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Although Chandler Unified educates only about 3% of the students in Arizona, CUSD students took home more than one third (37%) of the state’s award-winning projects at the Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF). Additionally, CUSD students represent 48% of the students qualifying for the prestigious Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). Lastly, CUSD students won 30% of the AzSEF special awards.
AzSEF is the science and engineering fair for the state of Arizona and is managed by Arizona Science Center. AzSEF brings together hundreds of science fair first-place winners from across Arizona to compete for thousands of dollars in prizes and scholarships.
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Hamilton High (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Thilina Balasooriya who won 1st place and Best of Fair in Materials Science, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "InnovaStrip: Fast, Comprehensive, Small-Volume Blood Diagnostics via an Algorithm for Handheld Analysis of Rapidly Solidified Drops into Thin Films". Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Xenia Zhao who won 1st place and Best of Fair in Environmental Engineering, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Rethinking Food Waste: Optimizing the Food Bank Supply Chain to Tackle Food Waste and Food Insecurity." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Aahana Dugar, Blake Enwiller and Nevan Hanford who won 1st place and Best of Fair in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Degradation of Polystyrene (Styrofoam) By Tenebrio Beetles and Their Larvae" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Clarice Nguyen who won 2nd place in Biochemistry, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Raw Fruit Enzymes and the Dissolving of Cholesterol Plaque" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Deangelo Brasen who won 3rd place in Mathematics, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "An Analysis of the Curvature of Transformed Polygons" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Humza Choudhry who won 3rd place in Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Different Crop Residues on Glucose Yields for Fermentation" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Michelle Sheikh who won 1st place in Biochemistry and Best of Fair, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "A Novel Way to Treat Burn Wound Infections Using Flavonoids" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Mihira Karnik who won 1st place in Plant Sciences, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Automated Hydroponics System" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Shanthi LeBonheur who won 3rd place in Chemistry, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of the Legume Source of Aquafaba on Foaming Capacity" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Erie Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Sohani Sandhu who won 2nd place in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF). Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Addison Lai who won 1st place in Animal Sciences, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Different Scents on the Number of Crickets Repelled" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Addison Shell who was named a Broadcom MASTERS Nominee and won 1st place in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Elementary Division (5th - 6th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Light Color on the Rate of Photosynthesis of a Spinach Leaf Disk" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Annabelle Yee who won 1st place in Earth and Planetary Science, Elementary Division (5th - 6th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Effect of Material Type on Amount of Heat Absorbed" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Drew Martin who won 2nd place in Computer Science, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of the Machine Learning Algorithm on the Percentage of Games Accuratly Predicted" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Edward Oh who won 1st place in Plant Sciences, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Magnet Placement on Plant Growth" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Eimhin Seemeyer who won 1st place in Earth and Planetary Science, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Ground-Grid Shape on the Erosion Weight Difference" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Jolie Botros who won 2nd place in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Food Coloring on the Size of Macromolecules" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Kayleigh Cheng who won 1st place in Mathematical Sciences, Elementary Division (5th - 6th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of the Shape of Ice on the Time it Takes to Melt" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Lauryn Pallas who won 2nd place in Earth and Planetary Science, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Limestone Positions on the Volume of Sinkholes" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Matthew Svienty who won 2nd place in Physics and Astronomy, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Fan Blade Shape on Velocity Produced" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Samik Mathur who won 3rd place in Medicine and Health Sciences, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of the Type of Mask on Moisture Content" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Sarah Daly who won 1st place in Behavioral and Social Sciences, Elementary Division (5th - 6th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Beauty Trends on Height, Weight, Hair Color, Eye Color, Age, and Race of the Miss America Winners" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Siyaa Poddar who won 2nd place and the National Oceanic in Environmental Sciences, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) and the Atmospheric Administration's Taking the Pulse of the Planet Award at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of the Severity of Oil Spills on the Amount of Oxygen Produced by Aquatic Plants" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Sophia Baker who won 3rd place and was named a Broadcom MASTERS Nominee and a Regeneron ISEF Junior Observer in Engineering, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Recipes Main Ingredient on Durability and Biodegradability" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Victoria Benito who won 1st place in Mathematical Sciences, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of the Type of Statistics on Benford's Law" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep - Oakland Campus (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Violet Welch who won 1st place in Plant Sciences, Elementary Division (5th - 6th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Different Wavelengths of Light on the Growth of a Plant" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Basha Accelerated Middle School (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Jocelyn Beall, Aadya Ganjalagunte and Olivia Kim who won 3rd place in Medicine and Health Sciences, Elementary Division (5th - 6th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Effectiveness of Different Brands of Blue Light Glasses" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Basha Accelerated Middle School (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Prisha Shroff who won 1st place and the Broadcom Foundation Coding with Commitment Award in Engineering, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Wildfire Prevention System" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Casteel High (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Corey Allen and Matthew Hansen who won 2nd place in Plant Sciences, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF). Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Casteel High (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Elian Hernandez who won the Arizona Branch of the American Association for Lab Animal Science Award at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "What is the effect of manipulation on mock vocal chords?" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Chandler Online Academy (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Aditi Ganesh who won the ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Award and 1st place in Environmental Science, Elementary Division (5th - 6th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Waste to Watts and Water." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Chandler Online Academy (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Liam Lampert who won 2nd place in Animal Science, Elementary Division (5th - 6th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Odor-based search strategies" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Chandler Online Academy (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Renuka Nukala who won 1st place in Computer Science, Elementary Division (5th - 6th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "SP-UVC" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Anshul Verma who won the The Office of Naval Research Naval Science Award, U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize, 1st place and Best of Fair in Robotics and Intelligent Machines, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Detecting Microbial Contaminants in Water Using Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning Algorithms in Order to Prevent the Spread of Waterborne Illnesses" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Aris Zhu who won the American Meteorological Society Award, NASA Earth Systems Science Award, and 2nd place in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Modeling Regional Tropospheric Ozone from OMI/MLS, Temperature Fluctuations, and Precipitation Levels" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Charles Zhang who won 2nd place in Mathematics, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF). Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Chloe Zhan who won the Mu Alpha Theta Award, 1st place and Best of Fair in Physics and Astronomy, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "A Novel Approach to Estimate the Number of Asteroids in Different Belts Using Weighted Regression" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Deval Deliwala and Edward Zhang who won 2nd place in Physics and Astronomy, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Lensed Quasar Black Hole Identification" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Feyi Adebekun and Daniel Choi who won the ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Award at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Optimization of Artificial Tree Placement and its Effect on Carbon Emission Absorption" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Kristopher Luo who won 2nd place in Embedded Systems, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "System equipped with AI and camera to detect unattended children in a vehicle" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Michelle Hu who won 3rd place in Plant Sciences, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Evaluation of Antioxidant's Response to Varying Levels of Reactive Oxygen Species" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Mytreyi Trivedi who won the Association for Women Geoscientists Award and 2nd place in Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Residential Solar Energy: A Mathematical Analysis" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Savar Sinha who won 3rd place in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Evolution of Eukaryotic ATP Synthase" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Medha Tambe and Taneesha Kapadia who won the Yale Science and Engineering Association Award, 1st place and Best of Fair in Physics and Astronomy, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF). Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Perry High (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Adeel Chaudhry and Camden King who won 2nd place in Materials Science, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The effect of variable face mask materials on the transmission of air particulates" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Perry High (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Adithya Sivakumar who won 3rd place in Animal Science, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Treating Tachycardia: Determining the Short-Term Effect of Ashwagandha on the Heart Rate of Daphnia Magna Organisms" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Perry High (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Joshua Shunk who won 3rd place in Systems Software, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Predicting, Visualizing, and Differentiating SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia and Bacterial Pneumonia through Convolutional Neural Networks and how it can Benefit Modern and Third World Countries" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Perry High (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Nathan Lam and Lilli Seebold who won 2nd place in Microbiology, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Sequential Insertion Deuterium Oxide (D20) Phage Therapy Against N-acylhomoserine lactone (AHL) Quorum Sensing Enhancement: A Viable Alternative to Antibiotics, Year II" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Weinberg Gifted Academy (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Ethan Giri who won 1st place in Engineering, Elementary Division (5th - 6th Grade) at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Rockycopty Bladey Pitchy" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Weinberg Gifted Academy (2020-2021)
Congratulations to Gracen Coplan, Max Hindes and Lauren Ku who won the ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Award at the 2021 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Animal Safe Wind Turbine" Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
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CUSD leads the way at AzSEF!
- CUSD students take home 36.86% of the AzSEF awards -- leading all public, private and charter districts
- 87 of AzSEF's 236 awards were won by CUSD students -- CUSD - SECOND TO NONE
AzSEF Division Awards:
- 26 First place winners from CUSD
- 20 Second place winners from CUSD
- 12 Third place winners from CUSD
Best of Fair and Regeneron ISEF Qualifiers:
- CUSD students represent 48% of the ISEF Qualifiers
- Michelle Sheikh - ACP Erie
- Aahana Dugar - ACP Erie
- Blake Enwiller - ACP Erie
- Nevan Hanford - ACP Erie
- Xenia Zhao - Hamilton
- Chloe Zhan - Hamilton
- Taneesha Kapadia - Hamilton
- Medha Tambe - Hamilton
- Anshul Verma - Hamilton
Broadcom Award Winners:
- Prisha Shroff - Basha Accelerated Middle School: Broadcom Foundation Coding with Commitment Award
- Addison Shell - ACP Oakland: Broadcom MASTERS Nominee
- Sophia Baker - ACP Oakland: Broadcom MASTERS Nominee
Special Award Winners:
- Number of special awards won by CUSD students: 10
- AzSEF presents 30 Special Awards. CUSD's 10 winners represent the greatest number of special awards won by any district (public, private or charter) in the state of Arizona.
