Several dozen Round Rock ISD students showcased their STEM skills at the 2025 Greater Austin Regional Science and Engineering Fair earlier this year at the Palmer Events Center.
The largest annual regional science fair competition welcomes third- through 12th-grade students from 14 Central Texas counties. Overall, more than 1,400 elementary, 320 middle, and 250 high school students competed.
The following students were recognized for their work:
Best of Fair- Headed to the International Science and Engineering Fair in May
- Uma Sthanu- Westwood HS- Cellular and Molecular Biology
Regenerating neurons using prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) regulation - Sunwoo Choi- Westwood HS- Behavioral and Social Sciences
Dopamine Induction Within Teen Cognitive Function - Sol Mahajan- Westwood HS- Embedded Systems
Implementation of Additive Construction through Autonomous UAVs - Vibha Hirsave- Westwood HS- Materials Science
From Trash To Nano-Treasure: Engineering Sustainable, Safe, and Biodegradable Quantum Dots for Use in Bioimaging, Medicine, and Agriculture
2025 Texas Science and Engineering Fair Recipients
Uma Sthanu- Westwood HS
Rithwik Nair- Westwood HS
Suhaan Khan- McNeil HS
David Pan- Westwood HS
Gargi Sharma- Round Rock HS
Madhav Anoop- Round Rock HS
Arnav Saraf- Canyon Vista MS
Arya Hirsave- Canyon Vista MS
Amrit Arora- Pearson Ranch MS
Arjun Kanutala, Pranav Tanniru, Abhinav Kankanala- Walsh MS
Arham Khan- Pearson Ranch MS
Pranshi Mehta- Canyon Vista MS
Greater Austin Regional Science and Engineering Fair – Junior Innovators Challenge Recipients
Arham Khan- Pearson Ranch MS
Anvita Gudibanda- Canyon Vista MS
Ruchir Tapdiya- Canyon Vista MS
Deesha Pandey- Walsh MS
Alrik Christensen- Walsh MS
Heitor Penido Freitas, Evan Nguyen- Walsh MS
Vihan Santhosh- Canyon Vista MS
Alekya Inturi, Ishan Jamthe, Anika Kaul- Pearson Ranch MS
Amrit Arora- Pearson Ranch MS
Arya Hirsave- Canyon Vista MS
Christine Suhr- Walsh MS
Arnav Saraf- Canyon Vista MS
Amasha Koswatta- Walsh MS
Isaac Zhang- Canyon Vista MS
Abhinav Kankanala, Arjun Kanutala, Pranav Tanniru- Walsh MS
Pranshi Mehta- Canyon Vista MS
Greater Austin Regional Science and Engineering Fair – Elementary Division- 3rd-6th grade
Madison Gonzalez- Caldwell Heights Elem
Alexander Tate- Caldwell Heights Elem
Elliott Nykamp- Caldwell Heights Elem
Rithwik Rakesh- Caldwell Heights Elem
Juliana Martell- Caldwell Heights Elem
Maryann Whitley- Caldwell Heights Elem
Elijah Castro- Caldwell Heights Elem
Benjamin Artieschoufsky- Caldwell Heights Elem
Luke Lie- Caldwell Heights Elem
Alisa Chernetsova- Canyon Creek Elem
Elizabeth Wade-Sullivan, Smira Abburi- Canyon Creek Elem
Lingyu Lyra Zhao- Canyon Creek Elem
Sahana Shankar- Canyon Creek Elem
Shanaya Srivastava- Canyon Creek Elem
Aadya Sekhar- Canyon Creek Elem
Samarth Goel- Canyon Creek Elem
Soha Ali- Canyon Creek Elem
Cody Matthews, Maite Watson- Caraway Elem
Haripriya Valluri, Olivia Faulkner- Caraway Elem
Kabir Kandhari, Neil Mundarath- Caraway Elem
Luke Nario, Wesley Hobbs- Caraway Elem
Marcus Douglas Ferron- Caraway Elem
Melaniia Bachynska, Clara Herrington- Caraway Elem
Paige Brown- Caraway Elem
Saatvik Singhal- Caraway Elem
Harrison Slaughter- Caraway Elem
Travis Treece- Caraway Elem
Sophie Nario, Lena Youngborg- Caraway Elem
Willow Cook, Katherine Jansen- Caraway Elem
William Hewitt- Caraway Elem
Sanmita Vaddagiri- Chandler Oaks Elem
Zehra Yurttas- Chandler Oaks Elem
Dhriti Koundinya- Chandler Oaks Elem
Advika Karthik- Chandler Oaks Elem
Gautham Venkatesh- Chandler Oaks Elem
Iaroslav Koriagin- Chandler Oaks Elem
Iniya Chandran- Chandler Oaks Elem
Jameson Garza- Chandler Oaks Elem
Kenza Elmoussaoui- Chandler Oaks Elem
Nevaan Srivastava- Chandler Oaks Elem
Tanshi Jena- Chandler Oaks Elem
Vanshika Akkaraju- Chandler Oaks Elem
Atharva Mahadevapuram- Chandler Oaks Elem
Daylan Kemmerling- Deep Wood Elem
Demi Kemmerling- Deep Wood Elem
Sebastian Limon- Deep Wood Elem
Kara Ho- Deep Wood Elem
Rhyan Dobbs- Deep Wood Elem
John Luke Gould- Deep Wood Elem
Charlotte McKee- Deep Wood Elem
Witten Morton, Wyatt Morton- Double File Trail Elem
Eve Emshoff- Double File Trail Elem
Eashanth Cheemalavagupal (for two solo entrees)- Double File Trail Elem
Karli Jackson, Zoey Lema- Double File Trail Elem
Addy Bond- Double File Trail Elem
David Dienner- Double File Trail Elem
Jacob Villery, Nicolas Keester- Double File Trail Elem
Emma Reinoso Rodriguez- Double File Trail Elem
Emma Gabriel- Double File Trail Elem
Xander Perkins- Double File Trail Elem
Weston Mangels- Double File Trail Elem
Devesh Saravanan- Double File Trail Elem
Carter Moore- Double File Trail Elem
Pragati Vijayakumar- England Elem
Pareshthi Vashishtha, Vedanshi Jamwal- England Elem
Bailey Min- England Elem
Ananya Nandiraju- England Elem
Advik Karne- England Elem
Kavisha Pyarsani- England Elem
Haresh Sundararajan- England Elem
Vihaan Saravanakumar, Om Motipara, Evan Barton- England Elem
Haru Nakayama, Jihyo Lim- England Elem
Ayesha Ansari- England Elem
Indresh Santha Manoj Kumar- England Elem
Saya Shah, Zohana Khan, Tamana Sreejith- England Elem
Olive Weiler, Vaanya Sharma, Lia Kekane- England Elem
Anton Goh, Ethan Beers- England Elem
Vaishali Sibi- England Elem
Zane Zander, Vihaan Kumar- England Elem
Meghana Annem, Sahasra Kadiyala, Anushka Krishna- England Elem
Sophia Piperis- Fern Bluff Elem
Amelia Gwinn- Fern Bluff Elem
Emerson Davis- Fern Bluff Elem
Hattie Davis- Fern Bluff Elem
Kris Fournier, Noah Petersen- Fern Bluff Elem
Gabrielle Lopez- Fern Bluff Elem
Rachel Park- Fern Bluff Elem
Maya Ghobrial- Fern Bluff Elem
Mark (Xander) Pierce- Fern Bluff Elem
Gabriel Smith- Fern Bluff Elem
Courtney McKee- Fern Bluff Elem
Maia Boroff- Fern Bluff Elem
Brookly Jorgensen, Laura O’Connell- Fern Bluff Elem
Changbeom (Eric) Park- Fern Bluff Elem
Rodeen Behshadpour- Forest Creek Elem
Isabel Alcantara Lugo- Forest Creek Elem
Evan Breclaw- Forest Creek Elem
Charlie Balthazor- Forest Creek Elem
Daniel Levy- Forest Creek Elem
Audrey Wynn- Forest Creek Elem
Adelyn Tripp- Forest Creek Elem
Wyatt Krawitz- Forest Creek Elem
Trevor Self- Forest Creek Elem
Isabella Kellogg- Forest Creek Elem
Gage Griffin- Forest Creek Elem
Frida Height- Forest Creek Elem
Myrah Panda- Forest Creek Elem
Hannah Brown, Yalda Murtaza- Forest North Elem
Noah King, Gus Recore- Forest North Elem
David Reta- Forest North Elem
Uchanma Uka, Chinma Uka- Forest North Elem
Brooklyn Kennedy, Elsie Recore- Forest North Elem
Harper Fournier- Forest North Elem
Veronica Sevier- Forest North Elem
Danica Pierce, Lenore Frank- Forest North Elem
Sahana Venkatraghavan, Maanvi Komoranalli- Great Oaks Elem
Vilohith Royyuru, Harsh Singh, Saketh Karri- Great Oaks Elem
Colby Chan- Great Oaks Elem
Tobias Rodriguez, Luke Olson, Sydney Johnson- Great Oaks Elem
Mia Bedeski- Great Oaks Elem
Matei Cosara, Isha Mehta, Art Zhuta- Great Oaks Elem
Aadhav Kavin Sashikumar- Great Oaks Elem
Eli Berry- Great Oaks Elem
Tanish Das- Great Oaks Elem
Aarna Ramakrishnan, Saaya Bhakta, Yukti Singh- Great Oaks Elem
Rafan Mahmood- Great Oaks Elem
James Dezelle- Great Oaks Elem
Ian Gebhart- Great Oaks Elem
Aarna Somaiya, Saarah Ghosh- Great Oaks Elem
Sanvi Akshay- Great Oaks Elem
Neeha Shhree Padidadakala- Jollyville Elem
Chaarvi Revanth Prabhudevaramatha- Jollyville Elem
Yatish Krishna Gangodi- Jollyville Elem
Sri Rithika Prathipati- Jollyville Elem
Aavya Barnwal, Spanshana Rajendran- Jollyville Elem
Avantika Karthik, Tanai Ramaraju- Jollyville Elem
Sri Krithika Prathipati- Jollyville Elem
Jonas Fowler- Jollyville Elem
Kumar Aarav- Jollyville Elem
Neil Jain- Laurel Mountain Elem
Vansh Jain- Laurel Mountain Elem
Matthew Johnson- Laurel Mountain Elem
Arnav Pingle- Laurel Mountain Elem
Abigail Chen, Leah Wang- Laurel Mountain Elem
Yuju Jang- Laurel Mountain Elem
Peyton Zhou- Laurel Mountain Elem
Anika Chincholi- Laurel Mountain Elem
Landon Yu- Laurel Mountain Elem
Prisha Junnarkar, Anusha Thakur, Ahnura Bhattacharya- Laurel Mountain Elem
Shaarav Viswanath- Laurel Mountain Elem
Akira Doddi- Laurel Mountain Elem
Addison Cummings- Laurel Mountain Elem
Mohak Majithiya- Laurel Mountain Elem
Sola Chen, George Sy, Ayush Bhattacharya- Laurel Mountain Elem
June Dimitri- Laurel Mountain Elem
Unique Chambers- Live Oak Elem
Deacon Abernathy- Live Oak Elem
Aniya Arce, Emma Reed- Live Oak Elem
Owen Cobb- Live Oak Elem
Braun Sherwood- Live Oak Elem
Aadvik Srivastava- Old Town Elem
Olga Leara- Old Town Elem
Srihanan Kumar Adapa-Old Town Elem
Joseph Bilge- Old Town Elem
Ana Amihaesie- Old Town Elem
Garrett Oakman- Old Town Elem
Ava Emanuel, Stella d’Avignon- Old Town Elem
Ishaan Patel, Caroline Anderson, Andres Chacon- Old Town Elem
Malhar Bagal- Old Town Elem
Adam House- Old Town Elem
Sumeru Kulkanri, Ibrahim Mubin- Old Town Elem
William Browning- Old Town Elem
Adrian Meono-Monsivais- Old Town Elem
Gabriella Russell- Old Town Elem
Nathan Botero- Old Town Elem
Rodina Askar- Redbud Elem
Sosna Afewerki- Redbud Elem
Fenris Bradshaw- Redbud Elem
Declan Houston- Redbud Elem
Caleb Green- Redbud Elem
Benjamin Daly- Redbud Elem
Ananya Jilkapally- Redbud Elem
Aleena Rahman- Redbud Elem
Otis (Ivey) Johnson- Redbud Elem
Matthew Merlos- Robertson Elem
Dylan Zhang- Sommer Elem
Anay Shah, Arjun Maddala- Sommer Elem
Maya Selvam, Anvi Shivaraj- Sommer Elem
Avani Mora, Varnika Bedadala- Sommer Elem
Dillon Klein- Sommer Elem
Aria Khoja, Raina Momin- Sommer Elem
Shreya Venkataragavan- Sommer Elem
Arunanand Vikram Karthick- Spicewood Elem
Leonid Odinokov- Spicewood Elem
Max Hardy- Spicewood Elem
Tanush Dabhade- Spicewood Elem
Beckett Hatt- Spicewood Elem
Anish Mathur- Spicewood Elem
Krishna Bharath- Spicewood Elem
Arjun Satish- Spicewood Elem
Sucheth Mahadaven- Spicewood Elem
Danial Saeed- Spicewood Elem
Stella Straight- Spicewood Elem
Hanson Ma, Jonah Lin- Spicewood Elem
Lucas Martinez- Spicewood Elem
Arnav Inguva- Spicewood Elem
Greater Austin Regional Science and Engineering Fair – Secondary Division-7th-12th grade
Rewa Gokhale- Walsh MS
Sunwoo Choi- Westwood HS
Deesha Pandey- Walsh MS
Aishwarya Tippimath- Pearson Ranch MS
Vedanth Chakravartula- Westwood HS
Alakh Gajjar- Round Rock HS
Anshuman Garg- Westwood HS
Venika Kakarla- Round Rock HS
Pranshi Mehta- Canyon Vista MS
Sanaa Murahari- Canyon Vista MS
Adelaida Rangel- Hernandez MS
Isabella Yi- Westwood HS
Uma Sthanu- Westwood HS
Adheesh Chincholi- Westwood HS
Shreya Philips- Canyon Vista MS
Ohm Shankar- Westwood HS
Anvita Gudibanda- Canyon Vista MS
Amasha Koswatta- Walsh MS
Arnav Saraf- Canyon Vista MS
Sol Mahajan- Westwood HS
Navnith Naveen Prabhu- Round Rock HS
Diya Venkataragavan- Westwood HS
Alekya Inturi, Ishan Jamthe, Anika Kaul- Pearson Ranch MS
Arya Hirsave- Canyon Vista MS
Ameya Shirguppe- Round Rock HS
Alrik Christensen- Walsh MS
Madhav Anoop- Round Rock HS
Arjun Bhardwaj, James Li- Westwood HS
Rohan Dash- Canyon Vista MS
Nihal Grandhi, Nithin Reddy Vemula- Westwood HS
Vibha Hirsave- Westwood HS
Christine Suhr- Walsh MS
Sahithi Tummala- Walsh MS
Neel Hiremath- Round Rock HS
Abhay Tippimath- McNeil HS
Ruchir Tapdiya- Canyon Vista MS
Suhaan Khan- McNeil HS
Surya Arunkumar- McNeil HS
David Pan- Westwood HS
Asvini Thivakaran- McNeil HS
Abhinav Kankanala, Arjun Kanutala, Pranav Tanniru- Walsh MS
Heitor Penido Freitas, Evan Nguyen- Walsh MS
Rithwik Nair- Westwood HS
Amrit Arora- Pearson Ranch MS
Hamsika Kolluru- Canyon Vista MS
Aarav Sharma- Walsh MS
Isaac Zhang- Canyon Vista MS
Gargi Sharma- Round Rock HS
Arham Khan- Pearson Ranch MS
Vihan Santhosh- Canyon Vista MS
