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Although Chandler Unified educates only about 3% of the students in Arizona, CUSD students took home nearly one third (29%) of the state’s award-winning projects at the Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF). Additionally, CUSD students represent 36.8% of the students qualifying for the prestigious International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). CUSD students won more than 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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Arizona College Prep High School (2021-2022) 
Congratulations to Kaitlyn Lai and Omina Nematova who won 3rd place in Animal Sciences, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Air Flow Speed and and Odor Concentration on the EAG Responses from Honeybees (Apis mellifera)." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep High School (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Gabriel Huffman who won 2nd place in Animal Sciences, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Analyzing The Effect of Temperature on the Development Time of Blow Flies." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep High School (2021-2022)
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Congratulations to Andre Glukhovskiy, Alex Kroumov and Nick Sobolev who won 1st place and Best of Fair in Biochemistry, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Termite Control: A Molecular Approach." Best of Fair: Senior Division winners are awarded a UofA $2,500 Scholarship and qualify to compete at ISEF (the International Science and Engineering Fair). Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep High School (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Ahmad Riyad who won 2nd place in Biomedical Engineering, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Decellularization of Aloe Barbadensis Miller Leaf in use for Tissue Scaffolding." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep High School (2021-2022)
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Congratulations to Diya Nath who won 1st place in Microbiology, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Investigating Connections Between Common Medicines and Neurodegenerative Diseases." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep High School (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Deangelo Brasen who won 3rd place in Mathematics, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Relationships Between General Polygons Based on Non-Opposite, Diagonal Lines to Form Inner Polygons." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Abhinn Goel who won 2nd place in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Elementary Division (5th - 6th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Type of Sugar Substitute on the Amount of Carbon Dioxide Produced by Yeast." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Congratulations to Kairui Dai who won 1st place and Broadcom MASTERS® Nominee in Computer Science, Elementary Division (5th - 6th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Password Type and Dials on the Amount of Time it Takes to Crack." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Gracia Pederson who won 3rd place in Earth and Planetary Science, Elementary Division (5th - 6th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of the Non-Toxic Mixture Used as Drain Unclogger on the Amount of Water that Comes Out of the Pipes." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Congratulations to Alexander Zhu who won 1st place and Broadcom MASTERS® Nominee in Mathematical Sciences, Elementary Division (5th - 6th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of the Online Chess.com Blitz Rating on the OTB USCF Chess Rating." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Enza Wellman who won 3rd place in Medicine and Health Sciences, Elementary Division (5th - 6th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Different Suture Techniques on a Wound." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Aarush Amilineni who won 3rd place in Physics and Astronomy , Elementary Division (5th - 6th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Different Materials on Refraction Angle." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Addison Lai who won Broadcom MASTERS® Nomineeand 2nd place in Animal Science, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Different Predator Images on Cricket Behavior." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Congratulations to Reva Shah who won Broadcom MASTERS® Nominee and 1st place in Behavioral and Social Science, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Brightness of Light on Time People Talk." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Mason Hill who won 2nd place and Broadcom MASTERS® Nominee in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Plant Type on Moisture Content." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Dorie He who won 3rd place in Chemistry, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Water pH on Copper Solubility." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Aubrey Maruska who won 2nd place and Broadcom MASTERS® Nominee in Computer Science, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Dictionary Words Amount and Password Variance on the Time to Crack." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Congratulations to Helena Tang who won Broadcom MASTERS® Nominee and 1st place in Earth and Planetary Science, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Stratification on Buoyancy Frequency." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Renuka Nukala who won 2nd place in Engineering, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Intensity of Wind on the Durability of the Building Prototype." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Siyaa Poddar who won 2nd place in Environmental Science, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Advanced Methodology of Polymer Usage for the Removal of Excess Flash Flood Water." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Congratulations to Ashwin Iyengar who won the U.S. Metric Association: Junior Division Award and Broadcom MASTERS® Nominee, and 1st place in Mathematical Sciences, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Order of Magnitude on Benford's Law Accuracy." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Pranav Samanthapudi who won 2nd place in Medicine and Health Sciences, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of COVID Precautions on Spread of COVID." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Congratulations to Adhyaksha Chandrasekaran who won 1st place, the Caris Foundation - Physics & Astonomy Junior Division Award and Broadcom MASTERS® Nominee in Physics and Astronomy, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of the Type of Foam on Volume of Depression Made." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Hanna Nguyen who won Broadcom MASTERS® Nominee and 2nd place in Plant Sciences, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Earthworm Number on Plant Growth." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Casteel High (2021-2022)
Congratulations to William Louk who won 3rd place in Animal Science, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Bee Flight." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Hannah Cluroe who won 3rd place in Behavioral and Social Sciences, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Priming Politics: A Psychological Analysis of the Media's Impact on Opinion Formation in Presidential Elections." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Michael Fang who won the Caris Foundation Physics & Astronomy - 3rd place award and 3rd place in Physics and Astronomy, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Searching for Earth-sized Exoplanets in Kepler Data with Deep Learning and GPU Folding ." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Michelle Hu who won 3rd place in Plant Sciences, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Development of a Cost-Efficient Aeroponic System to Improve the Yield of Lactuca Sativa." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Benjamin Tung and Charles Zhang who won 2nd place in Chemistry, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Determining the Relationship Between Nannochloropsis Algae Concentration and Light Reflectance: A Novel Method to Monitor Algae Growth in Water." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2021-2022)
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Congratulations to Alex Huang who won the United States Air Force Award, the Caris Foundation - Engineering 1st place award, 1st place and Best of Fair in Engineering Mechanics, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "AWSOM: Designing Active Wrist Mechanism Using Spherical-gears and One-drive Mechanism." Best of Fair: Senior Division winners are awarded a UofA $2,500 Scholarship and qualify to compete at ISEF (the International Science and Engineering Fair). Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Ammaar Zindani who won 3rd place and the Caris Foundation - Physics & Astronomy 3rd place Award in Biomedical Engineering, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Development of GelMA Hydrogels and 3D Microfluidic In Vitro Models for a Tumor-Stroma Microenvironment." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Prisha Shroff who won the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for her project in Robotics and Intelligent Machines, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) titled "AI-based Wildfire Prevention, Detection and Suppression System." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Baochan Fan and Sanvi Lamba who won 2nd place in Translational Medical Sciences, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Self-Disinfecting High-Performance Facemask based on Biomaterial Coated Nanofibers." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2021-2022)
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Congratulations to Alexis Li who won the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Award, 1st place and Best of Fair in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "A Novel Data-Centric AI Approach For Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease With Diverse Data and Multi-Model Ensemble." Best of Fair: Senior Division winners are awarded a UofA $2,500 Scholarship and qualify to compete at ISEF (the International Science and Engineering Fair). Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Bianca Ashar and Trisha Panse who won the Society for In Vitro Biology Award and 3rd place in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Developing a Computational Classifier to Characterize the Cell Cycle Stage of Hematopoietic Single-Cell RNA Seq Data." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Thilina Balasooriya and Pranav Mantri who won 2nd place in Embedded Systems, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Using Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication to Improve Traffic Safety Against Wrong-Way Drivers." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Shayan Mukherjee and Rahil Shah who won the Embry Riddle Aeronautic University Award and 3rd place in Engineering Mechanics, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Exploring the Viability of Ball Screw Based Active Dampers for Regenerative and Self Powering Active Suspension Systems." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2021-2022)
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Congratulations to Chloe Zhan who won the U.S. Metric Association Award, the Mu Alpha Theta Award, Best of Fair and 1st place in Mathematics, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "A Novel Model Based Constrained Optimization Approach to Maximize Water Productivity Under Deficit Irrigation." Best of Fair: Senior Division winners are awarded a UofA $2,500 Scholarship and qualify to compete at ISEF (the International Science and Engineering Fair). Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Hamilton High (2021-2022)
Congratulations to Deval Deliwala and Eddie Zhang who won 2nd place in Mathematics, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled " A Chaotic Encryption Algorithm Based on a Modified Arnold's Cat Map." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Knox Gifted Academy (2021-2022)
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Congratulations to Aditi Ganesh who won Broadcom MASTERS® Nominee and 1st place in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Elementary Division (5th - 6th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Earth Cell." Due to her first place win, Aditi's teacher will also receive a yearly subscription of Arizona Science Center's Science on Wheels. Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Perry High (2021-2022)
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Congratulations to Joshua Shunk who won 1st place and Best of Fair in Robotics and Intelligent Machines, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Neuron-Specific Dropout: A Deterministic Regularization Technique to Prevent Neural Networks from Overfitting Reduce Dependence on Large Training Samples." Best of Fair: Senior Division winners are awarded a UofA $2,500 Scholarship and qualify to compete at ISEF (the International Science and Engineering Fair). Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
Perry High (2021-2022)
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Congratulations to Kristopher Luo who won 1st place in Embedded Systems, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "NaviAssist: An AI-based Device for the Visually Impaired to Navigate Unfamiliar Environments Using Computer Vision." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website
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CUSD leads the way at AzSEF!
- CUSD students take home 28.6% of the AzSEF awards -- leading all public, private and charter districts
- 79 of AzSEF's 276 awards were won by CUSD students -- CUSD - SECOND TO NONE
AzSEF Division Awards:
- 16 First place winners from CUSD
- 18 Second place winners from CUSD
- 15 Third place winners from CUSD
Best of Fair and ISEF Qualifiers:
- CUSD students represent 37% of the ISEF Qualifiers
- Andre Glukhovskiy - ACP High School
- Alex Kroumov - ACP High School
- Nick Sobolev - ACP High School
- Alexis Li - Hamilton High School
- Alex Huang - Hamilton High School
- Chloe Zhan - Hamilton High School
- Joshua Shunk - Perry High School
Junior Division Special Award Winners:
- Adhyaksha Chandrasekaran - ACP Middle School - Caris Foundation Physics & Astronomy Award
- Ashwin Iyengar - ACP Middle School - U.S. Metric Association: Junior Division
- 11 Broadcom MASTERS Nominees
Senior Divison Special Award Winners:
- Number of special awards won by CUSD students: 18
- CUSD's 18 winners in the senior division represent the greatest number of special awards won by any district (public, private or charter) in the state of Arizona.
