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Sixteen Indian American High schoolers advance to Thermo Fisher JIC finals
All finalists receive a $500 cash award and will participate in the Thermo Fisher JIC Finals Week in Washington, D.C
16 Indian American finalists / (Image - Society for science)
The Society for Science announced the finalists for the first-ever Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge, a technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) competition for middle schoolers. Indian American students make up the majority of the list with an impressive 16 out of 30 students in the fray.
The challenge aims to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, and innovators to tackle the world's major issues. The 30 finalists were chosen by "a nationwide panel of scientists, engineers, and educators from a pool of Top 300 Junior Innovators," according to a press statement from the Society for Science.
They will compete in the finals week next month in Washington, D.C., "where a panel of judges will evaluate their scientific research as well as their communication, creativity, and collaboration skills during team challenges."
Inika Adapala from San Jose, California was chosen for her communication app for patients with locked-in syndrome; Advait Badrish from Washington was chosen for HeartNN: a high-accuracy neural network for cardiac auscultation; Krishna Bhatt from San Jose, California was selected for his innovative wearable that can prevent falls; Adyant Bhavsar also from San Jose, California was chosen for generating electricity from waste.
Georgia's Akshadha Mehta was selected for FAP-BRIX: A Practical Solution To Lessen Plastic Pollution; Kinnoree Rabeya Pasha from Fresno was selected for her idea to increase crop yield while reducing water usage; Alabama's Nikita Prabhakar was selected for developing a Non-Invasive Integrated Sensor for monitoring menorrhagia while Aswath Rajesh from Florida was selected for developing an eco-friendly polymeric material.
Frisco's Pranavi Chatrathi's external airbag to minimize side impacts; San Jose's Sharanya Munjal Chudgar's solar-tracking Litterminator Anaheim's Maya Gandhi's idea for optimizing plant microbial fuel cell energy output and San Jose's Shanya Gill's method to prevent property damage by using thermal imaging were among the shortlisted final projects.
Texas-based Maan Mamta-Sanjay Patel project on Nature’s Super Shapes: How Voronoi Tessellations Affect Structural Strength; Illinois student Amritha Praveen's project to improve Mental Health Using AI-powered Music Therapy; Georgia student Keshvee Sekhda's IdentiCan App to detect breast, lung and skin cancer and Plano student Rayyan Yaqoob's approach to study the Effect of Targeting Multiple Neural Pathways Using Nutraceuticals also made it to the final list.
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