
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.
2026 Alumni
Aariya Udhayasankar
Technology Enhances the Arts
ISEF Finalist
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
Cadenza: Promoting Effective, Data-Driven Practice Strategies for Musicians
Amaira Srivastava
Behavioral and Social Sciences
ISEF Finalist
ISEF Grand Award Winner: 3rd Place in Category
ISEF Special Award Winner: Foresight- Existential Hope Award
ISEF Society for Science Alumni Special Award: Rookie of the Year
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
REWIRE: Realtime Evaluation of Waves to Intervene Reinforce Engagement
Anagha Vippagunta
Software Design
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
AzSEF Special Award Winner: DRIPBL Innovator of the Year
Quantifying Mitigating CNN Representation Instability for Imaging Safety
Aritro Chatterjee
Technology Enhances the Arts
ISEF Finalist
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
Cadenza: Promoting Effective, Data-Driven Practice Strategies for Musicians
Esther Cui
Biomedical Engineering
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
Quantum-assisted Optimization of Parkinson’s DBS Parameters
Kinsley Torres
Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
ISEF Finalist
ISEF Special Award Winner: Non-Trivial Ventures Award
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
XenoFold AI: A chemistry-led, AI powered platform for novel enzyme design
Rahul Madhu
Cellular and Molecular Biology
ISEF Finalist
ISEF Grand Award Winner: 3rd Place in Category
ISEF Special Award Winner: Full ASU Scholarship
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
ESSENCE: Rapid Spatial Biomarker Mapping for Melanoma Detection and Staging
Renae Brown
Biomedical Engineering
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
Quantum-assisted Optimization of Parkinson’s DBS Parameters
2025 Alumni
Aarna Patel
Environmental Engineering
ISEF Finalist
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
Bast Fiber and Novel Hydrogel Integration for Sustainable Postpartum Care
Aditya Lakshminarasimhan
Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
ISEF Finalist
ISEF Award Winner: Second Place in Category
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
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 Malge
Energy: Sustainable Materials & Design
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
Hydrogenated Vanadium Oxide: A Novel Electrocatalyst for Zinc-Air Batteries
Akshay Karthik
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
ISEF Finalist
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
THETA: Triangulated Hand Estimation for Teleoperation and Automation
Alexander Rahman
Biomedical and Health Sciences
ISEF Finalist
AzSEF Second Place Winner in Category
Affordable Nanoparticle Diagnostic Device For Fast And Accurate Detection O
Iraj Shroff
Chemistry
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
PFAS Degradation in Water using a Membrane-based Catalytic Approach
Iris Tang
Systems Software
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
A Lagrangian Approach to Scalable Mixed Constraint Portfolio Optimization
Kinsely Torres
Systems Software
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
Harvest Hero: An Innovative, Eco-Friendly Approach to AI Agriculture
Nishita Karikatti
Cellular and Molecular Biology
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
Investigating Ctr2 Role during acute latent stages of Toxoplasma Gondii
Shireen Arora
Animal Sciences
ISEF Finalist
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
W. Somnifera's Neuroprotective Effects on AD: A D. melanogaster Model
Srihan Kondle
Energy: Sustainable Materials & Design
ISEF Finalist
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
Hydrogenated Vanadium Oxide: A Novel Electrocatalyst for Zinc-Air Batteries
Venkat Yarlagadda
Plant Sciences
ISEF Finalist
ISEF Winner: Third Place in Category
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
Photogene Fusion: Genetic Enhancement of Photosynthesis for Carbon Capture
Yuvan Senthil
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
ISEF Finalist
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
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 Scholarship
AzSEF Second Place Winner in Category
Elucidating RSV F-Fusion Protein-Host Interactions: Graph Attention Networks (GAN) and Structural Visualization
Materials Science
ISEF Finalist
ISEF Award Winner: Third Place in Category
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
Enhancing Tea-Waste Based Biopolymer Nanocomposite Performance through a Novel Synthetic Cuticular Hydrocarbon Bilayer Coating: A Sustainable Packaging Alternative
Biomedical Engineering
ISEF Finalist
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
A Portable Tricep Support Exosuit Built from Soft Pneumatic Actuators
Plant Science
ISEF Finalist
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
A Prickly Project
Chemistry
ISEF Finalist
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
Natural Aqua Purifier - A Novel Way to Purify Water using Moringa Seed Powder, Neem Leaf Powder, and Peanut Husks
Earth & Environmental Science
ISEF Finalist
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
Aquatic Toxicity of Sunscreen Ingredients in Freshwater Ecosystems
Animal Science
ISEF Finalist
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
Investigating the Apoptotic Induction Potential of Various Chemical Food Preservatives on Caenorhabditis elegans
Physics & Astronomy
ISEF Finalist
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
Beyond the Stars: A Data-driven Approach to Exoplanet Categorization
Biomedical & Health Services
ISEF Finalist
ISEF Fourth Place Winner in Category
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
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: FungiBug™
Environmental Engineering
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
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 Finalist
ISEF Fourth Place Winner in Category
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
I.D.A.S - Interlocking Drone Aerial Swarm: Enhancing Thrust and Battery Configuration Flexibility
2023 Alumni
Animal Science
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
The Detection of Diabetes via Urine Samples using Ants and C. Elegans
Systems Software
ISEF Finalist
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
Musical Chords: A Mobile App That Auto-Generates Chord Progressions
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
ISEF Finalist
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 Category
Analyzing the Effect of Mid-Circuit Measurement (MCM) on Spectator Qubits
Earth & Environmental Science
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
Sunscreen Safety: The Effect of UV Filters on Freshwater Invertebrates
Biochemistry
ISEF Finalist
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
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 Category
PTERA - Propeller Tilt Efficiency Rotor Aircraft
2019 Alumni
Physics
ISEF Finalist
ISEF Award Winner: Fourth Place in Category
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
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
AzSEF First Place Winner in Category
Novel Artificial Synthesis of Sugars from Non-Organic Compounds for Renewable Cellular Energy
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