
March 26-27, 2026
Desert Financial Arena
Tempe, AZ
AzSEF Alumni Network
The AzSEF Alumni Network celebrates outstanding student researchers from across Arizona who have earned first-place awards in the senior division or represented Arizona as ISEF finalists. This community connects alumni, highlights their achievements, and inspires the next generation of scientists and engineers.
Are you a past AzSEF senior division first-place winner or ISEF finalist? Join the AzSEF Alumni Network to stay connected, be featured on our website, and receive updates on opportunities.
2025 Alumni
Aarna PatelÂ
Environmental EngineeringÂ
ISEF Finalist
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
Bast Fiber and Novel Hydrogel Integration for Sustainable Postpartum Care
Aditya Lakshminarasimhan
Computational Biology & BioinformaticsÂ
ISEF Finalist
ISEF Award Winner: Second Place in Category
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
Modeling Bird Flu Mutation Patterns and Cross-Species Transmission Using Sequence Analysis and a Novel Contrastive Learning and Influence-tree Graph Attention Network (CLIGAT)
Aditya MalgeÂ
Energy: Sustainable Materials & Design
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
Hydrogenated Vanadium Oxide: A Novel Electrocatalyst for Zinc-Air Batteries
Akshay KarthikÂ
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
ISEF FinalistÂ
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
THETA: Triangulated Hand Estimation for Teleoperation and Automation
Alexander RahmanÂ
Biomedical and Health SciencesÂ
ISEF FinalistÂ
AzSEF Second Place Winner in CategoryÂ
Affordable Nanoparticle Diagnostic Device For Fast And Accurate Detection O
Iraj ShroffÂ
ChemistryÂ
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
PFAS Degradation in Water using a Membrane-based Catalytic Approach
Kinsely TorresÂ
Systems Software
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
Harvest Hero: An Innovative, Eco-Friendly Approach to AI Agriculture
Nishita Karikatti
Cellular and Molecular BiologyÂ
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
Investigating Ctr2 Role during acute latent stages of Toxoplasma Gondii
Shireen AroraÂ
Animal Sciences
ISEF FinalistÂ
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
W. Somnifera's Neuroprotective Effects on AD: A D. melanogaster Model
Srihan Kondle
Energy: Sustainable Materials & Design
ISEF FinalistÂ
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
Hydrogenated Vanadium Oxide: A Novel Electrocatalyst for Zinc-Air Batteries
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Venkat Yarlagadda
Plant SciencesÂ
ISEF FinalistÂ
ISEF Winner: Third Place in CategoryÂ
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
Photogene Fusion: Genetic Enhancement of Photosynthesis for Carbon Capture
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Yuvan SenthilÂ
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
ISEF FinalistÂ
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
D.I.C.E - Dynamic Interlocking Cube-Drones Engineered with IR Tracking
2024 Alumni
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
ISEF Finalist
ISEF Award Winner: Second Place in Category
ISEF Special Award Winner: University of Texas-Dallas Scholarship and University of Arizona ScholarshipÂ
AzSEF Second Place Winner in CategoryÂ
Elucidating RSV F-Fusion Protein-Host Interactions: Graph Attention Networks (GAN) and Structural Visualization
Materials ScienceÂ
ISEF Finalist
ISEF Award Winner: Third Place in Category
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
Enhancing Tea-Waste Based Biopolymer Nanocomposite Performance through a Novel Synthetic Cuticular Hydrocarbon Bilayer Coating: A Sustainable Packaging Alternative
Biomedical Engineering
ISEF FinalistÂ
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
 A Portable Tricep Support Exosuit Built from Soft Pneumatic Actuators
Plant ScienceÂ
ISEF FinalistÂ
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
A Prickly ProjectÂ
Chemistry
ISEF FinalistÂ
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
Natural Aqua Purifier - A Novel Way to Purify Water using Moringa Seed Powder, Neem Leaf Powder, and Peanut Husks
Earth & Environmental Science
ISEF FinalistÂ
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
Aquatic Toxicity of Sunscreen Ingredients in Freshwater Ecosystems
Animal ScienceÂ
ISEF FinalistÂ
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
 Investigating the Apoptotic Induction Potential of Various Chemical Food Preservatives on Caenorhabditis elegans
Physics & Astronomy
ISEF FinalistÂ
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
Beyond the Stars: A Data-driven Approach to Exoplanet Categorization
Biomedical & Health Services
ISEF FinalistÂ
ISEF Fourth Place Winner in CategoryÂ
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
Detection of Fungal Infection via Macroscopic Fluorescence of DNA/RNA using Non-Toxic SYBR-safe Dyes for a New, Accurate, Fast, Handheld, Small Blood Volume Diagnostic (SBVD) Device: FungiBugâ¢
Environmental EngineeringÂ
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
Development and Life Cycle Analysis of a novel Mine-Tailings derived Cementitious System for use in Sustainable, Multi-functional Applications
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
ISEF FinalistÂ
ISEF Fourth Place Winner in CategoryÂ
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
I.D.A.S - Interlocking Drone Aerial Swarm: Enhancing Thrust and Battery Configuration Flexibility
2023 Alumni
Animal ScienceÂ
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
The Detection of Diabetes via Urine Samples using Ants and C. Elegans
Systems SoftwareÂ
ISEF Finalist
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
Musical Chords: A Mobile App That Auto-Generates Chord Progressions
Computational Biology and BioinformaticsÂ
ISEF FinalistÂ
ISEF Third Place Winner in Category
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
A Novel Deep Learning Predictor for Post-Therapeutic Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk Using a Multi-omics Data Integration Framework
Systems Software
ISEF Finalist
ISEF First Place Winner in Category
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
Analyzing the Effect of Mid-Circuit Measurement (MCM) on Spectator Qubits
Earth & Environmental ScienceÂ
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
Sunscreen Safety: The Effect of UV Filters on Freshwater Invertebrates
BiochemistryÂ
ISEF Finalist
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
Experimental Characterization of Allosterically Relevant Mutations in Beta-Glucosidase Identified Using a Dynamics-Guided Computational Approach
Engineering Technology : Statistics & Dynamics
ISEF Finalist
AzSEF 2nd Place Winner in CategoryÂ
PTERA - Propeller Tilt Efficiency Rotor Aircraft
2019 Alumni
Physics
ISEF Finalist
ISEF Award Winner: Fourth Place in Category Â
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
Development of a thin and inexpensive open-air proton beam detector for characterizing the beam profile and position
Chemistry
ISEF Finalist
ISEF Special Award Winner: Drexel University Full Tuition Scholarship Â
AzSEF First Place Winner in CategoryÂ
Novel Artificial Synthesis of Sugars from Non-Organic Compounds for Renewable Cellular Energy
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