Students earn TOP awards at 2019 International Science and Engineering Fair

Special TOP Awards
   Craig R Barrett Award for Innovation, First award of $10,000
      BMED046 — A Novel, Noninvasive Approach to Melanoma Diagnosis Using Optical Coherence Tomography and Bioconjugated Gold Nanoparticles
      Shriya Reddy, Northville High School, MI, United States of America

Category Awards
   Biomedical and Health Sciences, Best of Category Award of $5000 plus $1,000 to School and $1,000 to local Science Fair 
      BMED046 — A Novel, Noninvasive Approach to Melanoma Diagnosis Using Optical Coherence Tomography and Bioconjugated Gold Nanoparticles
      Shriya Reddy, Northville High School, MI, United States of America

   Biomedical and Health Sciences, First Award of $3000 
      BMED046 — A Novel, Noninvasive Approach to Melanoma Diagnosis Using Optical Coherence Tomography and Bioconjugated Gold Nanoparticles
      Shriya Reddy, Northville High School, MI, United States of America

   Biomedical and Health Sciences, Second Award of $1,500 
      BMED047 — Enabling Influenza Virus-like Particles (VLPs) as a Universal Vaccine
          Madeleine Yang, Detroit Country Day School, MI, United States of America

  Behavioral and Social Sciences, Third Award of $1,000
     
BEHA033 — A Data-Driven Optimization of Economic Resource Allocation
     
Vihaar Nandigala, Walled Lake Western, MI, United States of America
 Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Fourth Award of $500  
      CBIO020 — Deep Learning to Evaluate the Combinatorial Impact of Genetic Variants on Gene Expression
      Collin Wang, Detroit Country Day School, MI, United States of America

Professional Award Organization Awards
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the United States government agency responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research. Founded in 1958, NASA drives advances in science, technology, aeronautics, and space exploration to enhance knowledge, education, innovation, economic vitality, and stewardship of Earth.
Second Award of $750
   ROBO037 — Hardware Integrated LiDAR Simulation for the Development of Collision Avoidance Algorithms
   Matthew Tan, Cranbrook Kingswood School, Stevensville, MI, United States of America