Awards

2025 OCSEF Winners & Nominees for CSEF, Thermo Fisher & ISEF

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

The 70th Annual Orange County Science and Engineering Fair Awards (2025)

Applied Mechanics / Structures & Mechanisms / Manufacturing JUNIOR DIVISION First Place Srivardhan DongreMohan GandhiNeil Iyer  Second Place Harrison GuKaelyn James  Third Place Sahana Samra  Honorable Mention Malachi CavazosKiara SinghalSamantha Skacal SENIOR DIVISION First Place Jia Tong Lin  Second Place William HongHyunjoon HongHexu HuangDarren Shen  Third Place Xingyi DuanTyler KimZephyr

The 69th Annual Orange County Science and Engineering Fair Awards (2024)

Applied Mechanics / Structures & Mechanisms / Manufacturing JUNIOR DIVISION First Place Brandon Shen-XuJaxon Tram Second Place Terry Huang Third Place Joy Yan-LiOlivia HalterMischa Joshi Honorable Mention Lauren BennettNuha AllanaDanielle FottlerDaniel GoldshlegerEthan Nguyen, Jakey Kim, Preston Lai SENIOR DIVISION First Place Yifei Zhang Third Place Rohan Hablani Third Place Natalie VenegasJonathan Rivera, Christopher Jimenez Fluids

The 68th Annual Orange County Science and Engineering Fair Awards (2023)

Applied Mechanics / Structures & Mechanisms / Manufacturing JUNIOR DIVISION First Place Ivy Dinh, Yazmin Orozco, Esther Lee Second Place •Brandon Shen-Xu•Adithya Rajasekhar, Gorang Saini•Maya Thompson Third Place Jasper Kim Honorable Mention •Ethan Zhang•Ryan Gupta SENIOR DIVISION First Place Derek Kong Second Place Joshua Pillai Third Place Christine Li Honorable Mention Elvis Le, David Tran,

The 67th Annual Orange County Science and Engineering Fair Awards Winners (2022)

Applied Mechanics / Structures & Mechanisms / Manufacturing SENIOR DIVISION First Place Tarini Neeladaran  Second Place Kaleb Lee Third Place Zahid Abdul-Qadeer JUNIOR DIVISION Second Place Kelly Wang and Tara Pham Third Place Damacia Shang Honorable Mention •Abhimanyu Shridhar•Sammy Thai, Lydia Lo•Rita Wilton•Julianne Kim, Joanne Chen, Stephanie Yang Fluids / Aerodynamics SENIOR DIVISION First Place

The 66th Annual Orange County Science and Engineering Fair Awards (2021)

Applied Mechanics / Structures & Mechanisms / Manufacturing JUNIOR DIVISION First Place Vishaalakshi Nachiappan, Hadisa Ansari, Caden Bolton Second Place Peyton HuiJason Asariah  Honorable Mention Shaili ChudasamaGeorge Terzis SENIOR DIVISION First Place Katherine RobertsonAshutosh Kandala Second Place Henry Liu Third Place Kevin Hong Honorable Mention Junho ParkEzekiel Ampe Fluids / Aerodynamics JUNIOR DIVISION First Place

The 65th Annual Orange County Science and Engineering Fair Awards (2020)

Applied Mechanics / Structures & Mechanisms / Manufacturing JUNIOR DIVISION First Place Akshay Aribindi, Santiago Hills ElementaryAbhinav Shrivastava, Santiago Hills ElementaryJohan Simon, Santiago Hills ElementaryAarushi Ghildyal, South Lake Middle School Second Place Tayeun Kim, Brywood ElementaryChandra Rydwell,Brywood Elementary Third Place Anthony Safo, Lexington Junior High School Honorable Mention Pooja Dave, Portola Springs ElementaryLourdes Garin, Portola

The 63rd Annual Orange County Science and Engineering Fair Awards (2018)

Applied Mechanics / Structures & Mechanisms / Manufacturing JUNIOR DIVISION First Place Zara Hommez from Cypress Village Elementary School, advisor: Robin Van Vohris Second Place Elizabeth Godoy from McPherson Magnet, advisor: Kayee Conrad Third Place James Aho from Fairmont Private School – Historic Anaheim Campus, advisor: John Briner Honorable Mention Tudor Georgescu, Ishaan Nitturka, and

The 64th Annual Orange County Science and Engineering Fair Awards (2019)

Applied Mechanics / Structures & Mechanisms / Manufacturing JUNIOR DIVISION First Place Brianna Vu from Fairmont Private Schools – Historic Anaheim Campus, advisor: John Briner Second Place Marcus Yoo from Mariner’s Christian School, advisor: Bing Liu Third Place Zhongxuan An and Dory Meng from Bonita Canyon, advisor: Chuck Nelson Honorable Mention Isabella Hidalgo from Heritage

The 62nd Annual Orange County Science and Engineering Fair Awards (2017)

Applied Mechanics / Structures & Mechanisms / Manufacturing JUNIOR DIVISION First Place Espen Garner from St. Margaret’s Episcopal, advisor: Eric HarringtonSamantha Mah-Gersting and Mandy Chan from Brywood Elementary, advisor: Brian Cady Second Place Alyssa Tang from Canyon View Elementary, advisor: Allison Rolfe Third Place Jack Aitken from St. Margaret’s Episcopal, advisor: Eric HarringtonNicholas Ostlund from