BEST Medicine - For the Body and the Environment

2024 Award Recipients

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The 2024 Grand Prize Winners

Top Award: William Wang

CSU Scholarship Awards: John Anand, Jack D'Cruz, Niklas Rietsch, Gordon Zietz

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Winners by Category

Biomaterials (6th-8th)

Gold: Luke Fioritto

Silver: Ellison Smith

Bronze: Caleb Woodley and Stella-Jean Vue

Biomaterials (11th-12th)

Gold: Grace Filmer

Silver: Isaiah Gilbert

Bronze: Chase Parmer

Environmental (7th)

Gold: Japneet Kaur

Silver: Sai Saharsh Gudikandula

Bronze: Manraj Chauhan

Environmental (8th)

Gold: Quentin Dengler

Silver: Lucas D'Cruz

Bronze: Sullivan Menghetti

Environmental (9th-10th)

Gold: Christopher Wang

Silver: Isabelle Strobel

Bronze: Zechary Cao

Environmental (11th-12th)

Gold: Jonte Smith and Scemore Gaines IV

Silver: Gordon Zietz

Bronze: Cody Vue and Carter Friend

Health/Medicine (6th-8th)

Gold: Abigail Davis

Silver: Samantha Cohen

Bronze: Riley Bautista, Nirvana Bhusal, and Adleynn South

Health/Medicine (9th-10th)

Gold: Anshul Sharma

Silver: Jack D'Cruz

Bronze: Lauren Kajfasz

Health/Medicine (11th-12th)

Gold: Anjali Jawa

Silver: Afhan Taha

Bronze: Myca Tumada

Modeling/Simulation/Medical IT (10th-11th)

Gold: Amaan Siddiqi

Silver: John Anand

Bronze: Evan Dan

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We would also like to congratulate our special award winners this year.

Cleveland Clinic Award: Matin Foroutan, Amaan Siddiqi, Luke Fioritto, Japneet Kaur, Daniel You, Afhan Taha, Lauren Kajfasz 

Medtrack Award: Luke Fioritto, Matin Foroutan, Caleb Woodley, Stella-Jean Vue 

Entrepreneurial Mindset Award: Luke Fioritto, Jaydon Sharp, Isabelle Strobel, Sullivan Menghetti, Elizabeth Ferro

Bill and Denise Richardson Award: Afhan Taha, Myca Tumada, Anjali Jawa

Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell, & Tummino LLP Award: Amaan Siddiqi, Cicely Koren, Jonathan Stanevich, Daniel You

JALEX Medical Award: Caleb Woodley, Stella-Jean Vue, Jadon Duncan

Best Electrical Engineering Award: John Anand

Best Mechanical Engineering Award: Lucas D'Cruz

Best Chemical Engineering Award: Sullivan Menghetti

Best Environmental Engineering: Lucas D'Cruz

Best Computer Science Award: Evan Dan

Best Biomedical Engineering Award: Anjali Jawa

McNees Innovation Award: Gordon Zietz, Jack D'Cruz, Niklas Rietsch, John Anand

NEXUS Sustainability Award: Japneet Kaur, Isabelle Strobel, Jaydon Sharp, Quentin Dengler

HYLAND Award: Amaan Siddiqi, John Anand, Sullivan Menghetti

CHMS Award: Caleb Woodley, Stella-Jean Vue, Matin Foroutan

Visual Impact Award: Samantha Cohen 

Stent Instant Challenge Award: Anjali Jawa, Riley Bautista, Nirvana Bhusal, Adelynn South, Zackary Gill

Moon Survival Instant Challenge Award: Anjali Jawa, Benjamin Bartyzel, Krishna Warade

Thank you to everyone who took part in the 2024 BEST Medicine Fair! We can’t wait to see what next year has in store!

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