect String Orchestra Performance and Perception?
Physics
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible
Antero Torkos
Ansel Ricci
7 North Star Academy
Redwood City Elementary
In Pursuit of Smoothness: A Scientific Inquiry
Physics
Honorable Mention
Derek Eglington 7 Hilldale School Spin it to curve it
Physics
Second Place
Yoav Malek 8 Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School Mathematics’ Effect on Logic, an Experiment in K-Level
Behavioral Sciences
Second Place
Kiran Richards 8 Lipman Middle
Brisbane Elementary
The Mental Pressure of a Plank
Behavioral Sciences
Honorable Mention
Geffen Hoffmann 8 Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School Who turned the clock? Music's effect on time perception
Behavioral Sciences
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible
Emma Sun 8 Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton Cyanobacteria and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
Biological Systems
Honorable Mention
Sofia Barrientos 8 Lipman Middle
Brisbane Elementary
It's Time to Run
Biological Systems
Second Place
Akira Nakamura 8 Burlingame Intermediate
Burlingame Elementary
Understanding the Genetic Variation of Fish From Different Subspecies
Biological Systems
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible
Laura Lenny 8 Good Shepherd Elementary Are You Sweet... or Salty?
Chemistry
Second Place
Arya Charati
Nanaha Mizoi
8 Sandpiper Elementary
Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary
Cooking Quantum Dots
Chemistry
Second Place
Aarav Agrawal 8 All Souls Catholic Elementary Curds and Whey: Exploring Milk Curdling
Chemistry
Honorable Mention
Darren Tam 8 Burlingame Intermediate
Burlingame Elementary
Lacking Lactase
Chemistry
Honorable Mention
Caitlin Grahmann 8 Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton Monoammonium Phosphate Crystals: Altering melting point, size, and stucture
Chemistry
Second Place
Lyla Kane 8 Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate
Cabrillo Unified
Sugar Rush: Sugar's Effect on Cake
Chemistry
Honorable Mention
Angelina Truong 8 Nativity Catholic School K-8 At what time of day does a plant grow most?
Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences
Honorable Mention
Anna Fong 8 Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton Commercially Compostable Straws: Ocean’s friends?
Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible
Piper Ventura 8 Nativity Catholic School K-8 What is the Best Way to Preserve Strawberries
Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences
Second Place
Zane Lynn 8 Corte Madera
Portola Valley School District
Autonomous Solar Powered Kayak
Engineering, Technology and Application of Science
Second Place
Aiden Yun 8 The Nueva School BSMAE: Improving lung cancer detection in Low-Dose CT scans with Bidirectional Siamese Masked Auto-encoders
Engineering, Technology and Application of Science
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible
Jacob Panchula 8 Crocker Middle
Hillsborough City Elementary
Extracting Water from the Air Using a Thermoelectric Cooler
Engineering, Technology and Application of Science
Honorable Mention
Kayla Huang
Ellwyn Runcie
8 Ralston Intermediate
Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary
Synthetic Organ
Engineering, Technology and Application of Science
Second Place
Suhani Bansal 8 Sandpiper Elementary
Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary
Sea to Style: Crafting Sustainable Seaweed Biofabrics
Materials Science
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible
Jonah Hsu 8 North Star Academy
Redwood City Elementary
Which Fabric is Best for Swimwear: Polyester-Elastane or Nylon-Elastane?
Materials Science
Second Place
Soren Grierson 8 Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate
Cabrillo Unified
Which Floss Is Boss?
Materials Science
Honorable Mention
Daniel Jiang 8 Crocker Middle
Hillsborough City Elementary
Developing A New Anti-Cancer Drug Carrier Formulation
Materials Science
Second Place
Camille Yung
Teri Sullivan
8 Central Middle
San Carlos Elementary
The Ultimat(um) Strategy
Math and Software
First Place State Elligible Broadcom Elligible