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 |