The 70th Annual Orange County Science and Engineering Fair (OCSEF) celebrated its winners on Sunday, March 23 at Chapman University. All of the young scientists and engineers who participated this year should be proud of what they accomplished through their projects!
Starting from September of last year, students were invited to submit their STEM projects for OCSEF 2025. This year, over 800 students from across Orange County participated, with a 25% increase in the number of projects from last year thanks to OCSEF outreach efforts. We also had over 200 volunteer judges conduct student interviews in 20 categories and evaluate projects for special awards. The winners of the Board Awards in each category received a medal, certificate, and cash prize. Students also won numerous Special Award prizes (some of which also included cash rewards) from a diverse group of over 30 STEM organizations.
Complete Winner List — 70th Annual OCSEF
Awards Ceremony Program — Senior Division (high school)
Awards Ceremony Program — Junior Division (middle school)
OCSEF would also like to announce their nominees for the 2025 CSEF, Thermo Fisher, and ISEF.
California Science and Engineering Fair
| Kaden Ahuja Zain Alam Sebastian Alexis Lila Alvarez David Angeles Alina Ayala Naim Bayraktar Aariv Bhalla Mikhail Buskin Max Castrapel Shawn Castrapel Suri Charlu Annika Chatterjee Alvin Chen Max Chen Bingxuan Cheng Marcus Cho Ryan Chu Eugene Dai Sophia Dai Alexandra Diulio Srivardhan Dongre Maya Gandhi Mohan Gandhi Ruotong Gao Changhong Gong Sanaiya Hall Cristian Hernandez Jenny Ho Ryan Honary Alivia Hsu Irene Yool Huh Noah Im Neil Iyer Elliott Jang Nathan Kang Parth Khetan Kourosh Khorrami Suin Kim Justin Kline Maximus Ku Khang Le Jeremy Lee Nathan Lew Jia Tong Lin Ze Yu Lin Zehuan Lin Anthony Low Bhavna Malladi Mark Menaker Shaurya Mittal Anvi Mody Daniel Nam Tien Ngo Hannah Nguyen Jenny Nguyen Jolina Nguyen Matthew Nguyen Michelle Nguyen Savina Nguyen Steven Nguyen Dhruv Panchagatti Julian Park Philip Park Avni Patil Kevin Peng Hayde Perez Kayla Pham Long Pham Le Phan Atharv Ponnachana Driti Rajkumar Roma Reddy Rhea Rejith Benjamin Schwartz Juliette Scott Aryan Sharma Darren Shen Anchit Sinha Abhijith Sivaprakash Sam Solhpour Arthur Sparks Rhea Sreedhar Grant Story Stella Sun Eitan Tran Zoe Tran Phillip Trinh Karen Vu Yubo Wang Meghana Wuppalapati Yiyan Xiong Ella Yang Burhanuddin Zakir Benjamin Zhang Zixin Zhao |
Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge
| JUNIOR DIVISION |
| Kaden Ahuja Lila Alvarez Weston Bagley Scarlett Bailey Aariv Bhalla Arabella Brewer Evelyn Bruce Kaden Ahuja Lila Alvarez Weston Bagley Scarlett Bailey Aariv Bhalla Arabella Brewer Evelyn Bruce Adele Cabral Max Castrapel Shawn Castrapel Suri Charlu Evelyn Chen Max Chen Marcus Cho Eugene Dai Mohan Gandhi Harrison Gu Sanaiya Hall Alivia Hsu Irene Yool Huh Noah Im Neil Iyer Sangjoon Jung Suin Kim Maximus Ku Ella Lee Nathan Lew Erika Mead Mackenzie Miller Anvi Mody Tokiya Murase Jolina Nguyen Aden Nunes Le Phan Roma Reddy Riyan Rohatgi Lisette Schimmer Juliette Scott Ronnie Shen Sam Solhpour Arthur Sparks Grant Story Stella Sun Alice Tran Eitan Tran Carter Unten Ella Yang Burhanuddin Zakir Benjamin Zhang Grace Zhu |
International Science and Engineering Fair
| SENIOR DIVISION |
| Sebastian Alexis Annika Chatterjee Ryan Honary Nathan Kang |