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 |