Press Release For Immediate Release

Winners of 2023 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) Announced

Arizona Science Center Congratulates All Participating Students and Winners

PHOENIX, AZ – May 1, 2023–Arizona Science Center is proud to recognize the winners of the 2023 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF), the state’s science fair. Managed by Arizona Science Center, AzSEF brings together first-place winners from school, homeschool, district, county, and regional science fairs across Arizona to compete for thousands of dollars in prizes and scholarships.

“It was amazing to see the depth of knowledge and creativity demonstrated by the students and their ability to explain their sophisticated projects,” said Guy Labine, The Hazel A. Hare President & CEO, Arizona Science Center. “I was inspired by my conversations with students and am proud of the role the Science Center played in this effort. I also extend deep gratitude to the teachers, parents, families, and mentors for the encouragement and support they provided the students this year.”

Winners will compete at Regeneron International Science & Engineering Fair (RISEF), the world’s largest international pre-college science competition, held this year in Dallas, Texas from May 13-19. Winning project this year included:

• Harshil Avlani, from BASIS Chandler, won First Place: Engineering Technology: Statistics & Dynamics category with his project Analyzing the Effect of Mid-Circuit Measurement on Spectator Qubits.
  
  
• Siddharth Adda, from BASIS Scottsdale, won First Place: Translational Medical Science for his project, A Novel Segmentation-based AI Approach for the Early Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy and Macular Edema via Analysis of Retinal Fundus Images.
  
  
• Sruti Peddi, a student at BASIS Scottsdale, won First Place: Senior Environmental Engineering for her project, FloodCast: Real-Time Flood Mapping & Prediction in Southeast Asia Using Remote Sensing Data.
  
  
• Chloe Zhan, a student at Hamilton High School, won First Place: Senior Mathematical Sciences for her project, A Mathematical Model To Forecast County Level Yield in Top Agricultural-Producing States Using Satellite Data.
  
  
• Alexis Li, a Hamilton High School, won First Place: Senior Robotics & Intelligent Machines for her project, Modeling the Dynamics of Functional Brain Networks with Brain STEAM.
  
  
• Maxwell Igwe, a student University High School, Tolleson won First Place: Biochemistry for his project, Experimental characterization of allosterically relevant mutations in β-glucosidase identified using a dynamics-guided computational approach.

This year’s competition featured nearly 675 young scientists, 483 projects representing more than 100 schools across the state. A full list of winners can be found here. 

AzSEF builds upon the educational outreach of Arizona Science Center to nurture students’ interest and pursuit of STEM learning, and provides opportunities to train teachers and school leaders in building cultures of research and inquiry, focusing on the science and engineering practices that are designed to get students “doing science” and found within the Next Generation Science Standards.

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Media Contacts

  Kristina Celik
  Arizona Science Center
  480.205.2581
  celikk@azscience.org