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 SMC as well as those fairs with instructions for attending.
Certificates will be sent directly to the schools.
2025 Results
Below are the award winners of the 2025 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) | CSSEF | Thermo Fisher JIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leena Multani | 6 |
Crocker Middle
Hillsborough City Elementary |
Does Being Calmer Make You Smarter? Behavioral Sciences |
Second Place | ||
|
Connor Wade
Adam Prabhakar |
6 |
San Carlos Charter Learning Center
San Carlos Elementary |
Water Purification Biological Systems |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Imogen Simon | 6 |
Corte Madera
Portola Valley School District |
The Dirty Truth about Washing Dishes: Finding the Best Method Biological Systems |
Second Place | ||
| Arielle Rosner-Elson | 6 |
Woodside Elementary
Woodside School |
A Greener Gloss Biological Systems |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
| Cristiano Perez | 6 | Nativity Catholic School K-8 | Which Fruit or Vegetable Produces the Most Electricity?
Chemistry |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
| Seren Mehta | 6 |
Burlingame Intermediate
Burlingame Elementary |
Understanding Spherification: Popping Boba
Experimental Project Chemistry |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
| Quynh Karim | 6 |
La Entrada Middle
Las Lomitas Elementary |
Biofilms - Yuck! Chemistry |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Kayla Ng | 6 |
Central Middle
San Carlos Elementary |
Green Spaces for Flood Mitigation in Urban Planning Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences |
Second Place | ||
|
Charles Spencer
Everett Pigman |
6 | Good Shepherd Elementary | Wavy World Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences |
Second Place | ||
| Bowen Wang | 6 |
Central Middle
San Carlos Elementary |
Breakwaters: Block by Block Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
| Axel Virgallito | 6 |
Woodside Elementary
Woodside School |
Saving Our Shoreline Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Margot Wall | 6 |
Woodside Elementary
Woodside School |
Fly or Fall Engineering, Technology and Application of Science |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Uma Fox | 6 |
Corte Madera
Portola Valley Elementary |
No Wrong Way to Write Engineering, Technology and Application of Science |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
| Alicia Liu | 6 | Menlo | A Diver’s Best Friend Engineering, Technology and Application of Science |
Second Place | ||
| Callie Krol | 6 |
Good Shepherd Elementary
Pacifica |
Neon Night Materials Science |
Second Place | ||
| Stella Ledford | 6 | St. Charles Elementary | Is More Better? Materials Science |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Josephine Hengehold | 6 |
Woodside Elementary
Woodside School |
The pH Level of Lotions Materials Science |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
| Simeon Ouellette-Massiou | 6 |
Woodside Elementary
Woodside School |
Best Secondary Statistic for Winning a World Series
Math and Software |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
| Reva Palrecha | 6 |
Crocker Middle
Hillsborough City Elementary |
From Pixels to Play: Can AI Spot a Basketball? Math and Software |
Second Place | ||
| Bianca Fahmy | 6 | Nativity Catholic School K-8 | The Shape of Safety: Bianca Fahmy Physics |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Henry Szafranski | 6 |
Burlingame Intermediate
Burlingame Elementary |
Can I Measure the Speed of Sound Physics |
Second Place | ||
| Dante Johari | 6 |
Burlingame Intermediate
Burlingame Elementary |
Does the Shape of an Ice Cube Impact its Melting Speed? Physics |
Second Place | ||
| Adelina Cusing | 6 |
Crocker Middle
Hillsborough City Elementary |
Making Communities Safer with Speed Bumps Physics |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
| Devarshi Patel | 7 | Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton | Breath or Bloom Behavioral Sciences |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Amber Schmitz | 7 |
Lipman Middle
Brisbane Elementary |
Peppermint Power: Do Peppermints Improve Reaction Time? Behavioral Sciences |
Second Place | ||
| Quinn Raffaelli | 7 |
Corte Madera
Portola Valley School District |
Meditation or video games: Which has a more positive impact on processing speed? Behavioral Sciences |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Zavier Leung | 7 | The Nueva School | Do Visual Aids Help Children with Attention Challenges? Behavioral Sciences |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
| Dolan Janik | 7 | Nativity Catholic School K-8 | From Pearly White to Brown: How popular beverages affect the color of your teeth Biological Systems |
Second Place | ||
|
Aubrey Khaw
Harper Yang |
7 |
Central Middle
San Carlos Elementary |
Pond Scum's Revenge: How Algae Will Fuel the Future! Biological Systems |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
| Maya Verma | 7 |
Corte Madera
Portola Valley School District |
Which Bread Molds Quickest? The Dangers of Food Additives and the Accessibility of Healthy Foods Biological Systems |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Theodore Moore | 7 | The Nueva School | Can Heart Rate Help Improve Existing Insulin Delivery Algorithms? Biological Systems |
Second Place | ||
| Arianna Kim | 7 | Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton | Spill the Tea on Microplastics: Analyzing Microplastics in Tea Bags Chemistry |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
| Lyra Bloom | 7 |
Sandpiper Elementary
Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary |
Activated Carbon Filters: Which Filter for the Future? Chemistry |
Second Place | ||
|
Noah Kang
Hugo Jameson |
7 |
North Star Academy
Redwood City Elementary |
Energy and Electrolytes Chemistry |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Siena Patel | 7 | Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton | Contaminated Water Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Vir Rao | 7 | Synapse School | Climate Showdown: Greenhouse Gasses or Sea Ice Melt, who is the Bigger Offender? Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
| Erik Hagenbuch | 7 |
Woodside Elementary
Woodside School |
Solar Bouncer Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences |
Second Place | ||
| Eshaan Roychowdhury | 7 | Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton | Can artificial intelligence accurately detect and classify egg-shell erosion caused by different acidic beverages? Engineering, Technology and Application of Science |
Second Place | ||
| Brendan Pojunas | 7 | St. Charles Elementary | Application of Low-Cost Drones for Preventative and Active Fire Fighting Support Roles Engineering, Technology and Application of Science |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
|
Jan Gworek
Daniel Delima |
7 |
Taylor Middle
Millbrae Elementary |
Gravitoelectromagnetic Energy Storage Cell Engineering, Technology and Application of Science |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Shakti Vinay | 7 |
Terra Linda Middle School
San Carlos Elementary |
Green Guardian Engineering, Technology and Application of Science |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Oscar Kimmell | 7 |
Parkside Intermediate
San Bruno Park Elementary |
Does Length of Tube Impact Resonance Frequency? Materials Science |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
| Annabelle Lee | 7 | The Nueva School | Who Do Masks Protect? Materials Science |
Second Place | ||
| Tabitha Kaiman | 7 | Hilldale School | Safe to Sip? Materials Science |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Raghav Kheterpal | 7 |
Terra Linda Middle School
San Carlos Elementary |
Transforming Education Through AI-Enhanced Visual Learning Math and Software |
Second Place | ||
| Arihaan Joshi | 7 | Crystal Springs Uplands School | Detecting a Song’s Mood Using AI Math and Software |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
| Quinton Liu | 7 | Hilldale School | Digital Detectives Math and Software |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Elbert Park | 7 | The Nueva School | Prompt Engineering: The Impact of Just a Few More Seconds Math and Software |
Second Place | ||
| Coby Lee | 7 | Menlo | Need For Speed: Solving the Collatz Conjecture Math and Software |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Nathanael Sedrak | 7 | St. Charles Elementary | Magnetic Force Experimental Project Physics |
Second Place | ||
| Joseph Demerjian | 7 | Good Shepherd Elementary | Wind Is Such a Drag! Physics |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
| Stanley Zhang | 7 | Nativity Catholic School K-8 | Building Structures with Beams Physics |
Honorable Mention | ||
|
Joshua Burke
Anna Beasley |
8 | Synapse School | Mindsets in Math Behavioral Sciences |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
|
Lucas Walker
James Patrick Curtis |
8 | Synapse School | Synaptic Soundscapes Behavioral Sciences |
Second Place | ||
|
Daniel Mirgorodskiy
Gia Gopalam |
8 | Synapse School | Splitting Focus: Attention at School Behavioral Sciences |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Raina Oquendo | 8 |
Lipman Middle
Brisbane Elementary |
Plant to Root Biological Systems |
Second Place | ||
| Maria Pavlidou | 8 |
Ralston Intermediate
Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary |
The Effect of Forever Chemicals (PFAS) on Human Gut Bacteria Biological Systems |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
| Evan Motamed | 8 | Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School | Can You Taste The Sweetness? Biological Systems |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Noga Paz | 8 | Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School | How Does the Amount of Baking Soda in a Cupcake Affect its Height? Chemistry |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Evan Koo | 8 | Hilldale School | ascorbic acid must knows Chemistry |
Second Place | ||
| Anay Shah | 8 |
Ralston Intermediate
Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary |
How Sugars Affect Thrust of Rockets Chemistry |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
| Zakaria El Alami | 8 | Hilldale School | Seaweed and Glycerin: A Fabric-ulous Chemistry Experimental Project Chemistry |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Lauren Wade | 8 |
Central Middle
San Carlos Elementary |
The City of Good Sustainable Living Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Makena Bailey | 8 |
Corte Madera
Portola Valley School District |
Cleaning Solar Arrays Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
| Eloise Eisenberg | 8 | Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton | Water Analysis Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences |
Second Place | ||
|
Alexys Blascovich
Sophia King |
8 |
Corte Madera
Portola Valley School District |
Using Ferrofluid to Remove Oil From Water Earth, Space and Environmental Sciences |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Delainey Guenther | 8 |
Crocker Middle
Hillsborough City Elementary |
InfraLou Engineering, Technology and Application of Science |
Second Place | ||
| Flynt Robertson | 8 |
Nesbit Elementary
Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary |
Powering Pavement Engineering, Technology and Application of Science |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
| Molly Sikorski | 8 |
Woodside Elementary
Woodside School |
Monitoring Soil Moisture and Temperature Programmatically Engineering, Technology and Application of Science |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Joey Guo | 8 | The Nueva School | Accurate, Speedy, Simple Self-Screen Skin Cancer Detection (A5SCD) Engineering, Technology and Application of Science |
Second Place | ||
| Harper Satterlee | 8 |
Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate
Cabrillo Unified |
Glove Grip Showdown, Price V.S. Performance Materials Science |
Second Place | ||
|
Anvita Vala
Naina Punyani |
8 |
Burlingame Intermediate
Burlingame Elementary |
The best insulator: Which material retains heat the best? Materials Science |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
|
Maxmilian Margolis
Yuvan Subbiah |
8 |
Terra Linda Middle School
San Carlos Elementary |
Detecting Dyslexia Using AI and Eye Tracking Math and Software |
Second Place | ||
| Tanishk Saxena | 8 | Crystal Springs Uplands School | Optimizing Disaster Response Through Machine Learning NLP Models Math and Software |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |
| Jonah Reisman | 8 |
Corte Madera
Portola Valley School District |
Bias Bot: Combating Gender Bias in AI Math and Software |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Tobias Gray | 8 |
Manuel F. Cunha Intermediate
Cabrillo Unified |
Hot Homers vs. Frozen Ropes Physics |
Honorable Mention | ||
| Derek Hunter Eglington | 8 | Hilldale School | Sharp-Shutter Physics |
Second Place | ||
| Vikram Fox | 8 |
Corte Madera
Portola Valley School District |
Using Machine Learning to Solve Complex Physics Problems: A Study of Drag Force and Terminal Velocity Physics |
First Place | State Elligible | Broadcom Elligible |